^' GPO \$i^ .,v-*-*?sir^>*'-?;?:--*>:^5rs»7T«* -^"5 ^ y--^ f^\ im I COPR. GEO. P. MALL A 80« TO ?IACES OF I IN THE T^i'i'CMiiriMiaimi EOM a's .^^i^^^^^ UP THE HUDSON BY DAYLIGHT DAILY INCLUDING SUNDAY Direct Rail Connection to all points West and North. All through rail tickets between New York and Albany and Troy Evening Line tickets accepted for passage. Music. Restaurant. Through Steamer leaves Desbrosses St. 8.40 A. M.; W. 42d St., 9.00 A. M.; W. 129th St., 9.20 A. M.; Yonkers, 9.50 A. M., landing at Bear Mountain (West Point week days only), Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, King- ston Point, Catskill, Hudson and Albany. POUGHKEEPSIE STEAMER leaves daily, including Sunday, Desbrosses St., 10.00 A. M.; W. 42d St., 10.20 A. M.; W. 129th St., 10.40 A. M.; Y'onkers, 11.10 A.M., for Bear Mountain (West Point on weekdays only), Cornwall, Newburgh and Poughkeepsie and return. On Saturday afternoon, June 22d, Steamer "Albany" leaves Desbrosses St., 2.00 P. M.; W. 42d St., 2.20 P. M.; W. 129th St., 2.40 P. M., for Bear Mountain, West Point, Newburgh. Religious and patriotic services each Sunday, 2.15 P. M., in Pavilion No. 2, Bear Mountain Park. Half-fare rates for all soldiers and sailors in uniform between Day Line landings. Ideal one-day outings. Information at Desbrosses Street Pier, N. X. Tel. 9300 Canal. — ^ HUDSON • RIVER Day Line SEEING GREATER NEW YORK RIGHT Our winter service equipment consists of fourteen passenger piieumatic tired, glass side and roof automobiles, properly heated and electric lighted. For the summer service we operate fourteen passenger, pneu- matic tired, side-door cars exclusively; twelve-inch upholster- ing insuring the same comfort as in private touring car. Our trip takes you through the Up-town District by the Fifth Avenue homes of the millionaires. Central Park, Grant's Tomb and Riverside Drive skirting the beautiful Hudson River. Along the famous cafe and theatrical section of Broadway. Through the financial district. Wall Street, the Curb Market, and the old Dutch part of New York. Over Brooklyn Bridge, by Plymouth Church, and other interesting points in Brooklyn, returning to New York by the new Manhattan Bridge; wonderful views of New York's marvelous sky line and the harbor. Through the Bowery, Ghetto, Slums and East Side, including many interesting sights in Chinatown. Stops at Grant's Tomb and the Aquarium. This tour is practically three trips in one, consuming in time nearly four hours and the fare is only $2.50. We also operate evening and night trips. ROYAL BLUE LINE CO.. Inc. Office and Starting Point: HOTEL McALPIN Phone Greeley 752 33rd Street and Broadway Royal Blue Line Cars are also operated in Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Fla., Mobile, Ala., and Havana, Cuba. Write or ask for Free Maps and Guides to these cities. ♦*•/>• .J Safer than Currency to Carry K. N. & K. Travelers' Checks Experienced Travelers Use Them Checks not countersigned may be replaced if lost. Considering the protection afforded, their cost is insignifi- cant. Denominations of $10. $20, $50 and $100 at a premium of 30c on one hun- dred dollars' worth. Get them from your Banker, or, write for full particulars Knautlj^Nacfiob $^Kn\im EQUITABLE BUILDING NEW YORK CITY ■'■'J. m RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE TO THE CITY AND ENVIRONS WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS Copyright. 1913 by Rand McNally & Co. RAND McNALLY & COMPANY, PUBLISHFP^ NEW YORK BY TAKING THE jnifi * 6 Tfth 'Bus venue you can reach most easily and conveniently the places of great interest in New York. The Riverside Drive Route Buses numbered 5. Runs both from Washington Square and from Pennsylvania Station up Fifth Ave. to 57th St., crosses over to Broadway, passes the Maine Memorial at Columbus Circle and reaches Riverside Drive at 72nd Street. From this point on until the return to Broadway at 135th St. you are afforded a continuous out- look upon the Hudson River and man-of-war anchorage, while passing the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at 89th St., Columbia University at 1 16th to 120th Sts., Grant's Tomb at 123d St., and historic Claremont. The Washington Square — St. Nicholas Avenue — Polo Grounds Route Buses numbered 2 and 3. Takes you the length of Fifth Avenue from Washington Square to 1 10th St., with its ever changing panorama of shops, hotels, public buildings and magnificent residences — the famous "Millionaries Row." At 59th Street you come to the entrance of Central Park, then you ride northward with the Park on your left for its entire length, passing the Metropolitan Museum of Art at 82nd St. At 1 10th St. the Bus crosses to Manhattan Ave., giving a glimpse of the imposing Cathedral of St. John the Divine and the buildings of Columbia University, subsequently skirting St. Nicholas Park, with the College of the City of New York, on the way to the Polo Grounds at 155th St. The Cathedral Parkway and Riverside Drive Route Buses numbered 4. Crosses over 32nd Street from the Pennsyl- vania Station to Fifth Ave., passes, the Public Library at 40th St. to 42nd St., takes you within a block of the Grand Central Terminal and goes by St. Patrick's Catjaeclral at 50th St. and St. Thomas's Church at 53rd St. This route continues along the famous Avenue to Cathedral Parkway which it follows to Riverside Drive, affording a view of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Columbia University and the features of Riverside Drive from 1 10th St. to 135 th St. Other routes of the Bus Lines make it possible for you to reach every part of the city in comfort— "Open air to everywhere." and you will find the service typified by a courtesy that is as pronounced a feature as is the freedom frc n crowding which ^'•avej on the Fifth Avenue Bus insures for its nat- 'txa. Fifth Avenue Coach Company GENERAL OFFICES H AVENUE RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE CONTENTS PAGE page Greater New York . . 5 Clubs and Societies . . 94 Arriving at New York 7 City Government Baggage Transfer Fa- Buildings 98 cilities 7 Financial and Com- Carriage and Taxicab mercial 105 Facilities 8 Prominent Churches 107 The Bridges 8 Hospitals and Philan- Surface Cars 12 thropic Societies . . 113 Elevated Railways . . 12 Brooklyn and Queens 115 Underground Railways 16 Theaters in Brooklyn 116 The Tunnels 25 Brooklyn Heights . . 117 Fifth Avenue Coach Prominent Churches Lines 26 IN Brooklyn 118 Steamship Lines' Piers 27 Colleges, Academies Ferries 32 AND Private Schools Places of Amusement . 34 IN Brooklyn 119 Railroad Stations . . 36 Prospect Park .... 119 Manhattan and the Greenwood Cemetery 120 Bronx 37 Navy Yard 122 Sight-Seeing 37 Richmond 122 Hotels 3S Staten Island 122 Telegraph Headquar- The Islands 124 ters 39 39 Coney Island . . . . . Brighton 125 125 Post Office . . . . . . Broadway 40 Manhattan Beach . . 125 Fifth Avenue 42 Rockaway 125 Wall Street 44 Environs 126 Big Buldings 48 Jersey City 126 Places of Interest . . 54 Hoboken 127 Parks and Drives . . . 59 Weehawken 127 Libraries and Art Long Island 127 Galleries 75 Atlantic Highlands . . 128 Educational 86 Long Branch 128 Colleges, Academies Asbury Park 128 AND Private Schools 91 Ocean Grove 129 prince #eorge ^otel f ift^ abenue anti 28tl) Street One of the Most Beautifully Appointed Hotels in Grand Foyer for Ladies and Qenllemen Newly Added on Ground Floor. 800 ROOMS, ALL WITH BATHS Highest Standards. Moderate Prices. Central Location near Shops and Theatres. One block from Elevated and Subway Stations. ROOM AND BATH, one person $2.00 and up ROOM AND BATH, two persons 3.00 and up PARLOR. BEDROOM AND BATH 5.00 and up Special rates to permanent guests. GEORGE H. NEWTON, Manager Formerly of Fifth Ave. Hotel, New York, and Parker House, Boston. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE CONTENTS— Continued PAGE Academy of the Sacred Heart 87 American Museumof Natural History 88 Appellate Court House 103 Aquarium 61 Arriving at New York 7 Art Association, Brooklyn 117 Art Galleries 81 Arthur, President, Statue 67 Arverne 128 Asbury Park 128 Assay Office, The 46 Association for Improving Condi- tions of the Poor 114 Atlantic Highlands 128 Babylon 128 Baggage Incoming 7 Baggage Outgoing 8 Barge Office 59 Barnard Annex 90 Battery, The 59 Battery Park 59 Baxter Street 57 Bay Shore 128 Beecher, Henry Ward, Statue, Brooklyn 115 Bellevue Hospital 113 Big Buildings 48 Blackwell's Island 124 Blue Point 128 Botanical Gardens 73 Bowery 56 Bowling Green 61 Bridge of Sighs 101 Brighton 125 Broadway 40 Bronx Park 73 Brooklyn 115 Brooklyn Bridge 8 Brooklyn Heights 117 Brooklyn Library 117 Brooklyn Navy Yard 122 Bryant, Wm. Cullen, Home 58 Carriages 8 Castle Garden 60 Cathedral of ft. John the Div^ine. . . 109 Caution to Travelers 8 Central Avenue 74 Central Park 67 Chamber of Commerce 105 Chinatown 54 Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn. . 118 Churches in Brooklyn 118 Churches in Manhattan 107 City Government Buildings 98 City Hall 98 City Hall Park 62 Claremont 70 "Cleopatra's Needle" 67 Clubs and Societies in Manhattan.. 94 Clubs in Brooklyn, Leading 117 College of the City of New York. . . 86 Colleges, Academies and Private Schools in Brooklyn 119 Colleges. Academies and Private Schools in Manhattan 91 Columbia University 89 Coney Island, ., . . , 125 Conkling, Roscoe, Statue 67 Tage Consolidated Petroleum and Stock Exchange 106 Cooper, Peter, Statue 58 Cooper Union 79 Cotton Exchange 107 Criminal Courts 101 Curb Market 106 Custom House 105 De Peyster, Abraham, Statue 62 Eastchester 126 Edgemere 128 Educational 86 Elevated Railways 12 Ellis Islana 124 Emergency Hospital 114 Equitable Building 52 Ericsson, John 59 Ericsson, John, Statue 59 Faculty of Medicine 88 Farragut Memorial. 67 Ferries 32 Fifth Avenue 42 Fifth Avenue Coach Lines . . 26 Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church.... 110 First Presbyterian Church 110 Financial and Commercial 105 Five Points Misfion 114 Flat Iron Building 53 Forty-seven Broad Street 58 Franklin, Eenjan-in, Statue 63 Fraunces' Tavern 58 General Mechanics and Tradesmen's Library 81 Gingko Tree ~ 71 Gover nor's Island 124 Grace Church 110 Gramercy Park 63 Grand Central Terminal 48 Grant Statue, Brooklyn 122 Grant's Tomb 70 Grave of an Amiable Child 72 Greater New York 5 Borou ghs of 5 Greeley, Horace, Statue 63 Greenwood Cemetery 120 Hall of Fame 87 Hall of Records 103 Hamilton, Alexander, died 58 Hamilton, Alexander, Statue 67 Hell Gate Bridge 10 Hamilton- Burr Duel 127 High Bridge 11 Hoboken 127 Hoffman Island 124 Holy Trinity Church, Dr. Melish, Brooklyn 118 Hospitals' and PhilanthropicSocieties 113 Hotels in Manhattan 38 Hudson Terminal Buildings 51 Irving, Washington, Bust 58 Irving, Washington, Tived 58 Islands 124 Islip 128 Jersev Citv 126 JohnSt. M. E. Church Ill Joss House 55 "Judeii" 56 Jumel Mansion 57 Kidd, Captain, lived 68 i mired — the only exclusively first-class train to Southern California via any line — carries Pullman to Grand Canyon of Arizona — also from Grand Canyon to Southern California. El Tovar Hotel, on tlie rim of tlie Canyon, is under Fred Harvey management, the same as all our dining stations. TKree other daily California trains, and once a week in winter — tne Santa Fe de-Luxe Ask for booklets of trains and trip W. J. BLACK, Passenger Traffic Manager Railway Exchange, Chicago 1-1-18 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE CONTENTS— Continued PAGE Lafayette, lived 58 Leading Clubs of Brooklyn 117 Libraries and Art Galleries 75 Lincoln, Statue 65 "Little Church 'round the Corner," The 110 Long Beach 128 Long Branch 128 Long Island 127 Long Island Coast 125 Long Island Historical Society 117 Madison Ave. Church Ill Madison Square 66 Madison Square Garden 66 Maine Monument 58 Mall, The (Central Park) 67 Manhattan and the Bronx 37 Manhattan Beach 125 Manhattan Bridge 10 Manhattan College 86 Manhattan Island 6 Mercantile Library 81 Metropolitan Life Building 52 Metropolitan Museum of Art 82 Morgan, J. P. & Co 46 Morgue 114 Morningside Park 72 Mount Morris Park 72 Mount St. Vincent Convent School. 87 Mount Vernon 126 Mulberry Bend 57 Municipal Building 103 Museum of Natural History 88 Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. 1^0 Navy Yard 122 New Bank Clearing House 106 New Rochelle 126 New York Historical Society 91 New York Public Library 75 New York Stock Exchange 105 Normal College 86 Obelisk, The 67 Ocean Grove 129 Paine, Tom, lived 58 Paine, Tom, died 58 Park Carriages 67 "Parkhurst's" Church 110 Parks and Drives 59 Pelham 126 Pelham Bay Park 74 Pennsylvania Station 49 Pilgrim Fathers, Statue 67 Places of Amusement in Manhattan 34 Place of Interest 54 Players' Club House, The 63 Plymouth Church, Brooklyn 117 Poe Cottage 58 Population 6 Post Office, Manhattan 39 Printing House Square 62 Produce Exchange 107 Prohibition Park, Staten Island. ... 123 Prominent Churches in Brooklyn.. . 118 Prominent Churches in Manhattan. 107 Prospect Park (Brooklyn) 119 Public Library '. . . 75 Queensboro Bridge 9 Railroad Stations in Manhattan.. . . 36 Randall, Richard, Captain 123 Randall's Island 124 Richmond 122 Riverside Park 68 PAGE Rockaway 125 Russian Quarter 56 Sailor's Snug Harbor 123 St. Francis Xavier's 86 St. John's College 86 St. Mark's Church 110 St. Nicholas Avenue 74 St. Patrick's Cathedral Ill St. Paul's Church and Churchyard. 109 Seward, Wm. H., Statue 67 Sherman, Gen. Wm. T., Statue. ... 67 Sight-Seeing 37 Singer Building 53 Society for Prevention of Crime. ... 115 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 114 Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 115 Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument ... 69 Southern Boulevard 74 Speedway 74 Staten Island 122 Statue of Liberty 54 Statue of Nathan Hale 62 Steamship Lines' Piers 27 Stock Exchange 105 Stuyvesant Square 63 Sub-treasury, The 47 Subways 16 Surface Cars 12 Swinburne Island 124 Taxicabs 8 Taylor, Bayard, Home 58 Teachers' College and Horace Mann School 91 Telegraph Headquarters 39 Temple Emanu-El Ill Theaters in Brooklyn 116 Third Collegiate Church 107 Tombs 101 Trinity Church 108 Trinity Churchyard 108 Tunnels 25 Underground Railways 16 Union Square 65 Union Theological Seminary 87 University of the City of New York 87 Van Cortlandt Park 72 Victory Arch, Prospect Park, Brooklyn 120 Wall Street 44 Washington, Statue 47 Washington, Statue 65 Washington, Statue by Houdin .... 69 W^ashington Arch 66 Washington Bridge 11 Washington Square 65 Waterways 5 Weehawken 127 West Brighton Beach 125 Westchester 126 Williamsburg Bridge 9 Woolworth Building 51 Worth. Gen. William Jenkins. Statue 67 Yonkers 126 Young Men's Christian Association. 115 Young Women's Christian Associa- tion 115 Zoological Garden 73 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Woolworth Building Broadway, Pcirk Place, Barclay St. Page 51 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE ,.,«iaiP**s^**»si. GREATER NEW YORK Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty 1^4 miles from the Battery Page 54 Greater New York has an area of 327.25 sq. miles and is the largest city in the world in this respect; in population it ranks second. New York con- sists of five boroughs: Manhattan, the original New York City (an island), and Blackwell's, Ward's, Governor's and Randall's is- lands, has a total area of 22 sq. miles. The Bronx, the mainland north of Manhattan Island, and North Brother, South Brother, Rikers, City, Rodman, Hunter, and Harts islands, has a total area of 40.5 sq. miles. Brooklyn, a portion of Long Island, Coney Island (on which are located the Brighton beachesand Manhattan Beach), and a number of islands in Jamaica Bay, has a total area of 77.5 sq. miles. Queens, a portion of Long Island, which includes Rock- aw^ay Beach and numerous small islands in Jamaica Bay, has a total area of 130 sq. miles. Richmond, Staten Island, has an area of 57.25 sq. miles. The waterways in and around Greater New York are the Harlem River, the north- eastern boundary of Man- hattan, separating this borough from the Bronx; Hudson River, on the west of Manhattan and the Bronx, separating them NOTE: The areas stated above include land and water. 6 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE from the New Jersey shore; East River, east of Manhattan and the Bronx, and Long Island Sound, south of the Bronx, separating those boroughs from Queens and Brooklyn; to the south, Upper New York Bay, and The Narrows, between Brooklyn and Richmond; Newark Bay, Kill van Kull, Arthur Kill, and Raritan Bay, separating Richmond from New Jersey; Lower Bay and the Atlantic Ocean south of Brooklyn, and Jamaica Bay, southeast of Brooklyn and south of Queens. Numerous other bays indent the shores of the several boroughs The total water front of Greater New York is 578 miles; Lower New York Bay and adjacent inland waters cover about 8>S sq. miles, and Upper Bay about 15 sq. miles. The harbor is one of the largest and best of the world's great ports. The Hudson River is navigable for 150 miles. The East River is the doorway to Long Island Sound, the Atlantic Ocean and all the world beyond. Population. The total population of the city is about 5,602,000, increasing 1,000,000 every seven years. From 1901 to 1909 London increased in population 1.53 per cent per year; Paris, 0.48 per cent per year; Berlin, 1.44 per cent per year; New York, 3.32 per cent per year. From 1900 to 1916 the population of Brooklyn increased 65 per cent, the total in 1916 being 1,928,432. During the same period the Bronx increased from 200,507 to 575,877; Queens from 152,999 to 366,426; Manhattan from 1,850,093 to 2,634,233; and Richmond from 67,021 to 97,883. The number of Commuters In and out of New York each day is about 1,000,000. Manhattan Island. In 1626 Manhattan Island was bought from the Indians for goods valued at $24. In 1912 the assessed value of real estate in the city was $8,254,549,000. The borough of Manhattan contains the great business and amusement centers. The peculiar dimensions of Manhattan Island, with an extreme length of about 13>^ miles and a maxi- mum width of but 2 miles, make It In itself a city of great distances, yet Its area is less than 7 per cent of the total area of Greater New York. In the southern end of this Island, in the vicinity of Wall St., Is the financial district, with Its banking Institutions, insurance companies, railroad offices, and Industrial corpora- tions. The big department stores with their thousands of employees, the mammoth hotels, the theaters, and the rail- way stations are located In the middle section of Manhattan Borough; and farther north the residence sections extend all RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Cuscoms House Bcwling Green Page 105 the way to the borough of the Bronx. Apart from these boroughs the largest residential sections in Greater New York are Brooklyn and Queens. Transportation facilities completed since 1900 include three new bridges (all larger than the original Brooklyn Bridge) crossing East River to Brooklyn, nine tunnels under that river, and four tunnels under the Hudson River. The cost of these im.provements will reach $750,000,000. ARRIVING AT NEW YORK Railroad tickets reading via New York to points beyond contain a coupon entitling the holder to ride in transfer coaches (which meet all the great express trains) between railway stations, between stations and ferries, or to any hotel or other suitable stopping-place between these points. Incoming Baggage. On all important trains, when approaching the city, a responsible uniformed solicitor passes through the coaches. He will take your checks, give you a receipt, and deliver your baggage to any part of Manhattan, Brooklyn, or Jersey City. Payment may be made in advance 8 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE or on receipt of the baggage. Ordinary bag- gage, such as a steamer trunk, may be taken with you on cabs, carrl- ages, or taxicabs. Hotels send for your baggage promptly. CoAition. Never give up your checks to any one but a uniformed train soHcitor, or to a regular office agent, or a porter of either the transpor- tation company holding the baggage or of the express company to which you mean to In- trust It. Always take a receipt. If you your- self claim your baggage, never give up your checks to any person except the uniformed baggagemen of the rail- way or steamboat line by which you have traveled. If you are going to a hotel, or expect to meet or visit friends residing In the city, It would be best probably to keep your checks and let the hotel employee or your friends arrange for the delivery of your baggage. Outgoing Baggage. By previous arrangement, an expressman will call at your house and take your baggage to any station. The transfer company will check your baggage from the house to your destination In any part of the country, so that you need have no trouble with It at the railway station. You must have bought your railway ticket In advance. Carriages and Taxicabs for hire will be found at all rail- road stations. When engaging a conveyance a distinct under- standing should be had as to the charge, so that at the end of the trip there may be no dispute about the payment. THE BRIDGES Brooklyn Bridge, the first bridge to span the East River, has Its termini In City Hall Park, Manhattan; and at Sands & Washington Sts., Brooklyn. Work on the construction of this America Custom House Page 105 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Brooklyn Bridge Page 8 bridge started in January, 1870, and the bridge was opened to traffic in May, 1883. When completed it was considered one of the seven wonders of the world, and even today there are but few similar structures surpassing it in size and none in architec- tural beauty. No "stranger within the gates" can claim to have really seen New York unless he has ridden or walked across this bridge, preferably the latter. An idea of the size of the bridge may be obtained from the following: length over all, 5889 ft., river span, 1595^^ ft., each land span, 930 ft., Manhattan approach, 1562>^ ft., Brooklyn approach, 971 ft., height above river, 135 ft. in the center, 119^^ ft. at either tower, width, 85 ft. Williamsburg Bridge. The phenomenal growth of Greater New York made additional bridges between the two principal boroughs imperative. Plans were drawn and work on the first of a trio of mammoth bridges was commenced in October, 1896, and finished in December, 1903. Williamsburg Bridge extends from Clinton & Delancey Sts., Manhattan, to Havemeyer St. & Broadway, Brooklyn. Its entire length is 7200 ft., that of the main span 1600 ft., width over all, 118 ft., height above the river, 135 ft. in the center, 121 ft. at either tower. Queensboro Bridge. The second bridge of the trio to be built was that between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens from 59th & 60th Sts., Manhattan, across Blackwells Island to Jane St., Long Island City. The style of Queensboro Bridge is materially different from that of its predecessors, they being of the supension type and this of the cantilever. Construc- tion was commenced in July, 1901, and the bridge opened to traffic in 1909. Its total length is 8601 ft., west channel span 1182 ft., east channel span 984 ft. The bridge may be reached by trolley cars operated from the foot of W. 42d St., via 42d 10 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Williamsburg Bridge Page 9 St. & Third Ave., or by any of the following lines: Second Ave. elevated to 57th St., Third Ave. elevated to 59th St., sub- way. Sixth & Ninth Ave. elevated to 59th St., thence cross- town trolley. Manhattan Bridge, the last of this trio, and since the advent of subways, to bridge the East River, extends from the Queensboro Bridge Page 9 Bowery & Canal St., Manhattan, to Nassau & Bridge Sts., Brooklyn. Work on the Manhattan Bridge was begun in 1901 and the bridge opened to foot passengers in December, 1909. A noticeable feature of this bridge is its steel open-work towers, which give it a fairy-like appearance when contrasted with the massive stone towers of the other bridges. Hell Gate Bridge, from an engineering standpoint, is probably the greatest of all the East River bridges, including a concrete viaduct about 3 miles long, it extends from East 141st St., Bronx, across Randall's Island and Ward's Island RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 11 Manhattan Bridge Page 10 to Astoria, L. I. The bridge has a span of 1017 ft. The center of the arch is 150 ft. above the water. Its granite piers are 250 ft. high. This Bridge enables through passengers to proceed without making a change at New York on transcontinental journeys, and also saves considerable time in the transit of through Hell Gate Bridge Page 10 freight across New York City. It is operated by what is known as the New York Connecting Railroad, a line that joins the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad system with the Pennsylvania Lines. Washington Bridge. The boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx are connected by a massive cantilever bridge extending from 181st St., Manhattan, to Aqueduct Ave., Bronx. High Bridge. Just south of Washington Bridge is High Bridge, carrying the Croton Aqueduct of New York City's water supply into Manhattan. This bridge is available only to foot passengers and extends from Aqueduct Ave. to 174th St. 12 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE SURFACE CARS One of the cheapest and easiest ways to see New York (Manhattan and Bronx), is to spend a day or two riding over the various trolley lines — particularly during mild weather, when the open cars are in service. Every section of the Metropolis is made convenient of access from all other sections by through or connecting street car lines. The visitor who will in advance consult the hotel clerk, the traffic policeman or other people 'Vho know" will have little difficulty in getting about and will add materially to their comfort by not making the trips during "rush" hours. ELEVATED RAILWAYS Fare, 5 cents. Children under 5 years of age free. A ticket must be bought and thrown into the gateman's glass "chopper" box at the entrance to the platform. Transfers are given between Sixth and Ninth Aves. at Rector and 59th Sts.; be- tween Sixth and Ninth Aves., and Second and Third Aves. at the Battery; between Second and Third Aves. at Chatham Sq.; between City Hall trains and South Ferry trains at Third Ave. and Chatham Sq. By paying an extra 3 cents when buying the elevated railway ticket, transfers may be had for certain surface lines. Elevated Stations Sixth Ave. South Ferry. Battery PI. Rector & N. Church Sts. Cortlandt & Church Sts. Park PI. & Church St. Chambers St. & W. Broadway. Franklin St. & W. Broadway. Grand St. & W. Broadway. Bleecker St. & W. Broadway. 8th St. & Sixth Ave. 14th St. & Sixth Ave. 18th St. & Sixth Ave. 23d St. & Sixth Ave. 28th St. & Sixth Ave. 33d St. & Sixth Ave. 38th St. & Sixth Ave. 42d St. & Sixth Ave. 50th St. & Sixth Ave. 53d St. & Sixth Ave. 53d St. & Eighth Ave. 59th St. & Ninth Ave. *66th St. & Columbus Ave. 72d St. & Columbus Ave. 81st St. & Columbus Ave, 86th St. & Columbus Ave. 93d St. & Columbus Ave. 99th St. & Columbus Ave. 104th St. & Columbus Ave. 110th St. between Eighth & Colum- bus Aves. *1 16th St. & Eighth Ave. *125th St. & Eighth Ave. 130th St. & Eighth Ave. 135th St. & Eighth Ave. 140th St. & Eighth Ave. *145th St. & Eighth Ave. 151st St. & Eighth Ave. * 155th St. & Eighth Ave. * Indicates Express trains RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 13 Ninth Ave. Elevated Extension Ninth Ave. *155th St. & Eighth Ave. (Man- hattan). Sedgwick Ave. & W. 162d St. (Bronx). Anderson & Jerome Aves. 167th St. & Jerome Ave. continues along Jerome Ave. Subway Line. South Ferry. Battery PI. Rector & Greenwich Sts. Cortlandt & Greenwich Sts. Barclay & Greenwich Sts. *VVarren & Greenwich Sts. Franklin & Greenwich Sts. *Desbrosses & Greenwich Sts. Houston & Greenwich Sts. *Christopher & Greenwich Sis. *14th St. & Ninth Ave. 23d St. & Ninth Ave, 30th St. & Ninth Ave.* *34th St. & Ninth Ave. 42d St. & Ninth Ave. 50th St. & Ninth Ave. 59th St. & Ninth Ave. From here on stations are tic same as Sixth Ave. Line. Third Ave, South Ferry. Hanover Sq. Fulton & Pearl Sts. Franklin Sq. *City Hall. *Chatham Sq. *Canal St. & Bowery. *Grand St. & Bowery. *Houston St. & Bowery. *9th St. & Third Ave. 14th St. & Third Ave. 18th St. & Third Ave. *23d St. & Third Ave. 28th St. & Third Ave. 34th St. & Third Ave. (branch lo 34th St. Ferry, E. R.). *42d St. & Third Ave. (brancn lo Grand Central Terminal). 47th St. & Third Ave. 53d St. & Third Ave. 59th St. & Third Ave. 67th St. & Third Ave. 76th St. & Third Ave. 84th St. & Third Ave. 89th St. & Third Ave. 99th St. & Third Ave. *106thSt. & Third Ave. 116th St. & Third Ave. *125th St. & Third Ave. 129th St. & Third Aye. *133d St. between Willis and Alex- ander Aves. *138th St. between Willis and Alex- ander Aves. *143d St. between Willis and Alex- ander Aves., diverges here to Bronx Park Subway Line to Freeman St. Station. * 149th St. & Third Ave. 156th St. & Third Ave. 161st St. & Third Ave. * Indicates Express trains George Washington on steps of Sub-treasury Wall and Nassau Streets Page 47 14 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Third Ave. — Continued 166th St. & Third Ave. 169th St. & Third Ave. Claremont Parkway & Third Ave. 174th St. & Third Ave. = 177th St. & Third Ave. = 177thSt. & Third Ave. 180th St. & Third Ave. 183d St. & Third Ave. Fordham Road, Bronx Park. Webster Ave. Extension Fordham Road & Pelham Ave. 200th St. & Webster Ave. 204th St. & Webster Ave. Indicates Express trains. Looking North from Whitehall Building RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 15 Webster Ave. Extension — Continued Gun Hill Road & Webster Ave, White Plains Road & Webster Ave. connects here with White Plains Road Extension. Second Ave. South Ferry. Hanover Sq. Fulton & Pearl Sts. Franklin Sq. *City Hall. *Chatham Sq. Canal & Allen Sts. Grand & Allen Sts. Rivington & Allen Sts. 1st St. & First Ave. 8th St. & First Ave. *14th St. & First Ave. 19th St. & First Ave. 23d St. between First & Second Aves. 34th St. & Second Ave. (branch to 34th St. Ferry, E. R.). *42d St. & Second Ave. 50th St. & Second Ave. 57th St. & Second Ave. Extension over Queensboro Bridge toQueensboro Plaza to continue over Queensboro Subway Lines. 