. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . Pl. XIII. -apartment houses, upper BROADWAY YAWaA05ia 5f3SqU ,232U0H TH3MT51ASA- .IIIX .jH. CHAPTER XIII HOMES AND HOUSES There are plenty of stopping-places in New York, plentyof hotels, apartments, rooms en suite, boarding-houses,dwelling-houses; but not a great many homes. It takessomething more than a quadrangle of brick or marble tomake a home. A community of interest, a domesticfeehng, even some old-fashioned sentiment, are necessary;and, unfortunately, the average New Yorker feels he can-not indulge in such things freely, —
. The new New York : a commentary on the place and the people . Pl. XIII. -apartment houses, upper BROADWAY YAWaA05ia 5f3SqU ,232U0H TH3MT51ASA- .IIIX .jH. CHAPTER XIII HOMES AND HOUSES There are plenty of stopping-places in New York, plentyof hotels, apartments, rooms en suite, boarding-houses,dwelling-houses; but not a great many homes. It takessomething more than a quadrangle of brick or marble tomake a home. A community of interest, a domesticfeehng, even some old-fashioned sentiment, are necessary;and, unfortunately, the average New Yorker feels he can-not indulge in such things freely, — at least, not within thecity limits. It is ground in upon him at every turn thatthe city is a place for business, not sentiment. Wife andchildren and kindred may be with him, but their being inthe city is only a temporary arrangement. The roof over-head is a camping place where they rest for a night, or amonth, or a year, but not for an indefinite period. Thehome is off somewhere in the country — up the river,along the Sound, over in New Jersey — rather than in thecity. Even those who have no place in the country moveabout so often, from one
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