The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-03-09

lllom FOR CHANGES

- gdifes. Erected % Castle clin-
W. Fsstrsss In 1907, Became Theates
800 1oao and Heard Jenny Lind In
lafaye ttes Jackson and Tyler
Desmed There. I
York may have q new aQuarl.
- b the largest and best equip
y 1Gt1tution Of tine kind IN the
-. md the city will be asked for
- issue for the erection Of a new
LING.
understood thai the city will be
~ Tor Z total Of about 100000.
n - appropriated in installments as
(: ID In addition to the crampcd
ltess for VISITORS the tank space
boen found to be inadequate. To
yoDt the proposed enlarged institu-
- with the best IDEAS which have
I - worked out in similar institutions
r. ~ large cities In the world the di.
l Iooe. b. Charles Fl. Townsend. will
Ieont abroad to inspect the aquari-
a 1T Europe.
lle to the enormous amount Of
B eo. Int IN the present old building
a6ceunt Of the thick walls and
4 - pCoof compartments the amount
Qeee actually available for the
. Nogk 0f the aquarium a. It now
nds - . very small percentage Of
- amount Of area covered by the
sn6lne. The much needed addition.
VI 1paee viii Be acquired by the re-
i1y1l Of the great thick walls and
/ - proof compartments and By
oo0lng two stories to the height Of the
SBsDsnt structure. This viii provide
11oe running feet Of glass. which is
l Dsnetjcally three times the present ca.
Docity. giving approximately 2S2 tanks.
Castle Garden Made History.
D Castle Garden, the building which
- aquarium now occupies and will
eoat1nue to occupy, is one Of the most
& picturesque structures in New York.
IL general governn ent erected it in
~, when the site was about 800
y0EoS from the maitland. q pas of
battery park having since been made
~ 1lling up the space between the
ahoee at that time and the island.
IL structure was first known as Cas-
~ Clinton and was a fortress. which
accounts for it's walls Of fourteen feet
fhickness. supposed at the time to
bomb proof.
jfteen years after.tts completion its
"a away. and the federal authorities
eeded 1t to the city In 1922. Two years
Inter 1t was leased TO private individ
uals as a place Of amusement, and its
a1oor was laid out deliberately as an
door garden. A stage was erected
~ the north side. concerts were given
- refreshments were sold to the
audience. as in case of the less forma
aaical hall entertainments Of the
n lusent time. The capacity at thai
- was 5000 people accommodated
81 = comfort, but as many as 10000 have
Doen known to crowd into it at pinch
Opera and Jenny Lind.
In the thirties it became playhouse
I'd In 1S47 the Havana Opera com
any began an engagement there. sing
- such operas as ''Ernani." Norma
4 nd LA Sonnambula." Signor Arditl
36tti's conductor, was the musical iii
goctor and Signorina Detusco the prim,
4 1uuna.
later event. however, made Castl'
4rden famous as q place Of amuse
4 1ent This was the appearance Their
g Jenny Lind in q concert on Sept
q II 1850. under the management Of
Barnum. To this and to the fac
1t the city has welcomed there sucl
e1nguished persons as the Marqui
lafayette when he returned t
4Aer1ca In 1924. General Andrev
oekson In 1892 ard President Johl
42ler In 1S48 the building owes it
oim to historical importance and IN
tGust
Castle Gardens career as theate
en6ed in May. 1863. when the build
- was turned into a depot for tn
1oeopt1on Of immigrants. In 1870 1t
1eeeioe was destroyed by fire. but til
NICK walls remained intact. and Il,
interior was soon reconstructed.
!. Was turned over to the park depar
lat and converted into an aquarium
q o1out twenty years. ago.
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