New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-29
BUSY SIXTH AVENUE.
CINDERELLA TO GAYER SISTERS. IT
THOROUGHLY SUPPLIES HOUSE
HOLD AND FAMILY NEEDS

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IN LENGTH. NOT FOOT OF ITS FRONTAGE IS
ALLOWED TO LIE FALLOw-sEoPs GREAT
AND SHOPS SMALL. ALL FILLED
WITH THE GOODS TFSAT WILL
BEST MEET THE WANTS OF
TIE swARNfTNG CROWDS
OF PURCHASERS.
sixth-ave. suns from Caruine-st. to Central
PARK would any sensible New-Yorler who had
70 choose between tie two. Il is in wav
typical NeW-York street. full of hustle and ac-
uvity. TWO parallel unbroken rows of shops from
end 10 end.
great stores. II is example Of the New-York OF
bygone generation and yet this very fact lies
hidden ore OF the secrets Of its success as shop
ping street The buildings mostly small. two
or three story affairs, altered. as far as may be
INTO more or less commodious shops. Thus the
rentals are not necessarily high and the dealer
n rent into The quality Of the goods he eff or
inJo reduction Of the price at which he offers
n Elane:ag a the signs and store fronts during
one is struck by the fact thai it 1cuid be easier n
ehlHlesate me trades not there represented than
those jhat appear 10 flourish in its activity. There
sre o1 course great department STORES, some in
+ba original
which they first began 20 grow from petty retailers
M.ll!ners in -egions. with names French German
Eng-tsa, Irsa and last but not least, Hebrew. are
that could without moments preparation pro-
vide fooIgear for the armies XeTXes To the
tom ccnDier who does his work and in his
way and time. Then there are the grocers
great and small. green grocers and fancy grocers
trunk dealers. diaries, butchers. markets
raurants tailors. statoners electricians. dentists
sign painters. plumbers. intelligence Offices,
undertakeTs. theatres. banks and unpretentious
hotels.
The visitor 10 New-York who thinks that he or
she has explored its shopping facilities and who
get has not investigated Sixrh-ave. is sadly In
error The swa-ns Of shoppers, who a certain
bear eloquent testimony the opportunities therein
afforded for laying out money the best possible
advantage
The markets Of New-York nave the deserved
reputation OF excellng all others the world in
the variety and excellence OF their food supplies
and the markets OF Stxth-ave. second 10 none
n the c1Ty- Supplying they do throughout a
great part OF its length the exclusive and appre-
ciatlye class Of wealthy and refined consumers who
reside II the cross streets running from Fifth-ave
and IL Flfth-ave. itself these dealers have but
one rule 70 fOllOw-to get the and the price
take 0f itself Fish. vegetables fruits
poultry and game are here offered, such a.
duplicated nowhere else if found elsewhere they
are in FAR less profUsion and variety.
Taken as whole the avenue is, more than any
IN Newton an Cmnium gatherum Of the retail
trades OF the whole city At night It's upper por-
lions are gay with the bright lights from theatres
and the restaurants that 70 the theatre
crowds Some Of these restaurants go back into
the early half OF the century. and. could their
walls talk. they could tell Of the nuerryuak kings Of
men whose names have become important parts OF
the country1s history