King's Views of New York - XX

Well, we made it back safe and sound from NYC. Photos/etc. to follow shortly. Until then, enjoy the return of King's Views of New York, this week featuring an extra long edition. As always, click on the "See Large" link beneath each photo to see it in much more detail.




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Grand Central Terminal - East 42nd St., Vanderbilt to Lexington Ave.; world's largest and most costly railroad stationm, terminal of the vast system of railroads known as the New York Central lines and of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; covers 69.8 acres; station proper, 310 X 672 ft., 150 ft. high, below street level, 455 X 745 ft., 45 ft. deep; capacity for 200 trains and 70,000 passengers an hour, 33 1/2 miles of tracks, room for 1,149 cars; main concourse, 120 X 300 ft., room for 10,000 passengers and waiting room for 5,000 people, at 42ns St. level, with 42 tracks for express long distance trains; suburban concourse 25 ft. below street for suburban trains. 85,000 tons of steel used in construction of main terminal. 3,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock excavated.


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Columbus Circle - formed by intersection of Broadway and Eighth Ave. at southwest corner of Central Park, beginning of boulevard section of Broadway; subway under Broadway; another being built under Seventh Avenue, turning eastward under Central Park South (59th Street) and crosing Queensboro Bridge. Columbus Monument, heroic figure of Christopher Columbus, made in Italy, surmounting a column ornamented with bronze reliefs, erected by Italian residents in America, unvieled October 12, 1892, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America. Maine Monument, erected by the contributions of a million Americans in memory of the victims of the blowing up of the battle ship "Maine" in Havana Harbor, Feb. 15, 1898; unveiled May 30, 1913; Attilio Piccirilli, sculptor; cost, $175,000.


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Hotel Astor - Broadway, 44th to 45th streets, facing Times Square; built and furnished by William Waldorf Astor, in 1904, at a cost of $7,000,000; enlarged 1909 at a cost of $3,000,000; 900 suites with baths; banquet hall seating 1,200; exquisite restaurant on mainfloor; private dining rooms; meeting rooms; headquarters Federal Women's Clubs; roof garden; Wm. C. Muschenheim, Prop.


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Fifth Avenue - North from 40th st. to St. Patrick's Cathedral, for two generations the thoroughfare of fashion, now a congested business section, filled daily with equipages of the wealthy; club and theatre district on the left; hotels on both sides; subway under 42nd Street; Hudson Tubes to be extended at lower level to Grand Central Station, two blocks to the right; retail shops as far as 57th street.


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Manhattan Opera House - 34th near 8th Ave., seats 3,450.


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Polo Grounds - 8th Ave. and 155th, th "Giants" home field, scene of National League base ball games, seat 30,000.


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The Playhouse - 141 W. 48th; 879.


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Metropolitan Opera House - Broadway, 39th - 40th; 3,366; Gatti Casazza, Director.


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Century, Central Park West & 62nd, home of grand opera in english, 2,050; Milton & Sargent Aborn.


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The Strand - Broadway & 47th; 1,530.


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New York - Broadway and 45th; 1,750.


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Belasco - 115 W. 44th; 1,000.


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Hippodrome - Sixth Avenue, 43rd-44th; 5,200; largest playhouse in world; Sam S. & Lee Shubert, Inc.


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Carnegie Hall - 7th Avenue & 57th; 2,860; Carnegie Lyceum, 697; American Academy of Dramatic Arts.


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Cort - 48th near Broadway; 1,000.


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Casino - Broadway and 39th; Knickerbocker, Broadway & 38th; 1,352.


...to be continued.