King's Views of New York - XXVII

Well, here it is...our FINAL installment from the magnificent early 1900s book "King's Views of New York." This is chapter 27 for us, the final 3 pages of the book. I hope you've enjoyed all the great images from the New York City of the past as much as I did the first time I laid eyes on this book.

NOW what are we gonna do around here on Fridays?




Clubs - Bar Association, 42 W. 44th St., organized '69, 2,154 members. (2) American Geographical Society, Broadway & 156th St., '52, 1,200 members. (3) Harvard Club, 27 W. 44th St., '87, 3,816 . (4) Union League Club, Fifth Ave. & 39th St., '61, 1,800. (5) Union Club, Fifth Ave. & 51st St., '36, 1,600. (6) N.Y. Yacht Club, 37 W. 44th, '44, 2,235. (7) Metropolitan Club, Fifth Ave. & 60th, '91, 1,400. (8) N.Y. Athletic Club, Central Park South & Sixth Ave., '68, 4,300. (9) Engineers Club, 32 W. 40th, '88, 1,999. United Engineering Societies, through on 39th St. (10) Elks Club, 108 - 114 W. 43rd, '68, 408,000 members in U.S. (11) Republican Club, 54 W. 40th, '70, 1,700. (12) University Club, Fifth Ave. & 54th St., '65, 3,500.

*Special note: #10, the Elks Club, was completed in 1911. The building was later sold and renamed the Hotel Diplomat. During the late 1960's through the mid-1970's the Hotel Diplomat would see it's share of legendary rock and roll shows in its old run-down ballroom.


Statues & Monuments I - (1) Admiral Farragut, N.W. cor. Madison Sq. (2) Soldiers & Sailors Monument, columns 35 ft. high, Riverside Drive near 89th. (3) Carl Schurz, Morningside Drive, 116th. (4)Callendar Ball, Columbia University. (5) Washington Irving, Bryant Park. (6) Obelisk, 200 ton monolith, 3,400 years old, brought from Egypt 1880. (7) W.H. Seward, Madison Sq. (8) William Cullen Bryant, Bryant Park. (9) Lincoln, S.W. cor. Union Sq. (10) Nathan Hale, City Hall Park. (11) Washington, S.E. cor. Union Sq. (12) Verrazano, Battery Park. (13) Daniel Webster, West Drive, Central Park. (14) Chester A. Arthur, N.E. cor. Madison Sq. (15) Children's Fountain, Morningside Park. (16) Firemen's Memorial, Riverside Drive at 100th. (17) Washington & Lafayette, Morningside Ave. and 114th. (18) Richard M. Hunt Memorial, 5th Ave., near 70th.


Statues & Monuments II - (1) Hall of Records, Centre St. enterance, statues by Philip Martiny. (2) Church Missions House, Fourth Ave., cor. 22nd St. (3) College of City of New York, Convent Ave., enterance. (4) Madison Square Presbyterian Church. (5) Custon House Groups, America and Europe, by Daniel C. French. (6) Grace Episcopal Church, Broadway above 10th St. (7) Appellate Court, Wisdom, by F.W. Ruckstuhl. (8) Custom House Groups, Asia and Africa, by French. (9) Chamber of Commerce, main enterance, figures symbolical of Commerce. (10) Chamber of Commerce, statues adorning facade; Alexander Hamilton, Financier, by Philip Martiny; Gov. DeWitt Clinton, father of the Erie Canal, by Carl Bitter; John Jay, Jurist, by Bitter.

King's Views of New York - XXVI

A little late, yes, but not forgotten, here is this week's King's Views of New York. For those keeping track this is week number 26 of the series. Next week will be the final installment.




Cathedral of St. John the Divine - Amsterdam Ave. side showing the Crossing, with it's huge dome where the transepts will intersect the Choir and Nave; original plans provided that the completed cathedral should be 165 X 520 ft., 288 ft. across transepts; central spire, 445 ft. high; twin western towers on Amsterdam Ave. front, each 245 ft. high; Nave to be begun in 1915, under direction of Ralph A. Cram, Architect, costing $1,000,000; it is proposed to finish dome with groups of small Gothic pinnacles erect on either side twin spires over 500 ft. high.


