New-York tribune., 1903-05-27
THE CITY ABLAZE WITH LIGHTS
NATION And STATE HELP CELEBRATE NETWORKS
25OTH ANNIVERSARY.
Many Men at Ceremony City Hail. Mighty Host of
School Children Celebrate
MYRIAD LIGHTS CLEAN.
Skyscrapers a Brilliant Spectacle
Huge CrozOds See Pictures.

The illumination of buildings In the city last
evening in response to Mayor Lows request,
was an effective and pleasing form of ceiebrat-
ing the Ctty's 250th anniversary The display
of r7yriad lights from sunset TO 10 p m proved
TO be a delightful spectacle TO many thousands
of New Workers. who walked or rode along the
principal streets to take observations Auto
mobiles cabs and carriages were used ny thou-
sands of people who wanted to see as much OF
the show as possible
Particularly striking was the illumination OF
the tall office buildings near the City Hall
Fronting the park on its east side were the
buildings of the large newspapers. including ne
Tribune with their windows all ablaze WIN
light The Park Row Building opposite the
Postofice. presented a dazzling appearance ali
the way up to it's twenty-fourth story Inc tan
buildings of the PostaI-Telegraph Company ana
of the Home Life Insurance Company, on Ihe
west side of Broadway, fronting the Cl1y nan
Park. attracted much favorable notice. not d
window in their fronts falling 10 sno" nghI-
Other downtown skyscrapers which were par
ticularly showy were the Manhattan Lire huiio-
ing and the -Iev-York Life Building. in Broad
way
The F1atiron Building at Twenty-third-s'-
and Broadway. and the Madison Square Garden
tower SURPASSED in brilancy other uptown
structures but many OF the large apartment
houses showed abundant lights, and many prl-
vate houses had strings Of Chinese lanterns 70
help out the illumination.
Crowds assembled in the parks 20 witness the
s+ereopticon shows last evening. At one time
fully 5000 people were in the City Han PARK
looking at the show there The pictures dis
played on the sheet in front of the kall were
particularly attractive to the children. who chung
to trees and electric light poles in their eager
bafv axhf irad
ing pictures of the recent police parade present
ed a remarkable contrast to pictures Of the night
vatchmen who went about the city carrying
lanterns and singing out AIS welli' about
hundred years ago Views Of old buildings of
historic interest helped to keep the show going
until a late hour.
Dr. Henry ". Leipzger, superintendent of
lectures Of the Board Of Education. who is IN
charge of the stereopticon lectures given during
the celebration, had personal charge last night
of the stereopticon views shown in Manhattan
Square. Five thousand persons gathered in the
lot back Of the Museum of Natural History 10
see the pictures which were thrown on screen
on the wall of the museum
The same kind of lecture, with stereopticon
views was given in Crotona Park in The
Bronx Three Thousand persons assembled to
see them Nearly all the clubhousss in that
part OF the city brightly lighted. and the
Borough Building in Crotona Park was iIluni-
mated.
The decorations along the river fronts yester-
day were noticeable the most remarkable being
those at the American and Red Star Line piers
ut FuIton-st and the North River. A pleasing
and conspicuous spectacle which attracted the
notice of visitors TO the waterfront and Of pas
sengers on the ferries was the gayly decorated
liner New-York which was lying at the Ameri-
can Line pier. In honor of the birthday ami
versary Of the city after which she is named
the New-Yorl was handsomely dressed with
flags which were run in a long line from her
how to the top of her masts, and thence TO the
stern The hundreds of bright colored Hags
futtering in the brisk breeze, could be seen from
far UP and down the river In ADDITION 10 the
decora tiou of the steamer herself. the American
Line pier was draped with bunting and nags'
and the Red Star liner Vaderland was similarly