New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-31
TRYING TO CHOOSE 4 SITE.
SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE BEST ONE FOR
THE CITY COLLEGE.
WHAT ROBERT MACLAY SAYS REGAEDING TIE
INGS-IIE THINKS \ FILL BLOCK or
GROUND NECESSARY


GROUND NECESSARY
Ar interesting question Just now TO the many
thousand alumni of the College OF the CITY of New
York IS where the new site OF that institution shall
be. Governor Morton last week signed bin ap-
propriating $4,000 for site for the college
and $1,000 for the erection of new buildings. II
has long been admitted that the college should
have home. the present building * old
and unfit for educational purposes. and the ground
owned by the college at Twenty-ihrd-st and Lex
ington-ave although central to It's location H.
not large enough for the work carried The
selection Of site is matter OF great i'm
portsnce the future welfare Of the college ana
one OF interest to real estate men.
The question OF a site Will soon be definitely de-
cided. and even now the matter has almost as
sumed definite shape IN the minds of many MEM
bers OF the Executive Committee. Robert Maclay
one OF the members Of the committee said yest~r-
day TO ii Tribune reporter: Il not tisied in
my own mind just whore the new site for IN" city
College should be. but OF thing am certain
and that is the new site should take up an entire
cky block. \ half-blOcl "A number Of lots will
never DO. The college buildings should De bounded
by four streets. which viii insure ample light air
and room for architectural display. The buildings
that to be put up the new site, OF course
should be Of best style Of architecture. for that
in itself is something of education. That Is one
OF the strong points in favor OF oxford and Cam
bridge In those seats Of learning the architecture
Of the ancient ana mOlern buildings has Il far
reaching influence The several colleges composing
these great universities have been most carefully
considered from architectural point Of view and
great impression have they made on the
minds OF the students that you win find these
buildings, conspicuous features Of them. dupli-
Gated all the world. Bearing these facts in
mind. il is of the utmost Importance that the archi-
lecture Of the new buildings Of the city College
should be OF the highest order ana the site should
ho 1xitb ,fat nfc sf,D ,rf th.fr rcII
lecture to the best advantage As to where the
site Of the college should be | cannot say at
present"
{. b. j. Snyder the superintendent of school build
ings, who has made close study Of educational sites
In NewYork City from an architectural point OF
view. said to a Tribune reporter: "A site which has
impressed me favOrably is the slope from Ninety
and Fifth avts. or. better yet, between Maiiso am
ana FYf ayes. From almost every point of view
this seems to me the most desirable site In New
York There are many vacant blocks Of land in
this vicinity, and being on the slope of steep
hill, It would be magnificent opportunity for
architectural display For Instance. take a block
tween hundred -and-nfth and Nine y-thrd SITS
There you would have Central Park on the west.
view OF Harlem. Long Island Sound and Wcstches-
ter County, while the college building would be
many miles in all these directions. As these lots
have no houses on them thy could be purchased
the city. Furthermore, the site is emnently con-
yenient from all parts of New-York or Greater
Third and Second ave elevated railroads. To- the
New-fork Central Railroad. which has station
at One hundred and-tenth-st. TO the One-hundred-
anf-tenth-st. croSstOwn line OF cars and the
Long Island Ferry AT Ninety third-st. Taking it
from an architectural. a financial and from a
trail point of view, this part of the city offers the
greatest advantages for the college"
Othes sites have been mentioned as being sita-
BILE for the college. such Cathedral Heights
Washington Heights and several places in West
chester Comfy. IL has also been suggested that
the present site of Columbia College. with the build
inSs as they now stand, could be secured O adj
vantage. The same which induced the
Columbia trustees TO give up this site probably
however