The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-18

clearly IN mind that there nas be-u 20
much lous. thinking Oh this subject
MS has been greatly augmented toy
Inc tendency # the public 70 think in
pr"crust"an terms. II has been so con-
Nenl"nt thing To DISGUISE this problem
WAN reference t. the number Of q. rsons
=" the acr'. WA; many 9; ~ have. hegun
Z" mink that tins really was ala important
consideration
W" have raiSed our hand, to hea ven
ana IN h'rrified accents exclaimed a, the
wich@fnss> 81 allowing propl. tn live
1000 To tn" acre. calm. deliberate ex-
animation II the question shows Us how
utterly Impossible. - its determination
by any -uch arbitrary standards
In the Hotel ~ Regis in New York and
IT, n"Ighbor across the way IN. Hotel
Got ham TWO Of oar hest ard fnC-t fakh.
Ionahle hotels. hers. are over 2Co reopl..
20 tho acre Not even "a wavfaring man
Of prov"rbIal Intelligence would -ugg, -
that such conditions indicare conge-rlon
or present problems which call for ,.Fi.
oIs Con-ideraf ION. II H. ohv io'l- ha. the
mer" number Of persons TO the acre In
itself - not concICsiT" Tn" height Of
n" building. it, r"larlon 20 adjoining
Ir1p"rtv and TO ihe abutting - r.., :
The. di-po-if ion Of the spaces left vacant
for light and air and especially h. actual
die; r5ui ion of its Inhabit anti, and he way
n which they live are the cont ling
factor
tn that great Vow York ghetto Tho
lower Fas' Side there are many blocks
housing 3Tn p"oplc in .ach. that j. a.
poDUlI' ion of ! .2nI TO N. acre Tn. con.
d'ion. there heliev.. NAV with p.rfe,
safe" b." called -congaS'ed- bur II is
mo- b.caii-" Their" az. .ctu pNople TO IN.
acre 'hs' this ~ 30 II 3. conCcivahl.
and easily derronsTI able that a. r-any
pao9l. car h" housed on III. same. ar.p
ar now housed here hut under cor. e
a re. nf. Oh t..v.
abb. bui ~" ~ mary ways almost IDEAL
met hods of Con"en' rated city housing
Newton Stokes. an architect who has
done much for the ca'is. Of housing res
form. ten yesr- ago showed how fhis
could b. don" III connection with n r,,nn,ci-
nal park 1Ss. -T"D"ni"n' House Froh-
i"rn- n" Forest and N"iller Vol II
mage 5ai A. he yOInre Ell cur then the
much abused - nv 100 foot CIV lot lends
i'-eIf 70 almost ideal treatment when the
dimensions are reversed and the lo' II
h,ii % feet deep and il 100 feet IN width
II - not 40 much the narrow width Of tho
25 foot loI thai makes TN. trouble a. il IL
rho 80 RENE depth
7 can conceive IL several ways IN which
An ordinary "i,v block NAV hs treated
and large urban popular 'nn safely housed
with a concentration ~ POPULATION a.
gres' even a. so rrrpl" 30 IN" acre
and no evil CONDITIONS sNis'
r. for instance tho sr"a. 700 'c.r by
I'f'V va sf'ffs~ y now fb'NtN'fti Ip
mont hotp" purposes ~ ~" ordinary
New York city block yc-" 80 disposed
a. 10 prodrIc" three pf-a'iol rows 81 six
story t"n"r"nrs zach 'r"nty-fv" f''t
in depth and tie full viz" ~ ~" block
in lnnSth iiOp f"'D. with two streets each
&iNty foot vid.. h"fv""n 'h"m. practically
idcal conditions "f city housing could
Ia Rad II" buildings thus produced
could "pch l." but two rooms deep. thu
insIrinR through v"ntilaricn. "Vory room
would l." AN out -idn room: cO,Irt-. shifts.
wards and all si''ila- 'icvicag 10 ='c,ir"
i9ht and air would no lcngcr hc n"c'.ssEry.
End r." housing problem would Geo"
~ /" AN ARCHITECT Iral one. With such
a disposition II ~" lad over I 500 per
sons 20 ~" a'r" could thus J." hOuS.d
~ .555 J.,rsHnG. n We do not include th"
land thus d..vo'"d 10 street purpOs"sJ.
and this sam" CITY block would th"n hOufc
? 5a2 Jors Ons under sanitary conditions.
W"r" We ~ consider ~" placing ~ hi gh
SQUIRT" ioW nrs C.D zach n ~. -four cotn.rH
or I. lIock each cr.'t ri % - E.iEi.t ~ say
TN 'fOrI"s and equipped with elevators
u - "onc.'ivs'Is THAI III" capacity ~ ~.
buildings rnigit =" incTosts"d ~ yor cont
without d.t-iug"nt 70 living conditions.
Concentration n population ~ then
not an owl in its"!f. hat a neC"ssEry nc
compartments OF urban life.