The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-29
CITY IMPROVEMENTS.

new buildings In the Lower Part Of the Me-
trOpols-PrOaress Of tho Park Commits
sioners.
inc number OF elegant new buildings that have
recently been completed and which are In process
OF erection In the lower part OF the city, which not
Anew were inclined to believe was "going to the
WALL exceeds those at any other period for many
years past. Indeed, the impression so univer-
sal that business was fast leaving the
lower for the upper wards IL true only
SO far as applied to retail and more particularly dry
goods business Wall street remains the great
money centre. BROAD street The undlsputed home OF
speculation. and the contiguous neighb0rnood the
chosen dwelling place OF power ana commercial
enterprise. The Commissioners OF Parks and Places
are also dong good work in thes commendabIe i'm.
pr0vements al the Battery, the City Hall PARK and
DINER Localities, making
BEAUTIFUL GARDENS AND GREEN LAWNS
OF places that for long time have been Dywo,d
and offence to good taste. Merchant princes them
selves are alive TO the Importance OF the work, and
there Is to be seen I'm the stately palaces OF insurance
companies and banks In the vicinity OF Wall street
perhaps the best evidence Of this TACT Nor Is it to
companies alone that the city IL indebted for such
adornment. Private firms are rivang each other
IN the construction Of beautiful buildings,
80 that vigorous and successful effort Is being
made to retain certain class Of business In the
lower part OF the city, The magnificent iron struc-
streets IS rearing its colossal proportions and bears
the name OF the "Kemp Building" and when CON-
pleted will probably be one OF the most substantial
position being In close proximity to all the sur
rounding puDllc institutions with which commerce
Is associated VIII doubtless make 1t one OF the land
marks OF the metropolis. WOrkmen were busily en-
gagged yesterday roofing the concern, and about the
beginning OF January Is the anticipated time OF
completion. Tue floors are, 1t is said to be fitted
lii suits OF Offices with oil the modern improvements,
and VIII be occupied by bankers, steamship, rail-
road, insurance companies and law firms. otner
buildings OF similar construction are also talked OF
being erected In the vicinity so that In few years
the lower part OF The city may win back Its
the great Ralto OF the metropolis
ANOTHER DRY GOODS PALACE
Thousands OF fashionably attired ladies thronged
the neignborhood OF Broadway and twentieth street
yesterday on their way to or from visit TO Lord
Tayiors new establishment which as thrown open
to the public for the first time.
The firm OF Lord Il Taylor was formed in 1888
and commenced business In Catharine street. In
syth streets. In 1860 the store at the corner OF
Grand street and broadway first occupied,
sale purposes. The Success s" OF the Wit" frn
| has been great, and Its popularity witt
| metropolitan and provincial purchasers widespread
ana long steadily increasing. IL IS. therefore, moi
surprising that Ia few years 1t should have made
such rapid strides as Is evidenced bv this the latest
ARCHITECTURAL ornament to upper Broadway
. the building Is OF iron, and Is five stories high
the ground noor Is entered through q fty arch
doorway; the vestlbulc Is eighteen feet high, TWEEN
ty-hve feet long and twelve feet wide, ana hand.
semey paved with variegated marble tiles;
the inside OF the store Is finished IN black
hastily executed. Indeed, the architeciurai beauty
Is grand compliment to American art in this
science Each floor Is lighted by nineteen costly
gut bronze chandeliers, each one having eight
burners.
Every species OF goods usually found in such
establishments is In abundance. and the polite
utmost showing the visitors through the building
and eXpatlatng on the completeness OF the details.