New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-25

haul, IN No way detract in an architectural sense
,ron it's surroundings. The Vest Side Improve
rent Association vas exceedingly active ;" +"i
,hering the interests o. the community -"'''",
she natient entertainment by the School Board
AZ many Of the suggestions made by the asSo-
,s,on has resulted in delaying the beginning OIL
he work A large proportion Of the people h'hs
hsreabouts we're anxious that the surface ma
,.da should he Brantford granite which Is ihc
oaity Of stone used in the Museum or Na'u''
Esorv AT Central Park and Sevcnty-seventh-'t
This stone would have to be imported from IOWA
scora and in the Judgment Of the school author-
ties this was deemed unnecessary. inasmrch AS
from short distance no one could determine
whether the material was granite or Drown Sa''''
stone Finally ii was decided 70 use gray lime
stone ard Pompean brick. Roman size VIZ =
inches long and ~ inches thick. me Ehs"s"
Gothic style OF architecture was adopted
The capacity OF the building. which IL 10 ne
absolutely fireproof is .eo pupils. independent q
possible kindergarten classes. 1t Is to ne hNe
stories high The first story VIII be applied 10 the
uses OF d playground with two kincergar'eh
rooms one in each end. The playground VIII
be paved with asphalt, which Is easy TO inc iee'
and admits of perfect cleanliness. on each o'''he
second third and fourth floors there VIII be eIeFeh
classrooms making thirty-three in all The NTH
Aoor will be devoted to a gymnasium ana 10 man
NAL training rooms. The furniture throughout Inc
building will be ot the adjustable patterh-tha'
Is 10 say the chairs and desks viii be capable
Of regulation suit the size OF the chiid inns
kind OF furniture also is an auxiliary OF economy
lnasmuch as the frequent changes OF furniture III
,choolhouses made necessary by the use OF the
older patterns will be avo;-cd The Force system
Of heating ana ventilation vii. be applied. Onner
his system thirty cubic feet OF fresh air child,
for each minute. will be supplied and exhausted
In the process Of it's passage through the ro"m'
and an eouable temDerature will be maintained.
The excavations for the bui ding were begun
about six weeks ago. and the structure VIII be
ready for use the beginning OF the fan term or
1896 II has been proposed TO use the new build
Ing for the Girls Grammar Scnool, NO. 81 AT
seventy-seventh-st. and Tenth-ave, and trans
form the latter into a larger boys school The
question OF this change has not yet been decided
West End-ave. is regarded by those who occupy
It's magnificent homes the Fifth-ave OF the
northwest side OF the city Though somewhat mar.
than NETWORKS famous thoroughfare with
driveway not so wide, but with broader SIDE
walks and grasspots intervening between them and
the ciTbstones. and with shat trees set at reSu-
lar intervals West End-ave.. with its varegated
style OF architecture. is destined 10 be perhaps the
picturesque thoroughfare which NETWORKS
system Of Improvements has thus far supplied TO
the westward. only a few hundred feet away IS
Riverside Drive overlooking the HUDSON Rive. the
HIS OF North Hoboken and the Palisades above
In social sense, the community promises to be one
Of exc.usveness-in fact. cement which may lay
the foundation for a modern metropolitan arlstOc-
racy
At the northwest corner Of Seventy-nintn-st. and
the Boulevard. on.y block east Of West End
ave, Is the newly constructed and aTchitectursly
artistic First Baptist Church At the southeast cor
ner Of Eighry-arsi-st and West End-ave stands Nj
Angels Protestant Episcopal Church. which Dean
holman built and Of which the Rev pr, G. f.
gtante OF Enelsh design Observation-Disclosures and OF
unusually pctnre.nue ontIines and general appear
;ss the Protecting from the tower ana Just arrow
pen not large but sweet toned-just such "A bell
me sound Of which delights TO hear floating
sn, vss the fields and meadow. 81 me country On
~ mornings in such beautiful autumn wetther'
a. mat which New-York has recently been IN en-,
.hnIs. Oh here, TOO, IS one OF the ni.eSr 49,
ss ots In the city. and many persons not members
10 ,h cnuich are attracted TO me srHiccS u lsgh
~. me Charming music associated WIN IL; fnousn
me church is large. its seating capacity IS lar TO
which ssek mD.raS aceci," nrs the northwest
frerner Of Ninety hrst-st and West End-ave: Is the
Merr is pastor This congregation came from
Iiairty-fourih-st. near Broadway. The new place
IN is ne new S4 Son me S ol BEEN remar@e
rneween All Angels, at Eighty-iirsi-sd ana ne ne
rs u, =, Methodist Episcopal congregation Is prepar
OF E,ss erect me structure a. tne Th Ia ~
equation northward led the trustees ic" year.
Tyspiyseeo9d-st and to seek another territory
%nicn would De more convenient 10 those compriS-
Ing the membership The increased value Of he
mhopeIty at Twenty-seeond-st and FouTih-ave ana
ane OF sale TO the United Charities ASSOCIATION
nva p:ea them to realize magncfni pTont OF Tn, te
an,estiDent IL r. he richest Methodist f-pih-
n gpai church organization in the United S,aiSSS'
IA aehs are being drawn for the finest church Dul'd-
'S U mat denomination on this continent
Gun TO the northwest, Cathedral Heights az
Snnne-hundred, and-tenthst and Mornnssde DrIve'
Sa ms INTO view Here the cornerstone Of me "a,
ieulaI or st. John the Divine has already been
. Ho The excavations are In progress ana IN ne
v"urse OF few years there VII ascend on tAlS
~ 0rsy spot pile Of masonry which when complete
T compass the finest religious temple In America
ssasl beyond with only street to divide them. Is
H T,ag Constructed the new building for ST Lake
Hospital, one OF NewYorks most noted charitab:e
nmsu'utons. Near by will be Columbia Colleges
Nv, buildings. Here within close touch with one
tshho'ner, on OF the highest points Of land on
me me Island with Morningside Drive al the base OF
ne MI and Central Park. with It's mass Of trees.
distance TO the southeast will exist the mos
bosshinSent or Christian churches the most famous
iSpta and the greatest university Identified Win
crI name OF the metropolis. Beyond them al, Dui
n my = Snort distance away. is the Mecca or all
Esuouc Americans-the tomb OF General Grant:
ae also the work OF constructing the magnificent
Msusoieum Is advancing rapidly. The residents Ia
rs.|cshty or the new school building are fnuch
srcSi nea that the structure Is TO be one OF such
Nsmtectura attractiveness, for II gives assurance
M ~. tneir beautiful thoroughfare, which In the
vsic VIII NATURALLY be much travelled, as the de-
ssopment to the northward advances. will In no
~ made less attractive by Its existence there.