Show A NARROW HOUSE the house in new york may be u at the northwest corner of avenue aud eighty second street when aenne was cut through some ears ago a ship of land five nee wido and one hundred feet deep was all that was left of a batain lot belonging to a who did not own the lot on the the strip while ot little balue of itself would be valuable to the person own ing the adjoining lot on eighty second street because it would not only enable him to build a house ave fact wider but would give him windows all along the side of his bouse on lexington Lexing toi avenue ahe two owners however could not agree as to terms and a house was erected on the lot adjoining the narrow strip the owner ol 01 the utter had nothing to do buc to abandon his lot or build a houe fave feet wide upon it the latleif course wis perhaps s adopted because such a house would shut up al the side windows of the neighboring building and considerable reduce its value ho new building which ins been finished foi some months is therefore 5 teet wide feet deep and 4 stories imph it is divided into two houses each fifty leet long and the entrance doors are of u oh the avenue as is no room lor a door at either end ot the building ahe law allows building at the corner of the street to have promoting bay windows along the side and taking advantage hd vantage ot this cir cum tam tame e the architect has magged to plan a house which while peculia i veri uncomfortable to live in kiy find tenants without these bay windows or quare projections running dom the foundation to the roof it would not haie been possible to build a houe hou e it all for no loom would bave ben miar micr than three feet each house ha therefore two bi window in one ol 01 waith are the stall and in the other one oom about fight feet feet ion o 0 upon baci floor 1 be long passage between the stair way and the room is about chipe feet wida each bouse contains a kitchen and torn room each of the same size but on different floor chere aie also ous iv paced closets at each end ot the building and under both houses are unoccupied one is offer d for rent at per ear if the ol 01 elect lect ot the builder of these houses wai simply to shutout the light aiom his neighbors building be would probably have ac the a much les extence by adopting mr device iron shields mr kemp did not wish occupants of hn build ing in the icar of hi house it no ritch avenue to overlook bi pie mii and so he built in iron scaffolding ir bis back baid and placed lion shields against the openings shutting out air and light as completely as a brick wa 1 would haldone hap done this arrangement his been for source of no little comment from the neighbor and passers b N Y acen fiig 1 |