New-York tribune., 1921-10-02

changes, IN the interests Of the new do,,,.
tlcity, which tend to rob said plans of m,o,
Of their motor character. Bedrooms ,,.
rooms, kitchens and bathrooms are sopes,..
into the plans here and there. Guests b.,.
even been known to be informed that thai
sleeping quarters will be in the car ;tso,s
where there has been rugged up one of tbe.s
automobile beds, commonly used by tboso
tourists who go every year from Keob,,
Iowa. TO one OF the national parks, camping
route.
In these deliberately planned garage dwel.
ings the owners arc prepared to i've unit,
the cost Of building comes down even ;f !,
takes matter of twenty year In fac,
architects have a haunting fear that tbo
garage s.~o will so grow on these people ths,
the plars for the big houses never will bo
busted off, and that the coming generation
will be so used TO eating off the rlpnn,
board of the family car and making oce,.
toilet at a mirror propped up on the hoos
that living in the ordinary dwelling viii bs
scorned.
Il know of a young couple in Pelham.
unused ono New York architect, who ara
living in their garage and have parked thcir
machine out under tree, but most pconle
manage to stow themselves in among their
machines some way. And this living in ont.
buildings is by no means confined to younc
people who are just starting out in the world
and who are tiding themselves over tcm.
porary Iaonetary stringency until they can
build a $4,000, or maybe $4,000. house
Not at all 1t has hit the owners Of manv
potential estates all the way from New York
to California. | know Of one architect who
thought his fortune was made when be
landed the job of fixing up big estate owned
by man near Chicago. 1t was to be lob
running close to $400,O00 1t has progressed
to the outbuilding stage and no further The
owner IS living in his gardeners cottage. II
is nice enough house for anybody, 50 far as
mere living is concerned 1t cost probahv
$4,000. But it is far from being the man.
sion that the owner had in mind and that is
still in the blueprint stage. Talk about
downcast architect-say. he could write
song called The Blueprint Blues which would
out-blue any piece of musical buing turned
out so far in Tin-Pan Alley.
Then there are some social drawbackx
that go with this garage-dwellng scheme.
The people who are living in their garages
are mostly in restricted districts. The oues-
ton comes up-when is garage a dwelling.
If ever? The question even got into court in
Long Island not long ago. One of the garage
dwelling couples had fixed up their temporary
home very nicely, with window boxes and real
lace curtains and all those things But they
couldn't disguise the fact that they were liv-
ing in garage in a highly restricted district.
so, when it became evident that their garage
life WAS going to continue IN 'etinitely, some
neighbors had them brough nto court,
charged with violating the ,-cnclad building
restrictions which applied to nc district Ths
court decided that the rules CT he game ought
to be suspended IN times like these, to give
everybody Glance to get aioag as best they
might, and the young people we're discharged,
but they have suffered aimosG complete So
cal ostracism ever since. They are gaming
it out-but it hurts"
These are just some sidelghts on the cold
figures given out at Washington by the in.
vestigators of the nations housing problem.
But enough has been shown to indicate that
not all garages are to be taken at their facade
value, bat to be classed as homes, whls
many motion picture theater owners might,
with the right spirit of cooperation on tho
part of their builders, help in the housing
crisis by adding to their electric signs this
eXtra-uminating line:
FILMS AND APARTMENTS ON VIEW