The sun., 1897-02-07
NEW ACADEMY OF DESIGN.
ryr SITE At 1fOrH STREET PUR-
CHASED YESTERDAY.
.. r,toyn Men Win from Those In Favor
s,. New Home Below SSth street After
D,.cu-.ion That Lasted Nearly Two
var. objection TO the New Move.

7, was made certain yesterday tnht tio iu-
,,,s site OF the National Academy OF DESIGN
III, be at 10th street and Amsterdam ave-
N Tho papers which transfer this now
Assn.r,v 10 the Academy were signed yestcr-
-. norning at the cfflco OF II. II. Cs,rmann
a.. at 81 Liberty street. by Thomas w.
"a President; James d. smillie, Treas
W., and ]. q. Brown. and the former owners
', IN. property. John ID. Crimnins and Mr..
u.-nb,in,er. Tho price paid WAS $245.ooo.
rhI. decision is the result Of q lone and very
..r,... discussion which for nearly two years
a.. ocoupied tho attention Of the Academy.
Iho,, two years ago IL was voted to sell the
h,ua,ry and the ground at the corner Of Fourth
...,p. and Twenty. third street to the Metro
,o,I,an Life insurance Company. This build
49,, h.. been occupied by the Academy since
,se, There all It's exhibitions have been held
nd IL. art schools maintained. Gradually
~. increase OF tho buildings In the neiRhbr.
mood deprived the rooms OF the necessary light.
and some time ago IL became evident to tho
,neers that a change to new quarters would
h.ve 10 b. made. After selling Its old sito tho
Academy had. with other sums. about $685.
mn available TO buy site aud build q new
home.
IN, deliberatiou a. % what It's new site
.,ou,d bs b~gan toward the close OF 1898, and
a, that time a committee on plan and site was
,,,oInted. OF this the Chairman was James
n. smillie. Two other members were Frederick
mailman and J. C. Nicoll. This.commlttoe In
p.cembcr, 1895. handed in q report recon-
m.pding . union OF the Academy Of Design
nth the Fine Arts Society. which is now To-
Gated In West filty-seVohth .street' ih's
move was urged on the ground that this quar-
tn oi 'ne W" -, ~. 81. .,,s,o. "a
centre OF New YORK ana that the stuu'os anu
rslleries were situated there. The plan was
- ,.r,,a -,,,Idi,o 4, xbic, all
70 nave uHo -, =, .-s
.,' ,,. ,.roe ar, societies in the city b. 40.
.,,.,.d Tn. economy Of the scheme. A
eommouA'eu' e - .,s
,,r,. from possessing one united fine arts so.
-. -. III, rnon I'm, INSTRUMENTATION yvn.
eeU, Me'eu"s ~. ~
voted down by the members without any con-
alteration or the question Of site proposed. IL
wv ss.Ia.s ,,., ,ho Acsd.rv .hon,d b.y. a..
own finances and property under its exclusive
,or,rol. as Il had IN the past. The question
e."uo" It,. =, rg,,y...v.,,h s,,s., h.,w..n
Broadway and Seventh avenue, was not re-
..,d.d
Then ascend committee was appointed, con-
" Watroas. ami Z. Wood Perry, Jr. IL was
sonn,,ssred necessary by this Committee on Site
,oa,.coyer from n majority Of the Fellows Of
,%cssemr %aiscoser % and Of the AesdemisiAns whether
tae .s asaa asspr.S ~ noys sbovs or below Ftfty-
ninth street Already there was q sentiments
- favor Of rnoying up 10 the site now adopted
=, nm 70 iistS streat on property adjo.nins
he n.w Columbia College grounds. and owned
b. 81. LukeS Hospital. The other. proposi.
sS,olninv Tho Fine Arts Soci.ty, aud this was
~ Ssys 6.en msse noss,nl. throueh The assist
s Of SsSs 10 ,ss nm &
rsc,...ry fund. IL wa. J. G. Brown who
srt pronosed the move up TO 10th street and
Se issued 10 the members OF the Academy
of fDesign statement q an bod wing his Elections s
~ tSs Tfty.seyenth street site
81 am NOT in favor I" he wrote ''of being con.
n.rt.d in he smallest AZ with sny other In.
MIN don NO mater h,w great Il NAV be: nor
an i in favor OF ,eing next door 10 any other
At bniIding having the snm, object In view
II invites .omparison. and You ali know what
thst means. Irritation. iii feeling. The students
often Ss and and hss, oSs
ei5.rens.."
Mr. Browns other rcasons for favor!ng the
site purchased yesterday wore the facts that
the lard cos. one half tho su n thar would have
been denandsd for the properly down town :
hss hy. the only plHc found whs.' the
ton WAS more conspicuous than any OF the
other, suggested.
The site have chosen for your considera-
tlon," he wrote TO A member II believe TO be
free from these faults The price In within
our means. We can buy the ground. III feet
Of The block 200 feet on 10th street. and 200
feet oa loSth street. We could. Therefore, CON
struct q building Answering ali our PURPOSES
and have sufficient remaining money TO keep
Us out Of ds6t The light can mover DO i'm
paired, for we would have an open space on our
northern front for three blocks, which would
give us an unintsrrup ed light for all II me- as
The Cathedral OF ~. John the Divine does NOT
come within 200 feet of m ,tertam avenue, It
would be impossible for us not In ',o conspicu-
Gus on so magnificent n situation, You will
b on q great thoroughfare the nor .hern exit
from Central Park and Riverside Drive, on
M np1v nfn - o
runs from river to river. where your building
would be seen every day by Thousands OF the
driving public. The Cathedral Driveway Is now
open. and II you would hut 20 there you would
appreciate its desirability."
The revised report Of the second committee
showed that hfty-two out of sixty-fiye Acad-
smicians we're In favor OF n location below
Fifty-ninth street. AT that time several sites
we're In view. In addition 70 the proper " In
West Fifty-seventh street. the lots lying on tho
east side or sixth avenue. between forty.third
and Forty -fonrth streets. were 10 % had. and
many OF the Academiciaas we're in favor OF
buying them for a site as q com mpromiso bo-
tween the uptown property and that at Fifty
seventh street. Those In favor OF this site in
Sixth avenue argued that it was very accessi-
TO be the mos, dynifed in the city. and most
app oprats to such an inst!tutlon a. the Acad
eny Of Design. Several clubs are In the neigh
borhood. and the region ia very accessible.
In the mean time those mernbers in favor of
Abulding above FIfty-ninth streat were NOT