New-York tribune., 1908-08-30

sanitary kitchens. and they may be IN various
parts of the house. and yet odors cooking
disturb the tranquility OF occupants Of the
premises.
NOISEPROOF HOUSES AND HOSTLERIES.
There noiseproof houses. or walls separat-
ing suite OF apartments from another and
these noiseproof walls make it possible for build
of apartment houses or hotels to erect such
buildings in the very heart OF the shopping and
theatrical districts. and yet in those houses the
noises from the street do not reach the living
rooms. 1t is quiet there as along the beautiful
stretches OF land fronting on the park systems OF
the greater city overlooking the Hudson River
In the period that these many improvements hay,
been devised for the comfort of guests the b,,Id
ers of apartment houses and hotels have been able
TO solve the operating problem which at one time
threatened to arrest the upbulding OF large areas
OF land with such structures. The up-to-date
apartment houss and hotel cost much less to oper-
ate now. according 10 owners of such buildings
than the old style apartment house and hotel Of
similar size. and because of this person can oh
tain more comforts and enjoy life better under tn.
roof of the style house at less expense than
If he occupied rooms under the roof OF anteda,-
structures
RETRANsFORMING OLDER REsIDENrr.,
ZONES
When the projectors of apartment houses and
hotels of modern type had solved the problem re-
lating to operating expenses. and years
beyond the experimental stage in such projects
they had time to devote to ascertaining what older
districts Of the city would suitable for carrying
out their plans Was there a large enough de-
mand. they asked. for erecting such structures in
the lower Fifth avenue and In the lower midtown
zones? The that they made this query
easily be learned by looking at the magnificent
apartment houses and hotels which occupy sites in
the lower part OF lower Fifth avenue where years
ago stood the palatal residences of many of the
Knickerbocker families.
IN THE LOWER MIDTOWN DISTRICTS.
And in the lower midtown districts there has
been erected in the last four years Of the
greatest apartment house and hotel centres in the
history Of this city. That zone is Just north of
the Brunswick Building, northeast corner of 2sth
street and Fifth avenue feature of that apart
ment hotel is that most Of the buildings
overlook large court Here is q saving of
interior air space. These houses planned
that they could tomorrow be connected and oper-
ated under one management. Here again would
be a saving In the expense of management When
the work Of putting UP apartment houses ana hotels
in the old Knickerbocker Hotel district OF the city
was begun, and also the work OF investing many
millions In erecting a new apartment hotel centro
In the lower midtown district was undertaken.
there were realty critics who vehemently
said that the day OF such zones being partly used
for hotel or apartment purposes had long since
passed and that the ventures would be failures.
Instead of being failures. they have been. with
one or two exceptions. highly profitable as those
carried out in the newer parts of tho great West
Side districts The projectors OF such houses have
not ceased their work OF trying to meet the chang
ing needs Of the public in this respect and at the
same time to bring the cost Of apartment house
and hotel living within the means Of larger numbers
Of persons.
In view of all that has been done to provide
comfortable housing for the residents Of this
city In tho last thirty years II would indeed be
surprising II apartment house and hotsl living was
not popular.