65th St. & Second Ave. 72d St. & Second Ave. 80th St. & Second Ave. *86th St. & Second Ave. 92d St. & Second Ave. 99th St. & Second Ave. 105th St. & Second Ave. 111th St. & Second Ave. 117th St. & Second Ave. 121st St. & Second Ave. *125th St. & Second Ave. 129th St. connects with Third Ave. line. Freeman St. Express continues over Third Ave. line to 143d St. where it diverges for Bronx Park Subway Line and operates to Freeman St. Bronx Park Express continues over Third Ave. Line from 125th St. to Bronx Park. * Indicates Express stations Hudson Terminal Buildings Church Street from Cortlandt to Fulton Street Page 51 16 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS The end of the year 1918 will probably witness the com- pletion of the greatest transit development ever undertaken in any city of the world. The operation of the new dual subway and elevated system 'as defined by the contracts of March 19, 1913, between the City of New^ York thru the Public Service Commission of the 1st District, the Inter- borough Rapid Transit Co. and the N. Y. Consolidated Railway Co. will give New Yorkers the much longed for relief. Some idea of the vast improvement in subway traffic is obtained when you compare the 26 miles of the old subway with the 71 miles of the new system. The full details of routes, connections, changes, etc., of the entire system, are very complicated and beyond the scope of this guide. But by carefully noting our text in conjunction with the accompanying map, the reader will have little trouble in traveling about the city. There are three main trunk lines of the system, two covering Manhattan and the Bronx and part of Brooklyn, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Co., and the Bowling Green Looking North on Broadway Page 61 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Broad Street near Exchange Place Curb Market in foreground Page 106 18 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Ml, friars -^ ' W,; ■ «t^ fii'*#"iri'i'iii Manhattan Sky-Line as third covering the lower part of Manhattan and nearly all of South Brooklyn, operated by the N. Y. Consolidated Railway Co. (a subsidiary to the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.)- The lines covering Queens will be jointly operated by the two companies. The West Trunk Line, covering West Manhattan & Bronx, consists of the Seventh Avenue Line and its branches south of 42d St., tied in with that portion of the old subway north of 42d St. at Times Sq. The East Trunk Line covering East Manhattan & Bronx consists of the old subway south of 42d St., tied in with the Lexington Ave. Line and its branches at Grand Central. There is a shuttle operating between the West & East Trunk Lines at 42d St. The third trunk line consists of the Broadway & Fifty- ninth St. Subways in Manhattan and the Fourth Ave. Subway and its Sea Beach and elevated branches in Brooklyn. The Queensboro Lines are tied in with the East and West Trunk Lines by the shuttle operating between Times Sq., Grand Central and Queensboro Plaza, and with the N. Y. Consolidated Railway Co.'s Broadway and 59th St. Line by the 60th St. Tunnel to Queensboro Plaza. This latter con- nection is still under construction. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 19 n from Hudson River WEST TRUNK LINE Seventh Ave. Line Brooklyn Branch Continues via Old Slip — Clark St, Tunnel in Brooklyn, as Eastern Parkway, Livonia Ave. and Nostrand Ave. Lines. Wall St. & William St. (Man.) Fulton St. & William St. Park PI. & City Hall._ Continued on Main Line Battery Branch South Ferry. Connect here with E. Trunk Line. Rector St. & Greenwich St. Cortlandt St. & Greenwich St. Continued on Main Line. Main Line *Chambers St. & W. Broadway. Franklin St. & Varick St. Canal St. & Varick St. Houston St. & Varick St. Christopher St. & W. 4th St. *14th St. & Seventh Ave. ISth St. & Seventh Ave. 23d St. & Seventh Ave. 28th St. & Seventh Ave. *Penn. Sta. at 33d St. & Seventh Ave. *Times Sq. at Seventh Ave. & 42d St. Change here for 42d St. Shuttle to East Trunk Line and for Oueensboro Lines. Connection is also made with the N. Y. C. R. Co. Broadway Line. Another fare must be paid. First Subway to Van Cortlandt Park and West Farms (Bronx). Continuation of Seventh Ave. Line *Times Sq. at Seventh Ave. & 42d St. 50th St. & Broadway. 59th St. (Columbus Circle) & Broadway. 66th St. & Broadway. *72d St. & Broadway. 79th St. & Broadway. 86th St. & Broadway. 91st St. & Broadway. *96th St. & Broadway. Diverges here for Van Cortlandt Park and West Farms. =•■ Indicates Express stations 20 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE tniiiifff "mill II „ ^^ ^^ ti ^^ It II ^- ^tfi Hi t Ml. - ^^hi Mi *» «■»- HKM ■»« „, i» i*r ^"F »• ^j|' - |- If li a ^•JW^ Bankers' Trust Building Wall and Nassau Streets Page 46 Van Cortlandt Branch *96th St. & Broadway. 103d St. & Broadway. UOth St. & Broadway. 116th St. & Broadway. 125th St. (Man. St.) & Bdwy. 137th St. & Broadway. 145th St. & Broadway. 157th St. & Broadway. 168th St. & Broadway. 181st St. & Broadway. 191st St. & Broadway. Dyckman St. & Nagle St. 207th St. & isterdam Ave. 215th St. & ivmsterdam Ave. 225th St. & Broadway. 231st St. & Broadway. 238th St. & Broadway. 242d St., Van Cortlandt Park & Broadway. West Farms Branch *96th St. & Broadway. 110th St. & Lenox Ave. 116th St. & Lenox Ave. 125th St. & Lenox Ave. 135th St. & Lenox Ave. Local Branch to 145th St. and Lenox Ave. Mott Ave. & 149th St. (Bronx). Change here for Jerome Ave. and Lexington Ave. Lines of East Trunk Line. Third Ave. & 149th St. Transfer sta. for Third Ave. El. Jackson Ave. &Westchester Ave. Prospect Av. & Westchester Av. I ntervale Av. & Westchester Av. Simpson St. & Westchester Av. Freeman St. & Southern Blvd. 174th St. & Boston Rd. 177th St. & Boston Rd. Change here to White Plains Rd. Line. 180thSt.(Bx.Pk.)&BostonRd. White Plains Rd. Extension of West Farms Line at 177th St. & Boston Rd. 177th St. & Boston Rd. *180th St. at Adams St. & N. Y. W. & B. R. R. Bronx Pk. E. & Sagamore St. Pelham Parkway & White Plains Rd. Allerton-Av. & White PlainsRd. * Indicates Express stations. RAND McNALLY NEvV YORK GUIDE 21 fW^ White Plains Rd.— Continued Burke Ave. & White Plains Rd. *Gun Hill Rd. & White Plains Rd. Connection with Webster Ave. Extension of Third Ave. Elevated Railroad. E. 219th St. & White Plains Rd. E. 225th St. & White Plains Rd. E. 233d St. & W'hite Plains Rd. Nereid Ave. & White Plains Rd. *E. 241st St. & White Plains Rd. From Nereid Ave. to E. 241st St. is still under construction. EAST TRUNK MNE Old Subway ._^ne Continues via Battery Tunnel in Brooklyn over Interborough Rapid Transit Lines. Main Line Bowling Green & Battery PI. (Manhattan). Wall St. & Broadwav. Fulton St. & Broadway. *Brooklyn Bridge & Park Row. Passageway to Cham- ber St. Station for Fourth Ave. Sub- way Lines and Brooklyn Elevated Lines operating over the Williams- burg Bridge. Worth St. & Lafay- ette St. Canal St. & Lafayette St. Spring St. & Lafay- ette St. Bleecker St. & Lafay- ette St. Astor PI. & Fourth Ave. *14th St. at Fourth Ave. &UnionSq. E. 18th St. & Fourth Ave. 23d St. & Fourth Ave. 28thSt.&Fourthx'\ve. 33d St. & Fourth Ave. *Grand Central at 42d St. & Park Ave. Change here for 42d St. Shuttle to West Trunk Line and for Queensboro Lines. Lexington Ave. Line. Continuation of Old Subway S. of 42d St. ♦Grand Central at 42d St. & Park Ave. 51st St. & Lexington Ave. 59th St. & Lexington Ave. 68th St. & Lexington Ave. 77th St. & Lexington Ave. *86th St. & Lexington Ave. 96th St. & Lexington Ave. 103d St. & Lexington Ave. 110th St. & Lexington Ave. 116th St. & Lexington Ave. *125th St. & Lexington Ave. Diverges here for Jerome Ave., Pelham Bay (Westchester Ave.) and West Farms Branches. Jerome Ave. Branch *125th St. & Lexington Ave. (Man.) Mott Haven & E. 138th St. (Bx.). Stairway Connection to W'tst Farms Branch of W. Trunk Line. "^ Indicates Express stations. yw-y^w^Mj . ii yufmWi H l iliii llmttJJiMltHV ii' I I I 1 i i i i www Stock Exchange Broad near Wall Street Page 105 22 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Cotton Excnange Broad near William Street Page 107 Jerome Ave. Branch — Continued *149th St. & Mott Ave. 161st St. & River Ave. 167th St. & River Ave. Change here for Ninth Ave. El. Connection. 170th St. & Jerome Ave. Belmont St. & Jerome Ave. 176th St. & Jerome Ave. *Burnside Ave. & Jerome Ave. E. 183d St. & Jerome Ave. Fordham Rd. & Jerome Ave. Kingsbridge Rd. & Jerome Ave. Bedford Pk. Boulevard & Jerome Ave. Mosholu Pkway. & Jerome Ave. *Woodlawn & Jerome Ave. Westchester Ave. Branch (Pelham Bay Line) *125th St. & Lexington Ave. (Man- hattan). *3d Ave. & E. 138th St. Brook Ave. & E. 138th St. Cypress Ave. & E. 138th St. E. 143d St. & Southern Blvd. E. 149th St. & Southern Blvd. Longwood Ave. & Southern Blvd. *Hunts Point Ave. & Southern Blvd. Remainder of this line is still under construction. Whitlock Ave. & Westchester Ave. Elder Ave. & Westchester Ave. Clason's Pt. Rd. & Westchester Ave. St. Lawrence Ave. & Westches- ter Ave. *E. 177th St. & Westchester Ave. Castle Hill Ave. & Westchester Ave. Zerega Ave. & Westchester Ave. Westchester Sq. & Westchester Ave. Middletown Rd. & Westchester Ave. Buhre Ave. & Westchester Ave. * Pel ham Bay Pk. & Westchester Ave. N. Y. Consolidated Railway Co.'s Trunk Line. Broadway & 59th St. Line Queensboro Plaza, Queens (via 60th St. Tunnel). Lexington Ave. & 60th St. Fifth Ave. & 59th St. *57th St. & Seventh Ave. 49th St. & Seventh Ave. Note, above portion of Line is still under construction. *Times Sq. at 42d St. & Broadway. Passageway to East & West Trunk Lines. Another fare must be paid. *34th St. & Broadway. 28th St. & Broadway. 23d St. & Broadway. *Union Sq. «& Broadway. 8th St. & Broadway. Prince St. & Broadway. Canal St. & Broadway. Connection with Centre St. Loop, Canal St. Subway and Man- hattan & Williamsburg Bridge Branches. * Indicates Express stations. RAND'McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 23 Broadway & 59th St. Line — Continued *City Hall at Broadway near Warren St. Cortlandt St. & Church St. Rector St. & Church St. Whitehall St. & State St. Whitehall St. connects to Fourth Ave Line. Continues via Whitehall — Montague St. Tun- nel, in Brooklyn over Fourth Ave. Lines. Centre St. Loop Carrying trains of Fourth Ave. Subway and Ele- vated Lines operating over Williamsburg Bridge. Tying in Brooklyn Ele- vated Lines, Broad- way, Cypress Hills, Canarsie, etc., operat- ing over Williamsburg Bridge, Fourth Ave. System Lines, operating over Manhattan Bridge and Broad- way Line. Essex St. & Delancey St. *Bowery & Delancey St. *Canal St. & Centre St. Change for Broadway and Fourth Ave. Subway Lines. *Chambers St. at Municipal Bldg. & Duane St. All Fourth Ave. System Subway trains and Elevated Lines oper- ating over Williamsburg Bridge terminate at this station with passageway connection with L R. T.'s Subway at Brooklyn Bridge. Fraunces' Tavern Broad and Pearl Streets Page 5S 14th St. Line Under Construction. Sixth Ave. & 14th St. Union Sq. & 14th St. Third Ave. & 14th St. First Ave. & 14th St. via 14th St. Tunnel. Bedford & Driggs Ave. (Brooklyn). Continuing in the Eastern and Bushwick sections of Brooklyn. The proposed Nassau St. extension connecting the Centre St. Loop at Chambers St. to the White- hall — Montague St. Tunnel is not yet under construction. * Indicates Express stations. The fare is 5 cents from any station to another in one direction over the entire system. Children under five years of age may ride free. The following is a list of stations, starting from Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn: Brooklyn Branch Atlantic Ave. Nevins St. Hoyt St. Borough Hall. Main Line South Ferry. Bowling (jreen. Wall St. & Broadway. Fulton St. & Broadway. 24 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Looking down Broadway from General Post Office RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 25 Main Line — Continued Brooklyn Bridge. Worth & Elm Sts. Canal & Elm Sts. Spring & Elm Sts. Bleecker & Elm Sts. Astor PI. & Fourth Ave. *14th St. & Fourth Ave. 18th St. & Fourth Ave. 23d St. & Fourth Ave. 28th St. & Fourth Ave. 33d St. & Fourth Ave. j -nid St. & Park Ave. ^ / Grand Central Terminal, j Times Sq. I 42d St. & Broadway. 50th St. & Broadway. 59th St. & Broadway. 66th St. & Broadway. *72d St. & Broadway. 79th St. & Broadway. 86th St. & Broadwa}^ 91st St. & Broadway. *96th St. & Broadway. Trains diverge here for Broadway Line, Lenox Ave. and West Farms Line. Broadway Line 103d St. & Broadway. 110th St. & Broadway. 116th St. & Broadway. Manhattan & Broadway. Ferry to Edgewater. 137th St. & Broadway. 145th St. & Broadway. 157th St. & Broadway. 168th St. & Broadway. 181st St. & Broadway. 191st St. & Broadway. Dyckman & Broadway. 207th St. & Amsterdam Ave. 215th St. & Amsterdam Ave. 225th St. & Broadway. 231st St. & Broadway. 238th St. & Broadway. 242d St. & Broadway. Van Cortlandt Park (surface cars to Yonkers). Lenox Ave. and West Farms Line 110th St. & Lenox Ave. 116th St. & Lenox Ave. 125th St. & Lenox Ave. 135th St. & Lenox Ave. 145th St. & Lenox Ave. Mott Ave. & 149th St. 149th St. & Third Ave. Jackson & W. Chester Aves. Prospect & W. Chester Aves. Intervale & W. Chester Aves. Simpson St. & Southern Blvd. Freeman St. & Southern Blvd. 174th St. & Boston Road. 177th St. & Boston Rd. (Tremont). 180th St. & Boston Rd. (Bronx Pk.). THE TUNNELS Rapid Transit (Battery Tunnel). Under the East River, from the Battery, Manhattan to Joralemon St., Brooklyn, for operation of the old subway branch of the East Trunk Line, by the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. Steinway (Belmont Tunnel). Under the East River, from 42d St. & Lexington Ave., Manhattan, to Jackson Ave., Long Island City, for operation of the Queensboro subway trains by the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. Montague St. Under the East River, from Whitehall St., Manhattan to Montague St., Brooklyn, for operation of the N. Y. Consolidated Railways Co.'s (B. R. T.) Broadway & Fourth Ave. System Lines. Old Slip — Clark St. Under the East River, from Old Slip, Manhattan to Clark St., Brooklyn, for the operation of the Seventh Ave. Lines (West Trunk Line) by the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. * In Construction. 26 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE *14th St. Under the East River, from 14th St., Man- hattan to No. 7th St., Brooklyn, for operation of the 14th St. Eastern District Line by the N. Y. Consohdated Railways Co. (B. R. T.). *60th St. Under the East River, from 60th St., Man- hattan to Queensboro Plaza, Long Island City, for operation of the Broadway Line by the N. Y. Consolidated Railways Co. (B. R. T.) And present Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Co.'s and Pennsylvania R. R.'s Tunnels. FIFTH AVENUE COACH LINES One of the best ways to see the best residential sections, the fashionable shopping districts and the hotel and amuse- ment centers of New York City is from the tops of the Fifth Avenue buses, which traverse at short Intervals Fifth Avenue, Riverside Drive and other Important thoroughfares. Several Important avenues north of Central Park are served and there Is also a line connecting with the Pennsylvania Station and an Important crosstown line that connects the residential sections lying on either side of Central Park. Many Important public buildings and the leading churches of the city are passed, among these being the PubHc Library and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Riverside Drive line, which leaves Fifth Avenue at 57th Street, gives the unrivalled view of the Hudson and Palisades, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Grant's Tomb and Claremont. On any line the fare Is 10 cents. THE MOST IMPORTANT ROUTES The illuminated Route Sign on the front of each Bus, bears a large number corresponding to the numbers in the following Routes. 1 — Fifth Avenue. Between Washington Sq. & 110th St. as traffic demands. Between 110th St. and 135th St. Shuttle service, connecting at 110th St. & Fifth Avenue with Service Nos. 1, 2, 3 & 4. 2 — Fifth & Seventh Aves. and Edgecombe Road. From Fifth Ave. & Washington Sq., via Fifth Ave., 110th St., Seventh Ave., 153d St., Macomb's PL, 155th St., Viaduct, Edgecombe Rd. (Polo Grounds), W. 167th St., Amsterdam Ave., 168th St. to St. Nicholas Ave. * In Construction. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 27 r^ 3— Fifth & St. Nicholas Aves. From Fifth Ave. & Wash- ington Sq., via Fifth Ave., 110th St., Manhattan Ave., St. Nicholas Ave., Audubon Ave. 168th St., St. Nicholas Ave. to 193d St. 4 — Fifth Ave., Cathedral Pkwy., Riverside Drive & Broadway. From Pennsylvania Terminal at 32d St. & Eighth Ave., via 32d St., Fifth Ave., 110th St., Riverside Drive, 135th St., Broadway to 167th St. 5 — Fifth Ave., 57th St., Riverside Drive & Broadway. From Fifth Ave. & Washington Sq., via Fifth Ave., 57th St., Broadway, 72d St., Riverside Drive, 135th St., Broadway to 167th St. 6 — 72d St. Crosstown. From 72d St. & First Ave., via 72d St, Fifth Ave., Broadway, W. 72d St., to Central Park W. 8 — Pennsylvania Terminal, Fifth Ave., 57th St., Riverside Drive, Fort George. From Pennsylvania Terminal, 32d St. & Eighth Ave., via 32d St., Fifth Ave., 57th St., Broadway, 72d St., Riverside Drive, 135th St., Broadway, St. Nicholas Ave. to 193d St. STEAMSHIP LINES* PIERS American-Hawaiian S. S. Co., Pier 6, ft. 42d St., Brooklyn. To Pacific Coast ports and Hawaiian Islands. American Line, Pier 62, North River, ft. W. 22d St. To Southampton, Plymouth, Cherbourg. Anchor Line, Pier 64, North River, ft. W. 24th St. To Glasgow. Atlantic Transport, Pier 58, North River, ft. W. 16th St. To London. Bay State Line, Pier 19, East River, ft. Peck Slip. To Boston. Ben Franklin Line, Pier 24, North River. Bridgeport Line, Pier 28, East River, ft. Catherine St. To Bridgeport. Capital City Line, Pier 46, North River. Catskill Evening Line, Pier 43, North River. Central-Hudson Steamboat Line, Pier 24, North River, ft. Franklin St. To Newburgh, Poughkeepsie, Rondout, and intermediate Hudson River points (Summer season). Central Railroad of New Jersey, Pier 10, ft. Cedar St., Pier 81, ft. 42d St., North River. To Atlantic Highlands. 28 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Citizen's Line, Pier 32, North River, ft. Canal St. To Albany & Troy. Clyde Line, Pier 36, North River, ft. Spring St. To Charleston, Jacksonville, and Brunswick. Clyde Line, Pier 34, ft. Hamilton Ave., Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn. To Puerto Plata and West Indian ports. Colonial Line, Pier 39, North River, ft. W. Houston St. To Providence. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Pier 57, North River, ft. 15th St. To Havre. Compania Trasatlantica, Pier 8, East River, Coenties Slip. To Havana, Mexican, South American, and Spanish ports. Cunard Line, Piers 54 and 56, North River, ft. 14th St. To Queenstown and Liverpool, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples, Fiume, and Trieste. Delaware-Hudson S. S. Co., Battery and W. 131st St., North River, "Mandalay" Excursion Boat up Hudson (Summer season). Fabre Line, ft. W. 31st St., South Brooklyn. To Naples and Marseilles. Fall River Line, Pier 14, North River, ft. Fulton St. To Newport and Fall River (Boston). French Line, Pier 57, North River, ft. W. 15th St. To Havre. Hartford Line, Pier 19, East River, ft. Peck Slip. To Hartford (Summer season). Holland-American Line, Pier ft. 5th St., Hoboken. To Rotterdam. Hudson River Day Line, Pier 30, ft. DesbrossesSt., Pier 81, ft. 42d St., and Pier 119, ft. 129th St., North River. To Albany and intermediate points (Summer season). Insular Line, Pier 29, ft. Baltic St., Robinson Stores, Brooklyn. To Ponce and other Porto Rican ports. Insular & South American Atlas Line, Pier 65, North River, ft. W. 25th St. To Bermuda & West Indies. Iron Steamboat Co., Pier 1, Battery Place, and Pier 119, 129th St., North River. To Coney Island and Rockaway Beach (Summer season). Italian Royal Mail, Pier 74, North River, ft. W. 34th St. To Italy. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 29 Lamport & Holt Line, Pier 8, Brooklyn. To Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Montevideo, and other South American ports. La Veloce Line, Pier 74, North River, ft. 34th St. To Genoa, Naples, and Palermo. Lloyd Brazileiro, Pier 5, Bush Docks, South Brooklyn. To Barbadoes and Brazil ports. Lloyd Italiano Steam- ship Co., Pier 74, North River, ft. W. 34th St. To Italy. Lloyd Sabaudo, Pier B, ft. Grand St., Jersey City. To Naples and Genoa. McAllister Steamboat Co., Pier 81, 42d St., and 129th St., North River. To Bear Mountain (Summer season) . Maine Steamship Line, Pier 19, North River, ft. Warren St. To Portland. Mallory Steamship Co., Pier 45, North River, ft. 10th St. To Key West and Galveston. Mallory Steamship Co., Pier 38, North River, ft. King St. To Tampa and Mobile. Manhattan Line, Pier 39, North River, ft. West Houston St. To Albany (Summer season). Mary Powell Steamboat Co., Pier 30, ft. Desbrosses St., Pier 81, ft. 42d St., and Pier 119, ft. 129th St., North River. To Rondout (Summer season). To Kingston. Metropolitan Steamship Line, Pier 39, North River, ft. W. Houston St. To Boston (Summer season). Singer Building Broadway and Liberty Street Page 53 30 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Montauk Steamship Co., Pier 8, East River, Coenties Slip. To Shelter Island and Sag Harbor (Summer season). Munson Line, Pier 9, East River, Old Slip. To Nuevitas and other ports in Cuba. Navigazione Generale Italiana, Pier 74, North River, ft. 34th St. To Genoa, Naples, and Palermo. Connecting lines to the Orient. New Haven Lines, Pier 28, East River, ft. Catherine St. To New Haven. New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Co. (Ward Line), Piers 13 and 14, East River, ft. Wall St. and Pine St. To Havana, Me^ "can and West Indian ports. New York and Long Branch Steamboat Co., Pier 75, North River, ft. 35th St. To Long Branch (Summer season). New York and Porto Rico Steamship Co., Pier 35, ft. Atlantic Ave., Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn. To San Juan and other ports in Porto Rico. Night Express (Citizens Line), Pier 32, North River, ft. Canal St. and 132d St. To Troy (Summer season). Norwegian American Line, Pier 4, ft. 45th St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Norwich Line, Pier 40, North River, ft. Clarkson St. To New London. Ocean Steamship Co., Pier 35, North River, ft. Spring St. To Savannah. Old Dominion Steamship Co., Pier 25, North River, ft. North Moore St. To Old Point Comfort, Norfolk and New- port News. Panama Pacific Line, Pier 61, North River, ft. W. 21st St. Through Panama Canal to San Francisco. Panama Rail Road Steamship Lines, Pier 67, North River, ft. 27th St. To Colon, Central and South American ports. People's Line (Night), Pier 32, North River, ft. Canal St. To Albany (Summer season). Phoenix Line, Pier 59, North River, ft. 18th St. To Antwerp. Pierce Line, Pier 22, Brooklyn. To Genoa, Naples, Messina and Palermo. Prince Line, Pier 4, ft. 45th St., Bush Docks, South Brook- lyn. To Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and other South American ports, and to South African and Far Eastern ports. Providence Line, Pier 19, East River, Peck Slip. To Providence (Boston). Providence Line, Pier 15, North River, ft. Barclay St. To Providence (Boston) (Summer season). RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 31 Quebec Steamship Co., Ltd., Pier 47, North River, ft.W. 10th St. To Bermuda and West Indies; also Sum- mer Service to Montreal and Quebec. Red Cross Line, Pier 32, ft. Richard St., Erie Basin. To Halifax and St. Johns. Red "D" Line, Pier 11, ft. MontagueSt., Brooklyn. To San Juan, Porto Rico, La Guaira and other ports in Venezuela. Red Star Line, Pier 61, North River, ft. 21st St. To Dover and Antwerp. Royal Dutch West In- dia Mail, Pier 3, Bush Terminal, ft. 47th St., Brooklyn. To Cape Haiti, Trinidad, etc. Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., Pier 42, North River, ft. Morton St. To Bermuda, West Indian, South and Central Ameri- can ports. Russian-American Line, ft. 31st St., South Brook- lyn. To Rotterdam and Libau. Savannah Line, Pier 35, North River, ft. Canal St. To Savannah. Scandinavian-American Line, ft. 17th St., Hoboken. To Christiansand, Chris- tiania and Copenhagen. Sicula Americana Line, Pier 22, ft. Pacific St., Brooklyn. To Naples, Palermo and other Medi- terranean ports. St. Paul's Chapel Broadway, Fulton and Vesey Streets Page 109 32 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Southern Pacific Co., Atlantic Steamship Lines, Piers 49 50, 51 and 52 North River, ft. 11th St. To New Orleans. Texas City Steamship Co., Pier 44, North River, ft. Barrow Street. To Texas City, Texas. Transatlantica Italiano, Pier 7, Bush Docks, South Brooklyn. To Naples and Genoa. Trinidad Line, Pier 24, ft. Amity St., Brooklyn. To Grenada, Trinidad, etc. United Fruit Co. Lines, Pier 16, East River, ft. Fulton St. To Kingston, Jamaica, and to Central American ports. Uranium Steamship Co., Pier 38, ft. Pioneer St., Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn. To Rotterdam. White Star Line, Piers 60 & 61, North River, ft. W. 18th and W. 19th Sts. To Queenstown, Liverpool, Plymouth, Cherbourg and Southampton (Gibraltar, Naples and Genoa). Wilson Line, Pier ft. 7th St., Hoboken. To Hull. FERRIES To Astoria— From ft. E. 92d St. Atlantic Highlands — From South Ferry (Summer season). To Bedloe's Island (Liberty Island) — From Battery ft. Broadway. *To Blackwell's Island — From ft. 26th St., ft. 53d St., ft. 70th St., E. R. To Brooklyn — From ft. E. 10th & E. 23d Sts. to Greenpoint Ave. To Brooklyn — From ft. E. 23d St. to Broadway. To Brooklyn — From ft. E. Hous- ton St. to Grand St. To Brooklyn — From ft. Fulton St. to Fulton St. To Brooklyn — From ft. Roosevelt St. to Broadway. To Brooklyn — From ft. Whitehall St. to Atlantic and Hamilton Aves. To Brooklyn — From ft. Whitehall St. to 39th St. To College Point (Queens Borough) —From ft. E 99th St. To Edge water — From W. 130th St. To Ellis Island — From Barge Office, Whitehall St. To Englewood — From ft. Dyck- man St. *To Forts Schuyler, Totten & Slo- cum— From ft. Wall St., E. R. *To Forts Hamilton & Wadsworth —From ft. Wall St., E. R. *To Farm Colony (Staten Island) — From ft. 26th & 53d Sts., E. R. To Governor's Island — From Battery, ft. Whitehall St. To Greenpoint — From ft. E. 10th St. & ft. E. 23d St. *To Hart's Island— From ft. 26th St., E. R. To Hoboken — From ft. Barclay, Christopher, and W. 23d Sts. to Newark and Ferry Sts. (D. L. & W. R. R.). To Hoboken— From ft. W. 23d St. to 14th St. To Jersey City — From ft. Cham- bers and W. 23d Sts. to Pavonia Ave. (Erie R. R., Northern of New Jersey R. R., and N. J. & N. Y. R. R., New York, Susquehanna & Western R. R.). To Jersey City — From ft. Cort- landt and Desbrosses Sts. to Montgomery St., Jersey City. (Pennsylvania R. R.). To Jersey City — From ft. Liberty and W. 23d Sts. to Communi- paw, Jersey City. (Central R. R. of New Jersey, Lehigh Valley R. R.). *To North Brother Island — From ft. E. 132d St NOTE: required. E. R;, East River. *Permit RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 33 Dmum.li 1 "'"" Fifth Avenue, North from Forty-Second Street 34 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE To Queens (Long Island City) — From ft. E. 34th St. to Borden Ave. (L. I. R. R.). *To Randall's Island — From ft. E. 26th, E. 120th, and E. 125th Sts. To Richmond (Staten Island) — From ft. Whitehall St. to St. George (Staten Island Rapid Transit R. R., & Trolley Lines). *To Riker's Island — From ft. E. 26th St. *To Sandy Hook Proving Grounds —From ft. Wall St., E. R. *To Ward's Island — From ft. E. 116th St. To Weehawken — From ft. Cort- landt and ft. W. 42d Sts. (to West Shore R. R. Depot). *To West New York— From ft. W. 42d St. to Old Slip. NOTE: E. R., East River. *Permit required. PLACES OF AMUSEMENT Academy of Music, 14th St. & Irving PI. Aeolian Hall, 34 W. 43d St. American Music Hall, Eighth Ave. & W. 42d St. Astor, Broadway & 45th St. Bandbox, 57th St. near Third Ave. Belasco, 44th St. near Broadway. Bijou, 45th St. W. of Broadway. Booth, 45th St. W. of Broadway. Broadhurst, 44th St. W. of Bdwy. Broadway, Broadway & 41st St. Bronx Opera House, 149th St. E. of Third Ave. Carnegie Hall, Seventh Ave. & 57th St. Casino, Broadway & 39th St. Century, 62d St. & Central Pk. W. Circle, Broadway & 60th St. Cohan & Harris, 42d St. W. of Broadway. Cohpn's, Broadway & 43d St. Columbia, Seventh Ave. & 47th St. Comedy, 41st St. near Broadway. Cort, 48th St. E. of Broadway. Criterion, Broadway & 44th St. Danse de Follies, atop New Am- sterdam, 42d St. W. of Bdwy. Eltinge, 42d St. W. of Broadway. Empire, Broadway & 40th St. Forty-eighth Street Theatre, 48th St. W. of Broadway. Francais, 45th St. near Broadway. Fulton, 208 W. 46th St. Gaiety, Broadway & 46th St. Garden, Madison Ave. & E. 27th St. Garrick, 65 W. 35th St. near Bdwy. Globe, Broadway & 46th St. Grand Opera House, Eighth Ave. & 23d St. Harris, 42d St. near Eighth Ave. Henry Miller, W. 43d St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves. Hippodrome, 6th Ave., 43d-44th Sts. Hitchcock's, 44th St.— 44th St. W. of Broadway. Hudson, 44th St. near Broadway. Irving Place, Irving PI. «& 15th St. Keith's Alhambra, Seventh Ave. & 126th St. Keith's Colonial, Broadway & 62d St. Kehh's Palace, Bdwy. & 47th St. Keith's Riverside, Broadway & 96th St. Keith's Royal, Westchester Ave. near Third Ave. & 149th St. Knickerbocker, Bdwy. & 38th St. Lexington, Lexington Ave., 50th & 51st Sts. Liberty, 234 W. 42d St. near Seventh Av Lincoln Square, 1941 Broadway. Little, 44th St. W. of Broadway. Loew's, Seventh Ave — Seventh Ave. & 124th St. Longacre, 48th St. W. of Bdwy. Lyceum, 45th St. near Broadway. Lyric, 42d St. near Seventh Ave. Madison Square Garden, Madison Ave. & 26th St. Manhattan Opera House, 315 W. 34th St. *Margaret Mayo, between Seventh & Eighth Aves. W. 42d St. *Margaret Illington, betw. Seventh & Eighth Aves. W. 42d St. Maxine Elliott's, 39th St. near Broadway. *Under construction. