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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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