Show I 1 lighta OF WW YORK WALTER heal estate men new aik oik into there Is for example the grand central district the plaza district the pennsyl vania district and so on one of these experts said recently that the absorption power of the grand central district up to 1029 had been about I 1 a million feet of space a year now there Is a surplus there of three and one half million feet from this he deduced that the district was now about three years behind former nor mal growth thinks the whole of manhattan is about three years over built it appears to be a fact that in isea york and I 1 suppose in all other places one side of the street in a certain area Is very much better for business purposes than the other side they tell me for instance that the greatest pedestrian travel is between the penn sylvania and grand central stations the mass of people on foot cross on the north side of thirty fourth street then turn up the nest side of fifth avenue to thirty eighth street where they cross to the east side of fifth avenue to walk the four blocks to forty second street this crossing of the avenue Is explained by the old wendell estate a church and the pub lie library being on the cast side the crowds cross so as to be on the side with the shops one of the reasons the empire state building was constructed on its present location was that it Is about half way between the two stations but in these days that doean doesn t do it much good its saving asset has been the tower people have been patronizing that lofty view ol 01 the city at the rate of about 1 a year how long this patronage will continue nobody knows I 1 rank case owner of the algonquin thai place or celebrities was accosted by an englishman who ex pressed a desire to become a patron 0 the hotel mr case welcomed tin idea with enthusiasm but 1 say how about my dog in quiren the prospective guest will tt be all right if I 1 bring him he is just a little fellow it Is evident replied mr case that ou are not aware of the con dialon of the hotel business in this country you could bring your dog if he were an irish wolfhound or a st bernard you could bring him and welcome if he were a team of bus kles and if you care to bring a giraffe or a hippopotamus with you that will be all right too I 1 happened to see henry L entering an elevator and said to sir case that I 1 bad not kuon n mr was in new york I 1 don t want anyone to know it asserted mr case or do I 1 wish them to know that dorothy parker or anyone else Is in the hotel if the nes got circulated some of the larger hotel keepers probably would kidnap them 1932 bell syndicate service |