Union Theological Seminary - Claremont Ave. to Broadway, 120 to 122nd St.; founded 1836 at 9 University Pl.; at Park Ave. and 70th St., 1844 - 1910; new group erected 1908 - 10 on site given by D. Willis James, value $4,500,000; endowment, $3,500,000; 220 students; 24 instructors; buildings enclose a quadrangle 300 X 100 ft.; corner towers to be 200 ft. high; library 100,000 volumes, 56,000 pamphlets, 186 manuscripts; Presbyterian, but independent of ecclesiastical control. Rev. Dr. Francis Brown, Pres. William Kingsley, Pres. of Trustees.


Water Gate - to be erected on the Hudson River at West 106th St., as a memorial to Hendrick Hudson, who discovered the river in 1609, and to Robert Fulton, who successfully innaugerated steam navigation on the Hudson in 1807; an imposing $1,000,000 structure to be used for public celebrations and as a fitting place for the landing and reception of distinguished guests; the plans drawn by H. Van Buren Magonigle contemplate in addition to the two quays and stately colonnade, two stadia, on for children's games, the other for ceremonies and pageants.


Parks - (1) Bridge over Bronx River, Bronx Park. (2) Road in Bronx Park west of Falls. (3) Botanical Museum, Bronx Park; gardens cover 250 acres. (4) Falls, Bronx River. (5) Bird House, Zoological Park. (6) Conservatories, Bronx. (7) Flying Cage, Bronx. (8) Skating on Lake in Central Park. (9) The Dell, Central Park. (10) Bridge near the Ramble. (11) Swan Boats. (12) Terrace and Bethesda Fountain. (13) Bridle Path. (14) Sacred Ox. (15) The Mall, main promenade of Central Park, which covers 83.99 acres, valued at $200,000,000. (16) Camel family, Betsy, Prince and Frank. (17) Reservoir. (18) Common. (19) View in heart of Central Park. (20) Leo.

King's Views of New York - XXV

Here's your Friday fix of old school NYC architecture, King's Views of New York, week 25. Only two more left.




Armories - (1) Seventh Regiment, Park Ave., 66th to 67th Sts.; org. 1806; Col. Daniel Appleton. (2) 22nd Regt. Engineers, '61, Ft. Washinton Ave., Col. W.B. Hotchkin. (3) Squadron A, '89, Madison Ave. & 94th; Maj. W.R. Wright. (4) 9th Coast Artillery, 14th St., 1812; Lt. Col. John J. Byrne. (5) 8th Coast Artillery, Park Ave. & 94th; Brig. Gen. E.F. Austin. (6) 71st Regiment, '52, 4th Ave. & 34th; 236 ft. high; Col. W.G. Bates. (7) 14th Regiment, '47, 8th Ave. & 15th, Brookly; Col. John H. Foote. (8) 69th Regiment, '51, Lexington Ave. & 25th; Col. Louis D. Conley. (9) 1st Cavalry, Bedford Ave., Union to President Sts., Brooklyn; Col. Charles I. Debevoise. (10) 23rd Regiment, '62, Bedford Ave. & Pacific Street, Brooklyn; Col. F.H. Norton. (11) 13th Coast Artillery, Sumner & Putnam Avenues, Brooklyn; Col. N.B. Thurston.


Columbia University - Broadway to Amsterdam Ave. W. 114th to W. 12th St.; founded in 1754 as King's College, at Broadway and Barclay St.; moved in 1857 to Madison Ave. and E. 49th St.; new site of 26 acres secured 1892 and 1902; $15,000,000 group erected 1902 - 1914, Library, $1,200,000 gift of Seth LOw, President 1890 - 1901; 600,000 volumes; School of Mines, Engineering Building, Earl Hall, west of Library; Schermerhorn Havermyer, University Halls, north; Fayweather, Kent, Philosophy and Avery Halls, east, with St. Paul's Chapel; 12 faculties, 907 instructors, 9,840 students and 5,785 in summer courses; University includes Barnard College for Women, at 119th St. founded '89; Teacher's College, 120th St. '86: College of Physicians and Surgeons, W. 59th St.; College of Pharmacy, W. 68th St.; Nicholas Murray Butler, Pres.


