A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 458
t k n e m k n- tHouse, Fig. 1.Plan withFour Tkne-ments in aStory. Sit-ting Roomsat Front .indRe.^r. TENEMENT HOUSE all. The chief advantages of this plan arecheapness and simplicity of construction, andsmall nmning expense ; the chief disadvantagesare wasted room in public halls, narrow air … Tenement Huuse on a Plut Hm Fket Square, with XakkowOuter Keservatioxs for Light and Air, axd a CentralCocet; Sixteen Tenements rs Each Stoky. Fig. 2. shafts giving little light or air below the topstory and rendering privacy in summer almostan impossibility, public water closets, and thelike.…
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