New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-02
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Unusual Building Features

spent in improving their properties for
residential purposes has helped to make
Greenwich what IL is to-day, one of the
most delightful and enchanting home
towns in the entire suburban commu-
nifty of the metropolis.
The transformation that is taking
place in the business heart of the
Borough OF Greenwich is in keeping
with the artistic building lines in the
dwelling house sections. Even that is
somewhat stinted praise. for the mod
ern business buildings which have been
erected in Greenwich in the last seven
or eight years compare most favor
ably with the best buildings of this
class in the large cities. These build
ings, if set down in New York, and
grouped as they are in Greenwich
would soon become striking and
familiar landmarks in the metropolis.
Without doubt. they would become in
stantly popular If placed on we'll To-
Gated sites in old New York. They
have light colored stone fronts, all
alike, and this similarity is one Of
their most pleasing features. The light
colored stone makes very neat IA
cade and one of unusual clearly ap-
pearance. II is said that the owners
Of these business buildings in Green
witch agreed, before the ground was
broken for the structures, that they
would seek TO have the general APP
pearance and building lines Of the
structures harmonic with the modern
Town Hall near by. If other owners OF
plots in the town yet to be improved
for trade purposes build similar struct-
ures, Greenwich is destined TO have
a shopping section with more beautiful
model trade buildings than any place
of similar size in the suburban region
of New York.
The shops Of Greenwich are so con-
Quoted as to arrest the attention of the
passerby and to cause him if he has
any trade needs TO enter and TO make
his purchases The modern stores have
beautifully arranged window displays
and are large, well lighted and we'll
conducted places.
The business heart of Greenwich ex-
tends from the railroad station TO the
intersection Of Putnam av. and Green
witch av. The street parallelling the
railroad right-of-way is Railroad av,
ana runs east and west. 1t forms
T with Greenwich av., which runs
north and south. About three-quarters
Of a mile north of the railroad track
Greenwich av. crosses Putnam av,
which is the local name of the old Bos-
ton Post Road as il passes through the
Borough of Greenwich, over which
were carried years ago in stage coaches
the mails bound to or from Boston and
New York The oldest part Of the
business heart of the town are the
northerly section, formed by Putnam
and Greenwich aves., and the southerly
section, at Railroad and Greenwich
ayes. OF late years the central sec
ton between those two points has been
building Up and in that central section
are located the town hall and that
model group of structures which in
cludes the one occupied by the Put
nam Trust Company, the Maher,
Hackett. Timmons, the McMillen, the
Jaynes Hardware and the Hasset build
incs. The model group is south of
the town hall: north of the town hall
is another group of buildings of the
best modern type, the corner struc-
ture being known as the Smith Build
ing.
The town hall, in the business heart
OF the Borough of Greenwich, is a
structure which ought TO be inspected
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