New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-20

4 movement has recently been start
ed with the sole object Of conserving
the old residential charms and enlarg-
ing the modern building garb OF Green
wieh Village. The names Of those be-
hind this movement have not yet been
made public, as a search is now being
made for a capable man to lead IT.
Similar steps were taken years ago to
make other parts of the city more at
,rsctiye TO homeSeekers and at the
same time HELM toward the speedy i'm
proyement with loft or factory struct-
vres Of plots more suitable for mer-
camille buildings than for the modern
type Of small dwelling or large fiat
house. And in most instances success
has crowned those efforts, not IN a
small but in an oyerhowing measure.
Somehow the residents and landlords
Of the Village" stood idle while the
food Of hOmeseckers moved at a most
rapid rate away from the older and
we'll settled sections to those areas.
Somehow. too. these same residents
and landlords OF the Village" never
uttered a protest, or. if they did, only
sieeble one, when the builders of mod
en- loft buildings entered their section
md announced that the day had come
when the "village" was most inviting
70 them. and that rows and rows of old
fashioned yet charming and servlceable
oselling houses would soon be replaced
With massive mercantile structures.
Then followed an avalanche of state
ments from real estate brokers and
other experts on building. each con-
tanning vivid picture OF the future OF
thevlllage as one Of the strongest ware
house, shipping and manufacturing
centres in this country. Not a single
word in those statements brought cheer
70 the hearts Of residents and property
owners Of the village, who still thought,
ana nightly so, that the days Of the
village as a charming dwelling place
we're not few in number and who were
moi disposed 10 submit mildly to these
building upheavsls and then join the
ranks OF the northward homeseekers,
al on account Of urgent demands Of
business.
IL the new perspective Of the 'vil-
Ege there are seen thousands more
oSellers than are there to-day. Modern
tenement houses loom up boldly. not
oaly IN the foreground but in every
pay. OF the picture: no overshadowing
% loft or other business building is
eoseHed, as the expansion of the in
uVs'rlal side of the place is to be as
.ealously guarded as the upbuilding of
We lots most suitable for business
BY some persons this coming build
ng movement in the village is likened
70 The ebb of the tide. For years there
aas been a rapid upbuilding of the
RESIDENTIAL areas in the most north
wy parts of the city, and there are
sui unimproved plots on Manhattan.
nearly all are in the most Northwestern
apex Of the island. Now, gazing
lon their angle, the stream Of resi-
eential invasion is turning back, as it
we're, to its source-the older sections
The city-a and Greenwich Village,
ssssSe to the opportunity, has its gates
sO"n and is seeking TO get the largest
POssiole benefit from this situation.
9any a movement to revivify an old
usioential section of the city is born
wy OF an Unsuitable desire for financial
gan; But those who have already
A'uoied in the breasts of many persons
: craving to dwell for the first time,
" once more, in the village have done
~ through fondness for the old village
my, au because they have studied the
.ssl'y situation there very carefully
' sSa are firmly Of the opinion that the
mage Is growing in favor as a resi-
sen1iai place, and that that develop
zen, sn' Will not dim its fame as a ship
Fs and manufacturing centre.
you meet one Of these devotees Of
W, ms village he will ask you: "Why live
. ...,s uptown? Why spend lifetime
s. to and from your place of bust
i ~ or employment, when you can live
- .ne village, where you will be with
-, u easy walking or riding distance of
~. principal shopping, loft, hotel, the
~ .i' financial and railroad centres
-. snls city, and where the saving OF
~ iare' owing TO such a location, is
~ mean item ?"
,Lials devotee Of the village is also
, ~ssly to lombard the person who has
lived away from the Greenwich sec
~ OF town with other pertinent oues-
aus ans as to why he prefers TO remain
Ssnef outside of the village. The
. sNtee says: "You can live in desir.
,s quarters at less rentals than Won
~ IN any other attractive part of the