The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-11

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Manhattan ESpS cIcd mat vo,. 40,
SOoR Ne N,aIlabIe 10 EIsusek s,.,,.
A part of Manhattan living rrc1..-.
which real estate dealers and huf....
are now studying ~ the demand ~ -
room kitchenette apartments AT rs-,.
ranging FRONT 81 Ca SIS a month n.
demand was first noticed 4 couple n va.
or 80 ago. Then It was dIffcur 10 A.,
such Accommodations outside ~ ana,
ment hotels, AZ which high rents %.
charged and the kitchenst'e % all.
consisted chiefly ~ a small cold s1r,y..
place or private ic" box.
The kltchenette apartments nov s,,,,t,
are not 81 this class. Nhairycr -. r..
lack they must include "a sink with Pan,
n,ng water. ice box a one or rWph1Ds ..
stove. small dish Clo-.t and d DIM,
waiter or some ether means - r.-. Ell. mi,
supplies In short the up 90 DIT. a.irbeg.
c:tc - immature kitchen minus Aupdr,.
tubs. gas range and perhaps an out.d.
window; IL occupies little space - sa,. ~
looked after and yet ~ equipped ~ tia,
the tenant may prepare a simple hot mA,
for one or two persons without resort M
10 the delicatessen store
This Is the type Of kltch-nstt- '-E
builders began TO include about tao
years ago In the seven and eight story
elevator apartments erected on the upt.,
West Side. They planned two room and
bath apartments with kitchenette IN the
proportion u about six Ia twenty.foyr
larger apartments. Since then one
builder has put up ak or eight apartment
houses. each having from ak II eight
kitchenstte two room apartments uhlch
rent from $50 to 80 "A month, and here and
there further uptown NAV he found ela-
vator apartment houses with few similar
apartments which rent for So - SIS
month.
Studio buildings ard private hou~.s
turned into studios and apartments IN
the last year have lnclud'd kitChenet,as
ard some former furnished room houses
have lately been altered 50 as 10 prov de-
the same convenience.
A woman who he'd been looking a. an
apartment IN house OF the latter class
Jostl,d the serenity ~ n real estate kas
nv telling him that builders were the mos
short sighted men IN New orb ard thE
! New York WAS actually suffering Tor tha
lack Of two room kitChenette apartments
at a me derate rent.
1T il only lately he said in apology
that the demand for this sort % apsrt.
ment has become lively. Builders could
not possibly foTes"e the popularity Z
APARTMENTS which relatively ara high-r
! priced than larger apa rtren's
| Another real estate dealer who pridss
himself on keeping in touch with ~
| demands ~ the New York Apsr'mel'
house told an inquirer that he was avar.
| of the increasing demand for the ktchsr-
cite typ ~ apartment which rcnts fo' 4
moderate price and he was CERTAIN thE
befor,. long the supply would he NOR
than dpubkd
1t was about two years ago that I
got line on the run 81 thing said te
sand since then I have encouraged mo-s
/ than one builder 20 sandwich IN tier Z
/ kItchen"tt" apartments oHe above ~
other at the side or the rear Usually
az the rear Of n seven or eight stov
! building. and a. u turned OUT m ever
case he was glad that ha did so Mor
I Of the elevator apart mett houses Tecen'E
completed include kltchenette Aps7-
ments. but unfoTt unaiely the maIonT
81 them arr too high priced Ia mee' ins
popular demand. which - for one sadI
two rooms with kitchenatte and IA
at rent Of from SEQ to SIS monthly 4
What IL more. theNe must b. situslH
below. say. the Harlem river IN
| Bronx 30 far the kitchenette ~ not cal 4
! for cant think Of a ems l" aparfmd
| house up there which includes anythihs
81 the sort
In Manhattan they are called for n
every part 81 the town and Two years
from now ! venture To predict there ~'ll
he eight and ten story buildings com.
| prisinR kltchenatte apartments only
have talked with many women who ma
/ come here look ing for such accnmmod5-
tIons and I sNe that tho kltchena'te anari-
/ ments are a logical outcome ot the ever
/ increasing congestion IN iivins 1uartHH
high rents. scarcity OF servants ana uh,
willingness of the average woman Of
moderate means to spend most ~ Arr VIM
cooking and cleaning
I Her, is what one woman sad about ~
/ advantages of living N a N'eh'A@u-
/ apartment
/ Living like that makes things IH
1 easier for a woman ard va IN" org ~
/ its more comfortable than h'nt 10
boarding house. wh"r" -" pr"hi"in W
treating visitors - rcfgesh ments ~ AZ
evening - not easy - handle
"Th., smallest kItCh'nett" ever "a
Ia plenty big enough to cook . NtnpE
! breakfast In and the lceboN plenty Ht
enough a. hold all IN" materials r''s''s'
: for such meals Now | for one ana h-L'
dreds 81 women will Say N" sam" 'HtE.
don't mind getting breakfast hni 81
n comes "a getting a dinner ana 'i"h q
the debris away aft"rwnrd TINT - az"
another story To q" 20 h"ard.H
house for dinners costs httl" NOR" W..
In pr.nara them ~ home and % Ms,
cases the man 81 the house ~ fairly N",.
cnntent@d with a boarding hor>" or
restaurant dinner He may ErHmn"
a little NJ hrst. bur n" SION geiS '-'N =.
IL. particularly when p" finds NJ
usually IN q bette humor ihAh WIZ
she has 70 cook her own dinner
At a pinch 81 opurs" Won coud ".
three simDla meals a dawn akIt"h"n"'~
which il another reason why th"N ~
popular BeSid.- every woman 10
a place vher" she AN prepHr" -" ~
dishea wren she fncl- lk" ~ part .H.a'E
a small pIac. which can ba kept a."
without spending hours over III" y''
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