The Washington times., 1923-01-06
NOVEL
i APARTMENT
| :. PLAN
Msfhod Would Provide Large
rItg Living Room for
an Tenants.

81 Tenants.
IA new idea in apartment house
construction. which win provide
every APARTMENT with q spacious
lcfty-ceilinged, old-fashioned living
room without sacrificing space in
the other rooms Of the apartment,
as7now being regarded with great
interest by architects and build
ers. The apartment is under con-
@truction at Ninth street and Uni
yPpsity place, New York, by the
Sailors Snug Harbor Trustees.
The new plan has been adopted
b it's designers, Messrs. Helmle &
Cbfbett, architects, as one way out
Of the space restrictions imposed
ubon modern apartment houses by
city conditions and with the hope
81 restoring many OF the more
nSr1nal conditions Of living which
h&ves been. gradually sacrificed to
flYet necessities OF city building. At
nd greater cost per square foot
a4ea than any other standard type
d apartment house Of the minimum
bf the tenement house law the
new apartment house win provide
eack- apartment with q living room
2dIlrteens by twenty-three feet floor
a{ez, twelve feet high In the single
dAor apartments and fifteen feet
hikh In the duplex or two story
aAaFtments, with abundant light
aid air. a real old-fashioned home
ROBIN OF the finest type. The apart
nent house VIII have floor space
add equal to that of any standard
zJ&pk apartment house Of similar
G3Dand space and height.
to- S~.&~ M
eeetural arrangements are promised
INK rooms will lend themselves to
elaborate decoration, IL desired,
Wkae the fact that on some floors
they viii be set slightly below and
OHeOthers slightly above the level
oQlEhe minor rooms win give an
edit s Of novel arrangement. In
coistrast with the generous living
F0ttns. all secondary rooms. kitch-
exte bedrooms, ETC., are Of the nor
nal nine foot tier In height, contrib
ut.kg to the effect OF spacfousness
9nt kheAgreat living or social rooms.
III contrasts between the average
nib foot tier rooms and the lofty.
efttcions living room, will, it is
scged In and OF living In crowded
ard tenement house dweIlers ex-
he dimensions Of the great
xokn:: which Is q feature OF each
q, fmeiit, have been made pos
9i4 through reforming plan
wtEbs principal characteristics are
Got ervation OF space usually de-
vd to corridors and the indenta-
Cd of the building on two sides by
Axkr1or courts.
se idea OF the new apartment
ID was developed as the result
Ct analysis Of the conditions OF
cit INSTEAD Of booking at ex-
1s@ apartment houses. the archi-
Eet 11nnie O. Corbett, undertook
fDS 1ecoyer whether q solution q
lit more fitting to the situation
al anythtng which has been done
eng ~ apartment house could be ar
G1A ets
parkunent house conditions are
W4Srec0guized by the people who
ID Samoug them, Eaid q member
Dfttshe firm In discussing the new
q tments The average apart
AnAt house has been q home sup
I'd i'm size, and placed one
AdbtE6 on top of the other. With
ey, restriction In space, some
4e4&HEeg or the. >old-fashione home
haa&e been eliminated.
First to go was the high cell
ind and then the large living room;
THU the fire place. Then air and
Gutfshine were curtailed until to-
da& we live IN apartments all
aiAte. with q uniformity almost
eqk4al to hexagonal cells Of bee
hf&eg. In the effort to conserve
1pkee. ceilings are brought to the
lowest heights the tenement house
1aN permits. All rooms, even So
ell rooms, are brought within
limits 30 small that Il IL hardly
possible, to make a. room In which
people can live comfortably. To
meet the legal requirements for
outside light In each, apartments
arp. usually formed In wings with
deep courts and long corridors.
In analyzing the questions Of
city life which arc involved in the
prSplems Of city building, it was
re4Nzed that the condensation of
ep4ke was essential, that homes
m4ek ssbe piled on top Of one an.
0tAef In the city. But in planning
thu new apartment, It was thought
thu the first and most essential
thsB In the home should be at
le42 one liberal fine space with
art b generous ceiling height and
6ddk area. and q real fireplace
Vice a good fire can be had of
rear logs as a fine source of cheer,
II esired."