Evening star., 1915-11-20
SUGGESTS PLAN OF BUILDING
SUITED FOR THE HOME CLUB
Lewis L. Young in Bulletin Outlines Scheme
for Making Proposed Clubhouse an
Income-Producing Property.

| service for the price of table board.
With the clubs cooperative pur-
dining room as an income-paying prop
| os1tfon and as source of economy to
members residing at the club, and
others who might wish to dine there,
are apparent.
Hall Attendants Convenient.
Suites of this kind can be made un-
usually homelike, attractive and COM
plete. In the Brooklyn building every
apartment affords view of the street
or outlook upon the parklike grounds
Of the neighboring premises. The fin-
| ish of the suites with their tapestry
brick fireplaces. broad twin windows,
rough finished walls with soft. neutral
colors. reminds one of the interior of
some charming bungalow. In each
apartment Is cozy kitchenette, well
IliFhted and ventilated.
| Hall attendants would be conven-
lent in the proposed club building, as
the residents would seldom be at home
when delivery men. laundry drivers
Brooklyn apartments uniformed maid
us stationed in the entrance hall to
care for parcels called for or delivered,
| to answer the telephone. attend to CALI
is also long hall seat having COM
partments in which the residents when
| leaving in the morning may put par
! cells to be called for. ard find on their
return those delivered in their absence.
There is house telephone in each suite
communicating with the hall servants s
desk. janitor's room and other parts
| of the building.
rented without advertising, and before
the house was finished. There. have
4 been no vacarcies in the four years
since it's completion and there is a
= srHrr frk -
! ters have provided more buildings of
this kind to meet the demand. BY an
/, ,ingenfously compact arrangement of
the suites. ten. kitchenette apartmert ts
placed in a floor area of less than
so by 125 feet. With a plot twice this
,ength and building containing three
floors devoted to clubrooms and four to
ments. or accommodations for about
$50 people, could be provided.
Income From Building.
The rentals of.the thirty-six suites
and central dining hall amount to more
than $4,000 annually. The investment
represents an outlay estimated at $780,
900 to 100000. Some idea may be had,
| therefore. of what a building contain
ing more than twice that number of
suites would yield.
I'm New York city a semi i-philan-
thropic corporation has made busi-
ness proposition of providing apart
| ments with club Accommodations for
young men. One of the contemplated
| chain Of buildings was completed last
! winter. It is a twe1ve-story structure
with accommodations for $50 guests, In
the basement are club, pool and billiard
| rooms. On the first floor is a large
living room with pipe organ and piano
attachment, smoking and card rooms.
! On the second floor is a restaurant and
on the roof is a solarium with flowers
and shrubs.
The active cooperation of Home
Club members interested in the type of
apartments described is important. If
a plan of this kind is to materialize.
Members feeling the need of such ac-
commodations should inform the Home
Club of the number of rooms and fea-
lures each would like and the amount
of rent desired to pay With pre-
liminary sketches embodying the re-
quirements of the club and a sufficient
number of agreements from members
/ to lease all of the apartments in the
proposed building. it is probable that
moneyed men. interested in the prob
lem of proper housing. could be in
duced to finance an undertaking of the
kind outlined" -, /,