Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-02-26
ny Raymond q. Carroll.

NEW YORK. Fab. ,S.--Ir the mil.
iionhires lived In their Fifth Avenue
homes, the movement to erect apart
fn"nt houscs along tho eastern
fringe OF Central Park would have
less Importance to tho many. But
The wealthy do not live there. Their
homes are boarded up In the spring,
summer and autumn months. and tho
short winter season constitute n chain
OF sumptuons dressin9-rooms. where
madame and master change their
clothes for the opera. the horse show
and the theater. Occasionally a so.
ciai AFFAIR liz given In the avenue. hut
most always OF late tho stellar f,,,o-
''ons are held at their Long Island
"estchester or New Jersey country
piaces or at smart hotel.
From Flfty-ninth to One Hundred
Icnih Streets. Firth Avenue IL mn
uiafIy known through tho creator
part "i It's extent az "millionslros'
row. Here Is whore from tho tom
We nus or sightseeing car. vi.,-
'ors can look down into tho homes
| OF vincent Astor. Edwin Could VII
j..
h"hert X. Gerry. Mortimer r.. SchifY
robert Go"l"t. George J. Could Al
ran iselin. Jr.. Harry Payne Whit
! ny. Judge T.. VI. Gary. Senator VIII
! nam ~. clarke. Mrs. Herman OsIrIcbs
lanes Il. Duke and others. ana into
| the stately abodcs where onrc Iiynd
| .Nndrew Carnegie, f.. II. Hartman
Frick Lay
shat. Out Apartment Houses.
| Hnon' wv" months ago. the Board
ESuma'es and Appropriations by
resolution restricted future buildip ~
| IN Ftfth Avenue between SIXTEEN and
NinetH-sixth Streets to height ~
seEentH-hre feet. That ,as I, do.
cision TOT the millionaireE from tbc
tSian administration, tho Maynr
| hlmsclf favorinr tho shutting nm, ~
the proposed apartment houses ,n,,
c"''hs them Chinese walls which
would deprive the eastern portion M
INC Guy from the benefits of the cool.
ing breezcs sweeping across Centre,
| Park" Ne'' u d.
Last week. the corporation cnunse,
decided In an opinion that the re.
| S'r'ctlon OF the Board OF EstInrn =.
was iesai and binding. much tn thu
JOY or those milllonaircs. who want
I" Keep their Firth Avenue dro.s
ine-rooms. hut tn the wrath n,
"thers, who desire to sol, and tho.o
| Ie"ity operators. who han bought In
,"er' on tho prospect OF Directing
""ee apartment houses. The con
Slruc.ioh or thirteen apartment
houses costing about tt.50o.OoO hang.
the balance. pending bitter nrh,
! mat has started against tho ras,ric-
non. which will he carried 10 tha
| hichcet court. IL necessary
Allowed One Block East.
a curious feature in connection
win the Keeping Fifth Avenue fre.
from apartment houses" is that ons
olock east. on Madison Avenu.
apartment houses are allowed IN =
heieht or twelve stories. and an
o'her block further east. on Park
Avenue. they can attain a height OF
seventeen stories. canvass Of the
property owners In Fifth Avenue
showed that the mlllionaircs cbnsti
tute IA house divided against itseIf.'
some want the restrictions removed
ana some want II maintained To tbn
great mass of citizens the row Is
or small concern, except that apart =
mcnt houses once established in
fItth Avenue would give thousands
or middle-clasS families living
share In the beauties of Central Park
| Few streets in this city OF randi
changes can show such a contrast ms
Ffth Avenue within half century
bctore central Park was laid out II
ran for three miles through district
so disreputablc and poverty stricken
that II had come 10 he known as IN.
"Sduatters' Sovercigny."
1T was district Of swamps and
thickets and s'agnant pools TIL.
suuatters lived in shhnties construct.
ed from boards and driftwood gath
cred at the river front. and the roofs