New-York tribune., 1912-12-31

meeting place and Of such defined and
protected area for public pageantry.
Another public place Will also be dis
turbed by subway improvements, and
where now stands the Sherman monu-
ment will be built another subway sta
tion. This, too calls for a new plan of
this plaza. and il now seems likely that
during the year 1913 important changes
will be made at 59th street and Fifth
avenue.
Further. the construction Of the great
Public Library on the easterly half Of
Bryant Park has rendered the other
half quite commonplace, and II is hoped
that during the year 1913 the uneX-
pended balance of the Public Library
fund will be made available for i'm
provements in the westerly half Of
Bryant Park. so as 10 make IL better
suited to it's new architectural environ
ment.
In Central Park. around Bethesda
Fountain, the Park Department has
completed the laying of the most splen-
did pavement in this park In place OF
the old disintegrated tar pavement,
and beneath the Terrace Bridge. where
the founders of the park placed won
derful ceiling Of bright colored tiles be-
tween ornamental girders, which we're
then gilded, here where for many many
years the finely carved Nova Scotia
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seriously damaged by beer kegs and
soda water fountains. we have in 1872
laid a beautiful red tile pavement, and
hope in 1913 a sufficient sum will be
allowed TO completely cleanse and reno
vate the entire stone work Of the bridge
and terraces.
This is indeed important IL is
matter So long neglected that panels
may be found which are cracked like
egg shells. This main architectural
feature OF Central Park. of which tho
boast was made i'm the beginning (that
is. In the 60's) that no more splendid
carvings could be found on the new
houses of Westminster. should no
longer be neglected. Instant renovation
should be undertaken. Twenty-Five
years ago Cleopatra's needle was
waterproofed, and therefore it still
stands The stone of the Terrace
Bridge requires and deserves the same
treatment. In the vicinity of the Ter
race Bridge stands the most famous
and beautiful of the Central Park
bridges: but as Bow Bridge was origi-
nally built OF iron 1t is now in an un-
safe condition. trust that during 1913
II will be rebuilt on the original lines,
but of a material which will endure.
| In 1913 the department will continue
| the work of Central Parks soil regen-
Grafton. according 10 the recommended
| tions made by the soil expert of the
| Department of Agriculture. In the In
terest of our soil regeneration In gem
eral the department during 1917 has
built a new and large manure pit. !
wish that in 1913 radical departure
might be made in our Central Park
stables. so that the hundred horses
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the south side of the seth street Trans
yerse Road might be stabbed where the
! manure pit is. and where now, as for
many, many years. il has been found
necessary 10 store our vehicles and
general equipment. New stables should
be built on the 9th street Transverse
Road contiguous TO our manure pits
and largest storage yard, and then the
stable space abandoned on the S6th
street Transverse Road can furnish
the additional storage room. which our
park shops, located at that point
! greatly need.
The year 1913 will be quite memo
I$able for the number of splendid monu-
| ments then dedicated, such as the
Maine monument. at the southwest cor
ner Of Central Park; the Firemens
monument. at Tooth street and River
side Drive; the Carl Schurz monument.
at 115th street and Morningside West
tho Carrere Memorial, at 92d street
and Riverside Drive, and others.
The greatest monument of all, now
under consideration. namely, the Rob
art Fulton water gate, which a citi-