Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1923-05-18

conscious CnaC mere is q street
that is different. 1t is no
ordinary commercial street but,
with a few lamentable excep-
tons, is given over to fine shops
selling the unusual or the I'M
usually good, books objects of
art and so on. The finest of
hotels and restaurants are to be
found here, as well as clubs,
churches, the public library,
flower shops and jewelry stores
famous the world over. In a.
word it is just beautiful and that
covers it all. There are no street
cars. Only buses that are oper-
ated by the city and even these
are fine to look upon. They carry
some thirty passengers inside
and that many more on top and
a favorite diversion here on fine
days is to take a bus ride on
Fifth Avenue. Candor compels
me to state that prices on the
whole are fully as high as the
quality of the street but in many
instances they are no higher
than elsewhere and it is a pleas
ure to buy things here. Anyhow,
no one is compelled to buy here
and a stroll is as free as the air
we breathe and even the bus ride
only cost ten cents. Exactly
what accounts for all this beauty
| don't know. However, at one
time the avenue was the home
Of the weathiest people and ]
suppose that the first shops put
in naturally tried to put up q
good appearance so as to be in
character with their surround
ings and then the later corners
just had to follow suit. Now
there is Fifth Avenue Associa-
ton which has some control over
the erection of new buildings,
advertising is either forbidden or
frowned out of existence and no
display of electric lights is per-
mitted. May is always be so.
It should be stated tho that
the avenue, tho it extends to |
don't know where, loses interest
after it reaches 59th Street, or
the corner of Central Park.
After that it is merely a street
facing the park and while good
enough in its way loses it's
distinctive character. There are
fine places along here too hut
what is meant by Fifth Avenue
is really what lies below 59th
Street just as what is meant by
Broadway is the Theatrical
district, the downtown part be-
ing usually specified as Lower
Broadway. If / ever get to be
mayor we'll make that official
too.
There remains now to be
described, that is, in big chunks,
Central Park and Broadway.
Central Park extends from 18th
Avenue on the east to Eighth
Avenue on the west and from
59th Street on the South to
10th Street on the North. AS
well as | remember it was start
ed by gifts to the city Of land
here by wealthy residents and
was enlarged by purchase until
it now contains 1888 acres and
from this it will be seen that
this is no little one square affair.
1t is really tremendous to have
such a stretch of park right in
what is now practically the
heart of the city. 1t is quite
beautiful in it's way as there is
much grass and a lot of trees
Anyway, the sight of some open
ground is pleasant to behold
when one is so hemmed in by
buildings and streets. 1t has
splendid drives and miles and
miles of bride paths and walks
and the buildings surrounding il
are generally of a very high
class. 1t is great to have Contra
Park and it is fully worth what
ever it may cost to have it
There is, tho, this much to bt
said: that it is pity that Sc
much was spent for park all il
one place. 1t may be great fol
New Workers to be able to bra{
about having the best known
park in the world and all tina
but the fact still remains that i
the park were split into dozer
, pieces and these scattered abou
| where they would do the mos
good it would be far better
Ordinarily people will not read I
good book unless the book is a
hand when they feel like readin,
: it and likewise one seldom goe
swimming unless there is plac'
in which to swim close at hand
So also a park to be of most u.s.