New-York tribune., 1903-03-08
CITY COLLEGES NEW HOME.
PLANS FOR BUILDINGS FOR THIS EDU-
CATIONAL INSTITUTION UPTOWN.

Of few snort QepTSSSiOllSI AlOlii w.
snd-tenth-st north to Spuyten Duyvil, is going
a. ha the show place of New-YOrk. Here one
after another huge edifces are being Dullt
devoted TO religion, education and philanthropy
which a Hindoo would call the temples ol tLle
white man." High above the turInoH anu S'l lu5-
gle of the metropolis, these institutions seem
TO have taken refuge in more cohselii"i d
Tnospkere for in nearly every instance 'leS
have been driven hither from former hoHleS
in the lower part Of the city by the encroaeh-
ments Of commerce.
1,bT,s on NIornincside Heights Columbia Uni
varsity has found a new home, and near the
bUildinCs Of this institution, Whlch Ill lneiii-
selves now constitute small city, are riSiLs
the arches of the Cathedral OF 81 JOHN 'ii
Divine. which will be the largest anu iio0'
innosfng structure of it's kind in this country
St Iule's Hospital, with its slender dome anu
*so ubita confcal top of Grants tomb ada
still further to the dignity OF TINS crest anu
even the private homes and the apafliilenC
t,sos have tried to assume a statelnesS Oh
o-obi+ncture in harmony with their surrouiiu-
ings. ,,;L
Sortb of Manhattan Valley, through Whlch
ono d-and-twenty-ffth-st runs anu
from which rises the second slope OF the Iiuee'
ground will be broken this week LOT tlle H9"
home of the College of the City OF Ne" hoiA ~
,bfcb also has been driven hither before the Tue
Of
the southeast corner of Twenty-thlru-St, an,
v,fro+on-ave is to be abandoned, for IL mas
not only been wholly inadequate Tor many
wears to the needs of the college, but IT'S ull's'
moss and dampness have long been TeSaroeu "9
in7perilling the health Of its puPls. lll.S 'i.'
v,bera its new home is to be bullI uSeu u ~
known bv the prosaic name OF MahhaI'"Il'l''
and. like Morningside Heights, 1t towers a'iiio9'
-,rocfnitorsIv above the city to the eastward
yOCl
bv st. NichoIas-ave. and along IT'S verge uIS
G. >ricb,1as Terrace. The land on lis sum
,rf+ from One-hundred- and thirty-siXth-sI 10
OnabUndred- and -fortieth-st belongs 10 tle CITY,
or5 with the land skirting its foot II IS hllo""
as St. Nicholas Park a.,
Those who chose the site for the ne" col1e7e
sought the most slightly eminence Oh the cIes''
u,hcre between Observation-Disclosures - -e'e'
- and One-hundred- d-and-fOrtieth-str 1t taxes
a sersi-circular sweep like the rounueo ""ssiol-
e q great fortress. Here the main bulldlh6
- tho institution is to be erected with 4 huSe
convey front of four stories to tit the curve
of the cliff and with q great cehFal 'o"'i
whose peak will be two hundred 1eeI d"o'
+ba streets of Harlem. From TINS hel6H' '"'
ohecrver will be able to see the East I'lFei'
Long Island and the blue waters OF 'he 0'u''
Rcbind the main building, whose wings VIII
-, 1iaqoDaTv from One-hundred- thirty
eipbth-st to e-hundred-and-lorutIh Ih-S'' anu
se1,qrated from it by COnYent-aNe" VIII pe
oractad the four other buildings of the colIe8e'
77,e,v will occupy the two blocks bounded on the
cast nv Conyent-ave., on the west by Alhster-
daaI-ave, and cut in two by One-hundreu-allu-
tbi~tv-nfnth-st Thus one on leaving surface
car in Amsterdam-aye. will find One-hundred-
ard-fbirtv-nfnth-st. the most direct approach
from this side to the institution. AS ne walks
east he will find himself in quadrangle, OF
which the street is part, with the four sElaIier
buildings grouped about it in the form OF a
great letter U. At the end of the street Where
1t terminates in Convent-aye. will rise the as
sc1rbly hall constituting the rear of the main
building which, with it's end towers and Gothic
windows will form fitting foreground for the
stately tower beyond.
Despite the fact that the five buildings are
seDaratcd by intervening streets, nevertheless
the students will not need to depart from roof
in making the whole circuit of the different de-
partments. From the northwestern wing of
the main building tunnel will cross under Con-
vent-ave to the block bounded by COnvent-ave.,
One-hundred- and -fortieth-st, Amsterdam-aVe. |
and hundred and thirty -nnth-st. in which |
will be situated the chemical building and the |
mechanical arts building. The tunnel will pass |
along the south side of the chemical building, |
and, making a turn at right angles in front of |
the mechanical arts building, it will cross under
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