Cathedral of St. John The Divine - 110th to 113th Sts., overlooking Morningside Park; begun 1892; choir and two of seven chapels by Heins & La Farge, consecrated April 19, 1911; cost $3,500,000. Choir School fd. '01, built by $150,000 gift of Mrs. J.J. Blodgett; $500,000 endowment by F.G. Bourne. Rev. Wm. M. Grosvenor, Dean; Rt. Rev. David H. Greer, Bishop. St. Luke's Hospital (at far right) founded 1846.


Harlem - View from southern end of Cathedral Heights, Morningside Park in foreground, "L" road running from Columbus Avenue through W. 110th St. (Cathedral Parkway) into Eighth Ave. at height of 73 ft.; Harlem, founded 1658, has 825,000 inhabitants; if a seperate city it would rank fourth among American municipalities; bounded on north and east by the Harlem and East Rivers.

King's Views of New York - XXIV

Welcome to installment #24 of our "King's Views Of New York" series. Just 3 more weeks left to go and we'll wrap it up. As always, click on any image to see it larger and in much more detail.




Residences - (1) Ex-U.S. Senator W.A. Clark, 5th Ave. & 77th. (2) Wm. H. Barnard, Riverside Drive & 89th. (3) L.C. Tiffany, 27 E. 72nd. (4) Old H.P. Whitney Residence, 2 W. 57th. (5) Vanderbilt twin houses, 5th Ave.; H.C. Frick, 51st St. cor.; Wm. D. Sloane, 52d St. (6) Mrs. Isaac V. Brokaw, 5th Ave. and 79th. (7) Geo. J. Gould, 5th Ave. and 67th. (8) Andrew Carnegie, 5th Ave., 91st to 92d. (9) E.T. Gerry, 5th Ave., 61st. (10) Mrs. C. Vanderbilt, 5th Ave., 57th to 58th. (11) James Stillman, 9 E. 72d. (12) J.P. Morgan, Madison Ave., 36th, with provate art gallery. (13) J.D. Rockefeller, 4 W. 54th. (14) Mrs. Joseph H. Pulitzer, 11 E. 73rd. (15) Chas. M. Schwab, Riverside Drive, 73rd to 74th. (16) E.J. Berwind, 2 E. 64th.


Brooklyn Borough - (Drawn by Richard W. Rummell - 1907)
77.62 square miles, from the East River to Atlantic Ocean, from New York Bay to Queens Borough. Population, 1914, 1,916,655. Settled 1623; incorporated 1834; consolidated with New York, 1898. Taxable property land and improvements, $1,680,013,591. Franchises, etc., $120,919,054; personality, $46,296,870; real estate exempt from taxation, $230,774,655, total $2,078,004,170. 48 parks of 1663 acres, including Prospect, 516 acres, most beautiful in the world; 44 miles of parkways; 1,459 miles of streets. Brooklyn is a city of homes, with 320,000 school children, yet its 5,000 factories in 1913 produced goods valued at $900,000,000. Busiest shipping district in the world; N.Y. Dock Co., Atlantic Basin (40 acres), Erie Basin (161 acres), Bush Terminal, South Brooklyn, largest piers in the world.

King's Views of New York - XXIII

A day late but worth the wait (Lame? Yes.) King's Views of New York week 23, only 4 more to go after this and we'll wrap it up and look for something else to do. But for now, enjoy our continued look at NYC circa 1916 or so...


(Images via: NYCDreamin Archives)


Philanthtropic Institutions: (1) Women's Hospital, 110th St. near Amsterdam Ave; 114 beds. (2) Bellevue, E. 26th to 29th, 1st Ave to E. River, 1235 beds. (3) Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, E. 66th & Ave. A. (4) Roosevelt Hospital, W. 59th & 9th Ave; 350 beds. (5) Presbyterian, E. 70th & Madison Ave; 330 beds. (6) French, 450-459 W. 34th. (7) Montefiore Home for Chronic Invalids, Woodlawn Ave. Gun Hill Road; 450 beds. (8) Babies Hospital, Lexington Ave. & 55th; 80 beds. (9) Mt. Sinai, 5th Ave. and 100th; 493 beds. (10) St. Luke's, W. 113th and Amsterdam Ave.; 300 beds. (11) Lying-In, 2nd Ave., 17th-18th; 167 beds. (12) Municipal Lodging House, 432-438 E. 25th; 400 beds. (13) Mills Hotel No. 3, 7th Ave. & 36th, 1875 rooms. (14) Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled Children, 321 E. 42nd; 250 beds.


