(W^* P AR| C Av»- Hotel. Ex ffitbrtfi SEYMOUR DURST -f ' "Tort nteuw ^imjisrdam oj> J? Manhatans 'When you leave, please leave this book Because it has been said "Sver'tbincj comes t' him who waits Except a loaned book." Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Librar Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Class AA N1 9Z\ 5 EW YORK IN SUMMER. No other city offers such countless attractions in summer as New York. Surrounded on all sides by water, warm nights are rare. At sundown during the hottest weather a sea breeze springs up which makes the nights cool and comfortable. The city hotels are not full in summer and travelers can be accommodated much better than at the crowded seaside resorts, and at much less expense. No other place offers such a great variety of excursions by river, harbor, sound or ocean, or at such reasonable prices. If you wish to pass a few days comfortably in the hottest weather, stop at the Park Avenue Hotel. The massive walls, high ceil ngs, large windows, spacious rooms and corridors, beautiful courtyard with music, fountain and flowers, are some of the features that make the Park Avenue Hotel more de- sirable than any other Hotel in the city. Do not forget that it is abso- lutely fire-proof and the most substantially built of any Hotel in the world. ENTRAL PARK, the most beautiful in America, extends from 59th to 110th Streets, and from Fifth to Eighth Avenues, making it z x /i miles long by a y 2 mile wide, and covering 862 acres. What was thirty years ago a dreary region, covered with ledges, swamps and woods, dotted here and there with miserable shanties, has since been transformed by nature and the aid of man into a veritable paradise. Beautiful lakes, fine drive-ways, picturesque knolls, and lawns of velvet are now to be seen. Foot and bridle paths twine around the rocky ledges, and through the groves of stately trees, while fine architecture and monuments of art and interest are seen almost everywhere. The fountain shown on the opposite page is called the Bethesda Fountain ; it was made at Munich from a design by Emma Stebbins, representing a lily-bearing angel descending and blessing the outflowing water. Adjoining is a beautiful lake of 20 acres which is used for boating in Summer and skating in Winter. HE Bowery, showing the Third Avenue Elevated and various Surface Railroads. IFTH AVENUE (from 26th Street, looking north), is the Belgravia of the American Metropolis, with its gorgeous club houses, magnificent churches, and homes of incalculable wealth and splendor. r ; fijP^j^ RAND Stairway and Terrace at the north end of the Mall in Central Park. ROOKLYN BRIDGE, spanning the East River, an I connecting the cities of New York and Brooklyn, is 5 989 feet long and 89 feet wide. The arch in the center is 135 feet above the water, allowing ordinary vessels to pass beneath. This wonderful piece of work, the finest in the world, was completed in 1883, at a cost of about $15,000,000. The f& piers are 272 feet above the river, and wire enough was used in the ^ cables to stretch nearly half way around the world. The bridge can be easily reached by the Fourth Avenue Street Cars, which pass the door of the Park Avenue Hotel. HE WASHINGTON' BRIDGE, which crosses the Harlem River at 181st Street, is 2,400 feet long by 80 feet wide, and is built of steel, iron, and stone. The two central arches are each 510 feet span, and 135 feet above high water mark. It cost about $2,700,000. ARK AVENUE HOTEL, NEW YORK. On Park (4th) Avenue, from 3 2d to 33d Streets, was built by the late A. T. k . ^ Stewart, at a cost, including land, of over $3,000,000. It is the largest **- i^Yjj^ ' absolutely fire-proof Hotel in the city. The new proprietors have expended $150,000 in alterations, improvements and additions to the building and furniture. In order to run the house on American and European plans a large restaurant for ladies and gentlemen and two smaller ones for gentlemen have been added. A spacious main entrance, a new office, and a new entrance for ladies are some of the improvements. There are 500 newly furnished and decorated rooms, arranged en suite or single, with or without baths, and all well lighted, ventilated, heated by steam, and supplied with hot and cold running water. The corridors are of unusual width and connect with five iron (fire proof) stairways. The location is in the immediate vicinity of the Grand Central Depot, the retail shopping district and places of amusement, and within a short ride of the wholesale houses. The Fourth Avenue Car Line passes the door direct from the Grand Central Depot, and intersects all cross town lines from the various ferries and depots. It is expected that the new cross town road in 29th Street will soon be running. A fine armory is being built on Fourth Avenue, opposite the Hotel. The Hotel is run in a first-class manner and at popular prices. Rooms with board, $3.50 per day and upwards; rooms without board, $1.00 per day and upwards. Baggage transferred