The New York herald., 1922-04-02
16 NEW FLATS AT
JACKSON HEIGHTS
First Elevator Houses at CO.
operative Colony Will Open
Tomorrow.

The first Garden apartments with ele-
vators erected at Jackson Heights are
TO be open for inspection tomorrow, ac-
cording to an announcement made yes
terday by l.. A. AIacDougall. president
OF the greensboro Corporation. The
houses are divided into two groups, one
of which, comprising eight buildings.
known as Laburnum Court. is on Twenty
second and Twenty-third streets, be-
tween Polk and Roosevelt avenues; the
second group, known as Elm Court. is on
Twenty-second and Twenty-third streets,
between Fillmore and Hayes avenues.
These two groups of buildings have been
placed In one OF the most desirable sec
tions of Jackson Heights and were
erected by the Jackson Heights Apart
ment Corporation.
The buildings. in addition to spacious
interior gardens approximately l0Ox5OO
feet in dimensions, have parked streets
and terraces in front, which are being
attractively landscaped and planted. The
outlook from the apartments of these
sixteen new elevator buildings Is both
on parked streets and on garden courts
similar to a private park for the use of
the tenants, their children and guests,
and Is the unique feature of garden court
apartment construction.
George H. Wells, the architect. has
succeeded in providing rooms OF. un-
usual size, together with exceptional
closet room, and the largest possible
percentage of the plot area devoted to q
garden court, with the idea of assuring
the maximum amount of sunshine, air
and ventilation, together with an ex-
ceptionally attractive outlook from the
windows of each and every suite.
The rooms are unusually large and
each apartment contains log burning
fireplace, the use of which Is optional
during the period of the year when
steam heat Is not desired. An especially
attractive feature is the inclosed sun
parlors, built in the rear Of the apart
ments and overlooking the garden
court. A decided innovation in the con-
structlon of apartments at Jackson
Heights Is the introduction of Murphy
in-a-Door Beds. the value of which con-
sists In the fact that they provide for
combination sun parlor and bedroom.
thereby giving to a single room the
value of two.
The kitchens and bathrooms in these
sixteen new houses have been designed
especially for comfort and easy house,
keeping. The bathrooms have built-in
tubs with showers. tile floors and
wainscoating, enameled steer meuicine
cabinets and linen closets, the latter To-
Gated in hall adjoining. The Kitchens
have the new type gas ranges, with
hood and ventilator, large refrigerators,
Hoosier cabinets. ample dresser room
and shelving, cold boxes under the
kitchen windows for winter use and
clothes drier racks suspended from the
ceilings.
Sleeping rooms are segregated from
the living quarters SO that the bedroom
portion of each apartment is self-con-
tained and private. The sun parlors are
equipped with extra large easement
windows. The construction Of these
elevator apartments indicates the desir-
ability of Jackson. Heights as highly
restricted place Of residence where more
than go families are now the owners of
apartments purchased under the jack
son Heights plan Of tenant-ownership.