New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
VIEUS OF CITY And SCBCRBS

HEIGHTS FROM WHICH THE METROPOLITAN
PANORAMA MAY BE BEST SEEN.
Every New-Yorker who knows Manhattan ISL
and at all has gazed northward from the upper
end OF Riverside Drive and admired the view OF
the Hudson River and the long stretch Of the PAIL
sades but many elevated points which also afrord
magnificent Views are known 10 few residents OF
the city. Boomngiale Heights has been visited
by thousands OF sightseers since the Protestant
Episcopal Cathedral. 81. Lukes Hospital and CO.
umbia College secured land in that part OF the city
There is n high mound however at the northern emf
81 Morningside Park which has only recently been
finished. and which few persons have yet visited
II affords wide outlook IN almost every direction.
Central Park and the yet unbuit part OF Harlem
Hats stretch 10 The southeast. MornIngslde Park
Itself lies like an emerald cut In the rocky elm
TIL. view 10 the north IL also fine and to the north
east be a succession OF blocks OF dwellings
which form Harlem.
The view from the proposed site OF the new build
ing OF the College OF the city OF NewYork Is one
OF tho finest In the city. The clin In front OF the
site is nearly one hundred feet high, and forms n
wall rising straight upward to the edge of the
stree, which passes IN front OF the proposed college
building Looking eastward one has an unobs'ructed
view to the East and Harlem rivers and to the
Long Island shore. great clock on a brewery
tower stands out prominently among the buildings
green hills beyond the Harlem and summer
house q a lofty elm forms "A sulkiNH pa Oh 'hc
landscape AZ IL can be seen from nearly every
hich point FOR miles In each direction The sandy
square OF ground on which grow the twelve
trees which remain out OF the thirteen set out by
Alexander Hamilton after the Revolutionary War
lies Just north OF the city College grounds The
v,.w 10 the west from the building which Will be
erected by the city College VIII be almost unlnter-
ruptcd and the hudson River may be seen. with
the opposite Jersey shore St Nicholas Park Hes
10 the south and southeast and the convent
grounds form an attractive part OF the southern
view. . ..,....,
from Manhattan Island IS that which stretches 10
the northwest and northeast from inc summit OF
the b,uY at Fort George. The northwestern view
rnreats cxactly that from Clare mont. but In other
directions the view Is much hnsr than that from
the promontory on which the Grant Monument
stands The Harlem River valley there spreads
our across tho Dykeman meadows ana Allows an
uninterrupted view from Fort George for many
m,lcs The eastern shore OF the Harlem rises
nbr,ntly AZ University Heights ana toward the
north until the entrance to the snip Canal Is
reached on beyond to the north are the levei
plains Of Van Courtlandt Park, ana 20 the north
east the ridge continues past the CIanin summer
homes and toward the Workers line Inc view OF
Nm. valleys close below Fort George If always Dcau-
tlful In summer the verdure II the deepest
green and rolling hills break the level: Few inner
iandscape Views can be seen than That from Fort
George on an afternoon toward sunset In the early
summer