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New York Life Insurance Company's Building, 346 & 348 Broadway, New York.
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tail trade here fills all the stores, and the character of the crowds on the walks changes rapidly. The book stores increase in number and the shop windows begin to make displays of marvelous attractiveness. What was once the famous A. T. Stewart & Co.'s immense iron store, occupying the entire square on the east side of Broadway between 9th and 10th streets, makes a most imposing show. It is now occupied by Sylvester, Hilton & Co., and E. J. Denning & Co. Rival stores
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spread their varied charms on every side and throngs of shoppers fill the sidewalks. This is the beginning of the retail trade and the grand entrance to the court end of the town. Some of the most famous in- stitutions, libraries, theaters and places of resort are in this neighbor- hood, and the dwellings of the people begin to fill the cross-streets. Grace Church, built in 1845, and a fine specimen of church architec- ture, stands near the corner of 10th street, and makes a fit ending to this part of the Broadway vista. The views both up and down the great avenue are fine. From this corner Broadway turns slightly to the west of north. At 11th street is the St. Denis Hotel and restaurant, and Methodist Mission building. Both sides of the way are lined with stores devoted to pictures, music, dry goods, furniture, fancy goods, and aught else heart could wish or money buy. The Star Theater, on the corner of East 13th street, once Wallack's, and after- wards the Germania, is the first of the up-town and high-class thea-
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Methodist Book Concern's Building, Cor, Broadway and 11th Street, New York.
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ters, and at the next block, on the west corner of Broadway and 14th street, is the tall iron building of the Domestic Sewing Machine Co.
UNION SQUARE, AND FOURTEENTH STREET.
This Square extends from East 14th street to East 17th street. Fourth avenue makes its eastern boundary and Broadway follows its western side. In the center is an oval planted with grass and trees and ornamented with a fountain. On 14th street, to the east, is the equestrian statue of Washington, and on the west the bronze statue of Lincoln. Union Square was once the residence of the more fash- ionable people. It is now invaded by stores aud hotels and is de- voted to business. On entering the Square from Broadway the Union Square Theater and the Morton House Hotel may be found on 14th street, a few doors to the east. A few steps beyond Fourth avenne, on 14th street, is the white marble fa ade of Steinway & Son's piano- forte warerooms; the Academy of Mu ie on the corner of Irving Place, and still beyond, Tammany Hall, both of them buildings celebrated in their way.
From Broad way to Sixth avenue, 14th street, with its broad avenue and elegant array of milliners'and dry goods stores, scores of sidewalk vend- ors and rich toilets, presents one of the most animated scenes of the city. At the corner of Sixth avenue is the immense emporium of R. H. Macy & Co., which has been compared to the Bon Marché of Paris. On the west side of the Square, just above 14th street, is the Spingler Block, in which is Brentano's famous news agency, and on the corner of 15th street is Tiffany & Co.'s great iron store, a vast museum of silverware, jewelry and articles of elegance. Music stores and artistic china and glassware establishments abound on this block. On Fourth avenue, on the corner of 15th street, is the Union Square Hotel. Fur- ther on is the Singer Manufacturing Co.'s building, several good table d'hôte restaurants, and the Westmoreland, an elegant family hotel. Diagonally opposite, on the north side of the Square, on the corner of 17th street, the Everett House. One of the most prominent buildings on the Square is the fine brick edifice occupied by Worthington & Smith, The Century Co., and others. On this north side of the Square is a broad plaza for reviewing troops, etc. Beyond Union Square Broadway continues in a north-westerly direction, and is crowded with stores of every variety. The great dry-goods establishments of Arnold, Constable & Co., on the corner of 19th street, and Lord &
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Fleischmann's,
VIENNA MODEL BAKERY AND CAFÉ,
Broadway cor. 10th Street.
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Taylor, on the corner of 20th, and J. & C. Johnson, on the corner of 22d streets, the massive brick and iron building of the W. & J. Sloane Co., the Continental Hotel, the Cumberland and other flats make this part of Broadway very attractive and equal to any street of its charac-
LORD AND TAYLOR'S RETAIL STORE, Cor. Broadway and 20th St.
ter in the world. At 21st and 22d streets are the Aberdeen and St. Germain flats, and the large clothing store of Brooks Brothers. At 23d street Broadway crosses Fifth avenue and skirts the western side of
MADISON SQUARE.
This open space, liberally supplied with trees, lawns and walks, makes one of the most attractive and striking features of New York. On the east is the famous Madison avenue, the home of wealth and refinement. Broadway touches its south-west corner, and the grand Fifth avenue, known half round the world, forms its western side. East 23d and East 25th streets make its southern and northern limits.
