New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-07

Mn st. and u was certainly aptiy named 1pe o'
6outh" was at the head Of il a. now. and u &c 'eI"
and here let ne say that We may buld ana DUB H. VII"
yet indefensible as the details Of the Old oou'h "
Pskst Meeting. House. and our own ST. TAu'' %"
81 Johns may be 10 us lovers OF tbIrtee"'n'
Gothic-we cannot, with all our learning m"Ae
that can compare with tbs old WORK '' 80
Gilman's latest attempt in the fpife OF VI
oh,roh IN rnrtou ST. Is an illustration TO inc Pon''
II Is an avowed attempt TO initiate the o'u WI A.
n s,post successful combination oil anus u'''' WIZ"
ant The ACHE, ment Of even the least o. us
Ieptireiy disapprCve Of initiating 'he s!'e ~ M
hosta,d styio that in the hands OF N" ao'e ne"-
,,<o ubo horn urder different lnnuences "o<io Per
hsrs have been great srchitects-beeame pleasing 10
mite ~ its defects but il was not really geod st!e
. universal STYLE; il was not fouTsed on deensipie
urincples nor indeed. any principles All wonder
=, m clever man as Mr.. Gilman being wiling 10 ,mi
ssts n at all But. with all his cleeerness MI Gilman
n. no originality. He does NOT ding bat copy; ne
Knows nothing Of gothic and far asI ean discover
he has no architectural principles at oil But have
ssrayed away from Mix st.
7 have said the street was well named. 1t wns
ss,et pastoral street. with large odfshioned houses
N II most of them having gardens behind and trees IN
mont ana kIhnulDE wen hpott ~
naturally enough; and dare say. had some early con
pection with these gentle ruminantS But IL was e"'
Invaded bv small sbopkeepers, ard became seedy "no
,o,nea AZ ,or long. until ut length 1t was entered
by the wholesale merchants and beeamethe doupe ro"
~ .,i granite warehouses that IL is today Franklin
~ and pearls, have suffered less violent chanRes
rrenkint ia certainly very handsome there eooo
l.s, ~ had taste 10 be sure but there Is much more
shs, Ia GOOD and the general effect is stately md har
.,.,,ous There is not indeed building In the new
Au.ness mart that can compare for artistic excellence
9th Mr. Edlitzs American Exchange Bank, or
y>rodpee Exchange in New.York; but the mass oil
warehouses here are far better more quietly correct
tAsn onrs There are very few architects So able as
Mr. Eidlitz Q would rather have built the Produce
Exchange than any building in America IN spite OF s
ugly poIcO and there are fewer merchants VINO nave
fe sense and the taste IN appreciate ard employ such
man Yet will say this they have no such man III
Boston, but they had they would employ him as con-
stanty as they do the bcs man they have. MI Gilman
who it appears to me, builds every third building IN
8sston But we have q dozen men In New'foFk US
rood Mr.. Gilman.
After all, however everything that has been done In
tAe business pnrt Of the city is as nothing one may say
% what IA. been accomplished in filing In the Back
Bay. think that this par. Of Boston 10 inhnitey
Gner than anything we have, or can hsve for year, 10
N.w.York. The new streets are broad and spacious.
s houses are large and elegant and the view. looking
teward the city across the Public Garden which Is
vel kept and fall of flowers Is pretier fresher more
cAeerfu than anything have ever seem AND all THIS
a not foot walk OF the reach Oh multitude
Or osy to be got by hours Jam In sinking horse
oar, but lies at your door. five or ten minutes Walk
from everywhere, an easily reached refreshment Tor
mind and eye But Bosons cenraiy is her greet ad'
vintage IT'S gift Of Nature and shall not Drag
about it for her as fit were merit. In hundred
wears we shall have reached centre at Harlem. aid
tAen our turn to brag will for city In the world
viii nave such center asthst can be made.
Az tbs letter IL too long already to let me say any
Ming about the organ and what is doing In the Art
world ct Boston, viii finish 1t vnh few words sbou
the New City Hall or course 1t Is designed by Mr.
Gilman and You have already told your readers nov
sostly building it viii be when 1t Is finished OAR
..x that az niece of building will he worth almost
&h.t has cost Ii is badly situated on schoolst. whe
n. effect Ia quite lost; hut glad they did not te
A<rrn the old City Hall TO make room for 1t there.
ere time falls down from old rsome one will ha
been born In Boston who design an original bull
&ng; or II tnat ia not Tn be. some one will appear WI
VIII copy good work and not bad; some one who "
have outgrown French Renaissance and tue device
khe broken pediment The new City Hall Is simply
copy IN granite of portion savsh cop
sny starved and In the detail perhaps howcve
On the deensibe principle that such fussy fine wor
vss not suited to granite. But If there be copyn,
eoold there not have been selected respectable model
Or vas it chosen because. T. A. says, Z" Good Boz
tonians when they die to Paris and Mr.. Gilman
willing 10 give them a strong fOretaste OF Whist avail;
Ihem in another state Of exstencei SgA-URcuc.