The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-11-26
THE SEVEN WONDERS OF NEW YORK
What tho Metropolis Has to Show In
the Way of Great Achievements.

What tho Metropolis Has to Show In
the Way of Great Achievements
A friend from distance who intends
to make flying visit to this city, and
wishes to make the best use of his linz
tied time, writes to ask what are the
great sights" of New York. ''Will
you" he writes, ''clothe yourself with
the discriminating Judgment of Pbilo
OF Byzantium and name the seven won
ders of New York; The seven Won
ders of the ancient world, according to
this writer. We're the pyramids, the
hanging gardens at Babylon, the temple
of Diana at Ephesus, the statue of Jupi-
ter at Athens, the mausoleum, tho
Colossus at Rhodes, and the Pharos OF
Alexander. Now what are the corre-
spending wonders of New York;"
1t would be easy to make fun of this
application, but treated seriously it
opens an interesting field of inquiry.
What might be named as the seven
most remarkable achievements of mind
over matter that this city can showp
We put this query to number of citi-
zens and the lists they returned will
maze !, basis for a tentative one of our
own selection, upon which we invite tho
criticism of our readers, in order that
our friend from the provinces may get
the benefit of every point of view.
One list is as follows: The Brooklyn
bridge, the aqueduct, Statue of Liber-:
ty, the elevated railroads, any large.
office building, including The elevator
system, fourteen-story flats, the Cen
tral depot and approaches. Another
list reads: Brooklyn bridge, Statue of
Liberty, artificial channel at Hell gate
produce-exchange building, Casino
theater. St. Patrick's cathedral, John
L. Sullivan. A third is: Brooklyn
bridge, elevated railroads, Statue of
Liberty, High bridge, Grants tomb,
sub-treasury vaults, st. Patrick cathc-
dral. And a fourth makes these selec-
tions: Brooklyn, bridge, Vanderbilt
! viaduct, Novarro flats, Statue of Liber-
| ty, the elevated railroads, Central
park, Coney Island.
1t will be seen that all opinions con-
cur in putting the Brooklyn bridge and
the Statue of Liberty among the seven
wonders. Three of the four include in
the list the elevated railroad system,
two name St. Patriclk's cathedral, 3
representative apartment-house of the
sky-scraping pattern, and the railroad
engineering work of the Vanderbilt
roads from the Harlem river to the
Grand Central depot as worthy to be
classed in the list. BY including High
bridge under the general appellation
of the aqueduct two of the jurors
would agree also to include the great
work in the schedule of wonders
There remain {; number of works
that are well worthy of consideration,
though named by only single juror.
/ Grants tomb, for instance, possesses
human interest which is unique.
Whatever may be the architectural dis
play at the spot, its chief interest to
visitors will consist in the patriotic as
sociations which center there. The
tomb is properly included in any list of
scenes in and about New York which
an American visitor should see.
Then there is the sub-treasury build
ing, not impressive in architecture, but
wonderful as national treasure-house.
Here the visitor may see the largest
amount of metallic money to be found
in any building OH the continent, if not
in the world, and greater, probably,
than any similar collection of anti
guilty. This fact certainly invests the
sub-treasury with peculiar interest.
Another suggestive selection is Central
park, and Coney island is still another.
Much that is wonderful is expressed by
each of these titles. The He'll gate i'm.
provcments are truly remarkable.
Our large f1ice-buildings are also
amazing, and they are an absolute
novelty in the world. Solomon to the
contrary Notwithstanding. And then
the glimpse at modern business afford.
ed by a visit to the produce or the
stock exchange is fairly to be ranked
among the greatest of metropolitan
marvels. The beautiful Casino thcatel
is a gem in its way, and few would dis
pute the claims Of MIR. John L. Sulli
van to pre-eminence in his line. l
anybody does dispute those claims, tina
is the man, as we understand it, tina
Mr.. John L. Sullivan is looking for.
Now, out of these lists, we ventur,
to suggest. under correction, that th'
: seven wonders of New York are: Th
Brooklyn bridge, the stauc Of Liberty
J the elevated railroad system, the grea
flats. Central park, the Vanderbilt via
: duct, and the sub-treasury vaults. But
) as we have said, we are willing to hea
criticism on this selection. Yo.i
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