The New York herald., 1860-09-15
IMPROVEMENTS IN BROOKLYN.

The Brooklyn Athen nse um-Beec hers
Church-Nsw CitizeaG Gas COmPany's
Works-St. Peters (1. CO. Church-Ctty
RafAroads-PrOspect Park, &c.
No promen sder Of Broadway fail 10 have bean i'm
pressed with the extraordinary activity that every
where observable the demolition Of Old the
tion Of buildings along the margin Of that great
thoroughfare The and three story brick Of
the last generation that have maintained their places
until they have been surrounded and thrown into the
shade by their magnificent neighbors daily Civ
ing way before the nroads or improvement and n their
places sprpgng up those elegant structures which,
the embodments OF taste and art have become the
pride and boast OF the metropolis.
Nor Is this feature OF change confined 10 New York
alone. The same evidences Of prosperous advancement
Observable in adjoining cities Of Brooklyn, VIII
liamsburg Jersey City, Harlem and other suburbs,
where going up private residences and public In
stutons pace that indicates how contagious the
enterprise by which they impeled. In the former
city this specially observable and 1t Is matter OF
public interest we devote portion Of our space
today 10 description Of some Of the most pro.
minent improvements that taking place The drst
Of these TO which shall refer Is
THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Though the city Of Brooklyn contains population OF
nearly quarter Of million Of inhabitants and ranks the
third In the Union 10 remarkable fact that It's citizens
have been compelled TO depend upon the metropolis for
all the popular AID fAshonabe amasements they enjoy
There few places Of recreation. Enerainm ens
large scale for charitable purposes have sought
vain Tor accommodation. The rhetorical exhibitions
Of its literary Institutions have never found room
TO seat . moety OF those who would attend them.
Societies Of various kinds have lk swiss called for
soms public hail adapted to their purposes, whils
fha pl, Gnrs.t ~
tanned just reputation throughout the country the
musical taste talent embraced in the organization
has found locale adequate 70 accommodate the
immense audiences that drawn together by lts On
tertainng concerts
In view OF this great desideraium COMMITTEES OF three
gentlemen, viz: kessrs Luther Wyman A. Cooke Hul
and r. Ray mond, appointed by tho Philharmonic
Society Of Brooklyn take the subject
and IN October, 1885, meeting Of the citizeas held
In the Poly Institute to devise 70 crest
a large and suitable hall In Brooklyn for musical and
other purposes" large and highly respectable au.
dIence present. and strong opposi.
toa 10 the antici Ated from the Clergy
the warmest sympathy expressed by these gentle
men, many Of whom united heartily In a1ordng encou.
raseuent and substantial aid 10 those Who have bad In
charge
Such the sucoess Unexpectedly met with, and 80
the work that In short after the nrst general meet
ing hundred thousand dollars we're subscribed
snd paid In.
On the iph Of March, 1852 an act was passed incorpo
rating tne Brooklyn Academy Of Music for purpose
OF encouraging and cultvatug for music ntera.
ture and the arts wherein II provided THAI the capt.
tai stock should consist Of hundred and any thousand
dollars with liberty increase the 10 two hundred
thousand doas The said stock divided into shares
81 ffty dollars each, and made transferable In the
ordinary manner Every original Subscriber Of Eve
hundred dollars and upwards Is entitled, under
such regulations the directors may establish 70 fes
admission for every shares Of stock subscrbcA
provision calculated all uuceus for "a
audience.
Up TO the present time hundred and eighty thou
sand dollars have been subscribed and paid In The
humber OF subscribers three hundred The largest In
dvidua subscriptions six thousand dollars and are
by sessrs. d Ch,tendep, the President and A. A Low
The largest four three thousand d,Ars and
by hcssrs. Thomas Hunt and u T. Psrrepout. The
humber OF nve hundred dollar subscribers oae handred
and twenty I'VE
In regard 70 the dividend paying aspects OF the enter
price, the directors state In their ccdl 70 the public
that
he oeegn 10 70 make the proposed educe the orna
men, sDd PRIDE q Brcokyr, and 10 place beyond the
Moreover, n sit at al. u also pad tor Tnss a
ao absolute rne qa Mn IN our programme Nov. ~hss
any othsr place where entertainments ~ hsS ordev
either literary artistic reu1un~rssive roou
sno that Al .ne interests We have neoseoe and nssy
oihefs, muss 20 there Tor soronmniainn. over
esngsine IN the exsasion that such property
bored by debt. ana commanding hbersl which
able prcdt 10 ~ osncrs
The iocaiisy selected for the Academy probably ths
most convcncrt and eligible In the city of Brooklyn
being oa the south side OF Montague street. between
Court ard Clinton streets which converge AL the
railroads that through Brooklyn, Williamsburg and
the adjoining districts The Of the ground was iory
ave thousand dollars.
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Of the building which nov 50 fu compsted AZ 10 be IN
process Of roofing areue,h, ,wo hundred aad thirty
loo feet width depth, nnesytwo II 10 buit Of
brick, with olive coorcd sAndsone drsssmr sbr the
windows, doors, arches mouldsss. and string courses
On The face Of The building, while p genera style
combination q The Gothic and Moorish orders Of arch
lecture
d on Montague street. through porch shs vess cod Of
The front Passing through Of the triple DOORS the
visi,cr stands In the vestouie. which forty feet
side BY sixty eight feet deep The corridor around the
rsrauet,e twenty too feet vide with branches running
NJ each side. forming. 10 were outer circle. The
wo outside Of the corridors every s,sy ars
ire<sg rooms, hes'des which two spacious commit
~ rooms opfsse the entrance to the vc~tbae, esch
leventssn by twenty feet, which mS be alien used Il
ireesipf Whenever occasion requires IN
nth thse In she corners, 70 which sllusion hAs bssa
made abo,e
rm ArpuSc1 Roou
eighty seveu feet wide vhe from the entrance 10 the
root of the stage distance of eighty six feet
me stage ssvssty ave feet deep, and of the same
wdsh sbe building, sxceps ~ the part where
,ay any ft~t M scoss rooms arp % ettbey sds
nd croSpy the corners.
1ns o~uhessss = ssvsa fees vide and any rees Iosg
bc sudovtua ouusssss 6 the parqueste, drsss orcIe
pcHee I'D too tiers ov gasvtes rhe arraagp@snts f~
eatng The audience ere " be of she mss anpse sn1
mrdious chassctev, and h inscadsd that milne
s~w rcsk Academy, every sest In The house. - pots
ctssrvata wfn Afford eusIrs saanfncsos y ~ socu
,ant
me pOpnesss wl oossain <1s chairs similar 70 shcss
tbe Hew vorh Academy th~ drcsr circle t6o the drt
W. -, and te sscosd tier 90. Besides thee, there
wil oe four pvoscssnm boses aod thirty tee private
'orcs the entire auditorium being dessgaed comfort
hly acco0 @cdate tso thousand persons
DoDs ryrnmUndable fcreorht he's ben exhibfted In