to and from the Grand Central Depot and Long Island Railroad free of charge. Wm. H. Earle. WM. H. EARLE & SON, Proprietors Arthur G. Earle. of Earle's Hotel from 1861 to 1872. of 1 2 pieces, so popular with the Elite of New York and Newport, under the management of Carl Berger, is engaged to play in the Park Avenue Hotel Court Yard, during June, September and October, and later in the season in the Grand Saloon. ALL Street and Trinity Church. Wall Street is the great financial center of the Metropolis. The New York Stock Exchange, Custom House, and the Sub-Treasury are located here. Trinity Church located on Broadway, at the head of Wall Street, is the richest parish in America, having a revenue of over $500,000 a year. It was founded in 1697. The building was burned in 1776, and rebuilt in 1778. The present structure was completed about 1846. It is of Gothic design with rich interior, carved Gothic columns, etc. The spire is accessible by stairway; is 284 feet high and contains a melodious chime of bells. OUTH Street, bordering on the East River, with its forests of masts, is where the large sailing craft from all parts of the world receive and discharge their cargoes. HE OBELISK in Central Park is of granite, is 70 feet high, and weighs 200 tons. It was erected in the Temple of Or, Egypt, about 3,500 years ago by Thutmas III. King of Egypt, and is covered with hieroglyphics representing his campaigns and titles ; also those of his descendent, Rameses II. After standing for centuries before the Temple of the Sun, at Heleapolis, it was removed to Alexandria, and in 1877 was presented to the City of New York by the Khedive Ismail Pasha. The late Wm. H. Vanderbilt paid for its transportation and placing in position in Central Park. HF, new Armory opposite the Park Avenue Hotel will be occupied by the 71st Regiment, N. G., S. N. Y. and the 2d Battery. It will also be the head- quarters of the 1 st Brigade and Signal Corps. The dimensions are 200 by 237 feet, and cost, including land, $780,000. Building was designed by J. R. Thomas. IFTH AVENUE, near 51st and 52c! Streets, showing the magnificent brown stone palaces of Mrs. Wm. H. Vanderbilt and her daughters, Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard, and Mrs. W. 1). Sloane. On the northwest corner of 5 2d Stieet is the beautiful French chateau of Win. K. Vanderbilt, with its rich carvings, in white stone. TATUE of "Liberty Enlightening the World," is on Bedloe's Island, in New York Harbor. The figure is made of copper, and is 151 feet high. The pedestal on which it stands is 155 feet high. It was modelled by Bartholdi, a French sculptor, and was presented by the French people to the United States. In the upraised hand is a torch lighted by electricity, and in the other hand the constitution. The statue and pedestal cost $1,000,000. The trip across the Bay is a delightful one, and can be made for a reasonable price. IEW of Park Avenue from the Park Avenue Hotel, showing the Grand Central Rail Road Station at the north end. Park Avenue is the extension of Fourth Avenue, and is one "of the finest residence streets in the city, it being lined on either side by beautiful homes and church edifices, and having small parks through the center the entire length of the avenue. '^^^ RAND ENTRANCE, Stairway and Office of the Park Avenue Hotel The main entrance and office has been enlarged and changed into a spacious and attractive room, in keeping with the rest of the house, and showing the massive iron staircase, the finest in the city. The floors of all public rooms are laid with mosaic tiling and the wall and ceilings handsomely finished in the Stero-relief decorations, artistically tinted and relieved with bronzes and gold leaf. A new entrance for ladies, with iron awning extending to the street curb, and a special elevator, have been added. ETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, in Central Park, near Fifth Avenue and 83d Street, is built of brick and granite, in the modern Gothic style, and is 218 by 95 feet. It is open free on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays ; on other days 25 cents admission is charged. It may be reached by the Fourth Avenue Street Cars to 83d Street and Madison Avenue. Several hours could be pleasantly spent in viewing the many objects of interest and works of art to be seen here. RAND CENTRAL DEPOT, the largest and finest passenger station in America, is located on 42d Street and Park Avenue, only about three minutes ride in the Fourth Avenue Street Cars to the Park Avenue Hotel. It is used jointly by the New York Central and Hudson River, the Harlem and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroads. All Park Avenue Hotel baggage transferred to and from this Station free of charge. VIEW of Broadway, adjoining the City Hall Park looking north. ROOKLYN BRIDGE. There are three modes of travel on the Brooklyn Bridge ; consisting of an elevated center promenade, thirteen feet wide, on each side of which are