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Record and Guide.
SUPPLEMENT
The fourth floor contains a large front bedchamber, with two rear bed¬
rooms, store-room and servant's toilet-room, all furnisbed in hirdwood
Tbis, in brief, is a description of tbe interior arrangement
Tbe general appointments are of a firstKjlass character. All the main
rooms and b-dchambers are to have mantels of special design, witb mir¬
rors and open flregrates, andirons, etc. The houses are heated throughout,
and are to bave electric bells and other improvements. The construction,
plumbing and workmanship are of a superior cbaracter, and every effort
bas been made to bring into existence an improvement which shall be an
omament to tbe avenue. Tbe bouses will be completed by about tbe
beginning of February.
An Upper West Side Improvement
\ ROW OK TlllKTY-THREE HOUSES ERECTED BY ONE OPER.\TOR—A
NEW SECTION BEING BUILT UP AND RESTRICTED TO PRIVATE
IK )rSES.
Comparatively few people are aware of tbe remarkable cbanges wbich
are destined to take place between i;j6th and 141st streets, during tbe next
two or three years. It is not generally known that this section, between
Ttb and Mb avenues, is entirely restricted .to private residences. The
marks of such a wise restriction are already seen in the erection of a row
of thirty-three houses on the south side of 15<6tb street, between those two
avenues, within one block of tbe elevated road station at ia.5th street.
The bouses arc a very important improven.ent, and lend tone and char¬
acter to the neighborhood. But tbey are uow being supplemented
by tbe erection of seventy-eight more buildings, wbicb David H. King,
Jr.. has commenced to erect on the block bounded by loTtb and 138tb
streets ~tb and sth avenues. That a builder of sucb ability and wideexperi-
erce bas gone up into that section to make so extraordinarily large an
improvement, is evidence of bis faith in the future of tbe locality.
This is noi tbe whole story. Mr. T. C. Van Brunt, wbo bas built tbe
thirty-three houses above named, intends to erect a similar row, on tbe
Some uf the Van Brunt Hoxses.
nortb side of U'6th street, opposite. Tbere are other improvements also
talked of. The ro-v of private bou'es—tbe pioneers of the section—built
by Mr. Van Rrunt, make a very handsome f^bowing. They are all set
back from tbe house-line some 10 feet, and have flne and spacious sidewa'ks,
wilh trees planted along tfae curb. Tbe hou«e* bave. for tbe most part,
massive box stoops, and the first stories and basements are in lipbt and
brown stones, while the fronts above ari of buff and Philadelphia pressed
brick. Thpy are all tliree-s»f'rv, high stoop dwellings, and are 16 8 and
17 6 feet in w idth, with a depth of 5<i f«-et each The stone in tbe front' is
partly rough and partly smooth, witb "-arved panels here and there.
The int«riors of the houses are superior to the ordinary Harlem bouse
and the appointments are worthy of bomes cofting considerably more than
tbe figures at which several have already been sold. Tbe storm, vestibule
and ball doors are in massive bardttood trim, with beveled plate-glass
windows, while the wainscotings are of cherry and walnut and the ceilings
and walls decorated. The balls contain large mirrors ard hat stands, and
at the foot of tbe stairways in a number of tbe hou«es there are ornamental
serpens and hall seats.
Tbe parlors and dining rooms communicate, and can be divided witb
portieres or by sltding doors. Tbe parlor is a room some 32 feet in length,
and contains a large mirror and mantel. Tbe dining-room is quite a gem
in its way, having a handsome mantfl of special design, witb mirror, tiled
hearths and facings, etc. There is al>o a pantry and dumb-waiter commn-
nicating with tbis room. The decorations on tbe walls, fritze and ceilings
are pleasant to tbe eye, while the floor is inlaid in hardnoods.
The second fioor contains large front and rear bedrooms, communicating
by means of central dressing rooms, tbe latter capable of being divided by
portieres and doors. Tbe rooms have maiitels and mirrors, and a spacious
bath-room adjoins tbe rear bedroom; it opens on tbe direct air, and is
entirely separated from tbe bedrov-ms.
Tbe third fioor contains a large and cheerful front bedroom, witb
tbree windows, and two small bedrooms, as well as a sto^rerooni, the floor
being trimmed in white wood.
Tbe basement contains a front dining-room; a kitchen, with Beebe range
and otber appointments; a spacious pantry, a servants' closet, etc. Tbe
rear view from every story is light and pleasant.
Tbe bouses are all built, more or less, on tbe same gent-ral p'an. They
are heated by radiation, and bave hardwood trim, gas fixtures and wall
paper and decoration, throughout, as well as electric bells and otber
modem improvements. Tbey were completed in October, and Messrs.
Libby & Scott Bros., the agents, state that seven cut of the thirty-three
bave already been sold.
A Handsome W»st Side House,
At No. 1^6 West End avenue, between TSd and 74th streets, opposite an
open park and one of tbe most desirable locations on tbe Weat Side, is tbe
four-story, basement and sub cellar dwelling, which we illustrate above.
As our cut shows, tbe bouse is built of brick and stone, with tile roof and
bowed front. It stands on a lot 80 feet deep, and is '20x!)'2 in size, witv> but-
No. 186 West End Avenue.
ler's pantry extension Vi feet deep. Tbe interior finish is of wbite
mxfaogany, sycamore, oak and ash. Mirrors, gas and grate fixtures are in
place, and tbe decorations are complete throughout. An elevator, run¬
ning from tbe celkr to tbe fourth story, adds a finishing touch to tbe
g<'neral completene&s of tbis dwelling, making it a model of convenience.
It is ready for immediate occupancy, open for inspection, and for sale by
A. Cash, the owner. No. TT Sth avenue, near 14th street.
A Oostly West End Avenue Eesidence.
Those wbo bave driven through the Central Park, across T2d street and
up West End avenue, bave time and again noticed the handsome and costiy
residence of light stone on tbe southwest comer of West End avenue and
Tod street. This residence, though but recently purchased, new and
splendidly decorated and appointed, is now, it is understood, offered for
sale, on behalf of the owner, by Messrs. Libby & Scott Bros.
Tbe bouse is one of tbose creations of atcbitecture for which West End
avenue has already achieved some note. It has a gable-end tower on tbe
comer, as well as an octagon tower in the rear. Its general feavures are