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FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL, Madison Square, Fifth Avenue and 23d Street, Worth Monument.
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On every side may be seen hotels that are palaces, club-houses costly beyond description, and churches and private dwellings that would be an honor to any city. Long vistas open up and down three of the most remarkable streets in the country, while the life, animation and variet - offered at every moment bewilder and charm the intelli- gent observer. At the south-west corner of the Square, at the junc- tion of Broadway and Fifth avenue and 23d street, stands the great marble pile of the Fifth Avenue Hotel. On the corner of 24th street stands the well-known Albemarle Hotel, and at 25th street is the cele- brated Hoffman House, where may be seen Bougereau's splendid painting, Nymphs and Satyr, which the clerks will tell you is valued at $30,000. In the south-west corner of the park is the statue of W. H. Seward, modeled by Randolph Rogers, erected in 1876. At the north-west corner is the statue of Admiral Farragut by A. St. Gaudens, perhaps the most artistic work of its kind in the city. At the trian- gle between Broadway, Fifth avenue and 24th street, stands the stone shaft erected by the city to the memory of General Worth. Immedi- ately behind it is the palatial building of the New York Club. From this point Broadway continues north-westerly towards Sixth avenue. Concerning the other buildings on the eastern and northern sides of Madison Square, more may be found under the head of " Fifth Ave- nue " and "Madison Avenue," on another page. Continuing up Broadway we find a number of first-class stores, and pass Worth House at 25th street, the St. James' Hotel. on the corner of West 26th street. Between 27th and 28th streets, on the east side of Broadway, is the Crittenden Hctel. On the south-east corner of 27th street is the gigantic Victoria Family Hotel, one of the most lofty and palatial structures in the country. On the north-west corner is the Coleman House. A few steps west of Broadway, on 28th street, is the fashin- able Fifth Avenue Theater. On the east side of Broadway, above 28th street, is the Sturtevant House, and on the corner of 29th street rises the towering front of the Gilsey House. At 30th street is the new Wallack's Theater, and on the corner of 31st street is the well-known Grand Hotel. Beyond are the Winchester and Rensselaer apartment houses. Near 30th street is Daly's Theater, formerly Wood's Museum. At 32d street is the Sloane apartment house, and opposite the Standard Theater. Just beyond is the Parker House, with one of the best res- taurants in the city. At 34th street Broadway crosses Sixth avenue, and at the base of the triangular park between the two streets at 32d
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ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, 5TH AVENUE AND 50TH STREET.
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street. is the beautiful marble building of the Dime Savings Bank. On the corner of West 34th street stands the imposing Broadway 'Iab- ernacle, Rev. Dr. Taylor, Pastor. The New Park Theater is at 35th street, and nearly opposite is the Armory of the 71st Regiment. At 38th street is the new Hotel Normandie, and at 39th street is the ele- gant apartment house Elite. At 39th street is the Casino, one of the handsomest theaters in the city, specially suited for summer enter- ainments. From 39th to 40th streets, reaching to Seventh avenue, is the Metropolitan Opera House, spoken of elsewhere. Near by, in 40th street, is the Hotel Vondome, and on the corner is the Cosmopol- itan Theater. At 42d street are the St. Cloud and Rossmore Hotels, and at 43d the Barrett House. The Albany, Saratoga, and Newport are on the corners of West 52d street. the Rockingham at West 56th, and the Paris at West 57th street, all flats or family hotels. Other of the fashionable apartment houses on Broadway are the Beaconsfield at 31st street, the Interlaken at 38th street. the Strathmore at 52d street, the Irvington at 53d street, and the Clermont and the Windsor at 54th street. At West 59th street Broadway touches Eighth avenue and ends at the circle and the Boulevard. Here is one of the en- trances to Central Park, and the neighborhood is rapidly becoming one of the great fashionable centers of the city. The Grand Boule- vard Hotel occupies the block between Eighth avenue aud Broadway, and makes a fit ending to this remarkable street. Beyond this, the Boulevard. a wide avenue handsomely laid out. continues along the west side of the city, and over the heights of the Hudson, to Spuyten Duyvil Creek and into Westchester County.
FIFTH AVENUE.
