The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-25
New York Letter.

from our Regular New YORK correspondent.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10, 1859.
The Central Park puts on its glories as
it puts off its leaves in this late summer
it blossoms Of a sunny afternoon with the
beauty of up town, which, equipaged or
pedestrian-wis seeks ventilation in this
newly opened PLEASURE ground, somewhat to
the neglect of Broadway. Uptown, far
uptown, the vicinity of the Central Park,
is growing more desirable as place of resi-
dence in the eyes of our citizens. To be sure,
it is good distance to travel from the Gen.
tire OF business, but no man who loves quiet
and has children to be responsible for will
think certain advantages dearly purchased
by half an hours extra passage of morning
and evening. 1t is very desirable that the
new portions of the city should be built up
like Clinton Avenue in Brooklyn, and Gene.
see ST., the pride of Utica, not solid blocks,
but houses standing comfortably apart with
breathing and elbow space on all sides {;
garden fronts and abundance of room for
graperies, miniature orchards and play
grounds. There is many man who can
afford stylish house in the most expensive
part of the city who thinks he cannot afford
space wherein his children may grow fat
and healthy imbibing the free air of heaven
and kicking up their heels without fear of
breaking window glass or bruising furni-
ture. 1t is perhaps leading cause of the
fact that the rising generation of city
children, from well-to-do families, are COM
ing up puny and stunted. Being respect
able they cannot of course be allowed to
run in the streets where land is sold by
the foot they cannot expect to find back
yards with room enough in them for the
miniature attempts at leap-frog to say
nothing of baseball. There are indications
that the newer portions of this and the adj
joined cities will be built in more desirable
style than has hitherto prevailed. Yet the
uptown march Of improvement is so rapid
that the rural districts about the Central
Park may be taken by storm of sudden,
by the swift advance of the solid brick and
brown stone front battalions. For every
street that improvement takes possession of
in the new ground above Forty Second St.,
one of the old streets below Fourteenth be-
comes obsolete. Just now the marked dis
tinction between uptown and downtown is
hard to drawn exactly. Once it was
Blocker St., but the once palaces Of that no
longer aristocratic locality are now in great
part refuge of hair dressers, second rate
hotel keepers, mantua makers, ct id omne
genus. Higher up, Fourth st. and Waiver.
ly Place, are found abundantly spotted
about the doorways with notices of Fur.
nished Rooms to Let" showing an advance
ed stage of decay in the fashion Of these
localities, though Waverly Place between
Broadway and Fifth Avenue still holds its
own pretty we'll; and many Of the truly
best families Of New York cling together in |
their old haunts, the chaste block of brick
buildings with white facing which fronts
the north side of Washington Parade
Ground, and frontage on the beautiful
Parade Ground, is too serious an advantage
to be given up for any slight consideration.
There, as yesterday, do the choice young