New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-23


Of the City in the Neighborhood-rhe TOwer-Pub.
lie Houses, &c.
The WORLDS FAIR in ISL, in London, the com.
mencement Of in the development OF the Arts OF
Peace throughout the world Its brilliant
omen of good 10 the Producing nuflcturing and Com
merca interests Of All Nations. The Crystal Palace and
H. result. will 1--we truly nd te ,ch tn mind more e
fecuay years hence when the novelty Of the grand eK-
hbon has passed away, than did when It was throDged
by the ds Of adrng spect tnst gazed upon the
complete and interesting collection within that spacious
and magnificent structure Great il when is attrac
drew hosts in which mobiles and pebeians citizens Of
the metropolis and strangers from all quarters Of the globe
commnglcd it is far greater because Of the stimulus
gave to the Pursuits Of Industry in the strength it i'm
parted to the Bonds Of Peace among the Nations IN the
economy will afford to Labor III the development 70
which it will lead of the Riches of the Earth and
in the increase which il will give to the products
Of Capital and Labor. 1t wa practically, convention in
which producers Of the material inventors manuac
urers artisans, dealers and consumers communicated to
eachohertheir wants exchangedc suggestions
studied the teachings OF the Crystal Palace and wentaway
TO put in practice the knowledge and instructions received
and 10 increase the quantity and improve the quality of the
commodities Of trade Among the contributions there col
ected from the different nations it may be preumed that
Commerce learned Of unheard Of supplies Invention
ceved useful suggestions Art aspirations and Science
an additional store Of facts Who tel the amount o.
discussion which there commenced and has since been
quietly going on by correspondence between those who
t4re met Who can estimate the results that will be de
vloped in consequence thereof during the half century
upon which we have Just entered! Seldom has Royalty
90 onay benefited the world when gave countenance
to the Great E,Aib ton and secured To it that success
which has Iendered its noble p''ro Is memorable
The success of the Worlds Fair in l.5 in London sug
gested the proprey and expediency of other exhibitions
upon the same plan in other parts OF the world Soon after
tie close OF the London Exhibition steps were taken by
c,izcns Of the init States who were in London in l-jl
10 make arrangements for similar exhibition in this
try in s53 They had witnessed the tridnphs that
people achieved during that year and saw the popular
character Of expeditions of that kind AMI their beneficial
tendencies a, regards the hborng classes The form Of
our n, ical system ling such not to allow Govern
mont TO conduct such enterprise under its patronage it
woud d>o We Up Ind viiual enterprise and activity 1t
was evident that an affair of great magnitude would
severely tax the energies of those who undertook its
aoement 1t VS. essential TO inspire entire confidence
nc 70 the liberal objects of the managers not
70 subject it to that jealousy which private Enterprises
liable TO encounter The City of New York was selected
DC the Mace where such exhibition could be conducted
70 the best advantage for various 1t is the great
commercial entrepot of America is convenient TO the
,ooprfcturinp mineral and improved agricultural
districts of his country 1t easily accessible by land and
water and has probably four fold more and bet
fer hotel than any other city in the Union
II the head quarters of the monetary commercial and
trade operatons of the Western World These and other
considerations rendered preferable the place for the
Exhibition of the In urv OF all Nat rs in this country
NewYork having been decided upon by the Association
anncaton was de to the mcipd au horties of the
(it fr lease of Reservoirsquare for five years upon
which TO erecta Crystal Palace for the purpose of the
bbition The authorities percevng the benefits which
would flow from the enter if perly conducted not
only to the and prosperity OF the City but to the
cause of popular instruction and lie thiul entertainment
granted the application ON the conditions that the building
should be of iron and glass ana tat no sgie entrance lee
sbould exceed fifty cents.
The projectors Of the Palace edfce, seems to
IN some decree unfortunate the location chosen. Large
nc bo edfcc will be- il will not present the half ITS true idea
70 Tie eve or the mind because of the proximity of the
GREAT Reservoir of Croon Water, the walls of which fairly
overtop the main body of the Palace while its massive
nvramda quadrangle has such appearance of combined
STRENGTH and extent in comparison with the light graceful
airy xbalotion of the Palace that Involuntary calls
mind the criticism of eat Chamberlain Fa adeen at the
cosa of paradise and the Per- And this, said the
Chamberlain is Poetry This fmsy manufacture of the
brain. which, in comparison with the lofty ana dura
HE monuments of genius is is as the god fiji eework
lmara beside the eternal architecture of Egypt!'and
vet the CRYSTAL Palace is most noble well proportoned
tron, and convenient building, of a 81 hitherto
and an honor to its builders, Of which all may well be
proud
Reservoir square was the unoccuped half of plot of
onnd 600 feet long by nearly 500 wide reserved by the
ct for the purpose indicated by its name 1t is four miles
from he battery and three and quarter from the City Hall
brt most conveniently located with reference travel The
denots of the Sxthav, the Eghthav and the Harlem rail
roads and the upper ni of some OF stages are
- tho Immediate neghborhood that for five or six cents
one NAV reach the place from any part OF New lork and
With the addition of ferrage from the remotest sections OF
Rrooklyn Wiamsburgh and Jersey City, without 50 much
as two minutes walking.
Two wears ago the mile square which Is now the busiest
rort;on Of the CITY was almost a solitude walk to the
Croton Reservoir involved country ramble There were
acres Of gardens vacant blocks overgrown with stranon
nm or beaned with the refuse coalashes of the old
hodges that once marked the boundaries of farms and
bitches of stagnant arrested the pedestrian and sent
him long retrograde journey to some OF the few graded
,ets Twenty blocks southwark was the red line OF the
bpiltup City, advancing ike fire prairie, against the
md and devouring with its brick and mortar jaws every
Green thing in its way East and west were broad open
naces dotted with old houses and bounded 10y the
settled portons of the Third and Eighth avs while on the
north ree or four public Institutions were the only Signs
habitatOn -, r>vl -,
But two years age the growth OF New ork Even
without the impetus Crystal Palace there would have
en bic progress for the location OF which speak
i directly in the line of march of the fashionable dwelling
ouarter the nucleus being the tuhaV street. i"hlcl
whatever nav be said Gifts independent nconSruous anu
IN some instances most ridiculous Srctecturel Is without
81 IN tbs world in the costlness Gifts paati residences
This natural impetus has been wonderfully qucHened py
No nrcnosed exhibition The city has ovcreaped space
of half mile and Ike the limbs OF The Odhyan hhS ne"
oh round the palace sends up young forest OF houses
tors shops saloons show places Ne. y e. which form
a s;zed city in themselves Some OF the more notable
IN 70 new structures we have made notice Of below
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