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 35 Metropolitan Opera House, Broad- way & 40th St. Morosco, 45th St. W. of Bdwy. New Amsterdam, 214 W. 42d St. New York, Broadway & 45th St. *Norworth, W. 48th St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves. Olympic, 145 E. 14th St. Park, Broadway & 59th St. Peoples, 201 Broadway. Playhouse, 48th St. near Broadway. Plymouth, 45th St. W. of Broad- way. Polo Grounds, 155th St. & Eighth Ave. Princess, 39th St. E. of Broad- way. Proctor's 23d St., 142 W. 23d St. Proctor's Fifth Ave., Broadway and 28th St. Proctor's 58th St., 154 E. 58th St. Proctor's, 125th St., 112 E. 125th St. Punch & Judy, 49th St. near Third Ave. Republic, 42d St. near Broad- way. Rialto, 42d St. & Seventh Ave Rivoli, 49th St. & Broadway. *Selwyn, W. 42d St. between Seventh & Eighth Aves. Shubert, 44th St. W. of Broad- way. Standard, Broadway & 90th St. Strand, Broadway & 47th St. Thirty-ninth Street Theatre, 39th St. near Broadway. *Vanderbilt, W. 48th St. between Sixth & Seventh Ave. West End, 368 W. 125th St. Winter Garden, Bdwy. & 50th St. Yorkville, 157 E. 86th St. *Under construction. Mott Street, Chinatown Off Chatham Square, West of the Bowery Page 54 36 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE RAILROAD STATIONS Atlantic Coast Line, Seventh Ave., 32d to 33d Sts., and Hudson & Man- hattan R. R. Stations. Baltimore & Ohio, ft. W. 23d & Liberty Sts. Central of New Jersey, ft. W. 23d & Liberty Sts.; New Jersey Southern Divi- sion (in summer), ft. W. 42d & Cedar Sts. Chesapeake & Ohio, Seventh Ave., 32d to 33d Sts., and Hudson & Man- hattan R. R. Stations. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, ft. Barclay & Christopher Sts., & W. 23d St. and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. Erie, ft. Chambers & W. 23d Sts. and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. Hudson & Manhattan R. R. (Hudson Tunnels) from 33d St. & Sixth Ave., down Sixth Ave. to Chris- topher St., thence to Jersey City, Hoboken and Newark making sub-surface connec- tions with Erie, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western and Pennsylvania R. Rds. For Stations, see page 30. Lehigh Valley, ft. Liberty & W. 23d St. Long Island, Seventh Ave. & 33d St., ft. E. 34th St. Atlan- tic Ave. branch, junction of Flatbush & Atlantic Aves., Brooklyn. New Jersey & New York (Erie), ft. Chambers and W. 23d Sts. and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. New York & Long Branch, ft. Liberty, Cortlandt, Des- brosses and W. 23d Sts., and Pennsylvania R. R. Station, 32d St. & Seventh Ave. In summer ft. W. 42d & Cedar Sts., also. New York Central Lines, Grand Central Terminal, 42d and Park Ave., Harlem, 125th St.; Mott Haven, 138th St.; Equitable Building Iroadway and Pine Street Page 52 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 2>7 Putnam Division, 155th St. New York, New Haven & Hartford, Grand Central Terminal, 42d St. andPark Ave., Harlem, 125th St., Willis Ave. & 133d St. New York, Ontario & Western, ft. Cortlandt St. & W. 42d St. New York, Susquehanna & Western (Erie), ft. Chambers & W. 23d Sts. and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. New York, West Chester 8c Boston, Harlem River, 133d St. & Willis Ave. Norfolk & Western, Seventh Ave., 32d to 33d Sts., and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. \ Northern of New Jersey (Erie), ft. Chambers & W. 23d Sts. and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. Pennsylvania, Seventh Ave., 32d to 33d Sts., and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. Philadelphia & Reading, ft. W. 23d & Liberty Sts. Seaboard Air Line, Seventh Ave, 32d to 33d Sts., and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. Southern Railway, Seventh Ave., 32d to 33d Sts., and Hudson & Manhattan R. R. Stations. Staten Island, ft. Whitehall St. West Shore, ft. Cortlandt and ft. W. 42d St. MANHATTAN AND THE BRONX SIGHT-SEEING Sight-Seeing. Automobiles and yachts, run on regular schedules, provide comfortable and convenient facilities for viewing places of interest in and around Manhattan. These tours are conducted by lecturers, who point out and explain the features along the way. The rates are reasonable. ..i. lis III HI III ^|i|| w 111 11? Ill wt 'm, m III III It i III «i 111 lil ^« 111 III ni Hi Hi i i m « i III » « lit Metropolitan Life Insurance Buildingf Madison Ave. and 23d Street Page 52 38 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE HOTELS Aberdeen, 17 W. 32d St. Albert, University PI. & 11th St. Algonquin, 59 W. 44th St. Alliance, 258 W. 44th St. Ansonia, Broadway & 73d St. Arlington, 18 W. 25th St. Ashton, Madison Ave. & 93d St. Astor, Broadway, 44th & 45th Sts. Belleclaire, Broadway & 77th St. Belmont, Park Ave. & 42d St. Beresford, Central Park West & 81st St. Biltmore, Vanderbilt Ave. &43d St. Blackstone, 50 E. 58th St. Bonta, Broadway & 94th St. Breslin, Broadway & 29th St. Bretton Hall, Broadway & 86th St. Brevoort, Fifth Ave. & 8th St. Bristol, 122 W. 49th St. Broadway Central, Broadway & 3d St. Broztell, 3 E. 27th St. Brunswick, Madison Ave. & 89thSt. 4-Buckingham, Fifth Ave. & 50th St. Calumet, 340 W. 57th St. Calvert, Broadway & 41st St. Cecil, St. Nicholas Ave. & 118th St. Chatham, Vanderbilt Ave. & 48th St. Chelsea, 222 W. 23d St. Clarendon, 55 E. 58th St. Claridge, 44th St. & Broadway. Clendening, 202 W. 103d St. Collingwood, 45 W. 35th St. Colonial, Columbus Ave. & 81st St. Continental, Broadway & 41st St. Cosmopolitan, Chamber St. & W. Broadway Cumberland, Broadway & 54th St Devon, 70 W. 55th St. Earle, 103 Waverly Pi. Empire, Broadway & 63d St. Endicott, 101 W. 81st St. Felix-Portland, 132 W. 47th St. Flanders, 135 W. 47th St. Gainsboro 222 W. 59th St. Gerard, 123 W. 44th St. Gotham, Fifth Ave. & 55th St. Grand, Broadway & 31st St. Great Northern, 118 W. 57th St. Gregorian, 42 W. 35th St. Grenoble, Seventh Ave. & 56th St. Hargrave, 112 W. 72d St. Hawthorne, 70 W. 49th St. Herald Square, 116 W. 34th St. Hermitage, Seventh Ave. & 42d St. Holland House. Fifth Ave. & 30th St Van Cortlandt Manor House Van Cortlandt Park Page 73 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 39 Holley, 36 Washington Sq. Imperial, Broadway & 32d St. Irving, 26 Gramercy Pk. Iroquois, 49 W. 44th St. Judson, 53 Washington Sq. King James, 139 W. 45th St. Knickerbocker, Broadway & 42d St. Lafayette, University PI. & 9th St. Langdon, Fifth Ave. & 56th St. Latham, 4 E. 28th St. Le Marquis, 12 E. 31st St. Leonori, Madison Ave. & 63d St. Longacre, 47th St. & Broadway. Lorraine, Fifth Ave. & 45th St. Lucerne, 79th St. & Amsterdam Ave. Majestic, Central Park West & 72d St. Manhansett, 61 E. 59th St. .Manhattan, Madison Ave. & 42d St. Manhattan Square, 50 W. 77th St. Marie Antoinette, Broadway & 66th St. Markwell, Broadway & 49th St. Marlborough-Blenheim, Broadway & 36th St. Marseille, Broadway & 103d St. Martha Washington, 29 E. 29th St. Martinique, Broadway & 33d St. Maryland, 104 W. 49th St. McAlpin, Broadway & 34th St. Murray Hill, Park Ave. & 40th St. Navarre, Seventh Ave. & 38th St. Netherland, Fifth Ave. & 59th St. New Weston, Madison Ave. & 49th St. Normandie, Broadway & 38th St. Park Avenue, Park Ave. & 32d St. Pennsylvania, Third & Seventh Ave. Plaza, Fifth Ave. & 59th St. Prince George, 14 E. 28th St. Ritz-Carlton, Madison Ave. & 46th St. Roland, 56 E. 59th St. Saint Andrew, Broadway & 72d St. Saint Denis, Broadway & 11th St. St. George, 49 E. 12th St. Saint James, 109 W. 45th St. Saint Lorenz, Lexington Ave. & 72d St. Saint Louis, 32 E. 32d St. Saint Paul, Columbus Ave. & 60th St. Saint Regis, Fifth Ave. & 55th St. San Remo, Central Park West & 74th St. Savoy, Fifth Ave. & 59th St. Schuyler, 59 W. 45th St. Seville, Madison Ave. & 29th St. Seymour, 44 W. 45th St. Sherman Square, Broadway & 71st St. Somerset, 150 W. 47th St. Theresa, Seventh Ave. & 125th St. Times Square, 206 W. 43d St. Touraine, 9 E. 39th St. Union Square, 15th St. & Union Sq, Van Cortlandt, 142 W. 49th St. Van Rennselaer, 15 E. 11th St. Vanderbilt, Park Ave. & 34th St. Waldorf-Astoria, Fifth Ave. & 34th St. Wallick, Broadway & 43d St. Webster, 40 W. 45th St. Wellington, Seventh Ave. & 55th St. Willard, 252 W. 76th St. Wolcott, Fifth Ave. & 31st St. Woodstock, 127 W. 43d St. Woodward, Broadway & 55th St. York, Seventh Ave. & 36th St. TELEGRAPH HEADQUARTERS Western Union : Corner of Broadway & Dey St. Postal Telegraph & Commercial Cable: Broadway & Murray St. POST OFFICE The general post office is located on Broadway and Park Row, adjoining City Hall Park on the south. It can be con- veniently reached by Subway (Interborough Rapid Transit System), Fulton St. or Brooklyn Bridge stations; Third Ave, 40 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Elevated, Brooklyn Bridge Station; Sixth Ave. Elevated, Park PL Station; Ninth Ave. Elevated, Barclay St. Station; Madison Ave. surface cars (Brooklyn Bridge Line) ; Broadway surface cars (all down-town lines); Third Ave. surface cars (post office lines); Lexington Ave. surface cars, via 23d St. and Broadway. Pennsylvania Terminal Post Office, located on Eighth Ave., between 30th and 33d Sts., two blocks from Broadway and Sixth Ave. and Hudson and Manhattan tubes. Grand Central, Hudson Terminal and Madison Sq. Stations are open on week days from 7 a. m. to 12 midnight; money order business, from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. All other carrier stations are open on week days from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. ; money order business, 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. BROADWAY This is one of the most famous, as well as one of the longest streets in the world. It extends from Bowling Green to Yonkers. Low Memorial Library 116th Street, West of Amsterdam Ave. Page 89 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 41 The buildings on the east side (right hand going north) are given even numbers; those on the west side odd numbers. Note: Lists of hotels, clubs, and theaters will be found on other pages. Starting from Bowling Green No. 1 — Bowling Green, site of Lead Statue of King George III, destroyed by the people July 9, 1776, and cast into bullets for Revolutionary War. No. 2 — Washington Bldg., site of Kennedy House, headquarters of Generals Washington and Lee. No. 26— Standard Oil Bldg. No. 29— Morris St. Columbia Bldg. No. 41 — Hamburg-American, site of first residence on Manhattan Island. No. 61 — Adams Express Co. Bldg. No. 65 — American Express Co. Bldg. No. 66 — Manhattan Life Bldg. No. 71 — Rector St. Empire Bldg. Wall St. Trinity Church and Cemetery. No. 100 — American Surety Bldg. No. Ill — Thames St. Trinity Bldg. No. 120— Equitable Bldg. No. 115-CedarSt. U.S. Realty Bldg. No. 140 — Guarantee Trust Co. No. 149— Liberty St. Singer Bldg. No. 160 — Cortlandt St. Lawyer's Title, Insurance & Trust Co. No. 165 — City Investing Bldg. No. 170— Maiden Lane. No. 176 — Title, Guarantee & Trust Co. No. 195— Dey St. Telephone & Telegraph Bldg. No. 203— Fulton St. Mail & Express St. Paul's Chapel (erected 1776) and Cemetery. No. 220— Ann St., St. Paul Bldg. Barclay St. Park PI. Woolworth Bldg. Park Row— Mail St. Post Office. No. 225 — Vesey and Barclay Sts., site of old Astor House. No. 247 — Murray St. Importers & Traders National Bank, Chambers St. City Hall Park; City Hall; County Court House; Statue Nathan Hale. No. 253— Murray St. Postal Bldg. No. 256— Home Life Bldcr. No. 258— Warren St. No. 271 — Chambers St. National Shoe & Leather Bank Bldg. No. 290— Reade St. No. 291 — East River Savings Insti- tution. No. 340— Leonard St. New York Life Bldg. No. 611— W. Houston St. Cable Bldg. E. 9th St. — John Wanamakcr's Department Store. E. 10th St. — Grace Church. E. 14th St. — Union Square. Statues of Washington, Lincoln, 22d-23d Sts.— Flatiron Bldg. Fifth Ave. Bldg. W. 23d St.— W. 24th St. Albemarle Bldg. W. 25 Madison Sq.— Worth Monu- ment. W. 32d to 33d Sts. (Sixth Ave.).— Gimbel Bros. Department Store W. 33d St. — Greeley Sq. Statue of Horace Greeley. W. 33d-31th Sts.— Saks & Co. Department Store. Herald Sq, W. 34th-35th Sts.— R. H. Macy Department Store. W. 35th St.— New York Herald Bldg. No. 1451 — W. 41st St. Commercial Trust Co. W. 42d St. — Times Square; Long- acre Bldg,; Times Bldg. W. 56th St. — Broadway Taber- nacle (Congregational), W. 59th St. (Central Park West)— Columbus Circle; Columbus Monument; National Maine Memorial; Merchants' Gate to Central Park. W. 63d St. — Lincoln Sq. W. 71st St.— -Blessed Sacraments R. C. Church. W. 73d St. — Sherman Sq.; Statue of Verdi; Manhattan Congre- gational Church. W. 79th St.— First Baptist Church, founded A. D, 1745, W. 116th St. — Columbia University. 42 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE FIFTH AVENUE Starting from Washington Square. Odd numbers are on the east or right hand side going north; even numbers on the west side, except between 59th and 101st Sts. Central Park occupies the west side of the avenue. Note: Lists of hotels, clubs, and theatres will be found on other pages. No. 21 — Former residence of Mark Twain. W. 10th St.— Church of the Ascen- sion. W. 12th St.— Old First Presby- terian Church. W. 20th St., No. 150— Methodist Book Concern. W. 21st St., No. 156— Presbyterian Bldg. E. 22d to 23d St.— Flatiron Bldg. 23d St., No. 200— Fifth Ave. Bldg. 23d to 26th St. (East side)— Madi- son Sq., Worth Monument. E. 26th St. — Farragut Monument. W. 29th St.— The Marble Collegiate Reform Protestant Dutch Church. E. 34th St.— B. Altman & Co. Department Store. E. 37th St., No. 401— Tiffany & Co. W. 37th St., No. 412— Brick Pres- byterian Church. W. 38th St.— Lord & Taylor Department Store. W. 39th St.— A. A. Vantine & Co. Oriental Department Store. E. 40th St., Arnold, Constable Co. 42d St. — New York Public Library. E. 43d St. — Temple Emanu-El. W. 44th— Fifth Avenue Bank. E. 45th St., No. 551— Church of the Heavenly Rest. No. 555 — Mrs. James R. Jessup. E.47thSt.,No.579— Mrs.F.J.Shep- ard (Miss Helen Miller Gould). No. 585 — Captain Warren C. Beach. E. 48th St., No. 591— Mrs. Robert Goelet. W. 48th St.— Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas. No. 604— Mrs. Russell Sage. No. 609— Miss E. W. White. W. 49th St.— Mrs. Ogden Goelet, John Innes Kane. No. 615 — Frederick S. Flower. No. 618— Wm. Hawley. No. 636 — Miss Jessie L. Gardner. E. 50th-51st St. — St. Patrick's Cathedral. No. 645— Wm. B. Osgood Field. W. 52d St., No. 660— Wm K. Van- derbilt. No. 666— Mrs. Wm. K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Columbia University Broadway, Amsterdam Ave., 116th to 120th Street Page 89 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 43 W. 53d St. — St. Thomas Episcopal Church. No. 675 — Samuel Untermeyer. No. 677 — Cornelius Vanderbilt. VV. 54th St., No. 684— Mrs. Hamil- ton McK. Twombly. E. 54th St.— Chas. W. Harkness. No. 689— Wm. Rockefeller. No. 693— W. Kirkpatrick Brice. No. 695 — Mrs. Benjamin B. Brew- ster. W. 55th St.— Fifth Ave. Presby- terian Church. No. 711 — Adrian Iselin. No. 726— Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt. E. 57th St. — Mrs. Herman Oelrichs. No. 741 — Joseph Guggenheim. No. 743 — S. R. Guggenheim. No. 745— Wm. E. Iselin. W. 57th St.— Mrs. Cornelius Van- derbilt. W. 58th St.— The Plaza. W. 59th St.— Scholar's Gate to Cen- tral Park; Equestrian Statue of General William T. Sherman. E. 61st St. — Elbridge T. Gerry. No. 800— Mrs. Jabez A. Bostwick. No. 803 — Preston Pope Satterwhite. No. 80i — William Emlen Roosevelt. E. 62d St., No. 810— Hamilton Fish. No. 811— John R. Drexel. No. 812— George G. McMurty. No. 815— Dr. John L. Thatcher. No. 820— Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness. No. 824 — James Powell Kernochan. No. 825— Clifford V. Brokaw. No. 826 — Henry Mortimer Brooks. E. 64th St., No. 828— Edward J. Berwind. No. 830^James Ben Ali Haggin. No. 833 — William Guggenheim. No. 834— Frank Jay Gould. No. 836 — Mrs, Isidor Wormser. E. 65th St., No. 838— William Watts Sherman. No. 840— Vincent Astor. E. 66th St.— Mrs. Henry O. Have- meyer. No. 852 — Home of the late Col. Oliver H. Payne. E. 67th St. — Judge Gerry. No. 857 — George J. Gould. No. 858— Thomas F. Ryan. 68th St., No. 871— Harry Payne Whitney. No. 876 — Francis Burton Harrison. E. 69th St.— Ogden Mills, Mrs. E. H. Harriman. A Corner in the Ghetto Page 57 44 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE No. 881 — Adolph Lewisohn, Sam A. Lewisohn. No. 883 — John Sloane. E. 70th St.— Henry Clay Frick. No. 907— Daniel Gray Reid. No. 912— James O. Bloss. John W. Sterling. No. 914 — Samuel Thorne. No. 922— Nicholas F. Palmer. No. 923— Mrs. Randolph Guggen- heimer. Phillip Lewisohn. No. 924 — George Henry Warren. No. 925— Mrs. Herbert Leslie Terrell. No. 926 — John Woodruff Simpson. No. 927— Mrs. Hugh J. Chisholm. No. 930 — Simeon B. Chapin. No. 932— Mortimer L. Schiff. No. 933 — Lamon V. Harkness. No. 934— Mrs. Alfred M. Hoyt. E. 75th St., No. 936— Edwin Gould. Edward S. Harkness. E. 76th St.— Temple Beth-El, Mrs. J. J. Wysong. No. 954 — Samuel W. Bridgham. No. 955 — J. Horace Harding. E. 77th St., No. 962— William Andrews Clark. No. 963 — Charles Fred Dieterich. No. 965— Jacob H. SchifT. E. 78th St.— James B. Duke. No. 971 — Payne Whitney. E. 79th St.— Isaac V. Brokaw. No. 984 — Howard C. Brokaw. No. 985 — Irving Brokaw. No. 986— William J. Curtis No. 987 — Walter Lewisohn. No. 988— Hugh A. Murray. E. 80th St., No. 989— Nicholas F. Brady. No. 990— Frank W. Woolworth. No. 991— David Crawford Clark. No. 998— "The Millionaires apart- ments" — Elihu Root, M. Gug- genheim and others. No. 1007 — Henry C. Timmerman. No. 1007— OrviUe Tobey. No. 1009— Angier B. Duke. E. 82d St. — Metropolitan Museum of Art (West Side). No. 1014— James F. A. Clark. No. 1015— Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. E. 83d St., No. 1020— William Solomon. No. 1025— Fred'k W. Vanderbilt. No. 1026— Mrs. William M. Kings- land. No. 1027— George Crawford Clark. E. 84th St., No. 1028— Jonathan Thorne. No. 1030— Miss Catherine L. Hammersley. No. 1032 — Comtesse Annie Leary. No. 1033 — George Smith. No. 1034— Herbert D. Robbins. No. 1038— LeRoy Miller. E. 85th St.— J. B. Clews. No. 1041— Lloyd Warren. No. 1044 — Mrs. James Hedges Crowell. E. 86th St., No. 1047— William Starr Miller. No. 1051— Morton F. Plant. No. 1053 — George Leary. No. 1056 — Charles Page Perin. E. 8;th St., No. 1058— James Speyer. No. 1063 — Henry Phipps. No. 1067— Mrs. Alfred G. Vander- bilt. No. 1068 — Leonard Stein. E. 88th St.— Mrs. William Pollock. No. 1072— John H. Hanan. E. 89th St.— B. N. Duke. No. 1081— McLane Van Ingen. No. 1082— Jay Gould. No. 1083— Archer M. Huntington. E. 90th St. — Andrew Carnegie. E. 91st St. — Carnegie Play Ground. No. 1109— Felix N. Warburg. E. 93d St., No. 1116— Jacob Rup- pert. No. 1130— Willard Straight. E. 100 St., E. 101st St.— Mount Sinai Hospital. WALL STREET In 1652 the defenseless condition of New York led Gov- ernor Stuyvesant to fortify the little Dutch town against a probable attack by Indians or hostile New England colo- nists. A line of palisades was planted from river to river [Pearl to Greenwich Sts., just above the Herre Gracht (Broad RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 45 St. Inlet)], and banked up with earth, leaving a broad space within cleared for the convenience of the defenders. This "wall" rapidly decayed, but was repaired from time to time, and after the capture of the city by the English, in 1663, was substantially rebuilt and defended by stone bastions at the gates at Broadway and the East River, and by an "artillery mount" at Williams St. Meanwhile houses were built along the cleared space within the palisade, and it finally was recognized as a street, naturally named Wall St. Not until the beginning of the eighteenth century were any streets north of Wall St. laid out. All that tract was "Damen's farms" as far north as "the Maiden's Path (Maiden Lane), which was a very ancient road, its course through the valley the easiest route of passage from the two great highways along the North and East River sides." From the very first. Wall St. was a choice street in the growing town, where the best people lived, and it retained this residential character, with little business intermingled (except near its foot, where the slave market stood), until after the Revolution. "The financial institutions of the city became concentrated here gradually, having been first drawn to the locality and then kept there for some time by the fact that nearly all the government buildings stood on the street. The City Hall was here before its removal to its present site; so were the Courts; and the first Congress of the United States, after the adop- tion of the Constitu- tion, assembled in the building which covered the site of the present Sub-treasury." Now"WallSt." stands not only for the assemblage of great financial in- stitutions which lineitsquarter-mile but for the whole body of dealings in monPV and ^Prnri- Banking House of J. Pierpont Morgan & Co. rnoney ana securi- ^^„ ^^^ g^^^^ streets ties that go on m Page 46 46 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE New York under the head of the Stock Exchange ; yet the offices of many of the wealth- iest and most influential of the financiers credited to "Wall St." are several blocks away from that short av- enue, whose paving stones might be replaced by gold bricks without ex- hausting the vaults of wealth and the world-wide re- sources which the "street"represents. No. 10 Wall St., at the head of New St., is the splendid Astor Bldg., on the site formerly occu- pied by the First Presbyterian Church. Corner of Wall & Broadway, The United Bank Bldg. Here are the rooms of its joint owners, the First National Bank and the Bank of the Republic; of several private banking firms, and of Southern and Western railway com- panies. Here General Grant had his offices during his brief and ill-fated career in the "Street." Corner Wall & Nassau Sts., Bankers Trust Company Bldg., 39 stories; height, 539 ft. The ground cost $825 per sq. ft., said to be the highest price ever paid for land any- where in the world. No. 23 Wall St. is the new extensive offices of J. P. (Pier- pont) Morgan & Co., of world-wide fame. (Formerly the house of Drexel, Morgan & Co.). No. 30 Wall St., The Assay Office, now being rebuilt on the site of what was the oldest building in the street (erected in 1823), and at an earlier period occupied by the Verplanck man- sion. It is open to visitors from 2 to 4 p. m. and is well worth visiting. "Every operation is here carried on that is done in the Mint, except the actual stamping of the money. In the front are the offices of the Washington Arch Washington Square and Fifth Ave. Pgea 66 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 47 assayer, and the room where accrued bullion is received and paid for; and in the six-story building at the rear it is assayed, refined, separated, and cast into bars. Gold and silver are here to be seen in great profusion, the former generally in bars weighing from 250 to 300 ounces, and worth from $5,000 to $6,000, and the latter in bars weighing about 200 ounces and worth $110. The gold which is used in the arts is generally in thick, square plates, worth from $100 to $800. The most noticeable curiosities are the hydraulic press, by which a great quantity of silver is compressed into a round body not unlike a milk can; the crystallizing vats, where the metal is subjected to the action of powerful acids; and the melting room, where at intervals the gold and silver are poured off. From twenty to one hundred millions of crude bullion are here received, and assayed, in the course of a year." The Sub-treasury Is the large Doric building of granite extending from the Assay Office to Nassau St. and reaching through to Pine St. in the rear. It stands upon the site once occupied by the old Dutch City Hall and by the subsequent Federal Hall, where Washington was Inaugurated first President of the United States, In 1789. The broad flight of steps Is now broken by a pedestal bearing J. Q. A. Ward's colossal bronze statue of Washington taking the oath, which was paid for by popular subscription, and unveiled In 1883. The Sub-treasury Bldg. was first erected for the Custom House but was long ago outgrown and remodeled for its present purpose. Within there Is a rotunda 60 ft. in diameter, the dome being supported by 16 Corinthian columns. More money is stored In this building than anywhere else In the country, except In the Treasury vaults at Washington. Most of the money paid out by the general government Is in drafts upon this Sub-treasury. At the east front of the build- ing there Is a tablet representing Washington at prayer at Valley Forge; and on the west front a tablet commemorating the passage by Congress of the Ordinance of 1787, and the purchase, by The Ohio Company of Associates, of lands In the Northwest Territory. No. 40 Wall St., the Bank of the Manhattan Company, founded 1799. This Is the second oldest bank in the city. Its banking privileges were secured through a clever ruse of Aaron Burr, who, in an apparently harmless measure incor- porating a company to supply the city with water, Included a clause providing that surplus capital might be employed In any capacity not inconsistent with the laws of New York. No. 42 Wall St., the Merchants Bank, founded 1803. At the corner of Wall & Williams Sts. may be seen the corner stone of the Bank of New York, the oldest New York bank, founded by Alexander Hamilton and others In 1784. The Seaman's Church Institute of New York. It occupies a twelve story building at the corner of South Street and 48 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE i > n ''< ^ ..^i,t,ft^»fe^i. ' %.y^ '^« t 1 Grand Central Terminal Park Ave. and 42d Street Page 48 Coenties Slip, Is a unique institution which cares for more than fifty thousand seamen in the port of New York each year. On top of the building is the Titanic Memorial light house tower which is regularly listed among the United States aids to navigation, and a time ball which drops daily at noon. Connected with the Institute is a small steamboat which makes it possible for the Institute to take a crew from an incoming ship, to transport it to the Institute, feed it, lodge it, entertain and instruct it, give relief to the sick and disabled, secure fresh employment for the men, furnish them with an outfit, take care of their dunnage, mail and money, and start them off again on another voyage. This modern building contains a chapel, a hotel, a savings bank, an em- ployment bureau, a lyceum for entertainment and public lectures, and a school for nautical instruction. It is well worth a visit to those interested in the seafaring life of the port of New York. BIG BUILDINGS Grand Central Terminal. Park Ave. and 42d St. In the construction of this monumental gateway the aim has been RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 49 to combine beauty and magnitude with convenience and serviceability, so that the many thousands of travelers from all parts of the country, and those from abroad, strangers in a strange land, may go about the Terminal with as little confu- sion as in passing from one room to another in their own homes. The Terminal area proper is dominated by the main building, the exterior finish of which is granite and Indiana limestone. In designing this building the architects had in mind to express the old terminal idea — the gateway to a city. Hence the central part of the facade is in the form of a triumphal arch of imposing proportions, surmounted by a statuary group representing "Progress," ''Mental" and "Physical Force." The outbound Concourse, a magnificent room 275 ft. long, 120 ft. wide, and 125 ft. high, is the principal feature of the main building. In the Concourse are all the facilities usually found in the waiting room of a railroad station — ticket office, baggage-checking booth, parcel room, and information bureau. Underneath the main Concourse is the suburban Concourse, which is of about the same dimensions except as to height of ceiling. It is laid out in the same convenient manner, and pro- vides the same facilities as the main w^aiting room. To furnish some idea of the immense size of this terminal we give a few statistics: total area, 79 acres; tracks on express level, 42, local level, 25; capacity, 1,149 cars; length at street level, 600 ft., width, 300 ft., and height, 105 ft; below street level, length, 745 ft., width, 480 ft., and depth, 45 ft. All trains in the terminal zone are operated by electricity. Railroads using this terminal are: New York Central Lines, New York & Harlem R. R., New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. Pennsylvania Station. This great structure, the main station of the Pennsylvania Railroad in New York City, oc- cupies two entire blocks, from Seventh Ave. to Eighth Ave. and from 31st St. to 33d St., and with underlying and ad- joining yards covers nearly six city blocks. It is reached from the west by twin tubes extending through Bergen Hill in New Jersey, and under the Hudson River and part of New York City. Eastward from the station two tubes extend under the city streets, and four tubes carry the tracks under the East River to the great Sunnyside yards in Long Island City. The average height of the building is only 69 ft., with a maximum height of 153 ft. in the roof over the general wait- ing room, but the massive proportions make the station a striking architectural object most pleasing to the eye. Its 50 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Pennsylvania Station Seventh Ave., 32d to 33d Street frontage on the avenues is 430 ft. and on the streets 784 ft., giving it the greatest area of any building devoted to the exclusive use and convenience of railroad passengers. While in height it falls below the towering buildings for which New York is famous, the expanse of the pavilion-like structure and its noble architectural lines place it among the notable edifices of modern times. The great colonnaded facades are suggestive of ancient Rome, and this motif is still further carried out in the con- struction of the imposing general waiting room, a model of the famous Roman baths of Caracalla. In contrast to an exterior of gray granite, travertine, the mellow, cream-tinted stone utilized for centuries in the buildings of Rome, and brought from the quarries in the Campagna, near Tivoli, Italy, is used for the interior finishing of the arcade, general and other waiting rooms, and the entire interior of the station. The main entrance at Seventh Ave. and 32d St. leads to the main waiting room through an arcade 225 ft. long and 45 ft. wide, bordered on both sides by shops, and at its farther end ex- panding into a loggia. In a niche in the loggia is a bronze statue of Alexander Johnston Cassatt, former president of the RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 51 Pennsylvania Railroad, under whose direction the plans for the station were perfected. On either side of the loggia are well appointed dining and luncheon rooms. On the first level, a few steps below the street, is the general waiting room, 227 ft. by 103 ft., and 150 ft. from floor to roof. Lofty columns and mellow-tinted walls stamp this hall as unique in rooms of its kind. In it are located ticket offices, par- cel rooms, telegraph and telephone offices, and baggage- checking windows. Directly adjoining are smaller waiting rooms with seats, and retiring rooms for men and women. Beyond, on the same level, is the Concourse, 340 ft. wide by 210 ft. long, in which are the entrances to the train platforms. The platforms themselves are on the second level below. There are twenty-one tracks with eleven platforms, each platform having its own ascents and passenger and baggage elevators. Outgoing and incoming passengers are segregated, and pass in or out without meeting. Above the station proper are the offices of the local operating officials of the railroad. The trains of the following railroads use this station: Atlantic Coast Line; Chesapeake & Ohio; Long Island; New York & Long Branch; Norfolk & Western; Pennsylvania; Seaboard Air Line; Southern. Hudson Terminal Buildings. Church, Dey, Cortlandt, and Fulton Sts. Each building contains 22 stories and is 275 ft. 9 in. high. The station is in the basement, below tide level, surrounded by a reinforced concrete wall 8 ft. thick, 95 ft. deep, 175 ft. wide, and more than 400 ft. long. There are more than 30 acres of rentable office space and 50,000 people go in and out of the offices daily in addition to the great number who go in and out of the railroad station in the base- ment. Cost, $5,000,000. The Woolworth Building. In general, the details of construction of the Woolworth Bldg., given below, apply to all other steel-frame skyscrapers. Broadway, from Barclay St. to Park PI. This building stands 55 stories above the sidewalk. Foundation, sunk through 115 ft. of quicksand to bed rock, consists of 69 piers of partly reinforced concrete. Each of the 60 main columns which distribute the weight of the whole structure over a base of 31,000 sq. ft. is 3 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. 