railroad tracks for passenger cars propelled by cables. Outside of the railroad tracks are the roadways for vehicles. A charge of one cent is made for pedestrians, and three cents for car fare. A walk across this grand structure on a pleasant day, with its magnificent views of the two great cities and of the beautiful river and harbor, will long be remembered. The entrance to the New York end of the Bridge is on Park Row, opposite the City Hall, and can be reached by the Fourth Avenue Street Cars, or the Third Avenue Elevated Road. EW YORK POST OFFICE is located at the junction of Broadway and Park Row. The building is of granite and cost nearly $7,000,000. The business of this office the largest in the United States, and yields an annual profit of is about $3,000,000. HE MALL, in Central Park, is the main promenade, and is about a quarter of a mile long, and 200 feet wide. Double rows of elms border it, with lawns on one side and a rocky ridge on the other. Here may be found the statues of Scott, Shakespeare, Burns, Fitz Green Halleck, Beethoven, and other memorials. The music pavilion is located at the north end where band music is given on pleasant afternoons. HE Menagerie, located about the old Arsenal, in Central Park, is a place of interest for old and young. A great variety of wild animals, rare birds, poisonous reptiles, and mischievous monkeys, are to be seen there, free of charge. The Fourth A venue Street Car Line, passing the Park Avenue Hotel, will take you to the corner of 65th Street and Madison Avenue, one short block of the entrance. ITY HALL PARK and Printing House Square. The City Hall was erected in 1803, in what was then the outskirts of the city; for that reason the front was built of white marble and the back of brown stone, as the authorities of ninety years ago fancied that the city would never grow beyond it. Printing House Square on the East side of the park, contains most of the great newspaper buildings of New York. The one on the left being the " World," the next the "Tribune," and next, the "Times." The "Sun," "Mail and Express," and "Journal" are also located here. OURT YARD of the Park Avenue Hotel. The interior court covers nearly 14,000 square feet, and contains evergreen trees, flower beds, and a beautiful fountain sparkling under the electric light at night. On two sides are spacious piazzas where guests in summer can be served with all the delicacies of the season while they listen to the delightful strains of music. All inside rooms open on the court making them as desirable as those in front. IGH BRIDGE is a massive granite structure, crossing the Harlem River at 175th Street. It is 1,450 feet long, and supported by 15 high arched piers. It was built in 1842, to carry the large iron pipes which supply the city with Croton water. Take the Harlem train of the Sixth Avenue Elevated Railroad at the station corner of 33d Street and Broadway, near Park Avenue Hotel. >enue Hotel. OW to reach the Park Avenue Hotel by street railroads, from depots and landings. New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, New York and Harlem Railroad, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, New York and New England Railroad, all run into the Grand Central Depot, 43d Street and Fourth Avenue Take Fourth Avenue Street Car, about three minutes" ride to Hotel door. Baggage transfer; ed free of charge. Erie Railroad. Depot, Jersey City. Ferries, foot of Chambers or West 23d Streets. Take 23d Street cars to Fourth Avenue, and Fourth Avenue cars to Hotel. Pennsylvania Railroad. Depot, Jersey City. Ferries, foot of Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets. Take Desbrosses Ferry; Grand Street cross-town line of cars to Bowery, and Fourth Avenue line to Hotel. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Depot, Jersey City. Ferry, foot of Liberty Street. Take Sixth Avenue Elevated Road, Cortlandt Street Station to 33d Street station, near Hotel. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. Depot, Hoboken. Ferry, foot cf Christopher Street. Take Eighth Street Car to Fourth Avenue and Fourth Avenue line to Hotel. Central Railroad of New Jersey. Depot, Jersey City. Ferry, foot of Liberty Street. Take Sixth Avenue Elevated Road at Cortlandt Street, to 33d Street station, near Hotel. West Shore Railroad, Depots Jersey City and Weehawken, Ferries West 426. Street and Jay Street. Take 42d Street Ferry, 426. Street cars to 4th Avenue and Fourth Avenue line to Hotel. Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. Depot, foot of Liberty Street. Take Sixth Avenue Elevated Road at Cortlandt Street, to 33d Street station, near Hotel. Long Island Railroad Depot, Hunter's Point. Ferry, East 34th Street. Take 34th Street car from Ferry to Hotel. Baggage transferred from this Ferry free. N. Y., Ontario and Western Railroad Depot, Weehawken. Ferry, West 42d Street. Take 42d Street road to Fourth Avenue and Fourth Avenue road to Hotel. 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