The sun., 1916-12-24

buy he will take the subway Mt the
station nearest his hotel and In from
four to ten minutes arrive at Hunters
Point station. There he will alignt
and from the subway level take an ele-
vator up to n level well above the
Pennsylvania tracks. Alighting from
the vertical elevator he takes n "horl-
zontal elevator" or walks down the
corridor IL he chooses till he comes to
the section Of the building In witch
his prospect Is located.
This sales or exposition building Of
the garment trades, as now contcm.
plated. will ultimately be about one.
half mile in length. The height will
be something between five and ten
stories and the wrdth will be such as To
secure the very best day lighting Of the
entire floor space. This lighting viii
be guaranteed by a permanent park
ing on either side and a restriction OF
the height Of factory buildings beyond
such parking.
But the most unusual feature about
this building will be its indoor prone.
nades. These will run through the
centre OF the building on every floor
level and will be sided by endless rows
Of indoor show windows. At the few
points where permanent obstacles now
exist. as in the case of the Long Island
Railroad tracks. the freight ard pas
senger '%horizonta elevators as well
as tho upper walking p~romenados. will
be bridged over on arches. The top
most promenade Is to be the roofway.
where those not interested in the win
dow displays may take the air as they
walk.
In a factory town built for n single
industry and having such a unified
central structure the advantage
claimed for the Industrial village de
velopment OF the metropolis will he
achieved in an intensified way. In
deed, as soon ms a nucleus of firms
has made the move ii will he quite
as difficult for n firm to remain out 4
this new Garment City rs 1t was for
II TO remain in the old downtown
district when its competitors moved
up town.
But the movement up town into tile
shopping district was born Of n bind
competition and as such has bruurh,
a needless burden of expense TO the
industry. In tho very nature Of tho
situation such movements are tom.
porary. "A mere chasing about Of TIE
retail shops in n hare and hounds race
in which all arc exhausted. The rrcg-
ent plans for a Long Island Carmen,
city are born Of good reasoning and
that immense good luck by means NJ
which, owing to the river obstruction.
an ideally located manufacturing area
remained undcveloped till this tapping
Of II by the Belmont tubes has placed
a whole virgin town site nearer IN "A
busy mans minutes to the Grand Gem
trail station than Herald Square
now Is.
But tho industrial village idea H..
wolves the conception that the wprk'r.
shall live near their work. From 80
the regions tapped by tho old subw.r
and other transportation lines planned
10 work in conjunction herewith u
will he but one carfare 90 this r,N
Garment City. The worker now living
In the Bronx transfers on the subway
at Grand Central and can 60 '1
Hunters pont, l.. l., aH qu.cElH
ms to Spring street. and the worker
now living in Hester street cen get
there as quickly as he could reach q
factory in the Thirtics west Of SIN
avenue. But these old factory looH-
tons offer tho workers no hopes ~
newer and better home locations arI
salvation from the human sardlnc Csc
p%erience twice a day In tho suhway
In Long Island city. within walk.
distance OF the new factory sites rs
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