The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-10
THE BATHING BEACH

In their property called Kens.ngton,
at Great Neck. the Ric,;ert- F,n.ay
Realty Company have the perfection OF
the suburban real estate developers art.
They started out To make kcus.ugton
the finest and best developed suburban
community near New York. and to say
that they have succeeded is not to de-
tract from other highly desirable sec
tons but merely to state a fact. That
they have been aided materially in their
efforts by those who. relying on the
company's promises Of what il would
do have erected splendid homes on the
property is not TO be denied. for II can
be said in all truth that no property OF
equal area Of which the writer has
knowledge contains so many buildings
Of the best and most attractive archi-
lecture.
Kensington's charms, however, are
not limited by the work Of development
and the building OF homes. 1t has an
ideal location near a railroad station on
an electrified road and it is Of such ele-
walton as to overlook the surrounding
besides numerous facilities for recrea-
ton right on the property there are
country clubs nearby II, which means
that residents are enabled to enjoy
country life TO the fullest degree.
To ono visiting Kensngton the I'M
preston comes on passing through the
high Italian entrance gate that good
sized fortune has been spent in putting
the property into its present condition,
and the impression is right, for the
developers Will show that with 50 per
cent. of the physical improvements
completed they have spent almost $780,
900, exclusive Of the cost of houses they
have erected These Improvements in
cude not oaly such conYcnicnoes and
facilities as are to he found within the
city. but as well the retaining of adj
Joining meadow land into a most at
tractive park. this latter work alone
costing about 100000,
As every artist, architect and sculp-
tor has his masterpiece, so has the real
estate developer and builder, Perhaps
the great !dca Of the artisan was hatch
ing for many years in his mind before
he felt competent to try his hand At It,
and when finally the work was com
pleted he could trace in It all the results
of his successes and failures while
waiting for the moment OF his supreme
effort. Kensington Is the RiCkcrt-Fin-
lay Realty Company's masterpiece,
Here the results of their labors about
New York city during the last ten years
are strlkingy shown, This Is just the
sort OF place | would develop IL that
were my business" Is the thought OF
one viewing the property.
Kensinrton started its career ms n
high class residential colony about four
years ago. The Ri,kort-Fnlay Realty
Company had owned the property for
six years before that time, but looking
upon II as "A tract which was capable
OF unusual development, and nguring
that the time was not rl@ht for tia sub
DIVISION and uphul.dng they decided to
hold II intact until the movement OF
population away from tho city would
bring forth a dcn''nd for the highest
types Of suburban homes amid the best
surroundings thut could bee provided
The property was known then as tbs
Beverly farm. II consisted Of about
l31 acres, lying ON one Of the hlghes
hills along hat ridge commonly known