Omaha daily bee., 1913-10-19
DETACHED HOMES ARE RARE
New York Transformed Into a City
Of Apartments
IDEA BORROWED FROM PARIS
Ranee of Rental at Any Figure Up to
Twenty-Five Thousand a Year
Appointments suited TO
stse of the Purse.

stse of the Purse.
~ might have been centuries instead OF
forty-three years since the first apart-
ment house was erected In this city, so
great has been the improvement in this
popular type OF dwelling Rutherford
stuyvesant, a member of the old stuy-
vesant family. was the first to introduce
the apartment in this country. He had
eceh apartments In Paris. they were
popular there with the best Of people
Besides, It Increased the ability OF the
owner to pay his tax bills and other
The tax problem interested Mr.. stuyve-
SAINT as he owned considerable property
about the city. Probably this was the
resson for his interest In Paris apart
mont houses After convincing himself
that they would go in New York he
erected the Rutherford at 142 East
Eighteenth street soon after the civil
war II was known as the French flats
and was the talk Of the town. The Ruth
erford stuyyesant house is still standing.
ana according to brokers. has COMPARE
lively few vacancies. II is five stories
high. III feet wide. and ninety-two feet
deep. There are four apartments Of
seven rooms each to a floor. II has steam
heat and hot water and Is absolutely
Borndproof.
Soon Became Popular.
The reception that met the apartment
house was so great that many builders
entered the apartment house field. OF
late years the number has increased con-
siderably. These builders have given
up the construction of all but apartment
houses. which has got to be q science re-
quiring constant attention and applica-
tion.s Through this specializing New
YORK has been forced In the last ten
years into the front rank a. the apart
nent center of the world.
Many of our apartments here rival
pnlaces in grandeur and fittings Scores
Of ench houses may be found on Park
avenue, Fifth avenue. Madison avenue,
Broadway, West End avenue, Riverside
Drive aud crosstown streets to the east
and west OF Central Park. A private
dyeliing fitted in the fashion that many.
of sthe suites in houses along these
streets would rent for figures many
times that which is asked for these
apaftments. Many families have learned
10 i've in apartment houses. In which
they are deprived Of nothing that they
had in the dwelling yet are saving sew
sraf thousand dollars "a year by the
ehahge, enough In many cases to main
tain the latest in motor cars.
Ipcrease In Rents Justified.
Rents have increased, but the great
irnprovemeit that has been maae III
anaftment houses warrants the increase
In other words. the Increase in rents has
notlbeen az great. as the increase made
inscpnstrpction and sppoirntment Oh these
houses. - ~, - ,.,,
south ofsone Hundred and sixteenin
street tl1Ars, IS not an apertment house
whore tssiita can be- had for less lna"
sls 4 rooi7i In many OF the pest spa.e-
ment houses .sso'sa ropm Is notmns an.
usual for suites Of five to eiSh. anu @
rooms. Apartments OF TWO anu -.
H a., iarya suites. Twenty dollars
sc,rh, :. the lowest rental that smAn
go ana rtmeut can be had for. They run
as nigh as $50 and so q room. In some
~ the expensive small-suite apartments
~ ,hs west OF Park avenue and In tn'
stac streets along the West Side sie
roo,, ,s often received. Up 20 two years
as,d tbere were litchenettes attached 10
~y,au.suite apartmsnts. This year pulo-
orsn,ava not been allowed TO build klteh-
anSttea: instead miniature kitchens nave
been introduced.
Landing APARTMENT Avenue
Park avenue has usurped the honor OF
hesnx the leading apartment street OF .ie
citv II is only a few years since Duiio-
Of apartments gave any attennon 10
ths east side otsthe city. All their opera
,iona were slong Broadway. RiVerslo"
drtv. and West End avenue 1t u only
q tew years since the first apartment
,,o,l.s was erected IN Park avenue. yet
,as,st Of the blocks on either side OF tns
.Senue : from F1fty-second to Eighty
,h,td street are lined now with tail apart
,5ants which are said to be the best IN
,ha clay though. Park avenue IL eonsid-
.reA he leading apartment house avenue
An the city. rentals there are not exor-
hatant-In fact apartments in new build
me- NAV be got 10 mt almost any purse
Sly rooms and two baths can be had Tor
n 700 ayear Suites can be had even for
less rent than this. From N,TOo rents
range gradually 70 $4,000. which Is about
the highest rental paid on the, avenue.
This rent Is obtained In the seVentesn-
story spartrnent at seventy-ninth street.
Prices in this house are from ss'OOo 10
$1,000,
About two blocks away, at the corner
Sf Fifth avenue and Eighty-frst street
as high as 5000 year may be paid for
apartments THIS probably Is the highest
priced apartment house In the world
West End avenue has been the scene OF
most OF the apartment house building on
a.. los
dozen fine houses havo been erected
there.-rNew York Sun.
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