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i/S RECORD AND GUIDE January 27, 1912. # "^^ ^ ESTAELlSHED'^/AWfHElAiaeB. DtAr^DP f(£«.Esri\IE, BuiLOI^.l'pChdTECTURE.KoUSElWlODKW^TIOfl Birsi((ESS>TlDTHEMESOfCEtJET\lLIKreHEST Communieiiioiis stioul.l be addrejicd to C. W. SWEET Published EVt'rp Saturday By THE RECORD AND GUIDE CO. President, CLINTON W. SWEET Vicc-Prcs. and Genl. Mrf.. H. VV. DESMOND Tfeasurer. F. W. DODGE Sccrciatr, F. T MlLLiER Nos. 11 lo 15 Easl 20.j to 1010, and the results of this tabulation should have some interest for real estate owners and brokers. The fol¬ lowing table shoe's the population of cer¬ tain districts of the borough in 1910 and their increase since 1905: Population. Growth. IMO 190a--iO E'olow Uth street............ 768,300 26,22a 14tti street to 62d street...... 508,221 •29.91S (;2rt street to llOth street___ 565,12o 79,832 llOth street to 155tli street. . 446,9.S1 124,384 Above 155th street........... 42,905 28,326 Totals ...................2,331,542 228,849 »Loss. This second table shows what propor¬ tion of the increases or decreases in these districts are to be credited to the East or the West Sides: —-------East Side.—-------—■------West Side.---------- Population. Increase. Population. Increase. 1910. lOCo-'lO. 1910. 1905-'10. 1___ 542,061 23.703 1___ 226.299 2,402 2___ 246,270 '5,794 2___ 261.951*24.124 3.... 393,058 56,675 3.... 172,067 23,157 4___ 211,084 46,369 4___ 2:i5,247 78,015 5.... 42,905 28,326 Tl..1,39,3,07a 121,013 Tl.. 938,469 107,836 938,409 107.836 General total : 2,331,542 223,849 *Loss It will be seen from these tables that south of llth street there was an increase in the five years of 26,225, or a little over three per cent., but almost all of this in¬ crease took place on the lower East Side, The gain is small compared to the rate of increase in the whole city or in the whole borough, but it is considerable con¬ sidering how small the number of new tenements erected of late years south of 14th street. It is growing smaller every year, and the next five-year period will indicate a very slight increase. On the East Side the Jewish quarter is overflow¬ ing into Brooklyn and elsewhere, while on the West Side mercantile buildings are being erected. The district between Mth and 62d streets actually decreased in numbers by about 30.000 of which decrease five-sixths must be credited to the West Side. This is, of course, the area in which old residences and tenements have been