Next to Broadway this is the most important and interesting street in New York. It is a broad, straight street, beginning at Washington Square in Waverley Place, and extending in a northerly direction, past the east side of Central Park, to Mount Morris Park, in Harlem. It is closely built up as far as 79th street, and beyond this point is be- ing rapidly occupied. It already represents several miles of costly and elegant residences and churches, and is the one grand street to visit even if nothing else is seen in the city. It presents a charming suc- cession of fine buildings, and an endless procession of people, and: turnouts rivaling anything of the kind in the world. Beginning at Washington Square the first building of interest seen is the Brevoort
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House, on the N. E. corner of 8th street, one of the most elegant ho- tels in New York. It is celebrated for its quiet and refined surround- ings, the superior excellence of the cuisine department, and the cul- tivated class of patrons it attracts.
At 9th street is the Berkeley, a large family hotel, and on the N. W. corner of 10th street is the Church of the Ascension, Rev. E. Winches- ter Donald, Rector, and on the opposite corner is the "Grosvenor," an apartment house. On the west side of the avenue, between 11th and 12th streets, is the First'Presbyterian Church. On the S. E. corner of 13th street the Hanover flats, and on the S. W. corner of 15th street is the Manhattan Club Building. Close by, on 15th street, is the fine building of the New York Hospital. At the N. W. corner of 18th street
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is the new Chickering Music Hall, and Chickering & Son's piano-forte warerooms. At 19th street is the rear entrance of Arnold & Constable's great store. Between 19th and 20th streets are Cottier's Art Rooms. At 21st street is the South Ref. Dutch Church, of which Rev. Roderick Terry is Pastor. The Union Club House is on the N. W. corner and the Lotus Club House opposite on the N. E. corner of 21st street. Be- tween 21st and 22d streets are the Glenham Hotel and Kohn's Art Rooms, and at 22d street are the Cumberland flats. At 22d street is the
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Art Gallery of Knoedler & Co., formerly Goupil's. At 23d street Fifth avenue crosses Broadway, and touches the west side of Madison Square. The celebrated Fifth Avenue Hotel occupies the corner of 23d street, and at the S. W. corner of 26th street, just beyond Worth Monument, is Delmonico's famous catering establishment, while diagonally opposite, on the N. E. corner, is its rival, the Brunswick.
The Victoria Hotel presents a fine front on Fifth avenue, at the cor- ner of West 27th street, and beyond, on the opposite side, is a new building devoted to apartments for bachelors. There are very few stores on Fifth avenue. The street is given up to the residences of the more wealthy people of the city. The street is lined with trees, and each block seems to rival the others in richness of material and profusion and splendor of architectural ornamentation. The church cn the corner of West 29th street is the Fifth Avenue Duteh Reformed. The small stone church on the corner of East 35th street is Christ's Church. At the corner of West 37th street is the Briek Church, be- longing to the Presbyterian denomination. Fifth avenue here climbs the gentle elevation known as Murray Hill, and affords a magnificent exhibition of New York wealth and luxury. The beautiful churches, costly residences, and palatial hotels, that for the next mile line the streets, present asight rarely met with in the world. The most wealthy and noted families of the city live hereabouts. The two brick houses on the west side of the street, and between West 33d and 34th streets, are the residences of the Astor family. The great white marble palace on the north-west.corner of West 34th street is the residence of the late Mr. Alexander T. Stewart, and at the north-east corner of 39th street is the Union League Club House. On the west side, between 40th and 42d streets, is the massive stone Croton Reservoir, and on the south-east corner of 42d street is the Columbia Bank. The north-west corner is occupied by the Bristol family hotel. At the corner of East 43d street stands the beautiful Jewish Temple. This building, with its double towers and profuse and elaborate decorations, stands in high contrast to the Christian churches. At the corner of West 45th street is the plain brown stone church, made famous through the elo- quence of its late pastor, Rev E. H. Chapin, now under the pastorate of the Rev. Charles H. Eaton. The single tower just above East 45th street marks the entrance to the beautiful church known as the Church of the Heavenly Rest. Just beyond, and filling the front of block be- tween 46th and 47th streets, stands the celebrated Windsor Hotel, one
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WINDSOR HOTEL, FIFTH AVENUE, AND 46TH STREET, NEW YORK.
