TREMENDOUS FLOOR ACREAGES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8831, 6 May 1914, Page 6

TREMENDOUS FLOOR ACREAGES.

The Yvaldorf-Astoria; Hotel, on Fji; Avenue, has mi aggregate floor' space of 23 ■ acres,', covering all floors . from the lowest basement to the roof. The Biltmore has an .aggregate floor space of 18$ acres. ' The .Plaza has 15-j, the Astor 15,. the liitz-Carlton 14, the Bel,mont 12i,'the Manhattan B|, and the Vanderbilt 8 acres—a total of 114$: acres of floor space in eight hotels alone.

Besides-many luxurious lounges, tearooms, reception-rooms, conservatories, palm-houses, and so on, every big hotel makes a specialty of its roof garden. Here, above the dust and noise of the city, guests can dine or receive their friends or listen to the orchestra. These roof gardens are carried out on the most elaborate scale, with profusions of flowers, shrubs, fruits,-' and quite large shade trees. Perched on top of 30 stories, so high above the street that it looks like a thin ribbon with ants walking on it, these roof gardens simulate the country, and lull the town-tied guests into a sense of being in Nature's arms, instead of in a wilderness of steel and concrete,