King's Views of New York - XXII

Here is this weeks installment of King's Views of New York. As always, click on the "See Large" link beneath each photo to see it in much more detail.




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Riverside Park and Drive - North from W. 98th St. to Grant's Tomb, Fort Washington Point in the middle distance, Recreation Pier beyond boat house erected for Columbia University crew by Edwin Gould where the Hudson affords ample room for rowing and the speeding of power boats; here the "flat" finds its highest development in magnificent apartment houses. Riverside Drive, varying in width from 90 to 168 ft., extends three miles from 72nd St. to 129th where it is carried by viaduct over Manhattan Valley to an extension which reaches Dyckman St.


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Riverside Park W. 72nd St. to W. 129th, along Hudson River - 140 acres, acquired by the city 1872-1901. Riverside Drive, from W. 72nd St. to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at 89th St. This is the finest residence district in the city, where lots 100 ft. deep are worth from $1,200 to $1,600 a front foot on the Drive, from $700 to $1,100 on the adjacent side streets; Schwab residence, occupying the block from 73rd to 74th St. through West End Ave. is assessed at $1,700,000; other residences range in value from $200,000 to $350,000.


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College of the City of New York - St. Nicolas Terrace to Amsterdam Avenue, W. 140th to West 138th St.; imposing $4,000,000 group of fieldstone and terra cotta buildings, occupied 1905; founded 1847 as Free Academy; City College, 1866; four-year collegiate course; three-year preparatory department, in Townsend Harris Hall; evening collegiate courses and extension lectures; 5,209 pupils; 260 instructors. Free tuition; supported by City at an annual cost of $685,000. F.P. Bellamy, Acting-Chairman. Dr. Adolph Werner, Acting-President.


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New York University - Sedgwick to Aqueduct Ave., W. 179th to W. 181st., University Heights, the Bronx, founded 1829; building erected '32-5 on Washington Sq., splendid group on Heights occupied '94; new 10-story building on old site for co-educational Schools of Pedagogy, Law and Commerce and Graduate School; 12 departments, 409 instructors, 5,039 students; medical school, First Ave. and E. 26th St. Hall of Fame for Great Americans, colonnade 506 ft. long, $250,000 gift of Miss Helen Miller-Gould (Mrs. F.J. Shepard). Dr. E.E. Brown, Chancellor.


...to be continued.