The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-22


Architectural Taste-vertScai Railways-
The Art OF Cookery.
ne tendency recent years 10 this city and In other
parts of tho United States 70 the size NJ
hotels, like shps TIL at length they beco monsters
n their Dimensions Whether shs 10 for the bsneGs aud
somfrt Of tina boarders and the travelling public, s
qussion thas admits Of discussion.
mo largest We believe, OF these hotels 10 .
now n progress Of erection Madison square, a. she in
opsssson Of Fifth and Broadway aud which Ia 70
bs eened next month"; and be called the Fifth Avenue
HsesL covers Of ground. The principal front
Firth and Broadway, measuring 200 feet On
twenty third street the front 2lb feet on Txeny-
Srsh street 1913 feet II is six stories high exclusive Of
The basement the top OF the building being 10 feet from
Nc street. The vew from tho roof is very Goe The
building 10 not regAar IN s shape, and It's exterior
point Of architectural beauty has nmend
partly Of the Cornthian order OF arch,te ure and
s and the other Grecaa orders would be always glad
70 init oduccd In buildings suited to the-tnsy would
10 refreshing amidst the hybrid heterogeneous and
aescrpt sly which prevail in New York, where build
hss constructed without unity Of design harmony
d parts In violation Of every canon Of taste aud In def
Of every law Of the beautiful aud sublime. Blu
ess ID something necessary for the perfection Of
bsidng than thai IL should be OF pure classic order.
NE osoer architecture ought depend the
tire Of the building to give appropriate express
son meaning Tbs order Of architecture, TOO,
- carried out not merely in part but in the whole design,
and ought 70 be symmetry II, for instance, the
pillars Of the portico CorinhAn, they ought to be
I'll proportion 10 the Of the baldng and to their
swn diameter and the cornioe and other parts Of tho
sSucsure ought TO be IN keeping The Fifth Avenue
Bosel bare, naked look, very Ike hat without
me portico and the cornce too gma and there
N haua hz1 civ thp
Az the pure styles have distinct Origin and principle
ma Egy pan style, for instance. It's origin the
and mound the Chinese in the VENT the Grecisn
n The wooden cabin and the Gothic the bower Of trees
n Americs, Ill very recently the Grecian architecture
prsvsled, either because this style Is founded on
palmer principles than the o.dars, because the
csecisn really 10 be called republican stye
snce Ia cheaper. or lsse l,.h and
ambitious mixed nyies have taken toe place Of the
simplicity Of the classic; and nsany are the
noeDerunes That is reminded HoEasss Esasative
description OF bad poem
Suppose painter to q hsman hesd
Should join norre's neck and SiitIy spread
Toe various plamsge Of the fea.her't sind
Ger limbs Of differ cnt beasts, aoslrdiy jotl'd;
Or II he gave 70 view bcaoeeo1s mad
Above the waist win every charm array'd,
Should foul fsh lover parle unfold,
Would you DOT laugh such pictures 20 oenoid?
such IL the book that ike the sick mzas dreams,
Varies all shapes and mixes all extremes.
Such with few exceptions, is New York srch.tee
sure; and yet IN city in the world Is there
- good IN eppxtanity OF excslng IN the art, for
~nere else is SO much money expended in balding
b secure anything permanently satisfactory ia the
matter Of architecture want professors OF ability,
workDen Of ability, an spprecstive public, schools
design for draughtsmeu, moieIiers, csrvers, de,ora
tss &C. me committees who hsve chsrge Of the erection
Il public buildings are for ths most part very inconps
Ssns and are besides wsrpe Ia their Judgment oy ohsr
Considerations than love Of art. II Ia 70 individuals,
therefore, that must look TO- the Development Of
aoed aste and IN the Of boes AMI prvass houses
sould be jus. cheap to have them beautiful and 10
please the eye as But proceed with dessrip.
Nen Of tho Fifth Avenue Hotel.
9he brick winch tina building consists II faced
Vh white marble the front AMI sides, AID the corn
An capitals Of the portco 81 The prso;pA entrance
- iron, painted white Iron s preferred because is
manageable than MARBLE and soiied be pint
3D. which OF could no. be done 10 bs OF
bs me pmssco mas been Changed a1t jost twice the
hssoaed By the or,gns plaza it oay the siz,
tho por.,co of the 81. Nicholas H,.e. L. appears sM
too sDsn for so ,a-ge Structure We shoad here
Non that the bu,ding gas mt designed fo- hotel
bSa foe a range Of stores, and tho exterior
;Dpeied before the Intention changed,
~ present aIontect, Mr.. wsshourne, took IL IN htui II
found necessary To take down vas, quantity OF the
wuus n INTERIOR order to adapt IL for is pur
Sse, and ,hns she building is rendered patch
corn, snd At the time costs AZ muca (frem doing
ard undo,pg) would have msde 1t splendid palace.
y v stated when finished viii cost, together
the ground, s760co0, three quarters OF million,
And y estimated that vii, tske quarter Of a Mill On
b suypish H. snus making million Of dollars in all
ne plate alone, I, is sad, will cost ols0,ooo. The
Of the building erected by W. Eao, bn the
WORT Suspended and pan'c.sxisxea In Consequence
e commercial critis By arrangement made aimee
men, M. Stevens, Of soton, leased tbs building for
hsse condition OF being allowed to aaish 10 his own
way, with Mr. Eaos money, limited Of course 70 certain
agure.
Inc building contains 500 for guests has las
paross With suits Of ro,ms aud each has bath attach
Cd and water cose Some Of these parors are n feet
By IS. The OF arranged shs they san
- occupied separately and srgy For the servants Of
sc 90 in the attic story, the males
On one side and the females otasr, with
Dunica.on between. 10 the centre apartments for
servants of ames boarding at tue noe Over the win
o~s Of all the servants apartments is wire network,
vnscu prevents anything beng throw ou object
bsjpg seen in the rooms Tnc servants apartments
ventilated in those Of the guests.
sbe prins pal dining grand ordinary is on the
sand oor and Ofeet by co. and 81 feet high
she largest in the city, The walls are entirely covered
,xh from the oado To the cornice the pillars Of
~ frames being the Corinthsn order. There is
Sbsr dining room GO feet by 27 and the es room s 45
M BY n, which intended sort Of rendezvous for
NJ mdes IN tho evening. These rooms communicate
with each other by corridors The ladies' dra ring rooms
tUo connected together Sc feet by g. and face
- Ffh avenue The corridor from these to the grant
ordinary 10 a feet wide, left design
ediy spacous for the hoops. The dining and the
corridors are tagged tiled with Italian marble aud
from he northern part Of this sate dark and we