The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-31
HOPES TO TRANSFORM
CATHEDRALPARKWAY
Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt Would
Extend Its Features to
Fifth Avenue.
FAvORS TRACK REMOVAL
She Expects Others to Follow
Her TO New Residen-
tial District.
FAvORS TRACK REMOVAL

Mrs. Peter Cooper Hewitt 10 absut q
become the pioneer in the establishment Of
a new high class residential ebony. She
Ia beginning a movement which 10 ex'
pected to result In the upbuilding OF the
north side Of Cathedral Parkway. 10th
street, with as fine homes a. money oan
build.
For her own residence she has selected
a plot Of ground At the westerly c"rner OF
Cathedral Parkway and Ienox avenue.
For this plot she commissioned Warren 4
wetmore, before she sailed for Europe .
few days ago. to prepare plans for large
two story house to be surrounded BY ex-
tensive gardens.
The Cooper Hewitts live now in the old
family residence At II Lexington avenue.
Just north OF Gramercy Park Trade has
encrcached 80 extensively In that neigh
borhood that they are one Of the few well
known families still remaining there, and
now they find that their comfort II being
intruded upon and have decided to leave
the section.
Looking about for a new location sew
eral sections were considered. but Cathe-
draI Parkway seemed most attractive II
borders the northerly end OF Central Park.
one OF the most attractive spots In Nam
haitian. All the property on the street
faces toward the south. and 10 Mrs. Hewitt
II seemed the only available residential
property left In New York.
Mrs. Hewitt hopes the parkway may be
extended to Fifth avenue. thereby form
ing a continuance OF Fifth avenue, She
hopes tina, all tracks may be removed
from the street and that the parkway may
become one of the finest residential streets
IN the world.
Plans for her own home have not yet
been carried very far. 1t 10 known that
the house will stand on q terrace and
will face south. giving II . fne view OF
Central Park. The garden will be one of
the most extensive In the city connected
with costly private residence. The plot
consists OF about nine lots. which Mrs,
Hewitt purchased from the Cram estate
for 100000.
Cathedral Parkway from Fifth to
Eighth avenue, the section fronting on
Central Park, presents now . rather un-
even appearance. At the Fifth avenue
corner Is moving picture theatre with q
few vacant lots between IL and the build
ing OF the Women's Hebrew Association.
More vacant lots and one or two Or story
apartment buildings take up ~ rest Of
the distance to Lenox avenue. Fer the
cosHer OF Lenox avenue. opposeto the plot
selected by Mrs. Hewitt for . domestic
plans were flied few days 40 for q
twelve story apartment house. 10
On the block with Mrs. Hewitt's plot
are a number Of six and seven story apart
ment buildings, a garage, and on the
Seventh avenue corner Dietrich's Hotel, a
building which is ssid to be the Morris
famIly's old residence The site OF the
hotel was sold recently for Improvement
with twelve story apartment house
From Seventh to Eighth avenue Cathedral
Parkway IL again lined with six story
mats None OF the improvements built Is
OF such value that II could no, be replaced
by a high class residence
The same transition Is taking place In
sections OF Park avenue now. The onl,
difference Is that the property in the rear
or Park avenue on both SIDES Ia of
somewhat better class than that in 1llth
street.