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or the most elegant and costly hotels in the world. At the corner of West 48th street is the highly ornate and striking Dutch Reformed Church, Rev. Edward B. Coe, Pastor, and at the corner of 50th street is the new Buckingham Hotel. Filling the entire space between 50th and 51st streets is the immense St. Patrick's Cathedral, the largest and finest edifice of the kind in America. Though unfinished, it is a marvel of architectural beauty, and if the visitor sees nothing else in New York, this will amply repay the trouble of a visit. To understand its vast size and to see all its wonderful beauty, the visitor should walk round the Square and view every side. Between 51st and 52d streets, on west side, are the brown stone residences of the Vander- bilt family. On the north-west corner of 52d street is that of Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt. The next church on Fifth avenue is St. Thomas' Church, at the corner of 53d street. Adjoining it is the new's built house of Dr. Seward Webb, Mr. W. H. Vanderbilt's son-in-law. At the Square, between 54th and 55th streets, stand the buildings of St. Luke's Hospital, and on the corner of 55th street is the new Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, better known as Dr. Hall's. On corner of 57th street is the elegant residence of Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt. From this point to 59th street, Fifth avenue is lined with a number of remarkably fine private residences, and there the grand avenue touches Central Park, at the Scholars' Gate. On 59th street, west of the avenue, are the Boston, Lorimer and other fine flats, and the Charlier Institute. Beyond this, the avenue keeps on the east side of the Park, and ulti- mately reaches Harlem River. The avenue is not wholly built up, and north of 69th street presents few objects of interest, except the many elegant residences and the Lenox Library, between 70th and 71st streets.
MADISON AND LEXINGTON AVENUES.
Though these avenues are not classed among the great avenues, as they are somewhat shorter. they rank next to Fifth avenue in interest and importance for residences. Madison avenue begins at East 23d street, at the southern end of Madison Square, and extends north be- tween Fourth and Fifth avenues to Harlem. Lexington avenue, in- cluding Irving Place, begins at East 14th street and extends north between Fourth and Third avenues to Harlem River. They are, as it were, extra avenues between the great, wide avenues, and both are more or less occupied by the residences of the more wealthy people. Madison avenue has a number of fine churches that may be briefly
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pointed out in order, beginning at Madison Square. The first is the Madison Square Presbyterian Church,on the south-east corner of 24th street. At the south-east corner of 26th street is the handsome build- ing of the University Club. The low building filling the entire block between 26th and 27th streets was formerly the depot of the New York and New Haven Railroad. It is now called Madison Square Garden. At the south-west corner of 29th street is the Rutgers Presbyterian Church, and on south-east corner of 31st is the Madison Avenue Bap- tist. The small church at the left, on north side of 29th street, is the Church of the Transfiguration, popularly known as " The Little Church round the Corner" At 38th street is Zion's Church, and at the corner of 42d street is the beautiful Church of the Holy Trinity. At 44th street stands St. Bartholomew's, one of the most elegant churches in the city, and at the corner of 45th street the Church of the Disciples. This church is built of iron, and is more curious than beautiful. At 50th street are the Columbia College buildings. The splendid residences at 51st street were built by Mr. Villard. At 52d street are the Berkshire flat and the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum. At the corner of 53d street is the 53d street Memorial Presbyterian Church, Rev. C. S. Robinson, D.D., Pastor, and the St. Catherine flat. There are several churches, large flats, and fine private residences above. Of the first we may mention the new Methodist Church at 60th street, of the latter the Sutherland at 63d street. At 70th street may be seen the beautiful Lenox Hospital, erected through the liberality of James Lenox; and at 89th street is the St. Luke's Home and the Church of the Beloved Disciple, among the most interest- ing buildings in the city. Aside from these, Madison avenue pre- sents nothing special beyond this point.
LEXINGTON AVENUE.
This avenue naturally includes Irving Place, that begins at East 14th street and extends north between Third and Fourth avenues to East 20th street at Gramercy Park. At the other side of this small park the street is continued under the name of Lexington avenue, as far north as Harlem River. It is closely built up with dwellings of the better class as far as 79th street, and though neither Irving Place nor the avenue contain many public buildings, they are both interesting as places of residences. At 14th street is the Academy of Music, a large building of forbidding aspect, and one of the largest theaters in the
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city. At the corner of 15th street is Irving Hall, used for concerts and public meetings. At the north-west corner of East 16th street is the Westminster Hotel. At 20th street Irving Place ends at Gramercy Park, notable in which are the Gramercy flat at the south-east, and the residence of Mr. S. J. Tilden at the south-west corners. Beyond the park the first building of importance on Lexington avenue is the College of the City of New York, occupying a large brick building in the Gothic style on the south-east corner of 23d street. On the oppo site corner is the Twenty-third Street Baptist Church. Beyond this point the avenue is entirely occupied by dwellings, and makes a fine quiet street for the better class of residences. The church on the corner of 35th street is the Church of St. John the Baptist. At 42d street are the Asylum for Cripples, the Vanderbilt Hotel, and the new fire-proof Manhattan Storage Building. The German Evangelical church at 46th street, the Woman's Hospital at 50th street, the Method- ist church at 52d street, the fine Jewish Synagogue at 55th street, and the hall of the Liederkranz, in 58th street, are the most noteworthy buildings. At 66th street may be seen the fine buildings of the Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Seventh Regiment Armory. Beyond this there is nothing of special interest.
