The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-01
"THB MOST BEAUTIFUL NILE
CHICAGO EXULTTN6 OVER HER
NEW BOULETiRD.

PArk ann Lake Michigan on ORe SIDE And
ROW % Fine Buildings 90 the OthrT
-EmprOg0naeot % the Lake RrOat
Public, Athletic Grounds Provided.
CHICAGO. April - The New Yorker
a be turned out OF Monroe street and
took q few stsps down Michigan Avenue
Fals hisnsaIf AZ home for the first time since
BE- LETT the compressed Manhattan at
mouphsrs Of the limited express AZ
hrut he himself could not define the cause
df the change Of feeling There was
noshing Of Broadway In the appearance
o. the Windy citys ssyscrapers, there
was nothing Of Riverside nor OF Man
haitian Beach. nor q the Fast River nor
tha Battery IN the lake front; there might
BE- Htsls indeed Of Fifth avenue and the
Tkirty-odds 10 TIE candy. tea. hs, collar
Hhops. but not too much.
Az b gerollsd further getting all the
whilo the more peFmoated with thar
sanss Of a. homenesA. suddenly he OWNED
tbs source OF II u was not building nor
boulevard nor lake nor man nor woman.
haa Il was bate Of the men. for here il
"a thai that piece Of headgeaT known az
the defhy. which claims masculine New
Hork a. lee oWn nine mouths out Of the
YEAR and u the frat token OF citizenship
panptsd BY the immigrant. here on Mich
igan avoaus 10 the only place 10 Chicago
that it 10 sure % 10 found IL pi4nitude.
Rinuwhar0 % surface car. on elevated 90
aarasG. Ia hotel. theatre lobby. ell over
town. ths soft hat reiRns. now dark gray
banded with light and vice versa. now
dark brown banded with light and vice
vagHs The soft bat is not, however. the
badge Of Michigan avenue.
Impressed a. the New Yorker was by
Tits dominant fact, he found that Chi
oagoans we're indignant az the chief dis
tiRnaiSn hs found 10 their Wanted rival
q ths Champa Eysses and Cnter den
LaHdsn. Il wss then that he was told Just
what IL this stretch Of avenue from Ran
do3ph street south to Twelfth strest
which within the last five years has be-
Gene 'thS most beautiful mile Of city
aGpSse in the world a. the ChicaRoan
modsStly puts II
For about 5000 feet. straight az en-
E.NSering Sldll can eject. reaches the
uAbroksp roadway. ssyenty-ivs feet ia
width. bounded on the left by the border
land Of Grant Park. chosen for the NUM-
eiPaltty's demonstration OF formal civic
beauty. and on the night by q line Of
buildings.
Ina visitor. having Rot vel out INTO
The roadway and from under tho subtle
spen d the derby hat. iiyst concentrated
hiS GcbO@tton On this feature Of the wonder
spoe's thrseGold sttractions The South
PaTk commissioners have iusf finished
widening Michigan avenue. shcing n
- lsse from Grant Park on the east and
constructing q single vide drive This
gives . boulevard 80 feet IN width in
stead Of %. vigorously kept undscoratsd
With aoweTbeds or gThss plots OF the
100 feet 20 % gwen over 10 the west aide
Walk. which Chicagoans are comparing
% Atlantic City's Boardwalk. and Is 70
. similar promenade on the east.
The great central roadway IS feet
from curb 10 curb. includes three separate
thoroUghiaras, an uptown and a down
town path for n0viag vehiolea aud a
reserved space in the centre for parking
aUtomohileA. Here nowadays IN fine
weather sutomobilss drawn up by hun.
dsaas prssaEt . novel spectacle 70 the
city. which before did 20, have any such
cewtr8.
Whsn the New Yorker had expressed
himaHh 40 having enjoyed 70 the utmost
ths boulevard itssli. which is not yet
srtiTsly oomplstsd toward lie uorthoTn
ED Of handolph siFesg, hs wa permitted
% look over 70 the right ana west 10 The