New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-30
THE ClTYfIN GAY COLORs.
RED WHITE fND BLUE EVERYWHERE.
RAPID WORK rnlrrRDAr AND ITS WONDERFUL
nrsuLrs-FEf BUILDINGS uNDEoonNrED
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IN BROIOwAY AND FIFTnAVE
I'll. crca.~:york OF arrsying TIE city in gala day
,o,ts which has been going for the last thr*
- was bark completed even last night, ie"
a,,sh,oy ,onchr{ r,maning TO be done to-day. lho
.moun, of prcgk.ss made yesterday simply won
ac,a,l 1t was2hc original intention OF most persons
a., have all taf decorations in their places by sa'ur
aay night so fhat the advance guard OF the af"'os
~ strangers ckull view the city all her gsS OH
sunday attention The rain which began on lh"i9-
day night hofsever put a stop to all these caicu@
lions Manyfof the displays ruined anu o'ho''
were taken &Dwn 10 save them from the same iac'
few firms Continued put up their display III ~
rain and OIL sunday decorators made necessity 'ncs
excuse and kw:re hard at work from sunrise ui''
several houGs after dusk
Most pe,lons however, who had not yet hung OUT
their huntks and nailed NJ their flags waited uh'''
yesterday. The day was meInoFapie one i'' -,
five firms Although their men had been "ofhihs
early and Lite for week. they were set Ia their tasks
. few bmy after midnight and kept at IL for twenty
solid ho,,{ pcople who thought Ncwiork was finely
decorat,, before the rain thought II maSnlhceh'A ar
ravea cnI sunday when thousands promenaded the
principal trccts to see what MAJ Dee" uo"o 'o"a1
pah,nc e city beautiful By yesterday afternoon
en- ,,anv nj d,pays had been added to and so many
nov u, had becn put up that the only way TO ex-
,se al admiration was to say that New York was
Tho mos generally most gorgeously and most beauti-
fully del rated city that this country had ever Secn
soue vy IN. even further, and asserted that nowhere
baa heS ever been such dis play of bright colored
aags an bunting.
In nraye especially was the change made
hv sy,l, day Noticeable DOWNTOWN the decora-
,ions hi been put up for the most party My Saturday
night. Lu, in Tifth-ave; # different For some
reason Tho greatest objection 10 working on Sunday
was made here. that along that thoroaglbarc
the buildings bciccked in red, white and blue were
So few in comparison with broadway that there
was general feeling of disappointment.
This gave way to one of wonder and
admiration in the minds OF strangers and to one OF
mingled prize and cNultation in the minds of citizens
The number o: decorated houses had been than
quadruplcd. and many tina, Sunday showed only
modest array of flags and bunting yesterday
cred with masses OF the gay -colorcd material.
Of course, displays are handsOmcst and most gen.
eral in Wast.. broadway and Fiftll-avc, where the
exercises and parade will be held but 1t Is surprising
how numerous the decorated houses are in other quar-
tiers of the city. Downtown all of business houses
have been bcauicd less. and the retail stores
uptown even more generally decorated. the resi-
dcnce streets also showing liberal displays. Even the
people living IN iencmenthOuses caught the fever and
many have spent few cents, If no more in putting a
flag or two few yards of buntiag iu their only
window.
To begin at the Battery, broadway IS not lib
orally embeshed below Wallst. as above, although
both on account of It's Importance as the financial
centre Of the country and account of the part it
plays in the Centennial Celebration, has been trans
formed INTO bower Of gracefully drapcd bunting and
futrrins flags. Pier No. 1G which IS at the foot of
the street. where the President landed was inside and
out lavshy bedccked. the rOi being mass Of iiutter
ING flags and SrcamcIs The merchants arch. also at
The foot of WallSt., magnificent In It's robes of
iei. white and blue silk
Passing by The finely decorated Custom House, one
came TO the Assay Oilice and TREASURY Building. in
front Of which has been erected the .iaud ON which
the literary exercises Of today will lake place Tie
wooden platform Is covered with bunting and number
less tastefully arranged flags and oOas-ofarms The
columns of the Treasury building cnciiclel with
bright-hucd cloth. and on each of them IS hung a
large United states shield. The statue of Washing
ton, which is enclosed by the platform, is crowned
with leaves of golden laurel. Trinity Church. at the
head Of the street, displays a sunburst OF bunting in
main and the side entrances, and a large flag
from staff in the baitlcmcnts.
Up BNadway there Is vista Of towering walls
OF nuttenng. Haunting. rainbow hued decorations.
tending far as thc eye reach. From where the
thirteen long SHIPS of red white ard blue struggle TO
tear themselves loose from their fasteninss to the
Equitable Buik.ing;, up TO Wavcrey Place, where the
military parade viii leave Broadway. there hardly
dozen buildings that do not show indications Of
The Centennial. Up TO Johii-st there IS only
cours,- Of erection. few others are scattered up a.
far Waverlcy Place and above there. blocks in
which more than one or two houses ARE entirely with
out ornament the exception. One does not fully
appreciate the unanimity with which merchants have
buildings bare Of bunting IN lower Broadway. They
are as scarce as the proy:sslllal hens teeth.
forth ordinations Of admiration from all. The Fed
eral Building IS much more massive that its deco
ratiohs 90 noi make 50 great showing as do those
OF the smaller municipal edfice. The latter is fcs-
TONED with bunting, drapcd with flags, and hung
with banners until the gray walls hardly visible
The lavisnes OF the display is equallcd by Its artistic
beauty. the effect of 1t all being far richer and more
graceful than would be thought possible with the
SIMPLE material used.
Along broadway. further up, the variety of displays
Eases the parti-colorcd material has been laid on
9st literally, bu, occasionally has to look twice
! iat constitute all The oInamenaton. In Union
quar- the hotels and other buildings gorgeous
their holiday apparel, and on up Broadway the
falne Dcwiidc1ne banb, Of red. white and blue pre-
Ren themselves TO the bclnld,r
ashlngon squar: and he other two at twenty
khird and Twenty sixth SIS. Workmen were busy |
ave made fh.n beautiful structures indeed The
decorations along Fifh-avc are second In profnsc
way, In Madison squar' thc cluster Of biz hotels |
has been arrayed with exceptionally beautiful dis |
PLAYS making tho selection Of This place as the Site
81 ne W,, vcw'ng stand most fortunate Further
m nf, fn,i,ave inc hhonSes and the dwellings vie
MIN ono another in the extent aud gorgeousness OF
It Is an open Question. after all Whether the recent
II Is true. many cheap displays wcrc ruined but I'm |
n%arV cyey case they were replaced by costlier aud
Will today give TO all an idea Of he mapnGcent scale
WIN winch IN" citizens Of Now York do everything |
when their cncrCio, aruusnj 7
Tho fact bat DclmoricoS three downtown houses
were hi Of decorations Yesterday excited consdrrable
comment. Tn" manager of the Broad e. house ov
pla'ncd The omission IN This wav: ave were sorry
u al The accident. for r0hrg moro should have
occurred. We had arranged for the adornmert ~ orr
downtown houses. brt n the last moment The man
VIII whom We bad mad thc contract annonnccd his
inability n fulfil II. We could get no ono TO-DAY bu
~ houses viii he trimmed before : O'Clock IN nnr
row morning II the new contractor does not fail MS,
- tn" Mercantile EXchanr" building. al Hudson and
,isISn SITS. was the leading attraction IN that neigh.
iorhood ycster'lav About ~ 600 had been ryDen5cd
FOR decorations 10 the building. which are extremely
handsome.
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