New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26


and restrictions will hold its first pub
lie hearing on its tentative report, as
required By law, at 1880 o'clock to-
morrow morning at the City Hall The
session will be devoted mostly to that
part Of Manhattan south of Esd ST. On
Wednesday the areas between 59th and
l25th SITS. will be heard, and the dis
trict north Of l25th st. on Thursday.
One Of the evils In Upper Manhattan
that the enactment Of the districting
principle will remedy is the invasion OF
quiet residential blocks by garages and
stores. Whole neighborhoods now stand
in danger OF being subjected to this
blight. Streets that are now only
slightly spotted" by business the COM
mission hopes ito bring back" by re-
stricting them 70 exclusive residential
use. By prohibiting the erection of
any additional business or factory
buildings In these blocks II Is thought
that the districting scheme may offer
ton Of apartment houses and thus tend
10 restore the original character OF the
street. Many owners have hesitsted
TO improve their properties with apart
ments for fear that the desirsbility OF
their district for residential purposes
would be ruined through the invasion
Of garages and stores.
Every attemp: has been made 70 pre-
serve the sttractiveness Of the areas
adjacent 70 the parks as residential
districts. Riverside Park IS entirely
surrounded by residential streets. SO
is MOrningside Park, TOO, except where
II comes in contact with HON -. ana
with Amsterdam av. Manhattan Square
is bounded by but one business street
Columbus ay.; Is three other boundary
streets are all residential streets Zen
trial Park Il almost wholly surrounded
with residential streets, the only
boundary streets indicated as business
streets being the four circles, Central
PARK West. south Of esd ST, and tItth
nv south Of 8lst 81. Al the streets
bounding Fort Washington, lsham and
Roger Morris Parks have been protect
ed egairs- business. Three sides OF 81 I
Nicholas Park have been protected, only .
12-tb 81. being business street. Am .
s+erdar av. r. the only business street.
alincent 20 Ilighbridge Park. Colonial .
P.rl abuts a. either end on business
st,ccts. l45th and l55'h ets.
On both sides Of Central Park the
commission has reserved IS many
streets and avenues as pos 5ioie eTclu- .
,iveiv for residential use. on the up
nor West Side. Central Park West
Wet End Avenue. Riverside Drive,
,irv,irpeide Drive. Morningside Ave
-re Claremont Avenue, Manhattan
venue. between tooth and lOotn' ana
Eanbattan Avenue, between HUN ana .
.2ed. are all indicated as residence
.treets. The only avenues SHOWN s9
business streets in this sectloh arr
Broadway, Amsterdam, columbus eh9
Manhattan ave ues between IVglh auu
10th. and Eighth Avenue. on the
,,,er Past side both Fifth and PARK
Avenues have been Indicated AS r. e.
icrce streets. Fifth Avenue from SlN-
=. e.. "a 10th. and Park Avenue
.yyoro Fif,ieth % Ninety-siXth. All the
Tets from Sixty-Arst 20 lOsth' be
zen Fifth and Madison Avenues
&c been indicated a. residenuai
fr.cts The same ia true Of al the
.t,ee.s except iOCth. between Manson
80 park Avenues. Between PARK ana
,xiugton Avenues all the side streets
awe been reserved Tor residcnuaI puI
coca a. far north as Ninety-S'Al1
..,eo, and between Lexington aHo
r,ird Avenues az FAR north as Ninety
.f,b Street. with the sole exception o.
,ob.y-tiyth Street East o. Ihrd
.ven1e IL has been found inezpedlent
n restrict any considerable area eN-
.lusiyelv 20 residential use. blslhess
las. az rule, made such deep Ihio.1tVs
,u the streets as % make ~ inpoA'sO.'
% restrict them except against l"1
cries and uuisances. me giv"N'I
art Of this area has, th'felore' pee"
Indicated az business distinct
H. Harlem the chief avenues nave 'h
be- main been placed IN business dls-
,tof. bat the avenues adjoining paIts
,,yc ali been reserved for residcnIsI
..t,ro.er Those latter include rpch
.y,.ues rs Morningsde Drive, morn
,gsidc. Convent and 81. Nicholas ave
','es between l21th and lG0th Stfeels'
,,adburgt. EdRccOmbe, Mount MOTIF
mi Avenues. S. Nicholas Terrace h"y
r.liron Avenue between lIOth hho
,1tb Streets. Most o. the streets
9TH Of Central Park are reSidehtiAi
on Washington Heights tho entire
.,ea ,yest u broadway 20 me river IN
,fsn rcserved for exclusive TcriH'"l'"'
80 10 be- saved FOR nigh class tefl'
.erce buildings this district o'm~"v'
di8trictine. 5ioies arc ~
.sdy making their aprenfnnce ~ tn'
,ersment and ground floors o. buiih-
ms on both the avenues "nd t1s