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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1908
Page
3
Apartment houses and hotels reshape city life with high class developments across prime districts. Experts note growing demand for upscale buildings, while earlier cheap flats face slower rents. Servant access, servant suites, and multi floor configurations offer enhanced privacy and convenience for tenants in central districts.
A historical overview details the West Side’s rise from low rise flats to towering apartment houses and hotels. It notes the Ansonia as a landmark, the shift toward flexible floor plans, noiseproof walls, and hotel style services, plus expanding midtown centers and lower Fifth Avenue developments.
The local market sees strong demand for modern dwelling houses with several multi hundred thousand dollar deals in a week, including a parcel in the Highlands of Fifth Avenue. Activity remains robust despite overall small volume with signs of a coming spring buying and building wave in newer city districts and the Pennsylvania tunnel terminal zone.
Plans filed by Egan Hallecy Construction Co for a group of four three story brick houses east of Fort Washington Ave on 170th Street. The project features ornamental stone trim, two 13 foot front houses with swell front bays, and two 17 foot front houses with keystone mullions. Estimated cost 3400 dollars. Architects Neville and Bagge.
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