New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
EASE SIDE ROOF GARDEN.
A PLACE WHERE SAND PILES DELIGHT
LITTLE ONES

SEVEN HUNDRED CHILDREN CAN BE AcCoMMo-
DATED AT ONE T1ME-GREAT PLAY DAYS.
There is not breezier spot on the East side
than the roof garden on top Of the Educational
Alliance Building corner Of East Broadway and
Jenerson-st. Elevated perhaps eighty feet above
the pavement, it catches every wind that blows
across the city. No building within the vicinity
IS tall the Alliance Building. and conse-
Quently view over the housetops Is 90 ex-
tended
Up here where the winds ever delight TO frolic. a
large number Of the children and adults Of the
East Side find comfort and pleasure daily A
record is kept Of the number Of persons who IRE
quent the roof. and it has been found that there
IS an average attendance OF about four thousand.
with maximum of nearly ten thousand.
The roof will accommodate seven hundred chill
dren or FIVE hundred adults There are. however,
rarely as many as this upon the roof at one time,
as there is a constant going and coming
The visitors are carried up IN elevator, but
are expected 70 walk down. The morning and
afternoon are given UP 10 the children the even
ing 70 the adults This roof garden, besides its
deI,ehrrul coolness is attractive because OF the
humorous features for enjoyment provided by the
management.
Long before the hour for opening in the fore
noon. a string OF children CARRIED in all sorts OF
hablIiments has formed outside the elevator gate
waiting for the popular elevator man" 10 take
heaven" And so long the garden is open
'Ikey" known OF all the youthful visitors who
manages the gate. has his entire attention occu-
MED IN keeping a line OF lively youngsters in
order.
WONDERFUL SAND PILE.
Once upon the roof there IL the sand pile for
ths small children and games. lotto. dominoes,
checkers chess authors. etc. for the older chill
dren A tug of war rope and set Of boards pro-
vides entertainment for the muscular youth. A
kindergartner for the morning and two II II be
afternoon-the Board Of Education furnishing the
second-teach the children how 70 play Ruth and
Jacob" soldier Boy" Wee Birds Are We Let
Your Feet Tramp. Tramp. Tramp" Squirrel and
Carpenters and Shoemaker" For the entertain
rent Of the adults in the evening an orchestra OF
seven pieces is provided fine evenings. and on
Tuesdays an hour is given up TO stereopticon
pictures. ,.u 1850
ings, so that the sun does not take away from
the pleasure OF the garden. In one corner Is a
stand where milk is distributed and SOFA water
cakes and candy be very economically pur-
TTjce a week. Mondays and Wednesdays parties
Of about eighty each under the direction OF Volunoo
teer leaders. set forth from the bulldlng al .
o'clock IN the morning for an outing IN some one
Every dav in parties OF twenty. the boys go
down into the gymnasium ana nave an ho t col %.
fun and a bait singing class. winch meets lot
haflv practice. has been organized recently
This week the Misses WOof ana LoeD oesan m
sructing the children how 10 frame pictures, anu
gave 10 each child a Perry picture 70 take nome.
/ T)r1skin the supervisor, and the Misses Mary
Finn Kate Rosenberg and Loeb are assisted IN
The management OF the roof and In the playing OF
O. some OF the older boys and girls for the pur-