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Real estate record and builders' guide: v. 80, no. 2076: December 28, 1907

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■ December 28, igdf RECORD AND GUIDE 1059 A Fifth Avenue Home. [Wlth lllustraíion.) The magiiificent new residence which Mrs. Frieda S. Warburg js erecting at 5th av, the northeast corner, and 92d st, will have facades of limestone of. a dark gray eolor and richiy carved in the French Golhic sty'e of the flfteenth century period, Tliere will be six stories abpve tlie street, with a basement and cellar below. A driveway will lead up from the street to the entrance on 92d st, and one passes through the vestibule which is divided from the entranee hall by a hand- some ornamental screen and door, of metal and glass, for entering the hall. The grand staircase leacls up past the organ at the rear to the floors above. To the rĩght is thc kitchon. opposite end with rear hall. A dumbwaiter is arranged for in thfs rear hall co'mmunĩcating with the niain panlry and serving room bclow. The son and daughter's bodroons, witli baths adjoining, are^ arranged on the fmn-th floor with a study in the corner directly .above the sitling-room. The east end is given over to the nursery and nurse and child's bedroom, with bath adjoining. Guests' rooras. with baths, are arranged for on'the west end of the flfth floor. - Tlie east end provides a squash court with gallery at one end, and connecting with the squash court, with wĩndows openjng on rear court, is a tea room, and back of same a dressing-room provîded with a shower and lavatory. Connecting all stories from cellar to sixth floor is an electric elevator and servants' lift operafced by the automobile push device. Tlie building will Fifth Avenue, corner 92d Street, RESIDENCE OP MRS. FRIBDA G. WARBUHG. C, P. H. Gilbert, Architeet, serving room and servanís' dining room; fo the ĩeft the reception room and billiard room, between which is an ornamental arch treatment. On the second floor in front of tiie stairs !s the drawlng-room with a conservatory connecting it on the right wĩth the dining- room, and on the left of the stairs and foyer hall is the library. Each of the above mentioned rooms, namely, the reception and billiard rooms, library and dining-room are in length equal to the width of the building. The owner's sitting room is arranged in the corner of the third floor with windows opening on the avenue and street. A passage connects this room with the boudoir, also facing on the street; and beyond this roora is Mrs. Warburg's bathroora, which connects with the owner's bedroom, Back of this room is Mr. Warburg's batli and dressing-room. Back oE the sitting-room first mentioned Eor this floor is located the breakfast roora. A pantry ĩs arranged for service for this room, connected by a passage over the main staira, enclosed with glass, and having a glass floor opening on the be lighted with electricity throughout and heated with steam autoraatically controlled. A vacuum cleaning plant is to be installed, as well as many otiier convenienees. T'he plumbing throughout will be of the best quality and highest grade flxtures. The A. J, Robinson Company is the builder and C. P, tl. Gilbert the architect. —With the exception of 1906 the real estate transactions in the Borough of Queens have been greater than ever before. More than 30,000 transfers and mortgages have alr.eady been re- corded with the County Clerk, with many eleventli hour filings still to be placed on record. It is interesting to note that for the year just closing there have been a larger number of small transactions recorded than previously, indicating that many of the new owners of realty in that zone have purchased on the instalment pĩan, A large percentage of the recorded mortgages represent loans for constructing dwelHngs on many of the recent subdivisions throughout that borough, although not a few were for loans on tenements and businesa buildings.