"Residential district" Quotes from Famous Books
... New York to provide luxurious quarters regardless of cost for those who can afford to pay for the best, none could rival the Astruria in size and magnificence. Occupying an entire block in the very heart of the residential district, it took precedence over all the other apartment hotels of the metropolis as the biggest and most splendidly appointed hostelry of its kind in the world. It was, indeed, a small city in itself. It was not necessary for its fortunate ... — The Third Degree - A Narrative of Metropolitan Life • Charles Klein and Arthur Hornblow |