The sun., 1909-05-02
BIGGEST COOPERATIVE FLT]
SI,OOO,O0O IDEA STARTED Rs
MRS. B00kWALTER'S STUDIO Z

MRS. B00kWALTER,S STUDIO
sIxty.four Homes, Each to Suit rts OMsit
cr's Tastes, to Ne Built Under On.
Roef-An Experiment In Home Builn.
ins In the City-work About to HsSth.
Central Park West 10 the new dsld se
operation for those people who bsueth
that the home building instinct rsachAd
as fine Hower in the city % In the countfn
and re- In thu cooperative apartmsne
house as great IN opportunity for the der
vclopu,ent and satisfaction Of lhat' tSN
stnct - though the balconies 'werb
suburban front porrhcs. 90 qsr
The Gainsborough Studies put up lasr
year by . group Of artists and vntere
was the first cooperative enterprise us !
the kind % TO overcome tho toEroniot,
high realty values - TO b buflt direrfiM
upon the park. Now ouma HGpGlsys
Hall, work on which will begin this nnnnfhe,
which will be situated at the cofnH %
Sixty-fourth street, just above the Msw
Theatre, and which is to be not only The
largest building OF the hind in thu dtJr
but also the most expensive. both - "a
the total amount Of the investment, 1htuh
will pass the million mark, and - 70 thk
amounts OF individual subscsipjioui.
In Harperley Hail you nay p'tztheeS
mansion Of two stories o. mcrA u
you please. with frontage Of 10o fese ~
the park and depth OF sornethiAG hlS
10 feet, for al. 1000. On the con1raxys Or
you prefer q cottage. you may for el6bs
acquire q property consisting u . HSihA
room, bedroom, bath and kitchSnstteo
With all the privileges Of your eSSA
nelghbor in the Same building. - Sc.
TO studio apartment on AsteedNl
door OF tho Gainsborough nnuse bsto5vs4
much Of the credit for the original con6y
ton Of Harperley Hall. This spertptk
wss designed and executed during -
last two years a. 4 homo fof AM 11.
Linton Bookwaltsr. Henry Wfihseq 1l1A
kinSon wss tho architect. " 1Hs's 4
By the time II was Aniahed th6AdA10 ~
taken root both With Nr. Wnkinpoo SaG
Mrs.. EoekNaltsr OF q cooperative bND4AA
OF larger scale and wider eoopo ,tA4A
that lust completed "A tho he4t E1eSl
It was amplifed by the study u hhA1
apartments overlooking Tho tldt19 ~
Central Park, none OF which HID 49,
developed after the cooperative p1ah. Me-
Out Of this idea which had IL bx6lnh4A&
In the studio In the dsinsbofoukA 66W
the complete plan Of HarpsriSy HAM
With its old English name. H whtGA, Nh !,
Wilkinson Ii the arohieeck ohs ~ tneI
the people who might b intofu1G u |
such a plan visited Mrs. BooxNahY u |
her, studio. and ons BY oris tAsy yt39ed 4
to the charm Of the big quiet t9nlIsd
room dominated by 4 FlemiAh Att4try.
OF IL dull tiled noor and its osifi6tS Old
oak furniture.
.You have made q home In . city Hxt,s 4
Trey said. sThat ID what We are looking
for. We must have the city, but Al1b NE
nust have home. You have the e6fet. 4
Now do 1t for us too .ss' a
Inthis way the scheme grew Until one day
the land was bought and another the p}AnA
were made and another the hrst co1t1 1arta
wette ,,ss, Until nov .hs ss.s..s :. .ssssss e
almost under way. and . dozen or,Ea6re
people viii have their home Ipsk3n9 In
stincts moved ~ deeply BY th& Sf8f of<
lstsel beams bsing Ifssted irta IA ~ fhs
Twelfth 1oor a bt % ieht Sfi q pGosn
Anne roof or Coionial trcat a . Shb-
urban cottage.
.Ths exterior Of the buiidtns = y b
In gray and green scheme With 9ws
admitting q hood OF air and sllhahins
from every point. many Of thetn cra3tng
Ion wide balconies large enotqt - be
fpsrit practical. The insides ffon tbs
siass marquiss, which gives admits hcs
70 the big entrance court. to ~ last dstAil
OF the summer garden on thsrooIs vii be
after the simplest. quietest plan, from
which no detail appealing to cultivated
taste will be lacking.
The three original stockholdera in fhe
enterprise MIR. wilkinson, Js =. Yel!ss
who is also tho builder, and Mrs. Hooks
walter viii all own apartments In A6fp4r@
nsry ,sy % Confessional pride and iiltsrsSs o e
From the time work begins completa
inspection will be made every DAY ok
every detail. thus minimizing workmena
I'VE feel,- said member Of the oonanitk
tee. that We are building not sixsy-5c91 ~
arc putting into each Of them thA spirae
Every woman Who has lived in, thg
ordinary New York apartment houee ~
always said that the problsm 2f daS
dwelling would never , b, % solvsa ssssl unns /,
It has been insisted that only Z moro nne4
architect would put out into the world
a Ave room apartment containing on0
small closet, while no woman would eveg
be guilty OF building kitchen oupboerf
that only an acrobat on q stepieqQyr
GOULD make use Of. At Harperiey HAL
the largest apartments offer thetr fuMr6
tenants the bliss OF fourteen oioeee1t
with a trunk room and cold storage room
in the basement, while even the fnoAe
modest quarters have a oloset Ike one o.
our Rrandmothers' store rooms a. weu
as the inevitable basement trunk room,
The project OF ono more cooperamvS
building on 80 largo q Acale y an indtca~
| ton that the cooperative idea may %
| time become an established budn9p
proposition. Increased familiarity WITH
the business details which are involved
in such buildings may finally lesd 70 =
complete an organization TOT tnis nne
| OF work as ID found In any other. t y
an old thought which is belng reduoed
to modern business methods ana beane
developed TO meet changing. oonditi0ne
Of city life. To accomplish II the ma.
yidual is learning to think and TO plan
not for himself alone but for the group
with which he stands.
The cooperative apartment idba 10 NO.
nv any means new in New York. IN
fact Harperley Hall will have for one 81 !,
| its tenant stockholders man who wa
member Of the first cooperative building
association formed here some twenty
nine years ago. Dwight Tryon. the
artist. viii thus move from the oldest
! AZ . ..,,>, A. he HA n