NEW YORK APARTMENTS

The New York "city lot" when first planned was believed to be the best thing that could be devised for compelling the intending house builder to give himself plenty of light and air on two sides of his house. This expectation was seldom realized, for the high value of the land and the foolish greed of the landlords soon resulted in the conventional folly known as the New York “tenement-house.” The disposition was to cover nearly the entire lot with buildings of deep houses with dark rooms in the middle. In contrast, some plans were proposed for using all, or nearly all, the land in a lot, and, at the same time, to give every room a window on the open air.   

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