8 in. at the base and is designed to carry a maximum load of 4750 tons. This allows for wind pressure, weight of contents, and all other possible strain. The total weight of the building is estimated at 125, 000 tons. The cross sectional area of steel at the base of the 52 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Flatiron Building Broadway, Fifth Ave. and 23d Street Page 53 columns is 650 sq. in., and the crushing stress resting upon it amounts to about 14,600 pounds per sq. in. Wind resistance is provided for to a maximum pressure of 30 pounds to the square foot over the entire surface exposed in any direction. The height of the tower, including the 5 stories with- in the pyramidal walls at the top, is 730 ft. The ex- treme height to the top of the ornamental ball and lantern is 750 ft. above the sidewalk. The building contains 34 elevators, 4 of which rise from the 1st to the 51st floors, a vertical distance of 679>^ ft. Equitable Assurance Society Building. This building, the latest of the skyscrapers on lower Broad- way, is located on the entire block from Pine to Cedar Sts. and from Broadway to Nassau St. It is 38 stories high and towers 537 feet 6 inches above curb line. The building contains 48 elevators with a total track- age of 20,240 feet, or nearly four miles. The building fully occupied will house about 15,000 workers. Metropolitan Life Building. Madison Square. This is one of the structural wonders of New York and of the world. The tower is 75 by 85 ft., with a total height of 700 ft. The RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 53 highest lookout is reached at the balcony of the 50th story, 660 ft. above the sidewalk. The clock in the tower is 350 ft. above the side- walk. The dials, of rein- forced concrete, faced with mosaic tile, are each 26 ft. 6 in. in diameter. The figures on the dial are 4 ft. high and the minute marks 10^ in. in diameter. The minute hand is 17 ft. long and weighs 1000 pounds. The hour hand is 13 ft. 4 in. long and weighs 700 pounds. Connected with the clock is a chime of 4 bells: D flat, weighing 7000 lbs.; E fiat, 3000 lbs.; F flat, 2000 lbs.; and G 1500 lbs. The hours are sounded on the D-flat bell with an impact of 200 pounds. On the quarter hours and half hours the bells ring out the historic chimes composed by Handel. At night, in addition to the chimes and the ringing of the hour, intricate electrical devices flash out the hour and quarter hours, the quarter hours being flashed in red, 1, 2, 3, and 4 flashes respectively; the hours in white. For illustra- tion, a quarter before four is shown by three red flashes followed by four white. More than 3000 persons are employed in the building, of whom 2000 are women and girls. Singer Building. Corner Liberty St. & Broadway. 41 stories; height, 612 ft. from sidewalk; 724 ft. from basement to top of flagstaff; 9}4 acres floor space. No wood is used in or on the building. The building contains 552 vacuum cleaners, 600 lavatories, 3425 miles of wiring. The boilers require 18,- 000,000 gallons of water and 8000 tons of coal annually. Eighteen incandescent and 25 search lights, with 13,000,000 candlepower, provide exterior illumination and make the tower visible for a distance of 40 miles. Flatiron Building. Broadway & 23d St. 21 stories; height, 286 ft. Cost, including ground, $4,800,000. Peter Cooper, Cooper Square Third Ave. and 7th Street Page 80 54 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE PLACES OF INTEREST The Statue of Liberty. Bartholdi's Statue of Liberty, the largest statue of modern times, stands upon Bedloe's Island, 1^ miles southwest of the Battery. From 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. the statue may be reached by boat from the Battery. The statue is the result of an Impression made upon Bartholdl during a voyage to the United States, by the eager- ness with which the Immigrants crowded the decks for a first glimpse of the new land to which they were coming with such hope and confidence. When he went home he proposed that a popular subscription should be opened in France to present to the people of the United States a statue representing Liberty. More than $200,000 was collected, and in 1879 Bartholdl began work upon the statue. Dimensions FT. IN. 1 Height from base to torch. 151 Foundation of pedestal to torch 305 6 Heel to top of head 114 6 Hand, length 16 5 Index finger, length 8 Index finger, circumference at second joint 7 6 Fingernail 13"xlO" Head, from chin to cran- ium 17 3 Head, through from ear to ear 10 Eye, distance across 2 6 Nose, length 4 6 Right arm, length 42 FT. IN Right arm, greatest thick- ness 12 Waist, thickness 35 Mouth, width 3 Tablet, length 23 7 Tablet, thickness . 2 Pedestal, height 89 Square sides at base, each 62 Square sides at top, each. . 40 Grecian columns, above base. 72 8 Foundation, height 65 Square sides at bottom, each. 91 Square sides at top, each. . 66 7 Chinatown. Mott St. from Bayard to Chatham Sq. Is the heart of Chinatown. Here, or in the Immediate neighbor- hood, live the majority of the Chinese of New York. Here are the joss houses, the civil officers of the colony, the merchants, tailors, and shoemakers, the lodging houses and restaurants, the gambling rooms and opium-smoking dens. The Chinese stores are always open to visitors, and in each of them a clerk or proprietor speaking English will be found. The stock is mainly Imported direct, and includes a wide range of goods. The people maintain habits of personal cleanliness and their streets are by all odds the cleanest in that part of the city. The buildings in which they live are well swept and kept in good repair, and their quarters, though smelling of incense smoke, and otherwise strangely malodorous RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 55 Appellate Court Building Madison Ave. and 25th Street Page 103 to Caucasian nostrils, despite their crowded condition far sur- pass in wholesome cleanliness the tenements of the foreigners around them. At the Joss House, 16 Mott St., one side of the room is filled with a great shrine of magnificently carved ebony columns and arches, within which carved figures covered with gold leaf are placed, the whole somewhat resembling the stage setting of a tiny theater. The extreme back of the shrine is occupied by a half-length painting representing, the Chinese will tell you, Gwan Gwing Te, the only original god of the Chinese Empire. On his left side is the woman-like figure of his grand secretary, Lee Poo, and on his right, in fiercest battle array, is Tu Chong, the grand bodyguard. A row of candles, set like theater footlights, illuminates the painting and brings out all of its oriental splendor. About three feet in front of the shrine is a massive carved table upon which are arranged the brass jars, joss sticks, sandal-wool urns, and all the offerings and sacrifices peculiar to this worship. It is before this table, after lighting his incense sticks and his sacred paper, that the Mongolian worshiper makes his devotional salaams, pours his 56 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE tiny libation of rice wine, and repeats the ritual of prayers enjoined upon him. The religion of the Chinese, as manifested here, is, however, accompanied by little feeling of reverence. The Bowery. There is no other such street in America. Dickens here found material to his taste, and Thackeray was anxious first of all to see this street and its habitues. But the times they wrote of passed away with the Civil War and the coming of multitudes of immigrants. Americans have almost disappeared from this part of New York, giving way to the German and the Jew, who are good-natured and frugal even in their amusements. Larger buildings and better shops are found year by year, and the Bowery is gradually but steadily improving in character. The Russian Quarter. Chatham Sq., East Broadway, a semi-fashionable thoroughfare half a century ago, is now the central avenue of the Russian and Polish quarter in so far as those people can be separated from Jews, Bohemians, and Hungarians, who throng a square mile of marvelously crowded tenements in this region. Here among his countrymen dwells many a political ^ refugee or escaped soldier from the domin- S ion of the Czar. Signs in Russian letters are ^^^ .. frequent. **Juclea.*' In wan- Allen, Orchard, Lud- Sts., one sees six and ment houses, crowded dering about Forsythe, low, Hester, and Canal seven-story brick tene- to their eaves with Farragut Memorial Madison Square Park Page 67 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 57 humanity, A certain square mile in this part of town holds a quarter of a milHon persons. Nine tenths of them are Germans or German Jews and Bohemians. They are the hardest working part of the population, and spend the least part of what they earn. Here in "Judea" the fakers and peddlers who throng the lower part of the town get their supplies and learn how to earn their livelihood, even before they have any idea of the language of the country. Baxter Street. In the daytime this narrow, short, and dingy thoroughfare will repay one's curiosity. The street, more commonly spoken of as "the Bay," has always been known for its cheap-clothing business, and shop after shop on both sides is given over entirely to Hebrews, who appropriate the greater part of the sidewalks for the display of their various ''bargains." The Mulberry Bend. Mulberry St. is narrow and dark. Six-story tenements rise in a solid wall on either hand, the first floors occupied by shops of various kinds. If it be a hot summer evening everybody is out of doors, half of the people asleep on trucks, doorsteps, or the cellar doors. Thither the mothers have brought pillows, or maybe a mattress for their children to lie upon, and there they remain all night. When the present park was laid out a few years ago many of the worst of these squalid tenements were torn down and the "Points" and the "Bend" were opened to fresh air and green grass. Here a rest house has been built and the park contains many seats. Jumel Mansion. 160th & Jumel PI. Built about 1765. This was Washington's headquarters, September 14 to October 21, 1776. Lieutenant-general Sir Henry Clinton maintained the headquarters of the British army here during the summer of 1777. Lieutenant-general Baron Von Kuyphausen and his German staff occupied the mansion in the summer of 1778; and in the last years of the Revolution, Lieutenant-general Von Losberg resided here. In 1790 Washington and his Cabinet dined at the mansion, the guests including Alexander Hamilton, John and Abigail Adams, General Knox, John Park, Thomas Jefferson, and Nellie Custis. Stephen Jumel bought the place in 1810, and in 1815 went to France to bring Napoleon to America. After Jumel's death in 1832, Mme. Jumel married Aaron Burr. The union, how- ever, was of short duration. Among the distinguished visitors during the Jumel regime were Louis, Jerome, and Joseph Bona- parte. Mme. Jumel died in 1865. Her niece became the wife of Nelson Chase, and the Chases lived here for about fifty 58 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE years. It was in this mansion that Fitz-Greene Halleck wrote Marco Bozzaris. The city of New York purchased the property in 1903 for $235,000, and it is now a museum of relics of the Revolutionary period. Fraunces* Tavern. Corner Pearl & Broad Sts. Built in 1719. Here in December, 1783, General Washington took leave of his officers and aides. The Sons of the Revolution have restored the building. The first floor is a tavern. On the second floor is the famous "long room" where Washington bade his officers farewell. It contains historical relics. 47 Broad St. Here, seventy years ago, lived the Shaw family, friends of the Poe's; and here Edgar Allen Poe wrote "The Bells," the suggestion arising — so it has been assumed — at the ringing of the church bells on a Sunday morning. The Maine Memorial. This monument to the heroes who lost their lives by the explosion which destroyed the battleship "Maine" is located at the Columbus Circle en- trance to Central Park. The cost, $175,000, was contributed by more than a million persons. Of the statues, commemorative tablets, busts, and places of interest not mentioned elsewhere in this book, the following are the more noteworthy: Peter Cooper — Fourth Ave. & Bowery. Washington Irving — Bryant Park. 84th & Broadway — Site of Poe Cottage where "The Raven" was written. 119 Pearl St.— Captain Kidd lived. 128 William St. — Washington Irving lived. 131 William St. — Site of early home of Washington Irving. 90 William St.— Lafayette Hved. 309 Bleecker St. — Tom Paine lived. 59 Grove St. — Tom Paine died. Horatio St., midway between Washington and Greenwich Sts. — Site of house in which Alexander Hamilton died. 24 West 16th St. — Home of William Cullen Bryant. 17th St. & Irving Place — S. W. cor. house occupied by Washington Irving at times in late years. Here he wrote portions of "Oliver Goldsmith" and the "Life of Mahomet," and arranged his notes for the "Life of Washington." 142 East 18th St. — Bayard Taylor's home. 35 East 19th St. — Home of Horace Greeley. 28 East 20th St. — Birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt. 53 East 20th St. — House of Alice and Phoebe Cary. 9 Lexington Ave. — Home of Peter Cooper. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 59 PARKS AND DRIVES Battery Park. At the southern extremity of Manhattan, this park contains 21 acres, the greater part of which is made ground. It is shaded by large trees and provided with a great number of seats, always crowded with loungers and quaintly dressed immigrants. A broad walk runs along the seawall, at the eastern end of which stands the Barge Office, a branch of the customhouse. This is a very attractive building of polychrome brick, in the Venetian style. Beyond this lies the group of ferries to Brooklyn and Staten Island, known collectively as South Ferry. In 1893 the Battery was adorned by a bronze statue of John Ericsson, the great engineer, inventor of the marine screw propeller and designer of the ''Monitor." This statue stands near the Barge Office. It was designed by J. S. Hartley and erected by the city. The granite pedestal bears panels in low relief commemorating the deeds of the "Monitor." West of the Barge Office is a simple granite shaft dedicated to the memory of ten wireless operators who died at sea while performing their duty. It contains ten names headed by Jack Phillips, hero of the Titanic. Originally Manhattan Island was rounded at the end, and "Little Church around the Corner" Church of the Transfiguration 29th Street near Fifth Ave. Page 110 60 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Horace Greeley Greeley Square 33d Street and Sixth Ave. Page 63 bordered with rocks hardly covered at high tide. Upon the outermost of these a fortification in the form of a water-battery was built very early in the history of the city, and rebuilt, but not much used, at the time of the Revolu- tion. This accounts for the name of the park. Among I he defenses projected at the close of the 18th cen- tury was a new fort here, upon the bordering rocks. It was completed in 1805, and was named Fort Clin- ton, after Governor George Clinton. This is the struc- ture since modified into Castle Garden, now the Aquarium. After the war Fort Clinton was kept in good military condition for only a few years, because the defense of other approaches to the city had made it practically useless. It was deeded to the state in 1822. Then began its civil existence, which is more interest- ing than its military history. From 1824, when Lafayette landed there on his visit to this country, until 1853, when theatrical representations of a rather cheap sort were produced there, the fort was a popular resort. Andrew Jackson was given a reception at this place in 1832, and here in 1843 President Tyler was greeted. In 1847 Castle Garden was remodeled inside, shut in with a high roof, and fitted up as a luxurious place of amusement. The Havana Opera Company, the leading opera organization of the period, appeared there, and many fine plays were given. Then followed the wonderful introduction of Jenny Lind by P. T. Barnum, when the town went wild over the Swedish diva. Other notable visitors were Kossuth, President Van Buren, and Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. In 1855 Castle Garden became the state immigrant depot, and nearly ten millions of immigrants passed through its halls. In 1891, however, the United States took charge of immi- gration, abandoned Castle Garden, and established a new depot upon Ellis Island. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 61 The Aquarium is in charge of city officials and will repay inspec- tion. The floor of the old fort is occupied by open tanks for large fishes, seals, great tur- tles, and other marine forms, and the walls are encircled by glass- fronted wall tanks con- taining extensive dis- plays of fishes both salt and fresh water. The circular gallery above the wall tanks is occupied by tanks in which are living, amid fixed aquatic growths, a rich collec- tion of small corals, anemones, mollusks, crustaceans, and other specimens of sea life of great interest and beauty. Everything is fully labeled. Admit- tance free from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. Bowling Green o A small oval shrubbery in the triangular space at the foot of Broadway. It is the oldest park in the city, and in early Colonial days was a market place for the littleDutchtown,whose narrow and intricate streets were laid out between it and East River. The English made a little park of it, and some of the best houses of pre-Revolu- I H "ti n ^•1 SV 4* 4* *4 f.'. ^ '-' .. *. . St. Patrick's Cathedral Fifth Ave. and 50th Street Page 111 62 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE tionary days overlooked its lawn. Here was erected that leaden statue of George III which the spirited young Ameri- cans pulled down in 1776, and out of which they molded 42,000 bullets to fire at the red-coated subjects of the detested monarch. The lower end of the park is now ornamented by a bronze statue, excellent in design, of Abraham de Peyster, who, about 1700, was the principal merchant and most influential publicist in New York. He sits in a chair ornamented with symbolic bas-reliefs. The statue was the gift of his descendant, L. Watts de Peyster, and the artist was G. E. Bissell, whose statue of Watts adorns Trinity churchyard. City Hall Park. A little spot of green on Broadway three quarters of a mile above the Battery. The fine building in its center, the City Hall, is interesting not only as the place where the government of the city is conducted, but historically and architecturally. The surrounding park is all that is left of the ancient Commons, which extended northward to the "Collect," or pond, beyond Duane St., where the Tombs now rears its grim quadrangle. Here stood the old "Bridewell," the almshore, the "new" jail near Chambers St., and a gib- bet, all long since gone. Washington was present here at the reading of the Declaration of Independence to the American Army, July 9th, 1776. The statue of Nathan Hale should not be over- looked. It is a bronze, by Mac- Monnies, and stands in the south- west corner of the park, facing Broad- way. The statue represents Hale ready for his heroic death and is one of the most spirited and satisfactory statues in the city. Just across from City Hall Park is Printing House Square, an open. Temple E-anu-El ^^^^ g ^ J^^ ^^^ Fifth Ave. and 43d Street ^ ^ - , . , Page 111 center ot which RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 63 stands Plassman's statue of Benjamin Franklin, erected in 1872 at the expense of Captain DeGroot, formerly a steamboat commander on the Hudson. Ward's statue of Horace Greeley is just in front of the Tribune Building. Around this limited space, within easy hail of one an- other, are published the daily Tribune, Sun, Journal, World, and Press. Stuyvesant Square. 15th St. & Second Ave. Stuyvesant Square occupies the space of four blocks and is filled with fine old trees and surrounded by elegant residences. This was a part of the Stuyvesant property, and its west side is bounded by Rutherford PL, preserving the name of another old family whose descendants dwell near by. On this square remain former homes of many old New York families. Gramercy Park. 20th & 21st Sts. & Lexington Ave. This park belongs to the owners of the surrounding property and its privileges go with their title deeds. Its walks are reserved for the nurses and children of the neighboring families. Here dwells an aristocratic colony of old and wealthy families, who have thus far withstood the advance of the commercial tide northward. Among them are many well-known persons. On the 20th St. side, at Nos. 116-118, the late Governor Samuel J. Tilden had his home, a palace among palaces; now home of National Arts Club; No. 120 is the club house of The Players. Other residences are those of the late Cyrus W. Field, to whom we owe the Atlantic cables; the late David Dudley Field, the eminent jurist; Mrs. Cortlandt Palmer, at whose house, during the life of her husband, the Nineteenth Century Club was wont to meet; the late John Bigelow, William Steinway of piano fame, Nicholas Fish, the late Joseph Gen. Wm. T. Sherman Fifth Ave. and 59th Street Entrance to Central Park Page 67 64 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Trinity Church from Wall Street Page 108 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 65 Howard, of newspaper repute, and of many pro- fessional men. Irving PI. abuts upon the south side of the square, and is continued northward from there to Harlem as Lex- ington Ave. Union Square. Broad- way & 14th St. Three and one-half acres were set apart here as a park in 1809. Outdoor meetings, especially those called by labor agitators, often take place in the square, and in summer a flower market is held here every morning from 5 to 8. Here Wash- ington was received November 25, 1783, and in commemoration of this event H. K. Browne's fine equestrian statue of Wash- ington has been placed in the square. The statue is of heroic size, and stood originally on the ground now covered by the Cooper Union. At the southern end of the square, where the crowd is always greatest, is H. K. Browne's bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, representing the President seated in the chair of state, with the emancipation proclamation in his hand. The statue was erected by popular subscription soon after Lincoln's assassination. Facing Broadway stands the life-size figure of Lafayette, designed by Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty. Washington Square. At the southern terminus of Fifth Ave. is Washington Park, nine acres in extent, occupying the the site of the old Potter's Field, wherein more than 100,000 bodies were buried. Later the field was a military training ground and camp for volunteer troops during the Civil War. Its improvement is therefore more modern than the appearance of the magnificent elms would indicate. The north side of Washington Square is peculiarly impressive and interesting for Pilgrim bathers Central Park Near 72d Street and Fifth Ave. Page 67 66 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE the style of the residences, many of which are still occupied by affluent old families, conservative and too much in love with past associations and with the beauty of the location to yield to the behest of fashion and move uptown. Many well-known literary men and artists dwell in this neighborhood. The old gray Tudor halls of the New York University around which clung so many interesting memories, have been replaced by a lofty modern structure. In the top of the building the university conducts its sessions, while the lower floors are devoted to business. The Italian poor predominate among the crowds that throng here on pleasant evenings; and to the Italians the city owes the bronze statue of Garibaldi which faces the fountain and is the work of Giovanni Turini. The Italian tower of the Judson Memorial Church and the Washington Arch dominate the square. Washington Arch. The visitor passes from Fifth Ave. into Washington Sq. under the noble curve of the Centennial Arch. This arch, completed in 1893, was built of marble at a cost of more than $250,000 from the design of Stanford White. It succeeded the temporary structure erected for the centennial celebration of the inauguration of the first President of the United States, which took place in this city May 1, 1889, with much pomp and circumstance. The arch was paid for by pop- ular subscriptions, main- ly in small amounts, and almost wholly by resi- dents of the city. Its associations and artistic value place it among the foremost objects of in- terest in the metropolis. Madison Square lies between 23d & 26th Sts., Broadway & Madison & Fifth Aves. Around the square are the Madison Square Garden, Dr. Parkhurst's church (Pres- byterian), Metropolitan Life Insurance Bldg., Flat- Maine Memorial IfOn Bldg., Fifth AvCUUC 60th Street Entranc^e^to^Central Park. West ^^^^ gj^^^ Albemarle RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 67 Hotel, Hoffman House, Townsend Bldg., James Bldg., and the office of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The works of art in Madison Sq. include a statue of Roscoe Conkling in bronze, by Ward ; of President Arthur, a bronze by Bissell; of Wm. H. Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State, by Randolph Rogers; a monument over the tomb of Major General William Jenkins Worth, a hero of the Mexican War; the drinking fountain designed by Emma Stebbins and given to the city by Miss Catherine Lorillard Wolfe; and the memorial of Admiral Farragut by Augustus St. Gaudens, surmounting a bench-like base designed by Stanford White. Central Park. Two and a half miles long north and south and half a mile wide, Central Park contains 879 acres of beauti- ful lawns, wooded spaces, meadows, and lakes, nearly all due to the skill of the expert landscape gardener. The park lies between 59th & 110th Sts., and Fifth Ave. & Central Park, West. Nine miles of roads, 28 miles of walks, and more than 5 miles of bridle paths disclose its many and varied attrac- tions. Located in about the center of Manhattan Borough, it is easily reached by the various lines of travel, and may be viewed by using the park carriages, taken at the 59th St. gate, at Fifth & Eighth Aves., and at 110th St. & Lenox Ave. The carriages make the circuit of the park in an hour. Fare, 25 cents, with stop-over privileges. Within the confines of the park are a menagerie, contain- ing animals from huge elephants to squirrels, and birds and reptiles ; two reservoirs with a capacity of 1 1 80 million gallons of drinking water, the Museum of Art, and an Egyptian obelisk. This obelisk originally stood in front of the Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis, near Cairo, Egypt, where it was erected by Thothmes HI, sixteen hundred years before the birth of Christ. First known as Pharaoh's Needle, later as Cleopatra's Needle, It was presented to the city by Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt in 1877, and later brought to New York by William H. Vanderbilt at a cost of more than $100,000. It was erected In Central Park in 1881 . Many statues adorn the park, among them St. Gaudens' equestrian ^tatue of Wm. T. Sherman at the plaza entrance, Alexander Hamilton at the west drive, and Pilgrim Fathers, near 72d St. and Fifth Ave. The Mall Is Central Park's central and chief promenade and is esteemed by many the most imposing avenue in this country. It Is a broad, level space of rather high ground, a quarter of a mile long, planted with parallel rows of stately 68 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE elms. Between the rows of trees broad, straight paths of asphalt, lined with seats, run to where the prospect is beauti- fully closed by the carved balustrade of the Terrace, over which, in the remote distance, rise the tower and flag of the Belvedere. At the left stretch the undulating lawns of "The Green," dotted here and there, perhaps, with grazing sheep, watched by a son of "Old Shep" — a dog, now dead, whose fame has gone far and wide. Below the Green, nearer to the Eighth Ave. entrance, is the ball ground devoted to boys' amusements. In summer, concerts are given at the north end of the Mall on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Rustic cabins set upon lofty points of rock, narrow gorges hung with blossoming vines, splashing waterfalls, a gloomy cave, thickets, flowers, birds, woodland sights and sounds — these are the features of The Ramble. A sign directs the rambler to the Carrousel — a place for children's games, with swings, merry-go-rounds, and other contrivances. Another sign directs him to the Dairy near by, where milk, bread and butter, cheese, and the like may be bought for a luncheon. The Belvedere is not far away, along shady paths and over bare rocks, and should not be forgotten. The view from its tower is worth far more than the small exertion of climbing to the outlook. The reservoirs seen at the foot of the tower and northward are those which first receive the Croton water, whence it is distributed to the city. From the Belvedere a path bordered by thorn trees, which completely overarch it, leads eastward to the main thoroughfare, whence it is only a short distance to the Art Museum and Obelisk at 82d St. & Fifth Ave. Riverside Park. Riverside Park, or Drive, lies along the high banks of the Hudson, between 71st & Dyckman Sts., and is reached by the Subway, Broadway street cars, Sixth and Ninth Aves., elevated railroad (half a mile walk), and, at its upper end, by trolley along 125th St. to Fort Lee Ferry or subway to Dyckman St. Its position overlooking the broad river gives it an added importance and an individual char- acter which are not paralleled in any of the famous avenues of the world. Bordering the eastern line of the driveway south of 79th St., elegant homes appear, beginning with the palace of Charles M. Schwab. After passing the big private school for girls between 85th & 86th Sts., one comes to a handsome row of light-colored residences. The late General E. L. Viele lived on the corner of 88th St. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 69 Soldiers and Sailors Monument. One of the notable monuments of Greater New York is the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial at 89th St. and Riverside Drive. It cost $250,000. Near 90th St., a very striking house with a red tile roof and many balconies was that of John H. Matthews, who made a solid fortune out of effervescent soda; and the 80th St. corner is occupied by the picturesque ivy-grown home of Mrs. Mary S. Parsons. In front of this a flight of stone steps descends to the river. The house was built by Cyrus Clark, "Father of the West Side," on the site of the pillared country seat of Brockholst Livingston. At 93d St. is a fine equestrian statue of Joan of Arc done by Miss Annie Vaughn Hyatt. Outside the drive stands a bronze copy of Houdin's statue of Washington, given to the city by the school children. Beyond this comes the bridged roadway at 96th St., the high ground on the farther side being crowned by the old-fashioned white mansion of the Furness estate, marked by a pillared portico and spacious wings. The large red-brick and stone house and the grounds of Mrs. Peter Doelger cover half the block at 100th St. At 102d St. another spacious house, set back from and above the street, and surrounded by a garden, is noticeable from the fact that it is built of iron. This is the home of Mrs. Bertha Foster, widow of the man whose patent glove hooks brought him a fortune. Richard Mansfield lived at No. 312, just beyond 104th St. At 108th St. the huge square- towered house of S. G. Bayne, is conspicuous. This is the highest and most sightly part of the drive. The Mall, Central Park Page 67 70 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Claremont Restaurant is one of the historic landmarks of the city. It stands on a bluff just behind Grant's Tomb, commanding an unsurpassed view of the Hudson and the Palisades. Over the adjacent hills, with Washington in command, was fought the ever-memorable battle of Harlem. The restaurant was modeled after Lord Clive's historic Claremont in Surrey, England, now owned by King George. From the restaurant the British minister viewed the trials of the first steamboat, Fulton's ''Clermont," in 1807. Claremont was the residence of Joseph Bonaparte, whom Napoleon made King of Spain, and since its acquisition by the city its lessee has entertained untold numbers of guests, from President McKinley to governors and other officials of state and city. Grant's Tomb. Commanding a magnificent prospect, and surrounded by quiet lawns, which keep at a reverential distance the "equipage and bravery of fashion," is the tomb of General U. S. Grant. General Grant died on July 23, 1885. His own preference, as well as that of his family, led to his interment in New York, and the site of the present monument was set apart by the city both because of its natural beauty and because here a memorial building would be visible from many distant points in the city, harbor, and river. A temporary vault-like tomb was immediately constructed and the body was placed therein August 8, 1885, after the "most solemn and imposing funeral demonstration ever made in New York, viewed by more than a million people." Here the body of the great general remained until removed to its present resting place in 1897. The following description of this magnificent mausoleum is quoted by permission from General Horace Porter's account in The Century Maga- zine for April, 1897: "The lower portion of the tomb is a square structure of the Grecian- Doric order, measuring 90 ft. on a side." "The entrance is on the south side, and is protected by a portico formed of double lines of columns, and approached by steps 70 ft. wide. The square portion is finished with a cornice and a parapet, at a height from grade 72 ft., and above this is a circular cupola 70 ft. in diameter, of the Ionic, which is surrounded with a pyramidal top, terminating at a height of iSO ft. above grade, or 280 ft. above mean high water of the Hudson River. The interior is cruciform in plan, 76 ft. at the greatest dimension; the four corners being piers of masonry connected at the top by coffered arches, the top of which are 50 ft. from the floor level. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 71 Grant's Tomb Riverside Drive and 123d Street Page 70 On these arches rests an open circular gallery of 40 ft. inner diame- ter, culminating in a paneled dome 105 ft. above the level of the floor. The surfaces between the planes of the faces of the arches and the circular dome form pendentives which are decorated in high-relief sculpture, the work of J. Massey Rhind,and emblematic of the birth, military and civic life and death of General Grant. . . The approach to the crypt is by stairways which give access to a passage encircling the space dedicated to the sarcophagi, which space is surrounded by square columns supporting paneled marble ceilings and entablature." The stone is granite from North Jay, Me. Only large, flawless blocks were used, and everywhere the best possible material and workmanship were exacted. Five years passed between the laying of the corner stone by President Harrison and the dedication of the building. The total cost of approxi- mately $600,000 was contributed by about 90,000 donors, none in a sum larger than $5000, and almost entirely by citizens of New York. The construction was in the hands of a monu- ment association, the most influential member of which was General Horace Porter. Their sole reward was the universal public interest and magnificent pageantry that united to make the dedication of this memorial, April 27, 1897, one of the most notable public occasions in the history of the metropolis and of the country. The body of General Grant rests in a sarcophagus hewn from a single flawless block of red porphyry, closed by a massive lid of the same lustrous material. A duplicate beside it contains the body of Mrs. Grant. The stone for the sarcophagi was quarried at Monteiro, Wis. On the north side of the tomb there is a gingko tree sent by Li Hung Chang. A bronze tablet records in Chinese and in English: "This tree is planted at the side of the tomb of Gen. U. S. Grant, ex-President of the United States of America, for the purpose of com- memorating his greatness, by Li Hung Chang, Guardian of the Prince, Grand Secretary of State, Earl of the First Order Yang Hu, Envoy Ex- 72 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE traordinary and Minister Pleni- potentiary of China, Vice-Presi- dent of the Board of Censors, Kwang Hsu, 23d year, 4th moon, May 1897." The Grave of an Ami- able Child. In the space between Grant's tomb and Claremont there is a small inclosure protecting a fu- neral urn placed over "the grave of an amiable child," which has stood there for about a century. A mer- chant who owned the ground at that time, having met with financial reverses which made it necessary to sell the property, wrote under date of January 18, 1800: "There is small enclosure near your boundary fence within which lies the remains of a favor- ite child, covered by a marble monument. You will confer a peculiar and interesting favor upon me by allowing me to convey the enclosure to you, so that you will consider it a part of your own estate, keeping it, however, always enclosed and sacred. There is a white marble funeral urn pre- pared to place on the monument which will not lessen its beauty." The inscription reads: "Erected to the memory of an amiable child, St. Clair Pollock, died 15 July, 1797, in the 5 year of his age. Man that is born of woman is of few years, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not." Morningside Park extends from Central Park at 100th St. to 123d St. It occupies high, rocky ground, and the battlemented wall and heavy staircase along its eastern side, overlooking the Harlem i^ats, are conspicuous from the trains of the Sixth Ave. Elevated Railway. At its northern end are the remains of Fort Laight, one of the line of block- houses built to defend the northern approaches to the city in the War of 1812. Mount Morris Park occupies about 20 acres and inter- rupts Fifth Ave. between 120th and 124th Sts. Its rocky hill is more than 100 ft. high and is crowned by an observatory. Van Cortlandt Park has an area of 1069 acres. It is located at the northern terminus of the Broadway line of the Washington Irving Bryant Park Sixth Ave. and 42d Street RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 73 Interboro Subway, Van Cortlandt is as yet in nearly its original condition of rocky woodland, lake, and stream. It contains a large parade ground for the National Guard. There are also liberal facilities for golf, tennis, pony polo and skating. In this park is the Van Cortlandt Mansion, built in 1748. Van Cortlandt Station, on the Putnam Division, New York Central R. R., stands upon its margin, on the lake and public golf links. Bronx Park lies along both sides of the Bronx River above West Farms. It is reached by the elevated railroad to Bronx Park Station, by the subway to 180th St. Station; or by the New York Central to Fordham or Botanical Garden Stations. It is connected with Van Cortlandt Park by the Mosholu Parkway, and with Pelham Park, 4 miles east, by another parkway along the coast of Long Island Sound. The Botanical Gardens, which are resulting from the efforts of a society in cooperation with the city government, are in this part of the park. Some 300 acres have been set apart for this purpose. This tract contains stretches of beautiful scen- ery. The Bronx River runs through the entire length of the garden, and the views through Hemlock Forest are well worth seeing. The Zoological Garden, under the care of the New York Zoological Society, in cooperation with the state and city, adjoins the Botanical Gar- dens, and occupies a grant of 266 acres. The garden contains a display of animals, domiciled as nearly as possi- ble in their native environment, special attention being given to American animals. Nowhere else in the world are wild animals exhibited with such lavish provision of space, shade, natural rocks, pastures and water. Both institutions add to their high educational value by maintaining libraries and lecture courses. The public is admitted free on five days of each week. Mondays and Thurs- days an admission charge of 25 cents The obeiisk is made. To those who wish to enioy ^ ^" ""^ . . ^ ,,.,^,, , . . , -',-' Near Museum of Art a delighttul day s outmg m the woods, Page 67 74 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE and at the same time see the most comfortable wild animals that can be found anywhere in captivity, this garden will prove irresistibly attractive. Pelham Bay Park. This is one of the largest parks of the city. It contains 1756 acres of unimproved country, with 7 miles of water front on Long Island Sound. Public golf links have been made by the city. The park is reached at the Bartow station of the Harlem branch of the N. Y., N. H. &H. R. R. Southern Boulevard starts from the north end of the Third Ave. Bridge and, turning east, follows the line of the Westchester shore of Long Island Sound ; then, curving around, returns westward and joins Central Ave. at Jerome Park. It is wide, well kept, and at its southern end commands some fine views of the Sound. It has electric cars. Central Avenue begins at the north end of the Central Bridge, formerly called McComb's Dam Bridge. It is reached by Seventh Ave. at 155th St. It is a wide boulevard and the roadbed is kept in excellent condition. This is the fashionable drive of the city outside of Central Park, and every afternoon, especially on Sunday, it is crowded with splendid horses. St. Nicholas Avenue. This fine road, formerly Harlem Lane, runs northwest from Central Park alongside the grounds of the Convent of the Sacred Heart and thence to Fort Wash- ington,where it joins the Kingsbridge Road. The Kingsbridge Road may be followed to Kingsbridge across the Harlem, after which it runs into Broadway and extends to Yonkers. All these are good motoring roads. The Speedway. This is a public ^'speeding course"along the west bank of the upper Harlem River, provided by the city as a place where owners of fast horses may test their paces. Its length is about 3 miles and its total width from 125 to 150 ft., diminished by the sidewalks to 95 ft., the width of the actual roadway. The building of walks was bitterly opposed by the horsemen, whose selfishness has been conspicuous in the whole history of this peculiar feature of the city's public grounds. The construction of the road is as follows: Overly- ing a Telford bed are 4 inches of broken trap rock, graded to give the road a dip of 2 inches in the side channeling. On this are 4 inches of cinders, rolled and packed to the same grade. The top dressing is a mixture of sand, loam and clay, the latter in the proportion of about 2 to 1. The grade is as nearly level as it was possible to make it. From High Bridge to a little beyond Washington Bridge there are a few slight inclines and declines, but beyond Washington Bridge the road is a practically straight, level stretch of 2 miles. The Speed- RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 75 Jumel Mansion 160th Street and Edgecombe Ave. Page 57 way can be reached from the 155th St. viaduct and from High Bridge. When thronged with fine horses, in gallant rigs, it is one of the sights of the metropolis to one interested in the trotter and the pacer, America's special products. Horses of both classes are to be seen here in their highest degrees of development. LIBRARIES AND ART GALLERIES The New York Public Library. The Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations, a title that perpetuates the names of the public-spirited citizens to whose gifts of money, books, manuscripts, and objects of art the people are indebted for this institution, extends on the west side of Fifth Ave. from 40th St. to 42d St. Cost, exclusive of ground, $9,000,000. Of the 50 branch libraries situated in the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Richmond, 32 were erected by Andrew Carnegie on sites provided by the municipality. These branches are all circulating libraries and admission to them is free. In the Fifth Ave. Building there are more than 1,000,000 volumes, while the pamphlets exceed 316,000. The main 76 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE New York Public Library Fifth Ave. and 42d Street Page 75 Stack has a capacity for 2,500,000 books, which with that of the other rooms brings the total book capacity of the building to 3,000,000 volumes. There are more than 1,110,000 books in the circulation branches. In the number of rare editions and prints, the wealth of manuscripts, illuminated works on vellum, and the quaint and costly bindings it contains, the beautiful central library is a veritable treasure-house. The paper of the centuries-old volumes is seemingly as strong and the ink as black as if the books had come from the hands of pressman and binder but yesterday. These, many of them literally priceless, are exhibited in glass cases. Sculptures, paintings, ceramics, all appropriate and bearing an Intimate relation to the library, well repay the visitor's attention. In this building is also a room devoted to the blind, many of whom come unaccom- panied ; 5000 volumes, with one work in Esperanto, and more than 3000 pieces of music, to say nothing of magazines representing the modern languages, constitute this library for the blind. There are not less than 600 examples of early printed vol- umes, and of these 15 are known as block books, representing the slow and laborious method of carving the Individual fixed letters which antedated the use of movable type. In some exceptional Instances manuscript and printing are combined. There Is a Gutenberg Bible In fine condition, and 10 specimens RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 77 NEW YORK PUBLIC LreBARY - (|) » H BASEMENT PLAN IPLAK Floor Plans New York Public Library Page 79 7S RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY _ (^ .USECOHD FLOOR PLA1( NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY THIRD PLOOR PLAN Floor Plans New York Public Library Page 79 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 79 from the press of Caxton, the father of printing in England. Here, too, may be seen the Bay Psalm Book, the first book produced in the English colonies. The Spaniards are credited with 40 volumes printed in Mexico and South America prior to 1600. The manuscripts are, perhaps, not less interesting. The s student has at hand original sources of information, especially upon English and Continental politics in the 17th and 18th centuries. If you would feast your eyes upon the autographs and photographs of the great and distinguished, a banquet awaits you. Here in this department, as in all others that are in any sense historical, the library is rich in Americana. In many of the branch libraries on certain evenings, except in summer, illustrated lectures are given on the arts and sciences, and on history, the subjects ranging all the way from music to metallurgy. The basements, commodious and well ventilated apartments, are used for this purpose. The library is open from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. daily except on Sundays, when it opens at 1 p. m. The branch librariea, except those in the distinctively Hebrew neighborhoods of the East Side, close on Sundays. The Carnegie branches are open even on legal holidays, and the hours generally are from 9 a. m. to 9 p. m. The Circulating Department includes 28 branches for the free circulation of books, besides a department of traveling libraries, having altogether on its shelves about half a million volumes which circulate at the rate of about ten million a year. Directory of Principal Rooms FLOOR ROOM FLOOR ROOM American History. .. . 3 300 Architecture 3 313 Art 3 313 Books for the Blind . . 1 116 Catalogue Room (public) 3 315 Children's Room Basement 78 Circulating Library . . Basement 80 Current Periodicals. . . 1 111 Economics 2 228 Exhibition Room. ... 1 113 Genealogy 3 328 Jewish Literature. ... 2 217 Lecture Room 2 213 Library School Basement 75 Manuscripts 3 303 Maps 3 304 Music 3 324 Newspapers Basement 84 Oriental Literature. . . 2 Patents 1 Periodicals (current) . 1 Photographing 3 Picture Galleries. Prints Public Documents. Science Slavonic Literature Sociology Stuart Collection. . Technology , 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 219 121 111 326 316-322 308 229 225 216 228 316 115 Telephones Basement 70 The Cooper Union or Institute is at the head of the Bowery, where Fourth Ave. branches off to the left, and Third Ave. to the right. It was erected by the late Peter Cooper in 80 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 1857 at a cost of $630,000 and endowed with $300,000 for the support of the free reading room and Hbrary. The purpose is philan- thropic and embraces day and evening schools of vari- ous kinds. Besides those which have an academic course, there are schools of art for men and women, a free school of telegraphy and type-writing for wom- en and other special depart- ments. As the thousands of pupils who attend these classes are almost entirely people who must work, all of the instruction tends to the practical. Free lectures are given on Wednesday and Saturday evenings in winter. The Library and Read- jng Room occupies an im- mense room on the third floor, the walls of which are lined with shelves of books, each in a jacket of strong paper. Long tables are supplied for readers of the books and magazines which are given out from a desk on deposit of the metal check which every one must accept on entering the room and must return when leaving. The library contains about 20,000 volumes, principally books of a practical and instructive nature. It is noted as the possessor of a complete set of both the old and the new series of Patent Office reports, which are consulted yearly by almost 2000 persons. All volumes have been carefully indexed, making them invaluable for reference. The library is open in the evening and then is crowded by a class of readers who during the day have no time to spend in gathering infor- mation or in taking intellectual amusement. More interesting to the stranger, however, will be the sight of the long tables and racks filled with newspapers and periodicals, which are pored over by crowds of men and boys, generally poorly dressed, often dirty, but all orderly, quiet, and eager to read. This is one of the sights of the city, and the visitor will easily accept the statement that 450 newspapers and periodicals are taken here. Soldiers* and Sailors' Monument Riverside Drive and 89th St. Page 69 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 81 *"^"' '^WKtZ'-'^ Metirpolitan Museum of Art Central Park r V 1 Ave. and E. 82d Street Page 82 General Mechanics' and Tradesmen's Library, 16 W. 44th St. This' libran' has nearly 100,000 volumes, which were formerly circu' mong the public, but are now used by members cniy. The M rcantiie J ibrary occupies rooms at Lafayette PI. & 8th St., ' wns nore than 200,000 volumes of general interest, ne uooks 1 eing added as fast as issued. The fee is $5 annually, or $.'■ "^or six months. The public is admitted to only the outer oftice which contains nothing to interest the sightseer. Art Galle TV - principal gathering place of art in the metropolis is ..^ .^ . viL::an Fine Arts Society, W. 57th St., between Sever, th Ave. & Broadway. In its building are located the National Socief*^ of Mural Painters, The New York Chapter of the .\mej istitute of Architects, The Society of American Artists, 'i National Sculpture Society, The American Fine \rts iS ty. The Fine Arts Federation of Water Color Club, The New York S >ciety of Beaux Arts Architects, New York, The v Academy of Des ^n, T\ and the Art Stuc eats' •ague. 82 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE The Academy holds an exhibition of new paintings in the early spring of each year, and several prizes, ranging from $100 to $300, are distributed. During the first two days of the exhibitions, which are known as ''Varnishing Day" and "Private View or Buyers' Day," admission can be obtained only by cards of invitation from the secretary, and these are eagerly sought. During the succeeding weeks the gallery is open to the public from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. upon payment of an admission fee of 25 cents. There is also an exhibition in the fall, when work less ambitious, but often none the less interesting, is shown to the public. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is on the eastern side of Central Park, opposite the entrance at 81st St. It is reached directly by the Fifth Ave. stages. The Fourth (or Madison) Ave. cars pass within one block, and the park carriages go to the door. The Museum is open daily: Saturday 10 a. m. to 10 p. m., Sunday 1 p. m. to 6 p. m.; other days, including legal holidays, 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. in winter; 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. in summer. On Mondays and Fridays only, an admission fee of 25 cents is charged to all but members and students. Umbrellas and canes must be checked and left at the desk. FIFTH Jl II 1 1 !l_ _! I 1 1 1 1 ^1 —II II ^r CENTRAL nl ii II ir PARK WEST Central Park Page 67 1 Columbus 2 Maine Memorial 3 Commerce 4 Thorwalsden 5 Gen. Wm. T. Sherman 6 Tom Moore 7 Arsenal 8 Menagerie 9 Dairy 10 Columbus 1 1 Shakespeare 12 Walter Scott 13 Robert Burns 14 Fitz Green Halleck 15 The Hun 16 Beethove 17 Casino 18 Moose I 19 Pilgrim f 20 Tigress 21 The Eag^" RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 83 A series of hand-books, costing 10 to 20 cents each, may be bought, covering a number of the separate exhibits. The catalogue of paintings is especially full and valuable. Photo copies of all objects belonging to the museum made by the museum photographer are on sale, as well as photo- graphs by leading photographers. Copying and photographing are permitted with only slight restrictions. The services of an expert guide may be secured at a charge of 25 cents per person, with a minimum charge of one dollar per hour. This museum stands unique in the world in its Cyprian an- tiquities; is second to the British Museum in its Babylonian cylinders; leads all American collections in paintings and stat- ues, and has acquired an incomparable series of mummy cases. The museum collections include the fine arts, paintings, sculpture, and architecture, as well as what are usually called decorative or industrial arts. Ancient art includes Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Phoenician, Cypriote, Etruscan, Greek, and Roman antiquities. In painting the attempt is made to illustrate the history of the art in antiquity, and from the Middle Ages to the present time, with especial attention to the Au;erican Wuteum of iSitutal History Central Park Page 67 22 The Falconer 23 Daniel Webster 24 Mazzini 25 Seventh Regiment 26 Belvedere 29 Alexander Hamilton 30 Bolivar 31 Conservatory 32 Museum of Natural History 33 Boat House 27 Metropolitan Museumof Art 34 Bathesda Fountain 28 Obelisk 35 McGowan's Pass 84 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE FIRST FLOOR DIAGRAM OP MUSEUM BUILDINGS »GALS ii*-l rr. 3 ■ E.I I E.Z I E 3 ■ H2 I HJ H.4 Mi H.e H.7 J n i^-'~iU i^WK.- 18 17 19 L .^_ J COURTYARD ,Wj*r g I 1-422 A I COURTYARD F » ^-ll— r « Al- ls 14 V 21 26 25 COURTYARD 23. I 32 C COURTVAAO 27 28 29 30 12 I I 36 3 5 •"•! F I, "FJJ I 3r| 36 p 1 [„.j ,, SECOND FLOOR DIA&RAn or /^USEUA\ BUILDINGS SCALE ^-| rt. p. 19 |r20| P.2I Ul2\ F23 I P- f ■ ■ » ■ rTri-» — — t.lO " Mil ■ "19 I H.I2 H.I3 H.r4 H.ISl H.I6 I I — L^ , , 1 » i — I Floor Plans Metropolitar. Museum of Art Page 82 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 85 work of American artists. The decorative arts Include wood- work, metal-work, ceramics, and textiles. The collections represent the East and the Near East (China, Japan, Persia, and Asia Minor), Europe, and America. Special attention is given to American art. In Egyptian Art: Stone vases of the earliest periods (First Egyptian Room); Wall-relief from Tomb of Raemka, V Dyn., ca. 2600 B. C. (Second Egyptian Room); Red-granite column from pyramid-temple of Sahure, V Dyn., ca. 2700 B. C. (Third Egyptian Room); Coffin jewelry, and other objects from tomb of Senbtes, found by Metropolitan Museum Expedition in excavations at Lisht in 1907, XII Dyn., ca. 200 B. C. (Fourth Egyptian Room); Painted reliefs and other material found by the Metropolitan Museum Expedition at Lisht In the excavation of the pyramid-temples of Kings Amenenhat I and Sesostris I, ca. 2000 B. C. (Fifth Egyptian Room); Temple-reliefs from Abydos of Kings Ramses I and Seti I, 14th century B. C. (Sixth Egyptian Room); Painted capital (first-half of 4th century B.C.) from the excavation of the Temple of Hibis, Kharga Oasis, by the Metropolitan Museum Expedition 1909-10 (Eighth Egyptian Room); Paint- ed portrait panels and mummy with a panel in position, of the Roman period In Egypt (Ninth Egyptian Room) ; Sculptured friezes, moldings, and capitals from Monastery of St. Jeremias, Sakkara, illustrating the Early Christian art of Egypt (Ninth Egyptian Room). In Classical Art: Etruscan bronze chariot, 5th century B. C, and the ancient bronzes (Floor 1 : D. 12); Roman bronze statue of Emperor Trebonianus Gallus (1: D 1); Wall-paint- ings from Boscoreale (1: D 10); Cesnola Collection of antiq- uities from Cyprus (1: B 41-42); Original Greek and Roman marbles (1: D 11); Greek vases (1 : B 40 A, 40B); Greek, Roman, and Etruscan terra cottas (1: D 8); Gold ornaments, gems (11 : C 32). In Oriental Art: Collection of Chinese Porcelains lent by Mr. J. P. Morgan (11: D 6); Heber R. Bishop Collection of Jades, etc. (11: D 4); Japanese Arms and Armor (11: D 8); E. C. Moore Collection of Original Art (11 : E 12); Joseph Lee Williams Memorial Collection of Rugs (11 : E 13, 14). (Loan.) In Western Art: Sculpture (Including the Hoentschel Col- lection) lent by Mr. J. P. Morgan (1: F 1-4); Renaissance Sculpture (1: F 5-7); the Marquand Gallery, containing selected paintings of importance (11: A 11); DIno and Ellis Collections of Arms and Armor (11 : D 1, 3); Mrs. S. P. Avery Collection of Spoons (11: C 32); Moses Lazarus Collection of 86 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE The Claremont Riverside Drive and 126th Street Page 70 Fans (11: E 8); Collection of Laces (11: E 8, 9); Eu- ropean Textile Fa- brics (11: E 10); European cera- mics, including the Le Breton Collec- tion of French Fai- ence (1 and 11: F) ; Crosby-Brown Collection of Musi- cal Instruments (11: C 35-39); Woodwork and Furniture, includ- ing the Hoenstchel Collection of 18th century Frenchdec- orative arts (1 and 11: F); Collection of Ormolu (11: E 18); Collection of Germanic and Merovingian antiquities (1 : F 1-2). EDUCATIONAL The College of the City of New York, open free to all young men residing in this city, and prepared at the city schools, occupies a series of large, turreted buildings at 140th St. and Amsterdam Ave., which contain a cabinet of natural history, a library of 25,000 volumes and much laboratory apparatus. The Normal College, for young women. Is a free institu- tion maintained by the city, corresponding with the last men- tioned college and intended especially for training girls to serve as teachers. It has an immense monastic-looking build- ing in 69th St. between Fourth and Lexington Aves., which cost $500,000. St. Francis Xavier's, the leading Roman Catholic college, is in W. 16th St. near Sixth Ave. Its building is one of the architectural ornaments of the city. It is a day college in charge of the Jesuit Fathers and numbers about 450 students. It has a reference library of 20,000 volumes, and a small circulating library. St. John's College, at Fordham on the Harlem R. R., is an able institution in charge of the same pedagogical order as St, Francis Xavier's. Manhattan College is a third strong Roman Catholic school, situated in Manhattanville. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 87 k. \ i B if Ji i American Museum of Natural History Central Park West and 77th Street Page 88 Academy of the Sacred Heart, one of the oldest and best known Catholic schools for girls, is in Manhattanville. Mt. St. Vincent Convent School is at Riverdale, on the Hudson River. New York University. This institution is stronger than its comparatively narrow reputation would lead an outsider to suppose. The various undergraduate schools and departments of arts and sciences which form the nucleus of the institution are quartered on the east bank of the Harlem River, near Kings Bridge. These include a Hall of Fame, 500 ft. long, built about the Library, which contains 150 panels in which ultimately will be fixed bronze tablets commemorating famous Americans. The library was the gift of Mrs. F. J. Shepard (formerly Miss Helen Miller Gould). The Union Theological Seminary, now in academic relation to the University, occupies a quadrangle of buildings at Broadway and 120th St. The architecture is English perpendicular Gothic. This widely known school is the prin- cipal place of training for ministers of the Presbyterian 88 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Church, but its students may come from any evangelical denomination so long as they can show a certificate of good church standing. The Faculty of Medicine. Foot of E. 26th St. and contiguous to Bellevue Hospital. These buildings, whose two amphitheaters together will seat 1000 pupils, are modern, and admirably adapted to their purposes. Attached Is the Loomis Laboratory, the cost of which ($100,000) was de- frayed by a friend on condition that his name be kept secret, and the laboratory be directed by Dr. Alfred Loomis and named after him. Much of the Instruction is given in the wards and lecture rooms of Bellevue, and the work is con- sequently of a very practical character. The American Museum of Natural History. Central Park West and 77th St. Admittance free except on Monday and Tuesday, when a fee of 25 cents Is required. Open on Sunday afternoons and on Tuesday and Saturday evenings. Descriptive pamphlets are for sale at the door. The museum occupies a building along the whole front of the north side of 77th St. with a T piece running northward. It contains articles and models illustrating the life of the Eskimos of North America, the Shoshone Indians, the Gros Ventres; basketry and archaeological remains of New York; a fine collection of totem poles of the Ilalda Indians; masks and dishes from British Columbia; carvings from Vancouver Island, and basketry and utensils of the Chilcoten and Yakima Indians ; the Jesup collection of woods; the Hyde Collection from the ancient pueblos, cliff-houses and burial-caves of the Southwest; groups of animals, masterpieces of the taxidermist's art, con- spicuous among which are the cases of moose, bison, and musk-ox, undoubtedly the finest in the world. Of particular excellence, too, are the bird-rock group and the water-ousel group. Here also are minerals, including the Tiffany exhibit at the Paris exhibition In 1889, purchased and presented by J. Plerpont Morgan; collections of meteorites and geological specimens, including the collection of the late Prof. J. Hall, priceless to paleontologists; specimens of vertebrate paleon- tology; Cretaceous fish ; an ichthyosaurus with young, showing it to have been viviparous, and hundreds of other priceless examples of bygone ages. The collection of reproductions and casts of the ancient monoliths and bas-reliefs of Central America, presented by the Duke of Loubat, Is shown here, as well as rare specimens illustrating the pre-Columbian life of that portion of the continent. One floor is given up to anthro- pology, conchology, paleontology, entomology, and mammalo- RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 89 Hall of Records Chamber and Center Streets Page 103 gy, and on this floor is the library containing 55,000 volumes on natural history subjects, accessible to members and students, and the laboratory for photography. In addition to its use as a museum the building is a center of scientific life. The lecture hall has a seating accommodation of 1500 and is a separate building at the extreme north of the museum. The lectures on Tuesdays and Saturdays are free. Columbia University. Columbia University is the leading institution of higher learning in New York, and one of the foremost in the United States. The grounds at Morning- side Heights cover nearly 18 acres between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave., from 116th St. to 120th St., formerly occupied by the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum, and cost $2,000,000. The Library was erected at the cost of about $1,000,000 by Seth Low, President of the University 1890- 1902, as a memorial to his father, the late A. A. Low of this city. Four laboratory buildings are completed. Schermer- horn Hall, next east of University Hall, is devoted to biological 90 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE sciences and contains, besides laboratories and lecture r^oms, an interesting Museum of Natural History, open to the public. Beside it are the Physics Bldg., Earl, South and Fayerweather Halls, Havemeyer Hall, devoted to chemistry, and the Engineering Bldg., containing the machinery needed in practical instruction, and on the south side of 116th St. around the Smith Field are Hamilton Hall, the dormitories known as Hartley Livingston and Furnald Halls and the house of the School of Journalism founded by Joseph Pulitzer. The outer (Broadway) front of the latter building bears a spirited bronze memorial tablet, modeled by James E. Kelly, to Knowlton and the battle of Harlem Heights, a battle fought in this vicinity September 16, 1776. The five "colleges" or departments of the University now established are : 1. Arts. 2. Science. 3. Law. 4. Political Science. 5. Medicine. The College of Arts embraces the classical and literary curriculum usual in a collegiate course of four years. The Department of Science embraces all that used to constitute the almost separate "School of Mines," famous in the history of Columbia, and so much of the other courses as touch its province. A four years' course will give degrees of Mining Engineer, Civil Engineer, Metallurgical Engin- eer, and Bachelor of Philosophy. The Department of Medicine is better known as "The College of Physicians and Surgeons." It occu- pies extensive buildings on 60th St. between Ninth and Tenth Aves., close to the Roosevelt Hospital, in which (and in other hospitals) much of the instruction is given. The University now has some 1000 faculty members and nearly 18,000 students. Barnard Annex is the women's department at Columbia, with cour- ses parallel to those of the under- graduates in the School of Arts. A fine building has been prepared for the school at Broadway and 120th Peter Stuyvesant c^ , -r . i , . i* i Hall of Records ^^^ . ^^s graduatcs reccivc diplomas Page 103 equivalent to University degrees. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 91 The Teachers' College and Horace Mann School is a large institution on the north side of 120th St., for instruction with special reference to teaching. It is closely affiliated with Columbia University. New York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (77th St.). Founded in 1804. Monthly meetings are held during the cool months. Besides a library of 70,000 volumes, the building contains the interesting Nineveh marbles pre- sented by James Lenox and the Abbott collection of Egyptian antiquities, consisting of some 1200 objects. The gallery of art is on the 4th floor, and excepting the Metropolitan Museum of Art comprises, perhaps, the largest permanent collection in America of valuable sculptures, ancient and modern paintings by renowned masters, and authentic portraits of persons distinguished in history. The collections include 800 pictures and 59 pieces of sculpture, and are increasing rapidly. COLLEGES, ACADEMIES AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS Academy of Sacred Heart — 533 Madison Ave. (Girls). Art Students League of N. Y.— 215 W. 57th St. Barnard College (Women) — Broadway and 119th St. Literary, Science, and general 2 years' course. Barnard School — 721 St. Nicholas Ave. (Boys). Barnard School — 421 Convent Ave. (Girls). Barnard School for Household Arts— 226 W. 79th St. (Girls). Baron de Hirsch Trade School — 222 E. 64th St. (Co-ed). Berkeley— 270 W. 72d St. (Boys). Berlitz School of Languages — 1122 Broadway, 343 Lenox Ave. Bible Teachers Training School — 541 Lexington Ave. (Co-ed). Blake School— 2 W. 45th St. (Boys). Carpenter School — 310 West End Ave. (Boys). Clason Point Military Academy — Clason Point (Boys). Classical School for Girls— 2042 Fifth Ave. College City of New York— St. Nicholas Ave. & 139th St. (Boys). College of Dental and Oral Surgery— 216 W. 42d St. (Co-ed). College of Mt. St. Vincent— 261st St. (Girls). College of Pharmacy City of N. Y.— 115 W. 68th St. (Co-ed). College of Physicians and Surgeons — 437 W. 59th St. (Males). College of St. Francis Xavier — 30 W. 16th St. (Boys), Collegiate School— 241 W. 77th St. (Boys). Columbia Grammar School — 5 W. 93d St. (Boys). Columbia Religious and Industrial School for Jewish Girls — 316 E. Fifth Ave. 92 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Hall of Fame New York University Sedgwick Ave. and East 181st Street, Bronx Page 87 Columbia University — 116th St. and Morningside Heights (Co-ed). Cooper Union — 8th St. and Fourth Ave. (Co-ed). Cornell University Medical College — 477 First Ave. (Co-ed). Cutler School— 20 E. 50th St. (Boys). Delancey School— 301 W. 98th St. (Girls). De La Salle Institute— 108 W. 59th St. (Boys). Downtown Talmud Torah — 394 E. Houston St. (Co-ed). Dr. Scudder's Col. School— 59 W. 96th St. (Girls). Dwight School— 15 W. 43d St. (Boys). Eclectic Medical College— 239 E. 14th St. (Co-ed). Ethical Culture School — Central Park West and 63d St. (Co-ed). Finch School— 61 E. 77th St. (Girls). Fordham University — 190th St. & Third Ave. (Boys). Courses leading to degrees of B. A. and B. S. ; also Law and Medical. Friends Seminary — 226 E. 16th St. (Co-ed). Gaffey's Shorthand School— 123 W. 125th St. General P. E. Theological Seminary — Chelsea Sq. (Boys). Groff School— 228 W. 72d St. (Boys). Hamilton Institute for Girls — 3 W. 81st St. Hamilton Institute— 599 West End Ave. (Boys). Hawthorne School— 250 W. 72d St. (Girls). Hebrew Technical School — Second Ave. & 15th St. (Girls). Hebrew Technical Institute — 36 Stuyvesant St. (Boys). RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 93 Holy Cross Academy— 343 W. 42d St. (Girls). Horace Mann Schools— 525 W. 120th St. (Co-ed). Irving School— 35 W. 84th St. (Boys). Jewish Theological Seminary of America — 531 W. 123d St. Loyola School — 65 E. 83d St. (Boys). Manhattan College — 131st St. & Broadway (Boys), Christian Bros. Miss Spence's School— 30 W. 55th St. (Girls). Mrs. Scoville's School— 2042 Fifth Ave. (Girls). National Academy of Design — Amsterdam Ave. & 109th St. N. Y. Academy of Sciences — American Museum of Natural History— 77th St. & Central Park West. N. Y. College of Dentistry— 205-207 E. 23d St. (Boys). N. Y. College of Music— 128 E. 58th St. N. Y. Collegiate Institute — 241 Lenox Ave. (Girls). N. Y. Electrical Trade School— 39 W. 17th St. (Boys). N. Y. Froebel Normal Institute— 59 W. 96th St. (Girls). N. Y. German Conservatory of Music — 306 Madison Ave. N. Y. Homeopathy Medical College— 63d St. & Ave. A (Boys). N. Y. Institute for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb — W. 163d St. & Ft. Washington Ave. N. Y. Law School— 174 Fulton St. (Boys). N. Y. Medical College and Hospital for Women — 17 W. 101st St. N. Y. Nautical College— 318 W. 57th St. N. Y. Polyclinic Medical School and Hospital— 345 W. 50th St. N. Y. Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital — 303 E. 20th St. (Co-ed). N. Y. School of Applied Design for Women — 160 Lexington Ave. N. Y. School of Fine and Applied Arts — 2237 Broadway. N. Y. School of Journalism — Columbia University (Co-ed). N. Y. School of Philanthropy— 105 E. 22d St. N. Y. Trade School— First Ave. & 67th St. (Boys). New York University — College of Arts and Pure Sciences — University Heights. School of Applied Science — Washington Sq Graduate School — Washington Sq. Pedagogy — Washington Sq. Commerce Accounts and Finance — Washington Sq. Collegiate Division — Washington Sq. Summer School — Washington Sq. Women's Law Class — Washington Sq. Law— 32 Waverly PI. Medicine— First Ave. & 26th St. Veterinary School— 114 W. 54th St. 94 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Normal College — Park Ave. & 68th St. (Girls). Packard Commercial School — Lexington Ave. & 35th St. Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary — 156 Henry St. (Boys). Rabbi Jacob Joseph School — 197 Henry St. (Boys). Riverdale Country School — W. 253d St. (Boys). Riverside School — 869 West End Ave. (Co-ed). Sachs Collegiate Institute— 38 W. 59th St. (Boys). Scudder School— 59>^ W. 96th St. (Girls). Semple School— 241 Central Park West (Girls). St. Agatha School— 557 West End Ave. (Girls). St. Ann's Academy— 153 E. 76th St. (Boys). St. John's Baptist School— 231 E. 17th St. (Girls). Syms School— 49 E. 61st St. (Boys). Teachers College— 525 W. 120th St. Teachers Inst, of the Jewish Theological Seminary — 134 E. 111th St. (Co-ed). Trinity School— 147 W. 91st St. (Boys). Union Theological Seminary — Broadway & 120th St. (Co-ed). University and Bellevue Medical College — First Ave. & 26th St. (Boys). Uptown Talmud Torah— 132 E. 111th St. (Co-ed). Veltin School for Girls— 160-162 W. 74th St. Xavier High School— 39 W. 15th St. Y. M. C. A.— 318 W. 57th St. Y. M. H. A.— Lexington Ave. & 92d St. Zellman Conservatory of Music — 349 Lenox Ave. CLUBS AND SOCIETIES Aldine, 200 Fifth Ave. — Business men. Arion, Park Ave. and 59th St. Aero of America — 297 Madison Ave. Aeronautical Society of America — 29 W. 39th St. Alliance Francaise — 200 Fifth Ave. American Auto Association — 437 Fifth Ave. American Bankers Association — 5 Nassau St. American Baptist Foreign Mission — 23 E. 26th St. Alpha Delta Phi— 136 W. 44th St. American Kennel — 1 Liberty St. American Yacht — Rye, New York. Andiron— 132 W. 72d St. Army and Navy, 107 W. 43d St.— Military men. Authors', Seventh Ave., Cor. W. 56th St. Automobile — 54th St. W. of Broadway. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 95 Cathedral of St. John the Divine Amsterdam Ave. and 111th Street Page 109 Arkwright — 320 Broadway. Arts & Crafts— 119 E. 19th St. Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St. Board of Foreign Missions — 156 Fifth Ave. Boy Scouts of America — 200 Fifth Ave. Brook— 7 E. 40th St. Baltusrol Golf — Baltusrol, N. J. Bankers — 120 Broadway. Calumet, 267 Fifth Ave. — An offshoot from the Union Club. Catholic — 120 W. Central Park South — Roman Catholic. Century— 7 W. 43d St. City — 53 W. 44th St. — Improvement of Municipal Govern- ment. Colony — Madison Ave. and 30th St. Columbia University — 18 Gramercy Park. Cornell University — 65 Park Ave. Camera— 121 W. 68th St. Charity Organization — 105 E. 22d St. Clergy— 200 Fifth Ave. Colonial Dames— 2 W. 47th St. Columbia Yacht— ft. W. 86th St. Chemists— 52 E. 41st St. Civic— 14 W. 12th St. City Athletic— 50 W. 54th St. 96 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE City History of New York— 105 W. 4th St. Civic Forum— 15 W. 44th St. Down-Town Association — 60 Pine St. — Business men. Delta Tau Delta— 122 E. 36th St. Deutscher Liederkranz — 111 E. 58th St. Deutscher Press — 21 Spruce St. Drug & Chemical— 100 William St. Elks— 108 W. 43d St. Engineers — 32 W. 40th St. — Civil engineers, architects, etc. Explorers — 345 Amsterdam Ave. Freundschaft — 72d St. and Park Ave. Friars— 107 W. 45th St. Fencers— 6 W. 45th St. Fifth Ave. Association — 542 Fifth Ave. Green Room— 134 W. 47th St. Greeters— 308 W. 58th St. Grolier— 47 E. 60th St. Harmonic — 4 E. 60th St. — The leading Hebrew social club. Harvard — 27 W. 44th St. — Alumni of Harvard University. Hardware — Broadway & Murray St. Hispanic Society — 156th St. & Broadway. Holland— 90 West St. Hotel Men's association — 334 Fifth Ave. Housewives League — 25 W. 45th St. Japan Society — 165 Broadway. Jockey— 18 E. 41st St. Knickerbocker — Fifth Ave. and 62d St., S. E. corner. Lambs' — 128 W. 44th St. — Actors and men interested in the stage. Lawyers — 115 Broadway — A luncheon club for lawyers and business men. Lotos — 110 W. 57th St. — Mainly writers, actors, artists and professional men. ^ Legal Aid Society — 239 Broadway. Machinery — 50 Church St. Manhattan — Madison Ave. and 26th St. — Political and social club representing the Democratic party. Masonic— 46 W. 24th St. Merchants — 106 Leonard St. — Social and commercial. Metropolitan — Fifth Ave. and 60th St. — Commonly known as the Millionaires' Club. Manhattan Chess — Carnegie Hall. Mens', Washington Heights— 555 W. 182d St. Merchants Association — Woolworth Building. Musical Art— 33 W. 42d St. National Arts — 14 Gramercy Park. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 97 New York Athletic— 58 W. 59th St. and New Rochelle. New York Yacht — 37 W. 44th St. — Leading American yacht club ; custodian for the "American Cup" for international races. National Democratic — 617 Fifth Ave. New York Railroad — 95 Liberty St. New York Historical — 170 Central Park West New York Numismatic — 33d St. & Park Ave. New York Railroad — 95 Liberty St. New York Press — 21 Spruce St. Orators Society — 1 W. 34th St. Old Colony Club — Waldorf Astoria. Players, 16 Gramercy Park — An exclusive club of actors of highest rank, managers, and professional men. Its house was the gift of the late Edwin Booth, and its library is a priceless collection of dramatic lore, including the playbills gathered by Augustin Daly, the libraries of Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, and other interesting material. Princeton — 121 E. 21st St. Progress — Central Park W. and 88th St. — A social club of Hebrews. Phi Gamma Delta— 34 W. 44th St. Paint, Oil & Varnish— 100 William St. Racquet and Tennis — 27 W. 43d St. — Men interested in athletic sports. Reform — 9 S. William St. — A social club of men interested in low tariff measures. Republican, 54 W. 40th St. — A large social club active in Republican politics. Rotary — Hotel Imperial. Rocky Mountain— 65 W. 44th St. Rubenstein — Waldorf Astoria. St. Nicholas — 7 W. 44th St. — Composed exclusively of men whose ancestors resided in New York prior to 1785. Salmagundi — 47 Fifth Ave. — Artists exclusively. Screen— 165 W. 47th St. Shipmasters — 8 Bridge St. Stock Exchange Luncheon — 13 Wall St. Sunset— 256 W. 73d St. Symphony Society — 33 W. 42d St. Transportation — Madison Ave. and 42d St. Ladies of the dramatic profession Three Arts— 340 W. 85th St. Turf & Field — Belmont Park. 98 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Union — Fifth Ave. and 51st St. — The first American club formed upon EngHsh models. The club has consisted from the very first of the "social magnates of New York." University — Fifth Ave. and 54th St. Union League — Fifth Ave. and 39th St. — One of the foremost clubs; distinctively a Republican organization. Underwriters — 16 Liberty St. Veteran Firemen — 132 Nassau St. Women's University — 99 Madison Ave. Yale~30 W. 44th St. CITY GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS City HalL The administrative is the beautiful building designed a century ago by L' Enfant, the architect and engineer who laid out the City of Washington. The building, with the exception of the rear wall is of marble. The rear wall was erected of brownstone, it being thought at the time that the city would not extend beyond it. This part of the building is painted to resemble the other parts. In this building are the offices of the Mayor, the President of the Borough of Manhattan, the City Clerk and other officials, and the meeting rooms of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment. More City Hall, City Hall Park Page 98 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 99 than $65,000, a considerable part of which was contributed by Mrs. Russell Sage, has been expended upon the interior in order to restore it to the style of the period when the building was erected. In the Governor's Room may be seen the chair used by Washington at his inauguration as President, and the desk on which he wrote his first message to Congress. The Mayor's Office, on the ground floor, contains one of the most valuable of the city's works of art — the large full- length portrait of Lafayette painted by Professor S. F. B. Morse (afterwards inventor of the telegraph) during Lafayette's famous visit to the United States in 1825. Portraits of Mayors Paulding and Allen, by Morse, are also in this room, together with those of Fernando Wood, Philip Home, Kingsland, and other mayors, by Vanderlyn, Elliott, Inman, and other paint- ers. The picture of Washington and his horse, in the City Clerk's room, is unsigned, but is believed to be a poor speci- men of Major John Trumbull's work. The fine circular stair- way in the rotunda is overlooked by the painted plaster original of David d'Anger's statue of Thomas Jefferson, presented in 1834 by Commodore Uriah P. Levy, U.S.N. The bronze replica of this statue is in the National Capitol. Immediately opposite the head of the stairway is the entrance to the Governor's Room, a stately apartment stretching along the front of the building, the scene of the most noted social incidents in the early history of the municipality. The old-fashioned furniture, including relics from a dignified past, have preserved in this room the spirit of Colonial days. The walls are hung with full-length portraits of governors of the state and of national heroes, many of which are fine examples of American art. The equestrian portrait of Washington here is by John Trum- bull, after a small original (now in Baltimore), and was made in accordance with a resolution passed by the Common Coun- cil in 1790. Nathan Hale City Hall Park Page 62 100 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Municipal Building Park Row and Center Street Facing City Hall Page 103 "that the Presi- dent of the United States be requested to permit Mr. Trumbull to take his portrait to be placed in the City Hall, as a monument of the respect which the in- habitants of the city bear to- wards him," Trumbull assures us in his Autobio- graphy that "every part of the detail of the dress, horse, furniture, etc., as well as the scenery, was accurately cop- ied from the real objects." The full- length por- trait of Gov- ernor George Clinton, as he appeared at Fort Mont- gomery, isalso by Trumbull. It was painted in 1791, and has been pro- nounced by criticsthebest example ex- tant of Trum- buU'smethod. The same painterdidthe portrait of Al- exanderHam- ilton (1804), the splendid RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 101 picture of Governor Morgan Lewis in his uniform as a major- general in the War of 1812, probably that of John Jay, and some others. Besides Trumbull, among the old painters represented in this room, or elsewhere in the city's art col- lection (scattered through the municipal offices), are John Vanderlyn, Thomas Sully, Henry Peters Gray, George Catlin (the Indian painter), William Page, C. W. Jarvis, Thomas Hicks, and Henry Inman. Of more recent artists the best known is Daniel Huntington, a good example of whose work is the portrait of Governor Morgan. An interesting canvas here, old and carefully painted, but of unknown history, is the head of Peter Stuyvesant. Historic objects in the Governor's Room include a bust of DeWitt Clinton, battle flags of the Civil War, and furniture brought from the original State House in Wall St. The Criminal Courts are on Center St., connected with The Tombs by an elevated and inclosed passageway spanning Franklin St., usually spoken of as the "Bridge of Sighs." Their interest to the visitor is confined to the mural paintings by Edward Simmons in the room of the Supreme Court, in the northeast corner on the first floor. The central painting repre- sents "America Offering Justice to the World." It is said that the countenances are those of the artist's wife and children. On the right are the "Three Fates" — Clotho (youth), on the right, spins the thread of life from her distaff; Lachesis (middle age) twists and measures it in her hands; and aged Atropos cuts it off at death's appointed time. The panel on the left is devoted to three male figures. "Brotherhood Uniting Science to Freedom." The murals were made in 1895 under the direc- tion of the Municipal Art Commission, which now controls all matters relating to the embellishment of public buildings and the acceptance by the city of statues. The Tombs. "The Tombs" is a nickname for the city prison, suggested long ago by the gloomy architecture which made it for many years one of the landmarks of the city. In 1898 it was rebuilt in a greatly enlarged form, and nothing now remains of the picturesque exterior which was perhaps the best example of Egyptian style in the country. The Tombs occu- pies the entire block bounded by Center St. on the east. Elm St on the west, Leonard St. on the south, and Franklin St. on the north, but its really grand proportions are dwarfed by its situation in a hollow. The prison now covers the site of the pre-Revolutionary gibbet, planted on a small island, and there- fore stands upon ground long dedicated to the hangman's use. Internally the prison is rather a series of buildings than a single structure. The cells rise in tiers one above the other, with a 102 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Looking South from Municipal Building RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 103 separate corridor for each row. Besides those awaiting trial in the Special Sessions and Magistrates' Courts, persons accused or convicted of the more heinous crimes are kept in The Tombs until they have been tried before the higher courts, or until they depar-t for the State Prison. Hall of Records. Corner of Chambers and Center Sts. A $9,000,000 building for the care of the deeds of all the real estate on Manhattan Island. Its vaults are absolutely fire- proof. The 32 monoliths each cost $20,000. The statues about the exterior, by Bush, Brown, MacMonnies, and Philip Mar- tiny, are of men prominent in the history of New York City, and figures representing "Navigation," "History," "Com- merce," "Industry," "Heritage," "Poetry," "Law," "Preser- vation," and similar subjects. The groups representing the recording of the purchase of Manhattan in 1626 and the con- solidation of Greater New York, 1898, are by Albert Weinert. The Appellate Court House. The Court House of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the City of New York is located on the east side of Madison Ave. at 25th St. This three-story building was completed in 1900 at a cost, in- cluding furnishings, of approximately $750,000. It is consid- ered one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. The balustrade is surmount- ed by statues of the _ great law givers of his- tory and the Madison Ave. cornice is sup- ported by caryatides representing the four seasons. The interior is finished in Siena mar- ble, the frieze spaces filled with paintingsand the ceiling modeled in gold. The furniture is of dark oak, richly carved. The stained glass dome and win- dows are inscribed with names of eminent American jurists. Municipal Build- ing. Near the Man- hattan end of Brooklyn B" 1 r • r~^ ' i The Tombs ridge, faCmg City Center and Leonard streets Hall and the Hall of Page loi 104 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE lilliNiStit! Iff IHHHi i L'i Criminal Courts and Bridge of Sighs Center and Franklin Streets Page 101 Records. The cost of the building, exclusive of land, was about $12,000,000. The purpose was to provide offices for several city departments, thereby saving an annual rent of $600,000. The building is unique in that all its windows are outside. The basement contains a spacious station in which the subway systems of Brooklyn and Manhattan converge. The height, including the figure surmounting the structure, is 584 ft. above grade; the foundation, about 135 ft. below grade. Extreme dimensions of site are 450 by 300 ft. Each of the bas- reliefs impaneled between the windows on the second floor represents some department of municipal government, such as "Elections," "Water Supply," "Licenses," "Education," "Public Charity." In the smaller arches of the colonnade are bas-reliefs representing "Civic Duty" and "Civic Pride." The two figures over the main arch represent "Executive Guidance and Power." In the medallions above the smaller arches the subjects represented are "Progress" and "Prudence." The female figure crowning the tower and representing "Civic Fame" is 28 ft. high. