New-York tribune., 1903-03-12
MORE SEASIDE PARKS.
COmmissiOner Wiucor Would Gre
ate Them on Staten Island.
MUNICIPAL ART SOCIETY DINNER.

~ In
At the annual dinner last nigh - tho Munich
p,I Art Society William r. Willc .. Comrpiu
sioner Of Parks. advocated the purchase Of land
for more seaside parks. and spoke OF the shore
of Staten Island the best place for such
recreation spaces.
This ought TO be agitsted at once" he said
then by summer it can be placed before the
Board of Estimate and Apportionment Land
is cheap now and the city could acquire il at a
reasonable figure
IL point to Staten Island as the proper place
for seaside parks on account Of tn" vast amount
OF available aid along the south shore and be-
cause the Borough of Richmond must have pub
liz. parks There are now only tno and q haIs
acres OF such property in that borough
The dinner which held in the galleries or
the National Arts Club. marked the opening 0f
the second exhibition OF municipal art given
under the auspices of the society. An interest,"
ing feature of the exhibition IS mc'IeI of the
eiertroler soon to be erected by the snsierv -,
rwentv-third-st and Fifth-ave.. 4 gjtt to tho
CITY Other exhibits arc drawings nf the now
bridges and photographs Of sculpture for III.
FALL of Records.
.Tobn Dewitt Warner pres:Ird- Iu r:FrfIug
the speeches he said in part:
Our last annual dinner va t1ag,aSE,,fnE "gr-
this for the prosperity W h1d "ni'' - 'nh the
promise OF increased usefunesS Na- ah'" =" 70
Of achievement than then dared tp cypsrt
more of opportunity than y" th"n dared 20 1''|"'
As, AS to % mom6ershlp' ne a2, II Hos
AS to 1nanCes. We have uaid VA AMI 5gs al
ditiOn have carried to endowment over ft'f-'
OF matters pending 2 year dS". Ih7 Plan Tor 2
model ,.itv exhibit at st. Louis. though approved
hy the exposition authorities. proved more tb7rs
they consented 10 carry "'i'. @ .,nr s"'atE , 9a..
ter assured that the model city exhibit thoro will
ba such as to warrant aid.
In the matter Of the new Hall Of Records. Begin
ming in March last. during the year Nc hfS' PCT
enreS 81 other bodies Interested ia publ" art and IN
every way pressed the matter ultlL i8 l,1,s .as
mate and Apportionment took action ihat has Al
ready resutpG iIi ~ nrounisc with con1par III -
small expenditure, To leave " 'h'. m''G = "sL5, f
GnntDr GtT D'," oniy second in extent AM superior in
Quality to our ma tional capital 49,, -,. zou.
We perfectly we'll know that Nc nave "o' zone
This all bv ourselves indeed. " 4 our Eiea,'~-
PRIDE INA arstiop "p Of ne Fine Arrs Federation
and our fellow societies of WHICH ~ = ,.rl IL
named many other pubIir spirited S"'l"ies and
citizens our city officials and IN" "h'' i'sS d
this city
Tho Rev. Dr. s d. Mcconnell talked of the
lack OF growth in church architecture He
said the architects were overlooking IN" SKY
scrapers and not building churches 70 conform
with surrounding buildings,
Augustus HeaIy of Brooklyn. condemned
the advertising signs which meet the VIC" '-
patrons of the Brooklyn Bridge
"ThPV ought 10 De Eet4lpNS'i- E''t.i- ~
racessar,. the citv ought to buy the advertising
rights of the buildings WhHre tn"S" signs afH
obnoxiouslv displayed. The entrance q" Brook
lvn ia worse from an artistic point If Eisw- than
that of any city over one-tenth its slzs ia ne
Old World"
Wheeler H PeCkham declared that ono ''lii-
sft on top Of Trinity Church steepl" and nnk uo
at the architecture Of this city. lie "sNsd II
that were artistic
.'If the high buildings lined Broa FTE Hc"
The Battery to the park" he added. "the reoP.@
occupying them could only be placed m th@
thoroughfare by being piled thirty feet nigh Il
looks to me sithough an attempt is being made
to place the population of the world on the fnd
of Manhattan Island
Borough President Cantor said. in part
found to my surprise that. although E-''-'''
wa To he spent on the Hall OF Record Only Z
favc thousand dollars comparatively. was dc V"te1
n, haautifying it. and that there g an ~ tiF an
eonrs of interior wall decoration This ''i nH
FOR some time. I finally addressed a l"tt"r To- l.H
BOARD of Estimate and AppOTti"nnl'}t- 'ftisE -
at+ention TO the necessity of such Ger"Idtl'i.- "
This sDIendid building and ] believe aS TFSIir -
the cooperation Of this society with th' N'.E!9.
Art Commission, acting under my r"S0iitl"h u
substantial appropriation viii he mad' ~ Ihs
BOARD Of Estimate for interior decorations
Other speakers were R. Fulton Cutting. Fred
ericz s Lamb and Mrs. Herbert Parsons. wee
nresident of the Womens Municipal League