The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-11-22
 Broadway. New York.
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 The foiio~,ng graphic description wAs published in the Lnndoa .S1as.fs, t by bet sns,n Coleman. E,q. oi Loadoa. after a pleasure hsp To Amesaea some ic~ years sin1e
 s' Bscadwsy IS the main street of New York. and the most bulliAn, thofougAfare sn America Indeed H you'd b< lm possible 10 s1nd ID Eusope itself A street whtch ls ohaaAescfxed br saeh tremepd- oux activity. saCA D deesAhed 2nd am bs,aoss asshaeeiuIe. and sneh an ats ot mefopolr an spaendos. seAish. and lite The great avenue. of trade whlch run from Trafalgar Square oT Hsde i'@ik io the Royal Exchange. the Afe Aded lsnes of the Rue de ksvoli. the basy Gfaben of Vienna. the Ma Roma os Naples none of these eaa scsiasn a compan,oa sfth the grand artery oa the New W9ia. through ~hich course from sanrise to evening ssrone currents of the rnos eisesnc life of the uineseensh century The noble wsdth ot the street, % fases. able to architectural sstests and lopg vIs,As tss grea; length oi over i've m.iea. neAty or e-h4d of which ts zhsaluteit straighs. and ts central posi,ion ou the lslAnd. ~sfh long streets cfo~ded vnh stately buildings. ds.efging On either ssde ali fhese ate the advantage oi pesssson which serve to set of to the h~s, sdsan- tsge sse cosnosama of hamanity which oontnaally surges aiorg the pxvemenss bsoac as the roadway n, so great s the number oa czfTiages. omnsbases, and wagoas alssys ia mcsioD there, that Il becomes An Ahxir of 10 smxIi pertt so cro.s IL and the most st2ivxrt and hand some ofheen oi ,he pol.es tosoe are ssanoned al the corners to escort !adses rom one side to the other. Some years ago an uon brdge ~as thrown over lssoad~ay. nssr Fuiioo sssest. % tAa, pedestrians could cross ID saiesy. Never was there sach hesesogeaeous asshssec- tnre as is here displayed. where the Greek and inc CosAic, the Romxnesqae and the ResaisszDcs. are crowded ssde by ssde, bas al ia a manner hAsmoassed by the distos1,ogs which the urban asckl,e.ss of America Are forced to plan ln order io insuse the three prime essensials in a modern buildisg -isghs. ais and spare. The ciassscai hasnaey of Pal Mall the sessfui uniformity of the parissan Bouie- vArtA are la<king here, where all if strongly individsairsed. and the nzsro. shop hoass slosg . single sqaase en- emphiy every ssyle ASd eolw ison s largely used as bailcang mxsef,zi, and loeg oolonnaded facz6es, ssmrl ding maxtie or brown stoee, gre composed of isos castings rsvesed tsgs4Aer. The colossal hosels. rivaing the Midland os the Pzrisian CSzsd the sewnpsper ofsces, dsarhpg the High street of Edss. burgh with thsss ten and twelve saorses of aitsfsde ske banks sAd insoranee building. of marble. gssnise, isoe. in transformed sschssscssse of PAusdso. of NioDef-le- D8c. of fznkeedom undrs Kuised the stores and vasskoaseH, sometimes lager than K ,nan pslsxrs, and replacing thesS dead walis wssh ~sAe exl Ass<s of gs~ss sli shese foiles each other n bewisdesing suecesssoa, with the unoeasing roar ol the street besvees ard the siyld bioe shy overhe1d- bsoAdwsy .xs seea by Lady Mary Wossisy = tie lengthy Mnsssnrpi ot ssseess : by Gssst2s ss . perfect Aiexasdsine to ssrses-nsk- ing : Ampese hkeeed is b the Strand os the Rue tsvsenne, ~hiie caa coly clam fl so ee ali thess scesss p0s sogsshss, vIsh graA6eus asd cosmopolisHs ehsrscs9 ol sts o~s thsf % othss fhososgkfsse in the wosid can esAsi.r