Churches - (1) St. Paul the Apostle, Columbus Ave. 60th St., Paulist Fathers. (2) First Baptist, Broadway 79th St., I.M. Haldeman. (3) St. Thomas, 5th Ave, 53rd St., Ernest M. Stires. (4) Divine Paternity, Central Park West, 76th St., Oliver M. Hall. (5) First Christian Science, Central Park West, 96th St., R.P. Verrall. (6) St. Patricks Cathedral, Fifth Ave., 50th to 51st St., M.J. Lavelle. (7) CHapel of Intersession (Trinity Parish) Broadway, 155th St., Milo H. Gates. (8) Transfiguration (LIttle Church Around The Corner), East 29th St., G.C. Houghton. (9) Grace, Broadway, 10th St., Cl.L. Slatterly. (10) Our Lady of Esperanza, Riverside Drive, 156th St., A. Buisson. (11) St. Agnes Chapel (Trinity Parish), West 92nd St., W.W. Bellinger (12) Broadway Tabernacle, cor. 56th St., C.E. Jefferson. (13) Temple Beth-El, 5th Ave, 76th St., Samual Schulman.

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.

King's Views of New York - XXI

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




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Metropolitan Museum Of Art - Central Park, facing Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, inc. 1871; centre of present group, occupied 1880; additions, '89 (south wing), '94, '01 (east wing, 344 X 200 ft., Thomas Dwyer, builder) , '07 (northeast wing), '13 (north wing); designed by Richard M. Hunt to cover 18 1/2 acres and cost $20,000,000. Developed by late Henry G. Marquand and the late Gen. Louis P. diCesnola; becoming world's richest museum under presidency of the late J. Pierpont Morgan, '04-'13. 40,000 exhibets added in 8 years; $50,000,000 Morgan Collections; 839, 419 visitors in 1913; expenses $375,000. Robert DeForest, Pres. Edward Robinson, Director.


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American Museum of Natural History - Manhattan Square, W. 77th to 81st St; founded '69, opened '77; largest natural-history museum in world; collections worth $12,000,000; 600,000 visitors annually; buildings erected and running expenses paid by city; scientific expeditions conducted from the fees of 3,7000 members and income from endowment of $7,000,000 to wich Morris K. Jesup, for years its president, added $1,000,000 by bequest and his widow $5,000,000; Prof. Henry Fairfield Osborn, President. Dr. Fredk. A. Lucas, Director.


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New York Public Library - Fifth Avenue, 40th to 42nd St.; $9,000,000 marble building; cornerstone laid Nov. 10, 1902; opened May 23, 1911; 390 X 270 ft.; two inner courts, each 80 sq. ft.; main stack room, 270 ft. long, 7 tiers; 2,133,608 volumes, room for 3,000,000; 7,300 periodicals on file. Astor Library, 1849; Lenox, '70; Tilden Trust, '87; consolidated, '95; 43 circulating branches, 8,111,175 books taken out in year by 325,000 people. 442,091 readers in libraries. Geo. L. Rives, Pres. Edwin H. Anderson, Director.


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DeWitt Clinton High School - 10th Ave, 58th to 59th St.; 138 teachers; 3,654 pupils.


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Morris High School - 166th St. and Boston Road, the Bronx; 125 teachers; 3,218 pupils.


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Wadleigh High School - 114th St., near 7th Ave., Harlem; 141 teachers; 3,045 pupils.


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High School of Commerce - 65th St., near Broadway; 100 teachers; 2,774 pupils. In the city, total 23 high schools; 2,053 instructors and 50,511 pupils; 16 night schools. Cost of schools 1914, $38,203,406. T.W. Churchill, Pres. Bd. of Education.


...to be continued.

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.