The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 3, 1925, Page 36

i ane repo ee ree The MA R SHALL th ‘Eyes West’ ned to be the The new B ents were recently co ed by Stephen Berg, owner and\ One ’ 4 ih th. } cs © Builder. Thi " site 160 by108; has three street fron tage s, namely, Sum re 3 pithy f he syphss hall hu § mit, John and Loretta pl., every room is an outside room. There are 125 two,| V0 \ three and four-room apartments, with a total of 300 room This building was hy signed |ere lon a i ee aes ; j by Messrs. Stuart & Wheatley, architects, and represents a total investment of $750,000 Pad pope shat RI R AL GROWTH | \ “ae i saul ’ ; +e ym for ¢ of nature’ meses rably. Westward is the lane > mportant—play Westward the a ner f Weatward are Suburt nah: |homes, not tenements. We i there is a spirit of com-| Suburban District Draws ; ) New Designs Adopted for} th, rome folke from Iowa and Ohio, Michigan and Ilinois, | : i i l ‘or m 4 lizatio t th a 1 ity Residence Pennsylvania and New York, building a civilization wi ieee | yy bee 2 human touch, in the world’s wonderland : eh Sate ; BY GARDNER J. GWINN ‘And Seattle is only on the threshold of her carcer. Miles| President Pus a | of the much-de “ground floor’ still are vac waiting | |» sant eagerly for ) l, honeet-to-gosh folk ton >. This { ‘lours, grou ith , pro per with play witl i Yr veh eS | That tisement the 0 é Weatern sky for ttle—an ad tisement for all the world $ : : f 4 Seattle Tops the List € The Seath apartments, corner of Belmont and Joh ‘ tert was built by John S. Hudson and leased to Phillip Geve O shi a during the year. in Dwelling Ownership « ae ager Indicates Healthy Condition of People, Says hie Veteran Contractor-Builder BY SAMUEL, ANDERSON Veteran Contractor Builder the East an Looking er uth are found In| bul | Spanien from the s yearn spent wit newer homes r fers have mea The Tramontin apartments, northwest corner Fourth ave. and Vine st., was built by A. J. Tramontin and leased thre West & Wheeler to Mrs. H. Alwen. It is 60 by 108. cts with helped the age of m of the state. ‘ond. ” FRYEWAREHOUSE IS LARGEST ra Machinery Row Created by | Big Factory Building | in this part concensus of opinion int look for home-building 1 better than at present Prosperity in our metropolis brings thousands of pros. pective from I be at e archi which Northwestern | | home rt of the coun other tect the lo. THE SPRING Ss. LITTLE COST, BIG TAX the soline tax, for th t paratively ht m Sixth ave. Jame Ww Martin of |§ Jepth at the/ Other Cities Copy Plan of | Le AB en ad <r iedp. Hf. Hainsw wher f this tax, the ¢ “f } Downtown Apartment —jrcinion to tee a fir @ tax averages | es) trom this is ane! ue tment hotel thu t Xe Le . re same construc. | ' depth of ne 46,880 square One of tho larger recent » tures, in the planning and fin of which West UNIVERSAL SPOTLIGHT 1p a unifo manufac fecatedi:'s m law in the become Sea center In to most of the city’s whic rved by and une spur autos xtra light harm The § Spring apartments, occupied during the year, ts Te club butidings, ¢ » public! thre "| ¢ : ‘rye & Ce resentative of the larger downtown apartment hotels. Its . its proximity to large down-| furnished. The plan buildings | | . : ts own churches, and {ts nearness to| ments was worked out y-three per cent of the popul ‘ Ma.|equipped with every modern convenience, and apartmen the shopping, office and theater dis the best apartment } the state of Washingt cally all space| are in great demand. tricts, as well as the new Olympic adjacent to Seattle within in the ma-| : hotel, Just one block away, gives tho| ta ound district @ building is “Spring” a location that ts cons!d-| desi John Davis & Co. rental man- ered remarkable in many ways. —_| struc 1| More than half of the ent. Development of the district around| for other apartment hotels re handled through Pacific « a Soi RP TER SERS since erection of the pring’ | ly erected In other Pacific Coast/with Asia, moves through Seattlo has the largest shingle tn. 6 fully justified rest of| cities | Sound dustry In the world. In Seattle's veautiful residential districts every type of residence can be found. New influences have been readily adopted by Seattle builders with charming results. The\ Spanish effect, as adopted to the Puget Sound setting, of- fers a pleasing ensemble. Seattle's apartment houses erected during the year offer the last word in apartment comforts. | Shown in the pictures are: No. aig DOr nErTIE apartment, to be erected in near|ish influence future; No. 8, Ravenna Park bungalow type residence;| Baker district; No. 7, the Lexington and Concord apart-| @ No. 4, the John Alden apartments, southwest corner Te rry ments, northwest corner Second pt Battery; No. 8. aah : No. 6, a modified English type of the Mount The Clarewood apartments at 805 Marion st., is located close to the business district. It was built by the Maret Investment Co, at a cost of $92,000. and Sprog; No. 5, a western bungalow with distinct Span-| son hall, University of Washington girls’ dormitory.