The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-24
NEW YORK TO STRANGERS.

No Other American City Like 1t In the
Variety and Extent of Its sights.
Tho visitor TO Philadelphia is invariably and
inevitably made TO look at, as marked and dis
tnctvo features Of that town, Independence Hall
the new Public Building. Grard College, the
Geological Garden In Paramount Park and Chest
nut street when most crowded The visitor 10
Chicago sees the Board Of Trade, tho Auditorium,
tho stockyards, jackson Park and few Of the
principal high buildings The visitor To Boston
may expect TO SEQ the Public Library. the Bunker
Hill Monument, what there is Of Faneuil Hall.
the Common the State House, and Common
wealth avenue. Tho visitor to ST Louis il Ger
tain 70 be taken 10 the Union Depot and at least
one brewery. Shaw's garden and the illinois
Bridge across tho Mississippi Visitors 70 Bal
tmore sec tho monuments, TO New Orleans the
French market, to Cincinnati tho neghboring
hillsides, 70 Washington tho White House. the
National Capitol the Congressional Library,
Pennsylvania avenue and the public depart
ment buildings But the visitor TO New York
who comes 70 this city a brief trip, and
pecially for some celebration, should not delude
himself with the notion that he will all the
town. for be his stay here day week. a month
or longer he will be compelled at the close to ad-
init that he has not exhausted tho interesting
sights and points Of interest in the city. and no
prepares forthwith. usually, TO return to New
York and see. ON his second visit what no failed
70 SEQ on the first
The fact is, as tho experience OF all intelligent
and travelled visitors attests New York Ia a city
Of varied attractions, and the number and di-
versity Of these is such that no ono could prob
ably give even fairly satisfactory answer 10 the
| question What the dozen chief attractions OF
| New York TO visitor? Some New Workers would
answer. possibly in about the order named, Cen
trail Park. the Brooklyn Bridge the Metropoli-
tan Museum Of Art, the Statue Of Liberty, China
town. the Stock Exchange, Grants Tomb. Trim
| lty Church, the Madison Square tower, the Wash
ington Arch, the Riverside Drive, and the double
| decked feTry-boata But this enumeration would
| leave entirely out Of account the twenty -five
| or moro Now York theatres, the finest Of any
| city in tho country; the Aquarium, the City Hail.
| Battery Park, the Museum Of Natural History,
| the Fifth Avenue Cathedral, Columbia College.
| the Post Once, Printing House Square, Cooper
| Union, Mulberry Bond the Bowery, the Croton
| Aqueduct Grand street on Saturday night the
| Metropolitan Opera House, the roof gardens,
| the elevated railroads, the Fifth avenue clubs,
the Grand Central Station. the County Court
| House. Fort George. the Columbus monument,
the Speedway, the Academy OF Design, ST Pauls
Church, the Fifth Avenue Temple, Fulton Market.
the Ienox Library, Hamilton Grange, Carnegie
Hall and the Produce Exchange The list is
| indeed 30 large that il might be extended indef-
| initely for after the first dozen chief points OF
interest have been given according TO the fancy
| or the memory Of whoever supplies them, and
then To these have been added two dozen more,
the list is still incomplete, for il takes into account
| not one OF New York's great hotels, none OF its
| big armores mono OF its notable and far-famcd
restaurants. tho leading business thorough
fare broadway, and it further omits New York
Harbor, Wall Street. the mammoth cable power
houses, the shipping interests on the water front
the New York Clearing House, Little Russia,
the Masonic building, the drygoOds district
Gramercy Park, the Claremont, tho Normal Col
lege, the hospitals, the Harlem bridges, the Barge
Office, the Assay Office, the Criminal Court build
ing, the Custom House, and Frances Tavern
The list indeed is without limit, and visitors r.
New York enjoy all tho pleasure which Gomez
from presence in q city which Is almost kaeido
scope in the attractions il onerA