The events in the analyzed story happen in the shared apartments in New York and in the skylight room, where the main character lives. The place is typical American apartment from the beginning of the XX century. Firstly we visit the double parlours, but if you are neither a doctor nor a dentist, you go to the second floor with eight dollar rooms. And especially, we visit Mr. Skidder's large hall room to admire the lambrequins. But if you still want something cheaper, Mrs. Parker will call her coloured maid and she will send you to the Skylight Room, which costs three dollars. The author shows us such a division to underline that everyone can dream (as Mr. Skidder dreams in his hall room and Ms. Leeson dreams in her little 7x8 feet room) and it doesn’t matter what apartments you have. The setting is represented in general way, it completely corresponds to the time it was written.