New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
Interior Styles Change Almost
as Often as the Outward
Form of the Modern
Structure.

Vast sums are spent each year 10 IN
crease the luxuries and conveniences
which Manhattan apartment house dwell
ers enjoy. Every year there are offered
10 real estate operators. builders and
architects identified with apartment house
building in New York all sorts OF pat
ented devices for making more comfort
able the home life Of the occupants OF the
apartment house colonies OF the greater
city. Most Of those devices after a thor
oush test are discarded as utterly useless
Toy the purposes planned. however
many are found worthy Of practical use
and are Immediately embodied among the
conveniences of apartment house hNliiS'
That fact partly explains why the styleS
OF interior floor arrangements and con-
venierces Of apartment houses are chang
ing ss often as the outward form Of the
buildings And many of the STYLES are
the result Of long years OF study by man
arirg agents for this is the day OF SCI
entlfc efficiency IN the operation OF inc
apartment house structures Of New YORK.
often the STYLES offered are not really
APPRECIATED by those persons for Whom
they we're fashioned. For instance a le"
years 20 every managing agent or broker
who made a specially Of renting apart
r1egt rottee suites dweit with considerable
emphasis on the ADVANTAGES OF the apart
mont houses with roof Fairgrounds for
children and solariums for gro"n-upS.
Little stress is nowadays put on TINS iea'-
IRE Of apartment house conveniences, iof
The reason that few apartment mouse oc-
oupsnts have ever permitted their chill
dren 70 enjoy rnulping about on these
beautiful aerial Fairgrounds. As REGARDS
the uses Of the solariums, II is SAID that
the majority OF apartment house tenants
know less about the health giving com
forts than the renting agents
Few Of the newest apartment houses
have roof gardens or roof Fairgrounds
A well known real estate broker, IN
lanentng the passing Of the roof pay
ground said that the families VINO oc-
cUried the houses were out of to"7 IN the
summer With their children and Wneh
they returned in the winter or fall season
their children preferred 70 play under the
watchfJl eve on their nurse In the CITY
streets or public parks The weather was
then cool enough for them 70 ENJOY them'
selves In the public highways and parks
and 10 member Of the family ever
thought NJ ,oing 10 the roof except oc-
casionally. when it was TO get good look
al some new building or distant scene.
The present style or custom IN apart
ment house planning has set aside the
roof for laundry and steam DRYING ana
this transition also reveals another de-
parture iu apartment house building
The change has been brought about py
the jewellers themselves
Il il the installation OF individual steam
laundries with electric ironing apparatus
on the same floor as the living rooms ana
servants quarters OF the household.
Not many years ago the majority OF
APARTMENT houses were built with laun-
dries and driving plants in common. MOST
Of the laundries and drying rooms WEI,
In the Easements OF the buildihe' ana
this tended to lower the rentable power Oh
the lower floors.
Most OF the present-day school OF Ied
estate brokers and builders can reHe"-
Der when apartment house owners poas'
ed Of the fact that the suites OF rooi'''
occupied by their rent payers ana INV
quarters set aside for the servants were
far apart often many floors separate
the rooms used for servants anu Wv
rooms for the patrons OF the mouse ~
many cases the servants were eiouP,'
under the caves OF the BUILDING or i
other words. the servants were placed "
the upper floors. This arrangem'"' VI
rooms was soon found to be inconVeh'.
ent Furthermore, the servants oil on'
house were brought together 700 Ire
quently
Another important feature OF the ne"
styles in apartment houses is the tren'
10 larger and better built courts SPEAK
INK on this phase OF apartment nous
building last week one OF the leadih'
brokers OF Manhattan said to a Trioun'
reporter The popularity OF the modeif
Apartment house is largely due 10 tn'
greater abundance Of sunshine ana pure
air that It's dwellers can enjoy thar