New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-19
prBIfC ART AND oFFIcIAL" ARE
SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE PLANS TO
ERECT A PERMANENT ARCH.

SOME SUGGESTIONS ABOUT THE PLANS TO
ERECT A PERMANENT ARCH.
TO fAe TdfIor OF Ths Tri6nns.
Sir: The project 10 pcrpctuate the memorIai "'u
now a. washtn gtOn Square and Fifth'aVe'-ah ~eh
conceived IN trained knowledge and born IN good tas''
and q standing rebuks 70 those responsible Tor ''e
ridiculous and uetrrly cheap arches At Twonty'
third e., and Tventy.sixth.s' 81. dnr1ng The recent
parsdes-descrves the hcarticst support both for "
scb and besuss II has AZ last awakened the interest,"
OF the general public In tho public art OF the city
This new interest In civic or communal Ar, ~ as
tingushed from domestic private art, should not Oe
allowed n lapse again into apathy With the pormanen'
erection OF the admirable arch at Washington square,
Indeed, Is not this The oppOtuns time " renew
s,,upStion p1ade IN the Art Revisw' two years ago,
that a public ART association be formed In NeV-forR
for The mr. motion OF the city's upo- air ART may
an term -not only By the erection Of ut stafuaEy,
% artistic fountains, moSnori9 tablets ana Arches ana
haIh but also by the moral influence thar suoh an
aSsociat on might VOL and effectively exercise As
regard, tho architectural character OF our puolc
budnzs the decoration OF the Gays boucvards With
trccs and grass plots where possible, and the CON
serving AMI Development OF Tho public psrksi iis
not tho tIno como In the growth Of the metropolis
when the passive attitude OF Tho public boSard tho
decorative lttrartivcncsS Of the city should % eS'
ohanrrd FOR A deliberately formed and eegroSslvelJ
pur1od plan on bruSL Ines looRins to tho complete
DEVELOPMENT Of New. 1Ofk Efesf drcofauon' u"
could not be accomplished IN brcf to yeam, With
an annual expenditure u 100000 put out, not N
tho hit ornS,s- style that seems nsoparahie nom
official art but on ia" lns' Of spmc w"ll-consFrnh
scheme applicable 10 the whole city And got
800 900 rear means but subscription Of 900 from
oooh Of a thousand persons Of ESQ from each Of two
thousand pcarons or OF s25 irom zach Of four thousand
persons. name 100000 as the maximum amonht
per snnuu, bsr $4,000 year would mean VeSy
Substantial goOd and even smaller rNie and
nunber Of Subscribers members Of the RasooiStion
CrgTesteh The FEirurpnnt Park Art Association, 81
Philadelphia. Q city that New Workers Arv prone W
rfbe far certain s0-called sownresT eulscTSbes a.
iea4t sos 900 a year for itS purpose
For such 0 cause, appealing IL dos N leHiftrat"
prrn IN tho appearance Of the metropolis, believe
X gult, feasible 10 EcrurN A subscription NN OF al
last 900 PERSONS who will pay $50 year And,
sshe from willingness 10 be one OF tho hye hnndird,
wDnh gladly uldertskr, 81 my O"'n cost OF time
ard money, tho clerical work such recording
pirigc, rtc5 necessarily preliminary TO the formation
g such al association A. The one outlined above.
Tn" point fret bc settled Is whether hcrr arc
enough persons euncou'ly interested In tho PROJECT
~ be willing IN pledge = fixed sum land " ~, what
sum y for thru years, Tor Tho gf1oThl purposes
indicated IA the foregoing.
GEORGE FORBES KELLY,
Editor NJ " The Art Review
No 81 Union square, May 4, 1879.