New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
VAN CORTLANDT
TERRACE ENCHANTS
Home Colony at Dividing
Line Between City
and YOnkerS.
WITHIN EASY REACH
OF GOTHAM'S CENTRES
Residents Enjoy Country Life,
j, Vet Are Near Their Bush
., ness Addresses.

/. Adjoining the northerly line of this
eisy is Van Cortland Terrace, resi-
DENTAL development Of the very high
eststype il is a home place which at
once enchants the professional or
business man Of the metropolis
wbether MS office address is the lower
or MINER mart Of the. city, who wants
4 his family TO enjoy All the advantages
Of country life vet at the same time 10
4 he within easy reach OF the principal
/ centres Of town b. subway or trolley.
mere 9rc hundre, Of persons now on
= vacation al III seashore or IN the
! mountains WHO IRE hoping they couid
always live where there were many, II
mt most Of the charms OF rural
scene. As they think OF the daS
yhsn they viii De IN the oastiing cl.y
streets again. their fondness Tor sea
side or country delights grows, and u
they arc heads OF families the Wish Is
eStA 'B6fore them that they 90 10 live
in place in or near the portals OF the
CITY where their children may nave
green fields for their PLAYGROUND: ihls
louging will be gratihed If they deeire
80 i've al Van Cortlandt Ierrace'
which. although reminding one OF the
beautiful hill and dale country many
males from the heart Of old New forK,
IS Almost important part OF. the CITY OF
Ypnkers. and. consequently, II pos
s@esses every public facility of that
fouri shinC city. such As pure drinking
water. modern electric lights, gas. and
many other things, including eftctent
~-psliee protection. Moreover. mere
are sonae famous private schools with
in a short walk of every home at Van
Corflandt Terrace, and nearby are
member Of modern public schools. One
OF the best known private educational
institutions for girls near the terrace
Is Mount 81. vincent Academy.
Among the residents OF Van Cort-
,andt Terrace are Horace Anderson, as
sist5nt secretary of the Title Guarantee
and Trust Company; Mrs. Philip Car
.-penteT, a former president Of Sorosis;
FRANK v. Hedley, vice-president anc
general manager Of the lnterborougn
Rapid Transit Company and OF the
Rand Transit Subway Construction
Company: Charles S. Guggenheimer. OF
the law firm of GUggenheimer, Inter.
myef & Marshall; Elliott !. Brown, OF
J. Romano Brown Company; W. b.
Anderson. manager for FINLEY, barrel
Go, Chicago; Henry hurt Wen
kYoen engineer, interested in projects
hi MEXICO and Japan; James 5. Petit,
Of Petit & Reed, and David Stewart,
foremost real estate broker OF this
city. Resides. many other we'll known
persons live there.
"THc actual development of Van
/. gortlardt Terrace WAS begun by the
Kan C0rtiandt Realty Company, COM
rrising the HOguet estate and David
Stewart. in the spring Of 1907" said a
well known real estate expert IN dis
cussing the varied charms Of the de-
ve,opment TO a Tribune reporter. The
Van Cortland Company and the Rol-
Inns estate laid all the streets OF the
5.,.elonment. at its own expense and
rnder city inspection. Since thai i'm
noytant task was done all those thor
cuct fares have been decided to the City
II Yonkers, and they are now puohe
aThe developers Of the Terrace also
installed modern connecting sewer, gas
and water mains in every part. A spe-
cial contract was made with the New
FYcrk Telephone and the Edison Elec-
Nffie Light companies whereby 'Ho'poies
for telephone OF lighting purposes VIII
ever. he placed along the streets. Tel
ephone aud electric wires are run 10
the rear Of every mousse
"About 43 houses now form the col
orv al Van Cortlandt Terrace. Most
~ the houses have been erected by
.heir present owners and occupants.
Nan Cortlandt Terrace Is the high
ct hand I'm this section east OF the
Hudson River, being from $50 70 zOO
fcet above sea level To the east OF
the DEVELOPMENT is Van Cortlandt
PARK. Of 1882 acres, or an area OF
. about one and one-half miles square
and TO the west is the Mount 81. VIM
cert School property Of about twenty
acres. Thus Van Cortlandt Terrace
viii certainly not be affected IN value
and attractiveness as q beautiful resi-
Dental place by any undesirable im-
prOvcments
"Ore Of the quickest ways 20 reach
Van Cortlandt Terrace is by subway TO
Van Cortlandt Park and thence by
Rroadway cars bound for Yonkers.
The development is reached in about
! inmates ride By trolley from the
,fortherly terminus Of the Broadway
81 owsy route.
>, SThere arc only few houses re,
naming unsold At the Terrace, and
thev are likely TO be disposed OF IN
4bo near future The houses arc for
sale "a from $4,000 TO $4,000, with
-lots OF land from 80 TO 100 feet front
Al varying in depth from 100 70 lsl
~ I'm most cases larger plots OF
~ ran be had II desired. II per
wants 10 build his own home a
aAuetion company viii contract TO
work and hc5g>tSanee the OPP