The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04
One Of Albert Herters tapestries in the Hotel McAlpin.
Many Choice Bits of Sculpture and
: Painting Hidden Away Along Its
Length Of Busy Trade

n ROADWAY. that narrow lane Of
Z. * bricks and mortar supposed by
- many 10 be dedicated TO the
=. god Of mammon and unright-
d.. e~ousness, is also inscribed to the god
: dess OF art and beauty, for above the
seats Of the money changers are
wonderful murals and sculptures and
architectural marvels such as the man
on the street. with one eye on the
crack In the sidewalk and the other on
: the almighty dollar, generally falls to
:. grasp. Even the Great White Way Is
not without Its works Of art. for round
about the lobster palaces and tango
= halls are unexpected beauties In the
. way Of frescoes and murais and rare
2 wall textiles that are hidden from
;, those who frequent them, so blind are
=. they to the masterpieces reared for
their e%dification.
., Not even Fifth avenue can lay claim
= to a greater number Of works Of art
than Broadway, which historically and
otherwise is more typically New York
than any other. II seems especially
e fitting that this should be so. since
with its advent the city began and
with its progress the city grew, until
= New York and Broadway are words
- synonymous. for Broadway is New
York to most persons.
Starting at the Battery with its
. unrivalled view over one Of TIE finest
natural harbors in the world, there Is
to be seen among others a statue
which at this time holds a particular
interest for us. 1t Is that OF John
Eeicoeon thu tp,,o . Al. -.o,
u first ironclad. built in 1862, the
work Of j. Scott Hartley. To-day the
names Of those who plan our super
dreadnoughts, such as the mammoth
Arizona just launched in the New
York Navy Yard, are lost in the i'm
. .mensity of the undertaking. The man
responsible for the Monitor on the
contrary must ever wear the laurel
wreath Of fame, even though the
boats puny strength has long been
by sea monsters Of levia-
=. than power. for it marked the birth
'oof our modern navy.
While not art in the true sense Of
the word, except as fine native ma
terial must always make its own APP
peal, the wonderful mahogany used In
the old Eastern Hotel at | South street.
where In the early part of the last
century were entertained Robert Full
ton, inventor Of the first steamboat:
Jenny Lind. the Swedish nightingale;
Daniel Webster, Commodore Wander
bilt and others, is well worth mention
ing. This precious wood used in such
prodigal fashion was brought here
from South America as ballast for
trading ShinS and INNS iptrnl,ool ;at1
the building when It was reconstructed
from a warehouse into a hotel in 1922.
Frank Foot, its first boniface, was a
relative of Daniel Webster.
81. Without attempting to do more than
II. point out the salient and perhaps the
e. least known, features Of the handsome
a architectural piles along Broadway,
there is TO he found plenty of food for
thought and ample material on which
OFF" the art loving citizen or the stranger
= may feast his eye and forget for the
: moment the toll and grind which the
D.: busy street so superlatively repre-
sents.
10y Very charming, for example, from
an artistic standpoint, as well as de-
l.%ghtfully typical OF the sentiment
associated with that triangular bit OF
" parkway on lower Broadway known
as Bowling Green, is the stained glass
window in the Bowling Green Building
by Edwin A.. Abbey. 1t represents
>, Dutchmen playing at %ninepins, a
= particularly happy suggestion which
. very appropriately marks this histor,-
cal patch Of greensward.
The latter, enclosed in its fine hand