The San Francisco call., 1906-11-04
HOW
STREET
LOOKS
HE MOST TALKED OF
w AMERICA REALLY
1T NIGHT - =

THAT Broadway. New York, IN its
upper tangents, al least, is the
most brilliantly lighted street in
the world is, Of course, gem
orally admitted. Between Twenty third
and Forty seventh streets the illumi-
nation is practically continuous along
both pavements q distance Of about one
and q half miles. Nowhere else has
such display been carried 50 far or
with such artistic effect Each year
every month. in fact-adds some new
effect in the grouping or design OF
these lights until TODAY q greater part
OF this decoration is the expression Of
distinctive art In other words,
Broadway IS not only the most bril-
eaiantly lighted Jhoroughfsre, but. by
night, ar least, one OF the most artistic
1t was very happy Inspiration
which described Broadway as the
Great White WAY There IS sincere
fsttery in the fact that il has been
so. widely initiated. There are great
white ways" throughout the country.
The phrase has completely supplanted
such terms as the midway or the pike.
n some Of the pleasure places which
have taken the name there is often
an effect Of illumination within mar
row boundaries which strongly sus-
gests Upper Broadway. But along
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every night in the year Il is no less
8 sumner than winter display L Is
always alight and always thronGed.
Scene From Above.
The phrase White Way" brings up
10 most New Workers q mental picture
OF long sidewalks with 2 brilliant sue
cession Of shop windows. There is.
however. at least one point Of view
from which all chese features resolve
themselves into a single picture seen
from this point the familiar phrase
takes on a new meaning From the
roof OF the Hotel Asuor z general view
NAY be had OF the entire tangent ex-
tending from FOrtv-frst street south
10 Herald Square. with even a glimpse
beyond AT this height the inequalities
Of the illumination disappear. the two
sidewalks seem 10 blend into one an
other and the patch OF light between
the high darkened buildings is con-
tinuous.
The altitude in this case serves to
lend z new and unexpected charm 10
the scene The roar and rattle of the
street traffic scarcely reaches so high.
ald the great panorama. for all its ac-
tlvity, is strangely silent The gen
ersl skyline is lost in the shadows. the
o roofs supplying an almost unbroken
field Of black Broadway seems 10 lie
AZ the bottom Of a great canyon: the
effect, OF the tall darkened buildings
eXaggerates its depth. ones line of
vision is on a level with the roofs Of
the ten and twelve story buildings. At
me bottom Of this great canyon runs
this continuous line Of white fire grad
ually narrowing 10 a turn in the dis
tance- The inequalities Of the skyline
so apparent during the day are lost
The high lights OF this wonderful
picture compel admiration. but the
great fascination Of the scene lies in its
movement 1t is not alone great pic
ture, but q marvellous panorama The
long rows OF shop windows, with their
rehectors, appear as the footlights.
while the asphalted street and the
broad sidewalks form the stage. At s
o'clock in the evening and again about
! I this stage is thronged with merry
villagers" on their way 10 and from
the theaters. One seems 10 look down
directly upon the endless lines + car
riages and crowded sidewalks. with
tens OF thousands of electric lights TO
cused upon them The procession is
continuous. stretching away TO the
south until IL is lost in the distance
II is beyond question the most marvel
Gus moving picture OF its kind in the
werld.
No painter could do absolute justice