Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-19

@MM#@@ y Beauty implies an intelligent community Beauty IS
the child of good taste good order, cleanliness.
rhere could be no such thing as a beautiful city. whcreta taste. order, clean
community-one with wer-developed civic ie and lofty ideals. Beauty in
dicates prosperity though great wealth is not essential to beauty; it is more
Newark has ne first essential to teautya clear atm@phere almost
day is blue INC beautiful sunrise in Newark is grand; sunset sorgeous To
most of all, are likely to pronounce Newark beautiful
W%n S sS%F na sarsf' sdSsa5ss ls ts s sfs u sEs referred to. rolling hill. for
residential purposes, level stretches in he heart Of the city for business and
manufactures with parks to relieve 'e "onotOny of buildings with water
bordering the tovn and mountains in the baekground-there is every reason
Yet with a magnificent main thorouahfare such as Broad street. dotted with
avenues leading to the most beautiful suburban towns in America we have
Broad street has the mos 4abomfnabae street paving in IN city. Market
street. is equally nu Daa-ns neither, Of them them san be- . Kept ssan' ! They eye on Stfnr tbs he
that we could boast of wherever we won't and point to With pride to every
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Euclid avenu AS has Cleveland We have not a Delaware avenue as a
OF all the approaches to the suburbs only ~ is beautfuI-cnnton We
nue-and that only in spots All the Others lead through umbledoNn dwell
ngs and cheap business places OF all sorts, giving GU a wretched impression
of Newark to anyon passing through the city The tran to the city
are likewise unattractve For instance. he surroundings 1T the Market
street and South street tPennsylvania rafroad) stations, the Lackawanna
station and the Erie station The Central depot is unspeakable. They adver-
The business buildings o u mai throughfares are with only a few
exceptions, antiquated, indicating slow, stubborn development and son of
them on our principal corners reveal a n absolute lack OF civic pride. Few
other cities in this country of equal she and equal opportunity show % litue
paniess be it said to their credit have led the way in architectural better,
progress The Prudential building is ne of the most widely advertised in
What is said of u insurance buildings might be said also Of or banking
institutions, a number eeta9 81 which nawh hGusa tm m@ sf f. 'f f@a thass ouadn gsve
been built with N idea of beauty They are lacking in external orna-
1neDtdIOn UTMOST entirely anu iN AoES ds Np0NS "Upt HH ~ H""Np
shrubbgy or trees Cleanliness, neatness, order about the shops r seem
ingly, secondary considerations.
Many of the new apartment houses recently erected are rna and beau
dfuL adding greatly to the appearance of the sections in which they are To-
Gated, even though they may be tabooed by som owners of private resi-
dences; and there las been a decided improvement in the character Of EST
dences. especially in the newer sections, such as. for instance, Forest Hill and
Clinton Hill, but the city is losing much lin beauty and value because o the
tendency of its weather. people to build their handomest residences at the
or in the mountains. Suppose one of our thoroughfares vas lined
with the residences Newarkers have built out of town, Wouldn't it be ON
thing tic talk about? Wouldn't it be beautiful?
There is a better story to tell of NeWarkis public buildings Our City Hail
is magnificent; our Court House superb our Public Library a thing of beauty
inside and u. Ihe are , moae ma. uas vii IL m INSPIRE s a q suhud r h, udtns"s"
The chumheso of the city are on n hole a credit n the new cathe-
will add another conspicuous ornam SOM are ancient, u antiquity
adds rather than detracts from a church building. y
situation. lacks in artistic lines n color but we are 10 headed
in the right direction, and, with the new technical and other high schools pro
icted we viii nave some chool buildings to De proud Of
Strange as it may seem the police precinct stations are amongst the etys
or mark system is the me great nucleus round which a city beautiful
grand main thoroughfare through the city, there is much to hope for in the
future AM only the most pesdmisic can imagine Newark as being anything
with the erection of the public buildings and insurance buildings within the
last few years viii pc nor marked IS the years pass.a I'M within five, ten,
makeup Of the central portion of the city The dsgraceful -FOUR Corners will
be a thing of the past and for blocks in every direction W. nay xpec &c
see comparatively nothing but modern buildings
Newark has a tremendous task o its hands but 1t is veopn a senera-
ton of workers who ire equ Ito tho task n WIG mear TO mak Newafk the
city beautiful it ought to be.
1t behooves or business men 20 care or the buildings they already occupy,
to keep them well painted. to make tasteful window displays to keep the side
walks free from dirt. clear Of obstruction and obnoxious signs and to keep
heir delivery wagons cleans and decenty painted
in good repair. propery numbered and well lighted, and they "a add n
hundred per cen to the beauty of the city by keeping such lawns IS the
possible In this climate we might as easily have fam for floral beauty in
the residential sections as Rochester known as the Flower e"Si r0'iand'
known as h Rose City; Toledo. known as the Vine City
The Public Service Corporation can do much by keeping its carsch clean and
properly painted, and keeping its employees tdHy uniformed
Most hnportant.of ALL the city government gar help by besmnng n
building an beautifymg Of The city N a definite PLAN md by rightly caring
for what We already have
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