The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-24
100 Acres in the Property
Formerly the Hengerer,
Richmond and Flower
Estates So Developed
as toCive Every House
Splendid Views - I'm.
provements Have Cost
$4,000

aided greatly by the local governmeL,
OF Hastings, which has taken over al Of
our improvements and maintained them
To show their appreciation of what We
have done In Hastings they have i'm
proved and beautihed the approach to
our property from the station at con
siderable expense, and for Ave years they
have kept the tax rate down to l.66 on
an average assessment of about so per
cent. OF the value, In fact, they do
everything here TO make life agreeaoi
TO property owners"
Residents of Riverview Manor have
formed an association which maintains
bus service through the property and
TO and from the station. meeting most Of
the trains They also have had an au-
tomobie fire department for chree years,
though there has been no fire for them
to attend. For train service the Manor
relies on the fine electrified Hudson
River division Of the New York Gen.
trail. Trains leave from and arrive al
the Grand Central Station and there are
twenty-four up and twenty down
every day. the last train up at night
leaving the terminal at thirty-five min.
utes after midnight. The run to Has.
tings takes forty-two minutes by com
Portable. easy running. well lighted AMI
ventilated trains. and the monthly CON.
mutation Is s7.55. Hastings can be
reached also for ten cents BY the sub
way TO 242d street and by trolley
through Yonkers.
In the matters OF recreative facilities
schools, churches and stores Rivervle~
Manor Is unexcelled. The highways u
Westchester are too we'll known 10 Az
tomohilists TO need further mention here,
or golf clubs Hastings has a good Sc
lection with the ST. Andrews club az
Chauncey. the Lawrence Park Club g;
Bronxville. the Dunwoodie Club near
Yonkers. the Sleepy Hollow club g.
Scarborough and the Briarclifre Club a.
Briarcliffe. The Hudson River front IL
dotted with houses OF clubs that make
specialties OF water sports, motor boat
ing being probably the chief pleasure
because OF the excellent opportunities
the placid waters OF the Hudson AFFORD
for its enjoyment. Public and private
schools OF all grades surround River
view Manor. while the stores of Hast
ings supply the best of all things 10
residents.
Homes at Riverv!ew. because they
express the individual tastes of their
oWneTs, pTeSeut n Wlut variety OF ar
chitecture, as veil as a pleasing ensem-
bic. Some OF the houses have been de-
signed by such we'll known men a.
II. II. Shreve OF Carrere & Hastings ana
Ferdinand Witt. Some OF those who
own and occupy homes there arc
! Gustav Heubach OF Herman Behr 4
| Co, Wade Hampton, general manager
OF the Standard OIL Company. James
| V, Lawrence. Jr.. William II. Pope,
| Charles l.. Brookheim, Jennie c. Dom
| nelly, sculptors; Walter II. Braillard,
vice-president OF the Bowery Bank:
Roy 3. Mattern OF the Mckenzie
School for Boys. Ferdinand Witt. arch
itect: a. J. Paulsen. with J. p. Morgan
& Co.; Dicran l.. Dadirrian OF the Zoo
! lac Company. Stephen +. Hoffman,
George w. Martin. secretary OF tho
Railroad Building and Loan Associn-
tion; Arthur Bruckner. professor, Col
lege OF the City OF New York. George Il.
Hemsireet of the Hastings Paving Com
pany Charles Weston. general manager
OF the United States Tire Company,
Jesse f. Smith, principal Of the Wad-
leigh High School, Frederick c. Ste-
vens of the Federal Printing Com
pany, Joseph Mendelsohn. Otis A. Ken
yon. Charles l.. Van Fossen. Franklin
A. Wagner, and 'Chr-les Dolby OF the
Mechanics and Metals National Bank