New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

Building expansion in Bay Ridge, re-
sulting from the operation of the
Fourth Avenue subway, has in no way
abated. Nineteen more buildings have
been planned for the section by Cantor
e. Dorfman.
William NJ. Eklund, formerly with
Rice & Hill. is now associated with
Douglas Robinson, Charles S. Brown
Company, at 10 East 45th ST.
Many photographs taken by the Com
mission on Building Districts and Re
strictions show the deplorablc condi-
tions that follow on the heels Of bust
ness as it pushes its way into residcn-
tial districts.
"Fine private residences whose orig
inal cost mounted into the hundreds
of thousands, more modest tenement
and apartment houses, and even small
detached private houses, have all felt
the destructive influence Of a change
in the character of the district says
Francis p. Schesvone.
"What, perhaps, is the saddest feature
of this condition is that the CONVEX
sion. with all its expense. is usually
forced upon reluctant home owners py
the destruction of the residential chsr-
acter of the neighborhood, by the
growth Of an adjoining business DIS
hu
roads which are unjustitied by all con-
siderations except, perhaps, snort
sighted personal interest. Thus u may
hammer that a residential block may be
deprived of all of its home atmosphere
by the noise, commotlon and neafy
traffic attendant on business In
nearby street. or it may be more ef.
fectiyely ruined by the introduction OF
a store in a building within the very
same block by new owner, VINO hopes
10 create a monopoly for himself ana
TO prey upon the helplessness OF his
neighbors to his own profit.
"irhe zone resolution has beeh
adopted to prevent much of the loss
that the heretofore unrestrlcted ihtTo-
duction of business into purely resi-
dence sections has cntailed. IL mas
prevented the entry Of business INTO
what are now uncontaminated resi-,
dence streets. and its restrictions stand
to-day as a permanent safeguard 10 the
home builder that the usefulness OF MS
nroduct as a residence and its. safes
value will not be deprecated suddenly
bv a sporadic store, factory or ga
rage"
Suburban houses and home sites are
.cheaner to-day than they ever VIII pc
again according TO George j.. Huopeii,
e,eneral manager of the Garden City
Tonnanv who looks for a considerable
;ncrtase i'm the cost of country houses
and advances in land values soon aiter
The suburban home buying and oulidlhg
season opens a month or so from nov,
"Buv now" is the advice Mr.. HuopeIl
oives 10 all who contemplate suourpa"
iiving "if YOU want TO avoid q consul
orsbie advance over present prices, iVr
higher prices are coming IN the SUP
urbs as surely as they have come III "ii
Houses are going to cost much more
in the future than they have III we
mast. according to Mr.. Huooell Wnlle
land values, which are as low now 90 %
they have been in recent years. III
advance under the stimulation on
demand which is apparent on al slues.
Tbn nrobIem of the cost OF building Is
tbe more important to Mr.. huoDeIl,
y~bo in his twenty years as manager
of The Garden City Company mas see.
the cost of construction increase S.5
bv wear. but never with such leapS anu
sounds as in the last twelve moh'hS'
= .t.r
A campaign for the erection OF NOR
;,drstyial STRUCTURES in The Bronx IS
now being conducted by the p5on rd Of nf
dnstrial bureau Of the Bronx boSIu Vi
Trade.
Tho Gross &. Brown Company says
49, revival Of the Canal ST. d'strleI
I tn aot under way with much earnest
noss The company has completed t ,5e
r mt; Of the premises 43i ana 49S
Rroadway. Last year the New 10 to,n
TeIenhone Company rented the s.ote
- Howard st. and Broadway MeAs ~
sbe Edison Company; the western
ffD;on Telegraph Company leased space
- G9s Broadyay and the Columbia
pant cot space at Broadway and cana
81 Canal et. is expected to De one %
no most important express ststlohS
on the Broadway line. o.rs Tho
AIN tho last eight or nine years Vne
oroount of building has not peeII
enonch 10 meet the normal demand
;nc;dent to the growth Of the country