New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-01-10
OUR SUBURBS.
WNAT WE HAVE DONE,
AND WHAT WE ARE DOING on TIE NORTH AND
EAST.

Rome sat upon her seven hlliS-NcW- OH
sits surrounded 10y her 70 times seven vicnihes within
radins Of 30 miles, cities, towns, villages, hamets,
spring up with the svfness Of magic around her She y
the center Of system all of whose uminares centers
Of other systems. She Is the stationary comet from
which always being struck She is the civic
fountain each Of whose drops has the germ Of fountain
IN itself She the metropolitan banyan tree, forever
dropping TO the ground new shoots which take root and
multiply themselves thousandfOd. Always making
the most Of what she has, her worst Is
better than any other cy's best. Her talents des-
piso napkins and her cande-lights sheer at bushels
What Victor Hugo says Of Paris with respect TO France
may equally be said Of New-York with respect to the
United statCs-she IS the metropolis Of which all the rest
OF the nation Is the suburb all the labor and cap
ita and wealth Of the American people find their re-
spectiye foci The centrifugal forces which subtract
ON her are weaker than centrpetal that add she
stretches out her hands, and besses her progeny ana
thoy 60 and prosper Chips of the old BLOCK they
all of the grain, ard wo be to anyone VINO goes
against that grain! Each is q little New-YOrk with a
bunch Of New Yorkets cropping out aboutt Wise chill
dren, they all proudly recognize their progenitOr; and
when any Of them is cOlnplimented upon some
change for the better the reply accompanied with self
gratulatory laugh, is: 80 yes, know tive got it
from Sew-YOTkv
SUBURBAN CHARACTERISTICS.
II proposed take the reader tour through some Of
these NewYork City colonies and to show him how New
York City influences have been operating among them,
and how they operating still 1t is proposed to show
him how Nev-York City railroads and steamboats, have
advanced from post TO post creating something where
nothing making towns out Of villages, and cities out
OF towns 1t proposed to mako him realize, in fact,
with what exhaustleSs energy New-York capitalists
inpent suburbs, as well discover them, and, as
In the case Of Hunters Point and Jersey City,
solitary examples, transform swamps and waste
lands into thriving business mars, where wealth may In
cubae. In few suburbs it is true as in Astoria Ravens
wood Dobbs Ferry, and Tarrytown improvements have
been somewhat retarded for Of the following
Either property held by minors acts OF incopo-
ration have not yet granted those occupying
mantle sites view them sort Of Deecable Mountains,
which they are unwilling to part with upon any terms
The struggle between the soft preudices Of romantic
conservatism aud the ruthless practically of progress IS
Of course only question Of tme and Of very short time
A few places, such New-Brunswick Hastings, and
Yonkers appear far, to have come eyenhanded out
Of the struggle and the visitor is filed with admiration
whether he loses himself IN the picturesque laby-
rinths OF these several localities or analyzes the
energy that has furnished them with so many
mills factories, macine-shOps rehneries, and public
works. Astoria. Rayenswood Llewelyn Park, Washing
ton Nights and Fordhan might properly be cassed
as resorts remarkable for the elegance Of the private resi-
denees and for the beauty and bodness Of the scenery
Bergen Point is like charming niece descended from an
antquated dOwager, and deserves an especial eonph
Inent as the brilliant progeny OF WORKOUT Watering
Haven Montclair n. j.. Irvington, N j. and Yorkve,
in the way Of BODYBUILDING, streetopenng, sidewalk
Tagging and sewerage illustrate how indomitabie Is
that metropolitan spirit Of progress from which
they take their start. At Hunters Point, Pat
erson, and Plainfeld, as wei as at Hastings,
New Brunswick and YonkeTs, before mentioned,
the manufacturing interests terminated in the city Of
New-York. are being pushed with amazing vgor. And
though the restless bands Of NewYork enterprise are
being laid with or less Of magic upon every teemng
town, village, and hamlet within reach, yet !here and
there survive such landmarks Of the past win still
commend 20 the lover Of antiquity the historic streets
and unsough seclusions Of Elizabeth and Ford
ham, and Flushing, and Yonkors. and Planfeld, and
Tarrytown and Hackensack. The granting OF railroad
charters however has done much to oberate even the
relics Of the Revolution, and wherever the traveller
may choose to wander, within the radius we have
indicated he Will walk IN the nimbus of that match
less enterprise which, in its full eulgence, is found
nowhere save in the city Of New-York.
YORKvIILE.
The building tendencies Of YOrkvie very decided.
The old Episcopal Church which stood in Eighty fthst
between Second and Tbrayes, has been sold to Dutch
Reformed Society, and has been building at the
intersection Of with Fourhaye Rows Of
brown-stone BRICK and frame buildings have been put up
during the FALL and seventynnth. Eghtieth, Eighty
fourth Eghty-sixthss and Third and Fifth-aves.
have been bly, enriched thereby The Fourhave
railway tunnel will probably before great while,
tend from NinetyfOurth TO Seventynnth sts The Bel
San pavement mas Recently DttH loIl uONu 1iutly-
second-st from Secondaye 20 East River and Eighty
fourhst from Third TO Fourhaves. The sewerage sys
urbs and the price Of property everywhere on the in
crease. Property Thrdaye which IN 1850 would have
brought than $780, could scarcely be OBJ
tanned to-day for four times that amount. Lots are in
great demand between Third and Iifthaves and Sew
entieh and Ninety ourthsts. Yorkyiie Is progressing
well that fitting the last syllable OF the metropo-
ISIS name should be the first syllable OF hers.
CARNANsvULE.
Carmansy lie deriyesits name from Richard F. Carman,
the late owner real Of considerable value in the
nelghboThoOd. Several NEW houses up during
the Fall on Observation-Disclosures between
Tenth and Eleyeuthaves, although the latter
does not as yet extend beyond Onehundrad andforty
frst-st The Carmansye district lies between the Hud
and Harlem Rivers, and Observation-Disclosures
eighh-st and Onehundred andhfty -dt ss and Is ira
versed for some distance along EleVenth-aVe by the
Hudson River Railroad track.
MANHATTANvILE.
Between 20 and 90 years ago all that was visible Of
ManhattanyiDe was few farm-houses dottng the
ton now included between One-hundred and One
hundred forty eghthsts and Eghthave. and North
River The event that added very greatly to the
value OF property then the opening Of Eghthave.
to twenty ffthst not more than three
years ago fresh impetus will be given when Eighth
ave Is newly graded-a work that has for length Of
time been projected In 1870 Onehundred-and-:wenty-
ffthst was graded between the Bloomingdae road
Thrdave. The same quantity and quality Of land,
which then sold $40 sO sells nOw the average,
for $500 Building has been going on during the Fall,
but not 10 OveTweeDng extent Inc convent OF the
Sacred Heart viii always continue 10 be one OF It's most
attractive architectural features boarding school for
Young ladies and for boys are kept respectively by
the Sisters Of the Convent aud by nelghDong brother
hood Of priests good general attendanee ehaotei-
ICES the public schools The greater part OF the public
work done Manhattanve appears TO be the opening
and grading Of streets Much OF the surrounding land
i still unrecaimed from the swamps The Legislature
las lately authorized the construction OF boulevard
from The intersection Of and
exth-aye TO Knightsblidge. Sidewalks have been pro
yded for MISUNDERSTANDING Ourth-st Seventh
ave after being opened and graded from Central Park
10 the Harlem River, VIII continue on the opposite side