FOURTH AVENUE AND BOWERY.
Fourth avenue is a continuation of the old thoroughfare known as the Bowery, extending from Chatham street in the lower part of the city northward to Harlem River, a distance of 9 miles. Above 42d street Fourth avenu is occupied by the immense Fourth avenue Tun- nel and an open cut occupied by the railroads centering at the Grand Central Depot. At 34th street there is a tunnel for the horse railroads, extending to 42d street, and the street above is known for that dis- tance as Park avenue. The Bowery, extending from Chatham street to 6th street, is wholly devoted to business. It is a wide street and somewhat noted for the immense traffic crowding it at all times. The stores are generally of the second and third class, and it contains no buildings of importance or special value, except the Dry Dock Savings Bank at the corner of Third street. The Windsor Theater, near Canal street, was burned in the fall of 1883. The People's Theater, opposite Spring street, is a large hall where respectable performances are given at a low rate. Harry Miner's and the London are the largest of the variety theaters. The Bowery is worth inspecting as a curious sample
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GRANS UINAMS
GRANDIUNION HOTEL.
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GRAND UNION HOTEL, OPPOSITE GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT, N. Y. CITY.
TRAVELERS ARRIVING AT THIS DEPOT SAVE $3 CARRIAGE HIRE BY STOPPING AT THE GRAND UNION HOTEL. BAGGAGE TRANSFERRED TO AND FROM THIS DEPOT IN 10 MINUTES FREE OF CHARGE. 613 ROOMS $1 AND UPWARDS PER DAY; ELEGANT SUITES FOR FAMILIES.
PRICES MODERATE, BEST RESTAURANT IN THE CITY. CAFÉ, LUNCH AND WINE ROOMS UNEXCELLED.
GUESTS ARRIVING FROM EUROPE BY STEAMER, OR FROM THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST BY RAILROAD OR OTHERWISE, BY TAKING ELEVATED RAILROAD, REACH THE GRAND UNION HOTEL IN 15 MINUTES, AT AN EXPENSE OF 5 TO 15 CENTS AND SAVE $3 CARRIAGE HIRE. DINNER AND SUPPER PARTIES ELEGANTLY ENTERTAINED.
PASSENGERS ARRIVING BY WEST SHORE R. R. BY WAY OF WEEHAWKEN, BY TAKING 42D STREET HORSE-CARS AT 42D STREET FERRY ENTRANCE, REACH GRAND UNION HOTEL FOR 5 CENTS AND SAVE CARRIAGE HIRE.
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Cooper Union, for the Advancement of Science and Art. Third and Fourth Avenues and Seventh and Eighth Streets.
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of certain phases of New York life and business, and as illustrative of the enterprise and industry of the great middle class of people. Fourth avenue begins at the junction of Third avenue and the Bowery. The great stone building standing between the two avenues is the Cooper Union. At the block between 8th and 9th streets is the great brick building known as the Bible House. In its vicinity are Astor, Clinton, Lafayette, Wa- verly Places, and the Mercantile and Astor Libraries. The fine brick building on the corner of Astor and Lafayette Places is oc- cupied chiefly by pub- lishers, printers and book-binders. On the west side, between Ninth and Tenth street, is what was Stewart's great retail dry goods store. Opposite 11th DRY DOCK SAVINGS BANK, Cor. 3d St. and Bowery. street is Grace Church Memorial Chapel. At the south-east corner of 14th street is the German Savings Bank. Here Fourth avenue passes along the eastern side of Union Square. The warerooms of Steinway & Sons may here be seen on 14th street, while the Union Square Hotel comes just above at 15th street. At 17th street, facing Union Square, is the Everett House, and on the corner of 18th are the Clarendon, one of the oldest and best hotels in New York, the Belvedere House on the north-west corner, and the Florence flats on the north-east corner. At 20th street is the Unitarian Church, formerly presided over by the late Rev. Dr. Bellows, and known as All Souls' Church. At 21st street is Calvary Episcopal Church, of which the Rev. Henry Y. Satterlee is Rector. On the north-east corner of 22d street is St Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, and opposite, on
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