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 105 FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL Chamber of Commerce. 65 Liberty St. Admission only by card of member. The statues adorning the front are of Alexander Hamilton, DeWitt Clinton, and John Jay. The statuary over the entrance is symbolical of commerce. Housed here are many portraits of New York merchants, a painting of Washington by Stuart, and curious relics of bygone days. The Chamber of Commerce was organized in Fraunces' Tavern in 1768 and incorporated in 1770, and is the oldest commercial organization in the United States. The Customs House occupies an entire block at the foot of Broadway, facing Bowling Green, an historic site where Fort Amsterdam was erected in 1626. Government House was built in 1790 for President Washington. Here George Clinton and John Jay lived. The building was used as a custom house from 1733 to 1875. Including the ground, it cost more than $7,000,000. Its seven floors contain an area of 300,000 sq. ft. The cartouche high above the entrance, emblematic of America, is by Carl Ritter. The groups on pedestals on either side of the main entrance represent America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, and are the work of Daniel C. French. The ''Commercial Nations" ranged along the cornice, as viewed from left to right, represent Greece, by F. E. Elwell; Rome, by F. E. Elwell, Phoenicia, by F. M. Ruckstuhl; Genoa, by Augustus Lukeman; Venice, by F. M. L. Tonetti; Spain, by F. M. L. Tonetti; Holland, by Louis St. Gaudens; Portugal, by Louis St. Gaudens; Denmark, by Johannes Gelert; Ger- many, by Albert Jaegers; France, by Charles Graby; England, by Charles Graby. The New York Stock Exchange. The New York Stock Exchange, housing the oldest American organization of brokers, is at 10 Broad St., extending through to New St. Cost of building, $3,000,000. The front is a splendid example of Greek architecture. The Corinthian columns are 52 ft. high. The association, which has a membership of 1100, was organ- ized in 1792. No one not a member is allowed upon the floor, and when it is remembered that $95,000 has been paid for that privilege, the restriction is not to be wondered at. The hours are from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m., and members are forbidden to make any transactions except during that time. The dealings are wholly in stocks, bonds, and other securities which have been recognized or "listed" by the Exchange. The names of the most important of these are posted upon 106 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE chamber of Commerce Liberty West of Nassau Street Page 105 iron standards scat- tered about the floor, around which the selHng and buy ing of these particu- lar securities go on. The Curb Mar- ket. The Curb Market transacts its business in Broad St., in front of No. 44, between the hours of 10 a.m., and 3 p.m., except Sundaysand hohdays, when no transactions are made, and on Saturdays when the hours are from 10 a.m., to 12 noon. It is the market for such securities as cannot be or for various reasons are not Hsted on the Stock Exchange. Among the more prominent of these is Standard Oil. The brokers have their offices in adjoining buildings within view of the market. The Consolidated Petroleum and Stock Exchange. At the corner of Broad and Beaver Sts. The organization grew out of a consolidation of various boards dealing in oil, mining, and general securities, and began operations in 1875. It now does nearly as much business as the older board, and the scene from its gallery (the entrance to which is on Beaver St.) is often more animated. The New Bank Clearing House. The New Bank Clear- ing House Bldg. in Cedar St., a few doors east of Broadway, is of marble, carved in all the profusion characteristic of the Italian Renaissance, its window spaces set off by Corinthian pillars, and surmounted by an entablature bearing carvings of the arms of the city and other designs. This is in many respects the most beautiful building in New York. The rooms of the Clearing House Association are on the upper floor beneath the skylighted dome. The ground floor is occupied RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 107 by the Chase National Bank, whose offices are finished in mar- bles, gilded stucco, and artistic metal work. The great steel safe in the basement is made to hold 210 tons of gold, or about $105,000,000 in coin. Produce Exchange. Bowling Green. Organized in 1861. The Exchange Bldg. is 307 ft. by 150 ft.; tower, 240 ft. high; trading room, 220 by 144 ft.; cost of building, $3,000,000. Here is carried on the largest trading in provisions and grain conducted by any exchange in the world. Cotton Exchange. Broad near Williams St.; here all the dealings in cotton in the United States concentrate. PROMINENT CHURCHES Note: Directories of places of worship are displayed in all principal hotels. Therefore these pages make mention of only the more distinguished. The Dutch Re- formed Church is the oldest Protes- tant organization in New York and pro- bably in the West- ern Hemisphere. The finest building occupied by this de- nomination is the Third Collegiate, at Fifth Ave. & 48th St. Hamilton Ave. Church,atW. 145th St. & Convent Ave., stands upon what was once the home estate of Alexander Hamilton. Hamilt on Grange, the house of Alexander Hamil- ton is now used as the parish house and rectory of St. Luke's church. John Jay Chamber of Commerce Page 105 108 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Trinity Church: Broadway, facing Wall St. The land on which Trinity Church now stands was the old West India Company's farm, before the conquest of Man- hattan Island by the English. It then became"The King's Farm," and in 1705 was granted to this, the Colonial Church. These lands em- braced the entire tract lying along the North River, be- tween the present Vesey & Christopher Sts. Much of it was subsequently given away to in- stitutions of various sorts, but enough remains to constitute a property yielding about $500,000 income annually and worth an enormous amount at the market prices of real estate in that part of the city. This income is spent in maintaining old Trinity and six chapels, in aiding many subsidiary missions in various squalid parts of the city; supporting a long list of charities, and in caring for Trinity Cemetery, in Manhattanville. The present edifice was completed in 1846. The bronze doors, which cost $30,000, are a memorial to J. J. Astor; the altars and reredos were erected at a cost of $100,000 to the memory of W. B. Astor. In Trinity Churchyard are buried many well-known persons, among them Alexander Hamilton, Robert Fulton, Captain James Lawrence, Albert Gallatin, and General Phil. Kearney. Of the monuments the most conspicuous is "The Martyrs," in the northeast corner near the street. This was erected by the Trinity corporation in memory of the American patriots who died in British prisons in this city during the Revolutionary War. Another prominent monument, at the left of the entrance, is the one to the mem- ory of Captain Lawrence, of the man-of-war "Chesapeake," Alexander Hamilton Chamber of Commerce Page 105 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 109 whose dying cry, "Don't give up the ship," is carved upon its pictured sides. Cathedral of St. John the Divine : Morningside Heights. In course of construction. Cornerstone laid in 1892. The crypt, choir, seven Chapels of Tongues and Crossing have been completed and the laying of foundation of Nave has been begun. The completed portion of the Cathedral has cost about $3,500,000. It is expected that the entire cost will be not less than $10,000,000. It is not known when the building will be finished. As planned the exterior length of the Cathedral will be more than 600 feet; its breadth across transepts over 300 feet; its area 99,500 feet giving it a rank in size among Cathedrals of the world as follows: St. Peter's at Rome; Seville; Milan, St. John the Divine at New York. Possible changes in the plan may place it in third place. In the Crypt lie the remains of Bishop Henry C. Potter. Here, also, is the famous Tiffany Chapel of mosaics. Among the treasures of the Cathedral are the Barberini tapestries and tiles in pavement in front of altar taken from Church of St. John the Divine at Ephesus (built A. D. 540) from grave of Cathedral's namesake. Open to visitors 7.30 a. m. to 6 p. m. St. Paul's Church: Broad- way between Fulton & Vesey Sts. It is the rear which is seen upon Broadway, the Church originally facing the North River and commanding a fine view of the stream. This edi- fice was built in 1764-6, and although the third in the order of its foundation is now the oldest church building in the city. Its architecture is im- pressive, and its interior a chaste and carefully preserved example of the ecclesiastical fashion of 150 years ago. In the rear wa!l, facing Broadway, is a memorial tablet to General Richard Montgomery, the hero of Quebec, while in the church- yard are monuments to Thomas Addis Emmet, an Irish patriot, ^^ De Witt CHnton , ^-, ' _, Y 1 Chamber of Commerce the actor George 1^ . Gooke, and Page los t ^ 1 >/ ! <^^ ^^^' ^ rl « ^ U^ 1 1 1 '^'^ W.yi ^-'■^t:'- '^^^ y ■tm 'T^ ...,, , i ^ iflli:: 4^ SS^jm^^T""''^ no RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE others. The churchyard is open to visitors every day. During the British occupation Lord Howe worshiped here; and later, Washington, whose pew is marked. Grace Church, at Broadway & 10th St., is in view for a long distance from both directions. The style is decorated Gothic, elaborately carried out, and the rectory and adjoining buildings are harmoniously adapted to it. A pretty space of lawn and garden makes a pleasing foreground to one of the most gratifying architectural pictures in New York. St. Mark's at Second Ave. & 10th St. (9th St. Station Third Ave. Elevated Ry.) is another venerable church edifice. It covers the site of a chapel built by Stuyvesant, the last of the Dutch governors, whose bones rest beneath its floor. The Church of the Transfiguration in 29th St., just east of Fifth Ave., is now known all over the country as "the little church 'round the corner." This name is said to have been derived from the refusal some years ago of a certain pastor in Madison Ave. to perform the burial service over the body of the aged actor George Holland, bidding the emissary of his friend (who was Joseph Jefferson) go to "a little church 'round the corner," where they might be accommodated. Since then the players of the country have held this church and the late Dr. Houghton, its pastor, in veneration, and nearly all actors and actresses who die in New York are buried from it. A memorial window to Harry Montague is one of its interest- ing features. It is a low cruciform building in Gothic style, shaded by trees; its walls are half covered with vines, it has a pretty lich-gate, and altogether is one of the most attrac- tive houses of worship in the city. Presbyterian, First Church, founded in 1716, now occupies the block on Fifth Ave. between 11th & 12th Sts. with one of the most dignified edifices of its class in New York. Fifth Ave. Presbyterian, Fifth Ave. & 55th St., is the most fashionable as well as the most popular of the churches of this denomination in New York. It is a building of highly decorated Gothic architecture and the interior presents as great a contrast to the conventional plain meeting-house of former days as can well be imagined. Neither carving nor color has been spared, and the effect produced is rather more that associated with a theater than with a church — an effect brought out to its fullest extent by the light wood used in the paneling and in the construction of the pews, and in the grad- ual sloping of the floor from the entrance to the pulpit. Madison Square Church is that of which the Reverend Charles H. Parkhurst is pastor. It is a beautiful structure in the Byzantine style. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 111 Trinity Church from Greenwich and Rector Streets Page 108 ^^ Methodist Episcopal : The John St. Church occupies the site of the first Methodist church in America and is known as the cradle of American Methodism. It contains many memorials of the founders of the denomination In this country. Madison Ave. (at No. 659). This Is the church made famous by Dr. Newman, who numbered General Grant among his parishioners. Temple Emanu-El, northeast corner of Fifth Ave. & 43d St., is the finest specimen of Moorish architecture In America, and one of the costliest religious structures In New York City. It Is built of brown and yellow sandstone, with a roof of alternate lines of red and black tiles. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Ave. between 50th & 51st Sts., should not be omitted from the list of places strangers ought to visit in New York. Except for certain adornments 112 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE all the work on the building, designing and execution, mechan- ical and artistic, was done in New York. The cornerstone was laid on August 15, 1858, in the presence of 100,000 persons, who had room to stand on the adjacent lots, then vacant. On May 25, 1879, the structure was dedicated by Cardinal McCloskey. The cathedral is an example of the decorated, geometric style of Gothic architecture which prevailed in Europe from 1275 to 1400, and of which the Cathedral of Cologne and the nave of Westminister are advanced exponents. Although Europe can boast larger cathedrals, for purity of style, origi- nality of design, harmony of proportion, beauty of material, and finish of workmanship. New York Cathedral stands unsur- passed. It is cruciform, exterior length, 332 ft., breadth, 174 ft., towers at base, 32 ft., height of spires, 330 ft. Of the 72 windows 37 are ornamented with subjects from Scripture and the lives of saints; the principal window is a six-bay representative of St. Patrick. There are statues of Christ, St. Peter and St. Paul. The altar is of purest Italian marble inlaid with alabaster and precious stones. The altar tabernacle is of marble richly decorated, and has a door of gilt bronze set with emeralds and garnets. The body of Cardinal McCloskey lies beneath the altar. The building cost $2,000,000 exclusive of the land. The cathedral is open during the day. PROMINENT CHURCHES Baptist Calvary, W. 57th St. between Sixth & Seventh Aves. Fifth Avenue, 8 W. 46th St. Madison Avenue, Madison Ave. & E. 31st St. Judson Memorial, Washington Sq. & Thompson St. Congregational Broadway Tabernacle, Broadway & 56th St. Disciples of Christ Lenox Avenue, Union, 74 W. 126th St. Evangelical First Church of the Evangelical Association, 214 W. 35th St. Friends East 15th St. & Rutherford PI. Greek Catholic Holy Virgin Mary, 347 E. 14th St. Jewish Beth-El, 5th Ave. & E. 76th St. Temple Emanu-El, Fifth Ave. & 43d St. Lutheran Grace, 123 W. 71st St. Holy Trinity, Central Park West & W. 65th St. Methodist Episcopal Grace, 131 W. 104th St. Madison Avenue, Madison Ave. & 60th St. Metropolitan Temple, 58 Seventh Ave. St. Paul's, West End Ave. & W. 86th St. Union, W. 48th St. near Broadway Washington Square, 137 W. 4th St. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 113 Moravian First, Lexington Ave. & 30th St. Presbyterian Brick, Fifth Ave. cor. 37th St. Fifth Avenue, Fifth Ave. & 55th St. Madison Square, 24th St. & Madi- son Ave. Scotch, 96th St. & Central Park West. Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, W. 113th St. between Amsterdam & Morningside Aves. Grace, 800 Broadway. St. Bartholomew's, 348 Madison Ave. St. Paul's (Trinity Parish), Broad- way & Vesey St. St. Thomas, Fifth Ave. & 53d St. Transfiguration ("Little Church Around the Corner"), 5 E. 29th St. Trinity, Broadway & Rector St. Reformed Church in America Madison Avenue, Madison Ave. & 57th St. New York Collegiate: Knox Memorial, 405 W. 41st St. Marble, Fifth Ave. & 29th St. St. Nicholas, Fifth Ave. & 48th St. Reformed Church in U. S. Martha Memorial, 419 W. 52d St. Reformed Episcopal First, Madison Ave. cor. 55th St. Reformed Presbyterian Third, 238 W. 23d St. Roman Catholic St. Francis Xavier, 36 W. 16th St. St. Ignatius Loyola, Park Ave. «& E. 84th St. St. Leo's, 11 E. 28th St. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Ave. & 50th St. Seventh Day Adventists New York Swedish, 308 E. 55th St. Unitarian Messiah, E. 34th St. & Park Ave. United Presbyterian West 44th St., 434 W. 44th St. Universalist Fourth (Divine Paternity), Central Park West & 76th St. Miscellaneous All Night Mission, 8 Bowery. Beacon Light Rescue Mission, 2372 Third Ave. Bowery Mission, 227 Bowery. Broome St. Tabernacle, 395 Broome St. Chinatown Midnight Mission, 17 Doyers St. Church of Christ (Scientist), Cen- tral Park West & 96th St. Doyers St. Mission, 17 Doyers St. Five Points Mission, 63 Park St. Helen F. Clark Mission, 195 Worth St. Japanese Mission, 330 E. 57th St. Mariners', 46 Catherine St. McAuley's Water Street Mission, 316 Water St. New Thought, Columbus Ave. & 79th St. _ Seaman's Christian Association, 339 West St. St. Trinity (Greek Orthodox), 153 E. 72d St. HOSPITALS AND PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETIES Bellevue, foot of E. 26th St. It is situated in a block which extends to the East River. This is the most widely known hospital in America. It is under the control of an unpaid Board of Trustees appointed by the Mayor. For many years it has been famous for the high medical and surgical skill of which it is the theater, its faculty embracing 114 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE many of the leading physicians and surgeons of the city. Admission of patients is procurable upon the recommendation of a physician; victims of accidents and sudden illness may enter at any time of day or night; regular patients, between 10 a. m. and 3 p. m. Contagious diseases are refused. The Morgue at Bellevue is a wooden building designed to care for the unknown dead in the most approved manner. It buries paupers and distributes bodies to medical schools. Emergency Hospital, 233 E. 26th St. For the relief of persons taken suddenly ill, and women on their way to matern- ity hospital. Other emergency hospitals are Gouverneur, In Gouverneur Slip; the Fordham Reception Hospital, 2456 Valentine Ave., and the House of Relief, 67 Hudson St. New York Hospital, 8 W. 16th St. This magnificent structure, facing W. 15th St. (near Fifth Ave ), has every modern device for health and comfort. The hospital main- tains a branch "house of relief" for cases of accident or sudden illness, at 67 Hudson St.. This branch, as well as the main establishment, has ambulances and gives free treatment in emergency cases. Roosevelt, 59th St. and Ninth Ave. St. Luke's Hospital, on Morningside Heights is under the care of the Protestant Episcopal Church, but makes no dis- tinction as to its patients. Presbyterian, Madison Ave. and 70th St. Nine-tenths of the patients here pay no fees. St. Vincent's, 149 W. 11th St. Visitors, Tuesdays and Fridays, 3 to 5 p. m. St. Francis', 605 Fifth Ave., with St. Joseph's, a branch at 143d St. and Brook Ave. St. Elizabeth's, 415 W. 51st St. The Five Points Mission stands at the Five Points, a short walk from Broadway through Worth St. It assists the destitute of all classes and supports missionaries among the tenement-house people. It provides food, clothing, and necessaries for applicants thought worthy, maintains large schools, and provides for the health, education, and general betterment of great numbers of poor and neglected children. The Association for Improving Conditions of the Poor, 105 E. 22d St., annually assists in 20,000 or more care- fully investigated cases. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Madison Ave. and 26th St. The object of the society is the en- RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 115 forcement of the laws relating to the protection of, and the pre- vention of cruelty to animals, in all parts of the United States. Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 23d St. and Fourth Ave. Its object is the enforcement of laws relating to children, their protection against and rescue from oppression and evil influences, and their help when in need. Society for the Prevention of Crime. Office, 105 E. 22d St. Other important philanthropic associations are: Actors' Fund, 112 W. 42d St.; Baptist Home Mission, 116 E. 68th St.; Female Guardian Society and Home for the Friendless, 29 E. 29th St.; Kindergarten Society, 70 Fifth Ave. ; Sabbath Union, 203 Broadway; Seaman's Friend Society, 76 Wall St.; Sunday School Committee, 416 Lafayette PL; Association for Be- friending Women and Young Girls, 136 Second Ave.; Associa- tion Fraterna Italiana, 64 S. Washington Sq. ; Bowery Mission, 55 Bowery; Catholic Sailors' Friends, 178 Christopher St.; Cercle Francais L'Amipie, 440 Sixth Ave.; Children's Aid Society, 105 E. 22d St.; City Vigilance League, 105 E. 22d St.; Civil Service Reform Association, 79 Wall St.; Consumers' League, 105 E. 22d St.; Lutheran Emigrant Mission, 8 State St.; Evangelical Alliance, 105 E. 22d St.; German Missions, 6 and 27 State St.; Irish Emigrant Society, 29 Reade St.; Jewish Immigrant Protective Association, 210 E. 118th St.; Ladies' Health Protective Association, 105 E. 22d St.; Legal Aid Society, 239 Broadway; Working Girls' Vacation Society, 105 E. 22d St.; Penny Provident Fund, 101 E. 22d St.; Provident Loan Society, 279 Fourth Ave.; Typothetae, 32 Union Sq., E.; United Hebrew Charities, 356 Second Ave.; Working Women's Protective Union, 312 W. 54th St.; Young Men's Christian Association, 215 W. 23d St.; Young Women's Christian Association, 600 Lexington St. BROOKLYN AND QUEENS Fulton St. The main thoroughfare of Brooklyn is Fulton St. Fulton and Catherine ferries, and the Brooklyn bridge connect with it. Half a mile north of the bridge stands the Court House, where the celebrated "Beecher trial" took place; near by are the Hall of Records, the Municipal Bldg. and the Borough Hall — all costly and Imposing buildings. In front of them stands Ward's bronze statue of Henry Ward Beecher, commemorating him not only as the great preacher but as the anti-slavery champion and philanthropist. The principal shops line Fulton St. for half a dozen blocks 116 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE Victory Arch, Entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn Page 119 above the Court House, while on Washington St., two blocks south, are the costly new Federal Bldg. and the lofty Eagle Bldg. Theaters. The principal theaters are: Academy of Music, Lafayette Ave. near Fulton St.; Majestic, 651 Fulton St.; Grand Opera House, Elm PI. near Fulton St. ; Star, Jay St. near Fulton St.; Montauk, Hanover PL; Empire, Ralph Ave. and Quincy. Bedford, Bedford Ave. and Bergen; B. F. Keith's chain; Loew's chain; Casino, Flatbush Ave. near State; Comedy, 194 Grand St.; Fifth Ave., Fifth Ave. and 4th St.; Flatbush, Church and Flatbush Aves. ; Folly, Graham Ave. and De- bevolse; Halsey, Halsey Ave. near Broadway; Keeney's, RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 117 300 Livingston; Lee Avenue, 29 Lee Ave.; Madison, Madison Ave., near Broadway; Oxford, State near Flatbush; Putnam, Fulton near Grand; Teller's, Broadway and Howard Ave.; Triangle, Flatbush Ave. and Fulton St. The Heights are a steep bluff nearly 100 feet high at the foot of Montague St. Along the base of the bluffs are lines of wharves and spacious warehouses which leave room for only one narrow street. Most of the warehouses are bonded. Those on the land side are built in excavations under the back gardens of the dwellings on Columbia Heights, where stand the residences of many of the oldest and most prominent Brooklyn families. Their windows overlook a grand panorama of the harbor, the lower part of East River, and the Battery and Wall St. regions of New York City. On The Heights, too, are hotels, churches, clubs, and insti- tutions of learning, including the Art Association, and, opposite, the Brooklyn Library. The Long Island Historical Society is at the corner of Clinton and Pierpont Sts. It owns a library of more than 80,000 volumes and pamphlets, and a museum of historical and curious objects. Clinton St. was for many years the Fifth Ave. of Brooklyn, and no part of the city is more fashionable than the blocks along Montague, Pierpont, Remsen, and some other streets leading from Clinton St. to the river bluff. The leading clubs are the Brooklyn, Hamilton, Excelsior, Crescent Athletic Club, and Jefferson Democratic Club — while on "The Hill" are the Republican Union League Club, the Lincoln, and the Montauk. It was the number of fine houses of worship, not to speak of many smaller ones, in this conspicuous part of town which gave to Brooklyn the name "City of Churches." Plymouth Church, made famous by Henry Ward Beecher, was until 1899 presided over by Dr. Lyman Abbott. It is on Orange St. between Hicks and Henry Sts., within easy walking distance of either Fulton Ferry or the Bridge. The edifice is merely a great brick "barn," and within has no ornamentation inconsistent with its outward slmpl icity. It was built in 1847, and its pulpit was occupied 40 years by Mr. Beecher, until his death in 1887. Its most prominent members dwell near by, but a large part of the regular congregation gathers from remote quarters of the city, while a throng of strangers from all parts of the country is seen within its doors each Sunday. Mr. Beecher lived and died not far away, at 124 Hicks St., corner of Clark St. In the church are many Beecher relics. The present pastor is Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis. Connected with the church is the Arbuckle Institute, founded by John Arbuckle in honor of Henry Ward Beecher. In harmony with the 118 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE founder's idea about proper association of the sexes it contains the advantages offered by Y. M. and Y. W. associations. Another famous Congregational church on the Heights is the Church of the Pilgrims, at the corner of Henry and Remsen Sts. Next to the Historical Society's Bldg. is Holy Trinity, the leading Episcopal church of Brooklyn, under the pastorate of the Rev. Dr. J. H. Melish ; St. Ann's is only a block or two distant. PROMINENT CHURCHES Note: Directories of places of worship are displayed in all principal hotels. Therefore these pages make mention only of the more distinguished. Baptist Baptist Temple, 3d, corner Scher- merhorn. Christian Scientist First Church of Christ, Dean & New York Ave. Congregational Plymouth, Orange, near Henry. Tompkins Avenue, Tompkins Ave., corner McDonough. Disciples of Christ First Church of Christ, 123 Sterling PI. Evangelical Emanuel, 400 Melrose. Friends Soc. Friends (Orth'x), Lafayette, corner Washington. Jewish Israel, Bedford & Lafayette Aves. Lutheran St. Peter's, Bedford Ave., near De Kalb. Methodist Episcopal Janes, Monroe, corner Reid Ave. Methodist Episcopal (African) Bridge St. A. M. E., 313 Bridge Methodist Free First, 16th St., near Fourth Ave. Methodist Primitive First, Park PI., near Nostrand Ave. Methodist Protestant Grace (Canarsie), E. 92d & Church Lane. Pentecostal Nazarene, Utica Ave., between Ber- gen & Dean. Presbyterian Lafayette Ave., Lafayette Ave., corner S. Oxford. Presbyterian — United Second, Bond and Atlantic Ave. Protestant Episcopal Holy Trinity, Clinton, corner Mon- tague. Reformed Church in America First, Seventh Ave. & Carroll. Reformed Church in the U. S. Christ Evangelical, 54 Wyona. Reformed Episcopal Reconciliation, Nostrand & Jeffer- son Aves. Seventh Day Adventists First German, 1831 Gates Ave. Swedenborgian Church of New Jerusalem, Monroe PI. & Clark. Unitarian Church of the Saviour, Pierrepont & Monroe PI. Universalist All Souls, Ocean, corner DitmasAve. Miscellaneous First Free Baptist, Keap, corner Marcy Ave. Roman Catholic Sacred Hearts of Jesus ard Mary, Degraw & Hicks. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 119 COLLEGES, ACADEMIES AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS Adelphi College — Clifton and St. James Pis. Brooklyn College — Nostrand Ave., Carroll and Crown Sts. Brooklyn Heights Seminary — 18 Pierrepont St. Friends School — 112 Schermerhorn St. Froebel Academy — 687 Lafayette Ave. Packer Collegiate Inst. — 170 Joralemon. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. Pratt Institute — 215 Ryerson St. St. Agnes Seminary — 283-287 Union St. St. Francis College and Academy — 41 Butler St. St. Francis Xavier Academy — 697 Carroll St. St. John's College — Willoughby Ave., cor. Lewis St. Y. M. C. A.