New-York tribune., 1913-11-23
To Join Mt. Vernon to
Subway and "L" Links

being converted into a civic centre.
Among the city buildings which will be
erected there are a new city hall and
courthouse, and il is expected that the
| government will erect a new postoffice
| close by. The Proctor Theatre building
which contains many stores and Offices a s
well as the theatre, is already practically
completed and the Ebling Brewery Com
pany is constructing another Office build
! ing close by.
In the immediate vicinity Of the civic
! centre is the Mount Vernon Hospital,
which was completed this year and is
one of the finest buildings Of this sort to
be found i'm the suburbs.
| This civic centre is within two short
! blocks of the present business centre, at
! Fourth avenue and lst street A bridge
| is now being constructed over the New
| Haven tracks continuing Fifth avenue
and forming direct connection between
| the civic centre and lst street the prin-
cipal business thoroughfare Of the city.
! on october a new lighting system
was placed in operation Oil Fourth ave-
nue., between lst and Sd streets. Posts al
| intervals of 100 feet on either side OF the
| avenue are equipped with four loo-watt
| electric lamps each, giving the avenue an
! illumination almost as light as day. All
! four Of these lamps are kept in service
until midnight, whsm three on each post
/ are turned out
These posts are so constructed that they
/ carry all lighting. power and telephone
wires which pass along the avenue, doing
F, away with a great many unsightly tele-
graph poles.
On the west side of the city the New
! York Central Railroad IS changing the
line of the Harlem division Cor distance
Of about mile, moving it to the west
! about 100 yards, 10 reduce the sharp
| curve and TO eimiAIte grade crossings
The city has acquired by legislative en-
actment the right to purchase the right
Of way which will be abandoned by the
! railroad company. and ii is planned to
turn this into a boulevard connecting
] with the Bronx Parkway. which will
! border the entire western side Of the city
| for distance of about two miles.
| This improvement, together with the
| new station which will be erected on the
| Harlem Division at this point, will bring
about a great change for the better in
West Mount Vernon.
In the last few years a great many
apartment houses have been erected in
Mount Vernon, the most recently com
pleted being the Chatswortn. which was
| opened for occupancy on october /.
| This is the first elevator apartment 10
| be erected in Westchester County, and Is
| in many ways the most attractive apart
ment building 10 be found in the suburbs.
| The building is six stories in height and
| contains twenty-four apartments OF four,
five and six rooms. The rooms are all OF
an exceptionally large size and the in
| terror decoration is extremely attractive.
The Chatsworth is located on the cor
ner of Third avenue and 4th street, in
the heart of the old residential section of
the city. and is surrounded by private
| residences. 1t is three blocks from the
New Haven station and about equally
distant from the Sd street station of the
Westchester & Boston Railroad.
There are several other apartment
houses in the immediate vicinity which
are very attractive, some of them being
arranged in apartments of seven and
! eight rooms.
In other sections of the city, particu-
| larly on North Sth avenue, Crary ave-
| nue. and Park avenue. there are several
other apartment houses of similar
| character.
There is a constantly increasing de-
mand for apartment houses in Mount
Vernon and several new buildings of this
character are under construction.