. Review of reviews and world's work. t improve-ment actually in process ofconstruction was the NinthAvenue Elevated Railroad,which for many yearsavailed little. Ten years later, in 1879and 1880, conditions hadchanged, not radically, butat least significantly. Thenumber of dwellings to beerected in Manhattan forwhich plans were filed was1,017 in 1879 and 1,033 in1880, against 1,01 6 in view of the fact thatpopulation had increasedover one-third during thedecade, and that wealth hadgrown in even larger pro-portion, the fact that the building of privatedwellings remained stationary plain
. Review of reviews and world's work. t improve-ment actually in process ofconstruction was the NinthAvenue Elevated Railroad,which for many yearsavailed little. Ten years later, in 1879and 1880, conditions hadchanged, not radically, butat least significantly. Thenumber of dwellings to beerected in Manhattan forwhich plans were filed was1,017 in 1879 and 1,033 in1880, against 1,01 6 in view of the fact thatpopulation had increasedover one-third during thedecade, and that wealth hadgrown in even larger pro-portion, the fact that the building of privatedwellings remained stationary plainly indicatedthat a larger percentage of the well-to-do popu-lation were seeking Brooklyn or the suburbs, orelse were securing some other kind of residencein Manhattan. What this kind of residence wasis suggested by the fact that during 1880 eightapartment-houses were erected, from six to eightstories in height, all of which contained eleva-tors. The number is not particularly impressive ;but these eight buildings were the forerunners.
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