New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-23
Adding to the Joys of
Apartment House DWeIIerS

rece-.eclc installed la the wall near
tie Kitchen range or lu some part OF
--ae l--cheu 4. g. receptacle Tor garbage.
.. or. o. o.. most nul.alt ih-nE- lh
she w.-c--l of the -cW a.t-neHctLe.
which has. apparently. received closest
a-tc.-iu. t-ou designers sccAlhg ih-
uroveuea-s. This new garbage SAFE Us
.. constructed ls IJ longer % be ln
Any WAY ADD article Of faulty design or
ta be u. -p..ccI. Food, useless or set
aside 10 bc c-rted away can be sept
l the new gTbagc safes. or iecep'"-
..es.. for uanE days. and Sc, there
would yg ~ obnoEocs odoi5 lh any
ras- ~ tte apartment. ~ ll'Ia lhe
safe OBJ rec. g-ac'e is % c'tiu-".eo o.
Gan. uta .antlos. and thus tie 1000
r.-e f.l removal and destruction can
BIZ. easily placed on 81 Cumo"a after @ao
..-- To- the basement floor whenever
some larger apartment houses have
l.,.b IN org mary sized kitchen and. adj
Joining the kitchen or near IT, q hi'eA-
r.rttc. Eot many years ago the coal
rsrgqs were replaced by various types
of gas ranges and so salts iactory nave
been the ca range that Do would De
dnclIt task 20 find to-day ln an! up-
t1-fatc house on Manhattan Island or
.r % nice residential section. an apart
mont house structure having co~I
range. 4 Goa. range ls Feli'-D-e
rarity
IN the laundry is where The use OF
electricity has found its largest -erice.
Some pcoulc think that the designing
or pantry shelves and antrlcs oil the
ti-chea of the average apartment mouse
b. mere child's play But such is nov
tr, case The popularity OF many o.
the most modern apartment houses ic-
wolves. as % were, around tnc ai'fdc-
.fvtrcss OF tie Kitchens. ana sucH
,.on|G NOT be tic case If pautrics ana
pantry shelves were faulty made ana
arranged. ln q. part Of the pantrles oi
The up-.o-date houses there lo p."ce
set as IL for keeping chaung dishe. %!
dishes used for late suppers. so ina.
tr. food is served hot. thousands OF
dollars have been spent on tins year
crop Of houses on this one feature
TLe ventilation Of the kitchens OF
.io mower soa~tmcnt houses is so su-
re-ior TO that of the o.dume houses as
b.. mako che owners OF the old sirucl-
,r-oe c~vfous. Furthermore, nearly an
+f,. modern apartment houses nave the
latest style plants Tor producing ar
r..sr rcrrigcr.tou. These. plants make
,ot orIv the necessary blocks OF ice
reedcd for consumption by the resi-
don't. of che premises. but also always
krcn eu the rcfrigcrat)rs on the prem
,.e- many degrees below The zero MARI
Since the duplex apartment was
b,T+ on Manhattan Island the sNlIl OF
scores Of experienced craftsmen has
be-, brought into play 60 add feature.
..rich would increase the popularity o.
..toso Lou4cs. OF course. most people
arc accusintcd with the simplex apart
mont housc. which means one or more
sri+o. OF rooms 20 each floor. Now
.ds,s. tbcrc are some apartment houses
which have both simplex and duplex
sYites and ri is boo Tins field of con-
strYrtion work that much Advancement
b.e hoeu made within "a very snort
,c-.od One Of the costlest, II not the
most extensive, apartment houses DID
tbe world is so designed. Some floors
sra entirely simplex. and other floors
form duplex apartments ana ~ the oc-
ossior should arise @ would be am easy
fash 10 add more rooms 10 the duplex
on simplcx apartments Consequently
tLis tygc OF house provides am unusual
attitude for feasibility, and this is one
~ Inc urinciual reasons why this class
Of house is growing iu popularity, not
l,1y among people who occupy thp m,
Int also among the large class Of in
yestors who specialize Don the purchase
and management oil New York CITY
aDartmcut houses.