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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ently added territory east of the Bronx, which was not apart of the city when the last census was taken, and whichwould bring the average still lower. The 24th Ward is thebanner home ward of the city of New York, the majorityof its houses being occupied by but one family each. The conditions which caused over-crowding on ManhattanIsland do not exist on the North Side. It contains about two-thirds of the combined area of both, is broader and less closelyconfiued by water, and has unlimited room to expand north-ward into Westchester County whenever the growth of thecity demands it. Hence, while the state of affairs below theHarlem was perhaps the natural outgrowth of the necessitiesof restricted area, it is absolutely unjustifiable and positivelywrong to thus crowd the habitations of human beings wherethere is so much room to spread out, and the price of land isstill low. For those property owners of the North Side whose greedof gain has caused them to attempt a repetition of this unde-
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ir4 The Great North Side. 115 sirable feature of lower New York, the arm of the law shouldbe used in restrictive legislation. Another feature favorable to the development of a homecentre is the provision of the building laws which permitsthe erection of frame buildings in the major portion of theNorth Side. The man of moderate means can here providea home for himself at much less cost than would be possiblein the brick district. Every city has its successive stages ofdevelopment, and the first of these is the frame building era.This brings the pioneers, whose energy and thrift make pos-sible the more substantial development which follows. Whenthe growth of the North Side warrants it, brick buildingswill take the place of frame, and the fire limits will be ex-tended, as has been the case in lower New York. A third feature of the North Side which ouofht to have itseffect in the development of a home section is its street sys-tem. When, at the commencement of the present century, theComm

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