The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-01
WEST SIDE APARTMENTS
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.pluru"ui huIsr n"ighhnrhrnt. partly on
accrIp' ~ ~ high elevation ami the out
looL Il - across " Wud-pn,
Iar'lv ~ account ~ IT. superior Transit
G,ri',,c- Iuul = few vaar~ ago " vas
pu,ii M with .~uh-tHntial private r~e-idsnce~,
but 1T bat. ,nuut tL" only cons, mutton
under,nkrp thsra ha- ts-'u u IVA ~ m"ni hotels
and auartm"u' huI-c-
Scores ~ -oven tony non iir"proo, ~l@-
N.tor Cat we're liil' there he'ws"u isss
an tpii ~iprr ihen tho prevailing con
-pui,tiun hsH i"cu the h~rrITOuf apartment
hOIsp ~ sIghI 80 up.Tr -tprc~.
The hsnHul fpr ara ~ ~ ut- ~ hpth kinds
of houses hu- ipTWr 'ntlN grown ~ Noluni"
oiito a. fat 49, th" supply Na'an"i''- ~
tho older bu~tiliug- are lew and uew -trIc-
tur,- are a. = RAJ" Iartly rented l''for"
ths workman haN' put on the finishing
touches IN Norning-lde Heights anapart-
n,cnr house Shich viii not be completed
before October ~ already "n"-quarter
rented
There 10 very little 10 chUoso between
he new houS.g,. Al an. near IN" ~ubwly,
he saTne opnVenience~ are found IN all,
and rents vary only hN trltiinR amounts
Sornc building " a hetter view
than q, har-, TINT tins NAV II. offset 10y lesS
desirable surroundings. When advantages
and di-aivan gee are compared "A pros
~pe,tive tenant finds little To Influence his
sclert ION.
ON the " esi Side a hulller would not nov
thin of putting up an apartment house
without installing ~conNenienc.'- which a
few wears ago we're prov lded only IN high
pricsd hot els Electric hight, vacuum clean
ing sys,e,ns. mail chui.s. buil, IN r~efrigera-
tori, wall safes ard tllsd bathrooms with
sho'S er hat h. are features common To- the
new APARTMENT hoII-a-s. Each apartment
has u por'ahl" Telephone, connecting with
a central ~sv,tchhuard and tenants pay
hy ,he call Even ~ III" less pretcntiols
elevator ns,. 'hrr" il often l%elephou" con
nect,on. u-,Iallv - pay station located m
the main hallway.
A. elevate Nat - usually distinguished
from an c'pvn'or apnrt nPui 10y the uuml'er
of rooms ~ 'he suite. \ Nat consists of
from four So seven rooms with hath. an
apartment contains from seven Ia twelve
or morn rooms with several baths, In
the larger apartments there arr separate
ouarter- Tor servants.
Elsvntnr fats tIr not epulppai with AN
the conVeulence- found IN elevator apart
msnt houses, hut th"n ~ cours" III" rcuts
sr. loG,r
The rem, nr a ave or ak room Nat IN u
hni-" containing an elevator runs FROM
s~O 10 SOM q year
An apartment contain " ten rooms
wiIi bring anNnhsrs from sNsi ~ ~, 500 ~
v~ar. " some al the l,rg" tirsproor build.
tngs tho rent for u ten room apartment
may amount 10 - much - $500 ar even
~, pNn ~ year.
The raw elevator Hats and apartment
hourps are found malnl, along Riverside
DriN -. West End avenue aUd Rrcndway,
from SpNsntv -secoud street nor,hward
~ tho upptr boundary line ur Morningsidc
Heights.
central P.rh Ncsl il Also lined with new
buildings. tive tendency there being toward
the apartment hotel
ON the sld'' streets, where land values
are not 20 high, less expensive apartments
are the rIle.
Along amsterdam aud Columns avenues
are a great many cheap fats aud tencmenis.
without eleNators and with small stores
on he ground noor-.
Five and slN story flats similar 10 those
found ~ the East Side arr also encountered
inthc cross streets near the business avenues
IN some nr the more Iionscly populated
sections 81 the West Sid However. the
noorer quarters are hennstl IN NV high
grade residential districts and ARE not eN-
tPnsire
MoyninCsIlr Heights. called also Cathsd-
raj Heights and University Heights, CON
fains WithlU q comparatively small area
some Of the most attractive sites IN the
Ne-t Side territory. great deal Of build
ing has hecu go!ng IN there Recently and
n number ot house, will hc ready for uccu-
pa ncN this tall.
Rents on the heights are about The same
a. further south not " II hstanding the ad-
vantage "r he ~nrighhurhood. which ~
thanked on the east by M~orplngside Park
and on the west by Mversidc Park. II
"onpvLmls a wide outlook mp aud DOWN the
ludMon River. and III" pres.nc" Of Columbia.
tI,rnaTd and ~" cathedral Of NJ, John the
fNNinc add- u notable feature Ia its archi-
tecturdl appoa rance.