— 55 Hanson PL, 1125 Bedford Ave., Marcy Ave. and S. 9th St., 359 9th St., 405 Carlton Ave., Meserole Ave., and Lorimer and naval branch, 167 Sands St. Prospect Park. Prospect Park overlooks the populous wards of South Brooklyn and the New York Harbor on one side, and the Atlantic shore toward Coney Island on the other. It is nearly as large as Central Park, at least as beautiful, and contains, among its ornaments, a statue to John Howard Payne, author of Home Sweet Home, and a bronze tablet noting the site (Battle Pass) of a critical part of the Battle of Long Island, which took place on these hills. From Lookout Hill a magnificent view is to be gained, reaching from the Atlantic horizon to the Palisades and the Orange Hills; and on certain lawns, especially on Sunday afternoons, hundreds of brightly appareled young people may be seen playing tennis or croquet, practicing archery, or otherwise actively amusing themselves. The park is reached by the following trolley lines: From Fulton Ferry or the Bridge entrance, Flatbush Ave. line (the most direct); Adams and Boerum PI. line, and Franklin Ave. line; from Hamilton (south) Ferry, to Hamilton Ave. and Prospect Park line; and from Broadway (Williamsburg) Ferry, the Nostrand Ave. line. The distance is about 2}i miles from any of the ferries, but the route from Fulton Ferry or the Bridge is the most interesting. None of the elevated roads goes near the park. The picturesque Water Tower near the Plaza overlooks the whole region. The Park Plaza is a large paved space at the principal entrance to Prospect Park, where Flatbush Ave., Eastern Boulevard, and several other streets converge. The center of the Plaza is ornamented by a memorial to the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, the memorial being surmounted by a 120 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE colossal bronze group by Frederick MacMonnies, representing the chariot of victory led by heralds of peace. The arch is hollow, and stairways, open to the public, permit one to ascend to the top for a closer view of this work of art, which gains upon nearer inspection. At a little distance is an electric fountain, illuminated at frequent intervals during the summer. Just within the park entrance stands a most excellent portrait-statue, also by Mac- Monnies, of J. S. Stranahan, who, at the time of his death, in 1897, was called Brooklyn's foremost citizen, and had been more active than any one else in establishing this and other parks in the city. The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute is an eighth of a mile east of the Park Plaza. Entrance is free to the public from Wednesday to Saturday; 25 cents admission fee on Monday and Tuesday. The collections consist of a large amount of varied material, displayed in suitable cases and well worth seeing. The zoological collection is especially complete, and includes an excellent display of local birds and insects. A con- siderable amount of geological, mineralogical, and ethnological material has been gathered and arranged, and the beginning of an art gallery has been made. Greenwood Cemetery. This famous city of the dead covers a square mile of the highlands that lie back of South Brooklyn and overlook New York Harbor. It is lyi miles from Brooklyn Bridge and is reached most directly by the Fifth Ave. line of the Brooklyn elevated railway, which has a station at its principal (northern) entrance. Here carriages will be found which make the tour of the cemetery, and as he goes along the driver explains what are generally regarded as the most interesting sights. The charge for the ride is 25 cents. There is no burying ground in the country which compares with Greenwood in the cost and elaborateness of its mortuary, or the care given it as a whole. The stone-bedded, tile-drained roads measure 25 miles in length. The imposing Gothic gateway at the principal entrance is of brownstone, elaborately carved, and holds the offices of the the administrators and a visitors' room. Waiting-rooms fur- nished with toilet rooms and other accommodations will be found at the other entrances also. Near the center of the ceme- tery, at the intersection of Locust and Southwood Aves., is "The Shelter House," designed for the shelter of visitors who chance to be remote from the various entrances and need the conveniences which it affords. Among the more notable memorials are: RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 121 The bust of Horace Greeley, erected by the printers of the country, on Locust Hill near Oak Ave. On Highwood Hill the triangular block covering the remains of Professor S. F. B. Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph, overlooks the Clinton Monument. The Soldiers' Monument stands on the plateau of Battle Hill, whence a broad view is to be gained. It was erected in memory of 148,000 soldiers who died in the Civil War. Opposite the main entrance stands the Theater Fire Mon- ument, underneath which, in a common grave, rest the un- recognized and unclaimed bodies of those who perished in the burning of the Brooklyn Theater, in December, 1876, when more than 300 people lost their lives. The Firemen's Monument is surmounted by the figure of a fireman holding a child in his arms. It was erected by the old volunteer fire department of New York City, whose chief engineer, Harry Howard, has placed elsewhere in the grounds a statue in memory of his foster mother, showing her as adopting him when saved from a burning building. Many of the monuments take the form of Greek or Gothic memorial chapels, one of the most conspicuous and beautiful of which is that of Miss Mary M. Dauser, at the intersection of Fir and Vine Aves. Another temple worthy of special attention is that of A. S. Scribner, at Cypress and Vine Aves. It was made in Italy and contains a figure representing Hope. The monument to commemorate John Matthews, at the southwesterly end of Valley Water, has the form of a richly carved canopy and spire above a sculptured sarcophagus, upon the top of which lies a full-length marble figure of the dead man. On the tablet under the canopy is a veiled female figure seated in a chair, typifying grief. The artist was Carl Miller, and the cost of the monument, $30,000, The Pilot's Monument, erected by the pilots of New York Harbor to a hero among them, and The Sea Captains' Statue (representing Captain John Correka, holding the actual sextant he was accustomed to use) will interest those fond of the sea. Other fine and costly carvings in Italian marble are seen in the monument to the Brown brothers. New York bankers; in the emblematic group standing in the lot of the elder James Gordon Bennett, founder of the New York Herald ; and in the famous Charlotte Cauda monument, at Fern and Greenbough Aves. The colossal bronze statue of Governor DeWitt Clinton in Baywood Dell should not be missed by the visitor to Green- wood, who will come away feeling that it is perhaps as satis- factory as any of the more pretentious memorials in the 122 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE cemetery. Others Interred here are Peter Cooper, Henry Ward Beecher, Henry George, Elias Howe, Robert Hoe, WilHam J. Florence, AHce and Phoebe Cary, James, WiUiam and Lester Wallack. There are about 325,000 persons buried in Greenwood. The Grant Statue. At Grant Sq. where Bergen St. crosses Bedford Ave. Of heroic size, this statue is worthy of the attention of tourists. It was presented to the city by the Union League Club, and stands in front of their splendid club house. It is in bronze, the work of Partridge, and represents General Grant in campaign dress, on his favorite horse as he appeared at the Battle of the Wilderness. The Navy Yard. On the Wallabout basin, an indentation of East River, where in Revolutionary days was moored the dreadful "J^^'sey," worst of the prison hulks. The yard is at the foot of York St., and may be reached from all parts of Brooklyn by electric cars, two lines crossing the bridge to Manhattan. This is the foremost naval station in the country, and its brick wall embraces a space of 45 acres in the yard proper, while 100 acres closely adjacent also belong to the establish- ment. The United States Naval Lyceum, founded by officers of the navy in 1833, is here. It has a fine library and a large collection of historical curiosities, together with valuable geo- logical and mineralogical cabinets. The Navy Yard consists of two portions separated by the deep bay of "the basin," or Wallabout, into which the dry- docks open. The peninsular part outside the basin is called the Cob Dock and forms an extensive park-like space, where musters and drills of sailors, marines, and recruits may be witnessed. The great yellow hulk, housed and permanently moored on the outer margin of the Cob Dock, is the old frigate "Vermont," which now forms a "receiving ship" (recruiting station). Among the big battleships built at this yard were the "Connecticut," in 1904, the "Florida" launched in 1910, the "New York" in 1912, and the Arkansas, both of the super- dreadnaught class. About 2,000 men are ordinarily employed at the yard. RICHMOND Staten Island. The Municipal ferry from New York lands at St. George, at the northern extremity of the island. The terminus of the Baltimore & Ohio's branch line is used exclusively as a freight-carrying route. St. George is also the RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 123 central station of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Railroad, which reaches all the shore villages of importance. Staten Island is hilly and contains many attractive spots and much excellent farming land. Its length is more than 13 miles, its greatest width 734; miles, and it has 13 miles of ocean frontage. Quaint old ports are scattered along the southern shore, and odd little villages throughout the interior. But interspersed everywhere are the modern and luxurious country residences of wealthy New Yorkers, who go back and forth daily. Richmond, the judicial seat of the island when it was Richmond County, is some distance from the railroad, but accessible by trolley cars from St. George. Sailor's Snug Harbor, an asylum for aged and infirm sea- men half a mile beyond New Brighton, is the outgrowth of a bequest made at the beginning of the last century by Captain Richard Randall, then a prominent member of the Marine Society of New York. The bequest consisted mainly of his farm, the southern boundary of which is the line of the present Astor place, Manhattan. The farm yielded the trustees about $40,000, which has been so carefully managed that the property now approaches $18,000,000 in value, and the in- come suffices to care for 1000 beneficiaries. About 750 pensioners are at present on the rolls, all of whom have seen a certain amount of actual service as sailors. A mortuary monurnent covering the remiains of the founder stands near the main entrance, and the bronze statue of Randall by Augus- tus St. Gaudens, in another part of the park, is one of the most satisfactory pieces of sculpture in the neighborhood of New York. Within the buildings, the visitor should take pains to see the workshops, where scores of cheerful old mariners sit in the sunshine, smoke their pipes, and work at plaiting baskets, mats, and other articles of straw, netting hammocks, fishnets, and tidies, and rigging toy models of painfully accurate schooners, brigs, and full-rigged ships. These articles are sold by them, and the more able and industrious make a considerable income in this way. The Sailor's Snug Harbor is as sunny and cheerful a refuge as can be found in the Union. Prohibition Park (Westerleigh). Reached by cars from St. George or Port Richmond, Prohibition Park is an exclusive community of persons primarily interested in the prohibition of intoxicating liquor as a beverage. A feature of the place is the great auditorium in which a summer program of lectures, exhibitions, conventions, and meetings is in progress from June to October, attracting a large number of visitors interested in various movements. 124 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE THE ISLANDS Ellis Island. A small island between the Statue of Liberty and the Communipaw shore. Hither all alien steerage passen- gers are transferred from the steamers in which they arrive, and before they can land must be examined as to their quali- fications for admission under the law and be fully recorded. If they are bound for some interior point they are put in charge of railway or steamship agents, and by them conducted to trains or steamers. Paupers, diseased persons, criminals, and contract laborers are sent back at the expense of the steamship companies. The Government endeavors to pro- tect the immigrant until he reaches his destination. A ferry boat (free) runs between the Battery and the Island every hour during working hours. Governor's Island (about a half-mile distant from the Battery) contained but 65 acres when purchased from tlie Indians by Governor Van Twiller in 1634. Recently it has been enlarged to 120 acres by the building of a sea wall and filling in. Here are located the headquarters of the eastern division of the army of the United States, with complete outfit for 100,000 men. Castle William, built in 1812, is now used as a military prison. BlackwelFs Island, 120 acres in area, lies in East River extending from 50th to 86th Sts. It is the site of the Metro- politan Hospital, the Workhouse for those convicted of minor ofi^enses, the City Home for the aged and infirm, the Peniten- tiary for those sentenced to less than a year, and the City Hospital. Randall's Island consisting of 100 acres, lies at the entrance to Harlem River. On it are the children's hospital, schools, and home, where waifs are cared for by the Charities Department, and the House of Refuge for the training of youthful delinquents. Swinburne Island is located in Lower Bay, 2 miles from the Narrows. Persons arriving from foreign countries with infectious diseases, such as typhus, yellow fever, bubonic plague, smallpox, and cholera, are disembarked here. The buildings are the hospitals, crematory, and physician's residence. Hoffman Island. Situated in Lower Bay, one mile from the Narrows, Hoffman Island is a place for the detention of well persons arriving on infected vessels, as well as for those suffering from minor infectious diseases. Infectious cases of a more serious nature are sent to Swinburne Island. Persons exposed to infection are held at Hoffman Island, and here ships are disinfected. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 125 LONG ISLAND COAST Coney Island proper, including West Brighton, is the most western, the oldest, most crowded, and most democratic part of the whole series of beaches popularly known as Coney Island. Everything that can be thought of for entertainment and penny-catching is here in its latest form. Out from the beach extend two long iron piers, with bathing houses, restaurants, and other accommodations beneath them, and here steamboats from New York land their passengers. The beach may also be reached by electric trolley cars. The bathing arrangements are good. West Brighton Beach is thronged with people of every kind from noon until midnight, and is most crowded on Sundays. Brighton. Brighton, half a mile east of West Brighton, is the favorite beach for Brooklyn people. Here is a huge hotel, which has been repeatedly moved back from the shore, out of the reach of the waves; the beautiful grounds have more than once been ruined by the gale and salt spray. The piazzas are so broad that 2000 persons at a time may sit at the tables placed on them, and still leave ample space for promenading; 20,000 meals may be given in a single day. The bathing houses are of great size and are conveniently arranged, but none of them obstructs the seaward view. An excellent vaude- ville show is the only amusement outside the hotel and bathing beach. Reached by elevated cars from Brooklyn Bridge and by trolley cars from Coney Island. Manhattan Beach. This resort, immediately east of Brighton Beach, is the favorite place for New Yorkers of the well-to-do class, and is undoubtedly the spot to which the visitor will return most often. Manhattan Beach is occupied by the buildings and grounds of two vast hotels, the Manhattan and the Oriental. The former is at the terminus of the railroad from New York and Brooklyn and nearest Brighton. The beach in front is pro- tected by a piled breakwater which supports a planked walk. Surrounding the hotel a broad space of lawns, flower beds and asphalted walks has been laid out and provided with a great number of park benches. Half a mile eastward, and con- nected with the Manhattan by a broad walk and series of lawns is the great Oriental Hotel, with its esplanade and bathing establishment. The beach is reached by steam and electric trolley cars. Rockaway. The next beach east of Coney Island (from which it is separated by the outlet of Jamaica Bay), is Rocka- 126 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE way. This Is one of the oldest seaside resorts on Long Island shore and may be reached either by the Long Island Railroad, by Brooklyn trolley cars, or by steamboat. ENVIRONS Yonkers, on the Hudson, joins the northern limits of New York. It has 90,000 citizens, a great part of whom come regularly to business In the metropolis. Mount Vernon. A city of 30,909 inhabitants, with stations on both the New York Central and the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroads. Mount Vernon covers the central hills east of Yonkers. It contains many beautiful drives. Westchester, the historic, is still farther south and east. Eastchester and Pelham are hamlets at the head of inlets from Long Island Sound, traversed by the Harlem River Branch of the New Haven Railroad. New Rochelle, a town of 28,867 inhabitants, 17 miles from Grand Central Terminal, on the New Haven Railroad, Is exceedingly pretty, and is popular with New Yorkers. It was settled In very early times by Huguenots, and preserves many Interesting relics of its colonial period. It may be reached by trolley via Mount Vernon. Jersey City. With a population of 267,779, Jersey City stretches from opposite the Statue of Liberty to the Hoboken line opposite the foot of Christopher St., Manhattan, and back to the Hackensack River Meadows. The water front Is for the most part In possession of railway and steamship companies. Behind the property of these companies are a great many factories, some of immense proportions. The lofty piles of the sugar refineries form a conspicuous group near the center of the city as one crosses from New York. A mile back from the river front the long, rocky ridge of Bergen Heights, a continuation of the Hudson Highlands, extends north and south In an elevated peninsula between New York and Newark bays, as far as the pretty village of Bergen Point. Upon this hill are many pleasant streets and some fine churches and schools. Electric trolley cars run to all parts of the city and to the neighboring cities, Including Newark, which may be reached by several lines. All of these trolley lines concentrate in a union station at the foot of Montgomery St., the landing place for the ferries from Cortlandt and Desbrosses Sts., New York. The Pennsylvania Railroad station Is at this ferry. RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 127 Hoboken. North of Jersey City the water front of Hoboken is Hned by the wharves of several great trans- Atlantic steamer lines, particularly those of the North German Lloyd and Hamburg-American Lines and by the station of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railway system. The ''Hoboken" ferries from West 23d, Christopher and Barclay Sts. land here. Here also is the terminus of the trolley lines which run to the hilltop and the Hudson County Court House and to other points. The population of Hoboken, 70,324, is chiefly German, and is largely devoted to manufacturing. The cit}/ has one distinctly American institution, however, in the Stevens Institute, which occupies a wooded promontory of rock jutting out into the river conspicuously and covered by a pretty park. This is a polytechnic and scientific school of high rank, founded by the late Commodore Stevens who equipped the "Stevens Battery," famous in the early days of the Civil War, and whose "castle" overtops the trees of what was formerly his estate. Weehawken, with a population of 11,228 is a small city north of Hoboken and under the hill, which here approaches the water more closely than at Hoboken. It was the scene of Revolutionary operations, and, here, a few years later, Alex- ander Hamilton and Aaron Burr fought the duel which cost Hamilton his life. Now it is known principally as the terminus of the West Shore and of the New York, Ontario & Western railroads. It is connected with 42d St. and Cortlandt St., New York, by ferries. On the summit of the lofty bluffs is a scattered German community, and there are pleasant strolling places along the wooded cliffs northward, which command a magnificent outlook far down the bay. This locality is reached from the ferry by an electric line, whose cars run to Hudson Heights and Fort Lee. Long Island. Brooklyn and Queens occupy but 12.5 per cent of the area of Long Island, which stretches 123 miles east and west, with a varying width of from 15 to 25 miles. It is the largest island on the eastern coast of the United States, having almost as great an area as the entire state of Delaware. The island has more than 400 miles of shore line and nearly 1000 miles of fine macadam roads. Its shores harbor the "Blue Point," and the famous "Rockaway" oyster, and the "Little Neck" clam. Along the roads of Hempstead Plains the Vander- bilt automobile races take their course. The island is at the same time the front dooryard to New York City and its market garden. It is claimed that the range of temperature on Long Island is less than at any other place in the United States except Corpus Christi, Eureka (Cal.), Galveston, and Key 128 RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE West. Western end of Long Island is gridironed with electric railways. From the Pennsylvania station on Manhattan Island and from the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge through trains are run to all principal points on the island. The south vshore contains the well-known resorts of Coney Island, Manhattan, and the Rockaway beaches, Edgemere, Arverne, Long Beach, Babylon, Bay Shore, Islip, and Blue Point. Atlantic Highlands. A village on Sandy Hook, with several hotels. There is much of picturesque and historic interest in the neighborhood. Reached by the Sandy Hook steamers. Long Branch. Long Branch includes sections known as Elberon, West End, Holly Wood, Norwood, Branchport, East Long Branch, North Long Branch, and Pleasure Bay. There are about 40 hotels, with ample accommodations. Frequent trains via the Pennsylvania, the Central Railroad of New Jersey, and the Sandy Hook steamers (New York to Sandy Hook, thence rail) connect New York and Long Branch, and there is splendid river boat service eight months in the year. An electric line connects Long Branch with practically all the resorts along the northern shore of New Jersey. Asbury Park, located on the North Jersey Coast fifty miles south of New York, is the social center of a chain of twenty notable resorts extending from Sandy Hook to Sea Girt. It has all the best attractions of every other seaside resort in America, but stands alone for its marvelous com- bination of country and seashore. Three fresh-water lakes afford all the delights of canoeing. Its great stretch of ocean front is bordered by one of the finest promenades in the world. Seven beaches of soft, clean sand give health and delight to thousands. Especially for children is Asbury Park a paradise, its free pavilions and recreation pier forming a popular feature. At the Arcade one of the best bands plays twice daily. In the Casino high-class theatricals are a nightly feature, while at the Auditorium at Ocean Grove, seating thousands, oratorios and concerts are given all summer by a permanent chorus of one thousand voices and orchestra of sixty-five, and the most powerful organ in the world. Many of the stars of Grand Opera and the best musical organizations of America can be heard there. The features herewith pictured prove Asbury Park to be one of the most wonderful seaside resorts of the new century. It is reached all rail by the Pennsylvania system and the Central Railroad of New Jersey; by the express steamers and trains of the Sandy Hook Route. Excursion fare, unlimited RAND McNALLY NEW YORK GUIDE 129 ticket, good on all routes, >1.75. One hundred trains, vestibuled and ; irlor car service, each lay. 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Including MOUNT VERNON and ARLINGTON. Illustrated. Maps, Plans. Paper cover, 25 cts. HUDSON RIVER With Sectional Maps of River and Illustrations. Revised Edition. Paper cover, 25 cts. SOUVENIR GUIDE TO CHICAGO A Compendium of Reliable Information for Shoppers and Sight- seers Desiring to Visit the Stores and Manufacturing Districts, and the Points of Special Interest in the City and its Immediate Suburbs, w^ith Complete Index, Maps, Plans and Illustrations. Pocket Form. Paper cover, 25 cts. Complete City Railway and Street Number Guide. Flexible Board covers, 25 cts. Cloth, 50 cts. Leather, $1.00. THROUGH THE CHICAGO STOCK YARDS A Handy Guide to the Great Packing Industry. Fully Illustrated. Paper cover, 25 cts. PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS One Hundred and Twenty-five Photographic Viev/s of Chicago, Paper cover, 25 cts. Cloth, 50 cts. Pictorial Chicago. Cloth, $1.50. RAND McNALLY & COMPANY NEW YORK CHICAGO The Lincoln Hotel Tenth and "H" Streets, N. W. - Washington, D. C. A Strictly First Class House! Very quiet location, but within one square of the heart of the business section. Convenient to all places of amusement and electric street car lines. All outside rooms; running hot and cold water in every room; all large rooms have private bath in room. American and European Plans American, $2.00 to $2.50 per day. European, $1.00 to $2.00 per day. Reduced rates, June, July and August. Special auto rates. Take Taxicab at depot at our expense — have driver collect at Hotel office. Special attention given ladies visiting Washington alone. C. S. HYATT, Proprietor BREVOORT HOTEL 330 ROOMS Madison Street, East of La Salle CHICAGO FIREPROOF Famed for unusual attention to details of promoting the comfort of patrons RATES Single, detached bath $1.50 and $2.00 Single, private bath $2.50 and $3.00 Two persons 3.00 and 3.50 Two persons 4.00 and 5.00 1-1-19 Laurence R. Adams, Secretary and Manager "Business as Usual" New Morrison Hotel "The Hold ef Perfect Service" Boston Oyster House " The Best "Place to Eat." WHILE busily rebuilding the second section (cor. Clark and IVIadison) of the New Morrison, the first section gives its " Perfect Service" for which it is famous. No noise, dust or confusion penetrates from the construction work to the present structure where "business is as usual." The only indulgence we ask of our patrons is to order your accommodations as much in advance as possible to avoid disappointment. "In the Heart of the Chicago Loop Clark and Madison Streets Personal Management of Harry C. Moir >> RELIABLE FARM MORTGAGES WISCONSIN-NORTH bAKOTA-MONTANA 29 Years Experience Without Loss to a Client Members Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association of America "D 1 7\/r AV/"'11' r^ 617 Caswell Blk. ±5rusn-iVic Williams Co. Milwaukee :: wis. Write /or Attractive List New ^Ri^&i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii IV he re Home Comforts for Gentle Folk and Good IVholesome Table at Reasonable Prices Prevail llilllllllllllllllllllllllll American Plan Room, Private Bath and Meals Included DAVID H. & WM. J. KNOTT MAXIMUM rates ; 1 ^|gi8fJs*l7% PER DAY Special Rates to Permanent Guests THE HOLLEY, WASHINGTON SQ. WEST HOTEL LE MARQUIS, 12 EAST 31st STREET THE VAN RENSSELAER, 11th ST. AND Fl FTH AVENUE THE BERKELEY, 9th ST. AND 5th AVE. THE EARLE, WASHINGTON SQ. NORTH THE IRVING, - - 26 GRAMERCY PARK THE JUDSON, WASHINGTON SQ. SOUTH Write for Reservations • o J\ jL J-4 Jr^ d ila O • • MODERN CLASSICAL BIBLICAL Complete ^cts. to 00 Accurate THE MORE IMPORTANT ARE LIBRARY ATLAS OF THE WORLD AND THE COMMERCIAL ATLAS OF AMERICA SEND FOR CATALOG RAND McNALLY & CO CHICAGO NEW YORK The Classic Car "CLASS IN EVERY LINE" We want a live agent in every city in the United States and to a limited number of substantial dealers we offer an excep- tional business opportunity. We are closing contracts for territory but can still accommo- date a few high-grade dealers who are prepared to act at once. The ** Classic'* is designed by the well-known fi|rm of Auto- mobile Engineers, Reed & Glaser, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and is being assembled at the plant of the Classic Motor Car Cor- poration in Chicago. It is built along the lines of the advance 1917 models, and is fully guaranteed. Equipment of the ** Classic*' is electric self-starter, electric headlights with dimming switch, electric tail light, electric horn w^ith button on steering head, speedometer with trip and season odometer, rain-vision ventilating plate-glass windshield. Rear tire irons, extra demountable rim, one-man top with jiffy curtains and slip cover; Stewart-Warner Vacuum System with 15-galIon tank mounted in the rear integral with the rear tire irons. Nickel bump rod on front of frame. High pressure grease and oil gun; full set of tools, t're pump, jack and repair kit. The well-known Lycoming Motor, the "Dyne to" Two-Unit Starting and Lighting System with the Bendix Drive; front and rear springs semi-elliptic; rear axle " Gemco " full floating type with ball and roller bearings; demountable rims; tires 32 x 4; wheel base I 1 4 inches. For full information as to terms, address Classic Motor Car Corporation Chicago 1-1-19 UNION PACIFIC I HOTEL M^ALPIN Broadway at 34th Street NEW YORK CITY A supreme building accomplishment and one ideal — Perfect Service The pre-eminence of this great in* stitution is emphasized by ITS LOCATION— The incoming traveller finds it easy of access f^oni all terminals (only one block from the Pennsylvania Station). Within easy distance are located the largest stores and the most ex- clusive shops, as v^ell as the thea- tres and other places of aniusement. ITS COMPREHENSIVENESS— There are club rooms for both men and women, Turkish baths, a swimming pool and hospital. There are banquet rooms, ball rooms and private dining rooms for large or small gatherings. The lounging rooms, writing rooms and corridors are spacious, yet very home-like. In short, from Rathskeller to Roof Garden throughout. twenty-six floors of modern conveniences, the McAlpin ministers to the comfort and happiness of its patrons. The McAlpin Restaurants deserve their international reputation. It is the intention of the Manage- ment that each patron shall enjoy to the highest possible degree Per- fect INDIVIDUAL Attention and Service. Sooner or later you will go to New York: Remember The McAlpin. Rates notable for their moderation* Management L. M. BOOMER 'r 4> ^- <^ f 2 2 ^' oKB!#a>3 ti > 1*1 Ml itU*' 1 ■■''■"■'''' I I'Uti in.f ' ' 1 -Vl"'! '! i l.l.li |,llj^( 1 1 iiitii.itu'tu'mnH LIBRARY OF CONGRESS • 012 609 383 4 fl^lJMIHlllllIM S'llaiii'