The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
CHICAGO HOUSE MAY
SOLVE HIGH RENTS
Built on Cooperative Plan,
Apartments May Be Had
for $40 to SIS.
NOTHING LIKE TT HERE
Similar Type Of Houses Ad.
vocatcd for Brooklyn Would
Be n Success There.
NOTHING LIKE TT HERE

An apattment house has rcccutit boon
completed in Chicago in which apart,
mcnts may be rented from $50 70 s15
month, which is range found In few
houses. whether in this city or any other
city. The house Is built on tho co1pera-
tive plan and has been success a.
far as can be learned. Not only docs Il
solve the rent problem. but health and
comfort have not been overlooked hv
the promoters of the scheme. The house
is on South Park avenue facing Wash.
ington Park. Apartments range from
four to seven rooms. The rooms are
large and light and some contain closets
sufficiently large So he used rs dressing
rooms There also are bookcases. side
boards ard other fixtures found IN tn.
modern apartment house.
Instead of a tall building. the ueuai
type Of apartments shown IN this cit,
the Chicago house * only three storio.
high and is built in the shape # th-
letter L around n grass plot and fiowc,
bed Each apartment has a front ami
a rear porch. as there are no rear apart.
mcnts in the building. The floors az
divided into two apartments. That 49, ir
each arm of the building there are three
families an arrangement which give,
| each the privacy of a dwelling Thougl
il * among the finest buildings Of a.,
section and probably one Of the bes,
! rented II may be bought for $4,000
at which figure the builder r. making o.
| fair profit.
The fact that It has rented we'll seems
to indicate that it is the nearest so.uto.
to the high rent problem. which is akin
20 the high cost of living. that has beea
advanced In Chicago Builders are
watching II. and should II continue ~.
| success it has go far proved to he II ,.
! likely that more houses Of this type W
be erected IN the Windy CITY IL
scheme makes It possible Toy man Wit.
a small income 10 buy home. IN "a
! that is what tenants in this house hay
done. They have bought the apart
mcnts they occupy through the pu'-
chas, of bonds Of the building compart
to the amount AZ which their apartment.
were held
II would hc Impossible tu g"' s.m1a-
Accommodation for twice The rent eyeu
/ in the suburbs of Chicago. not 10 sppa
of the city itself This house Is IN m
city OF Chicago and convenient q" ~.
business quarter, shopping Ceu'r" am
the amusement district Should q hons.
Of this type hc erected IN New York cit'
the apartments would not rent for lcs.
than s75 - month.
/ \ Brooklyn woman who Saw M
house Is surprised that some "ntorpris
| ing builders OF these parts have gr
heard ~ this house and duplicated e
/ here. The CuQut rutINr hcusrs that has.
, been built here are only for people q
means Some OF these hay" succeeded
while good many OF them have p~1v'~
a big drain on the pockets Of thus, .r
tho scheme \ real csta'" man nor BONG
ago. speaking of cooperative apartment
sad that they work q ont fine on per''
hu. IN Practice Wrr" poor money max
crs. lie WAS referring 70 a New York O.
lucrative hulse, which So far has boo.
Of the expensive kind Tho th.g.
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