This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...both table dyh6te and restaurant. The Clarendon is yet higher up, on Fourth avenue, corner of Eighteenth street. It is a recherche house of high fashion, in especial favor with English travellers. The Brevoort House, Fifth avenue and Clinton Place, and the St..Germain, Fifth avenue, Broadway, and Twentysecond street, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857 Excerpt: ...both table dyh6te and restaurant. The Clarendon is yet higher up, on Fourth avenue, corner of Eighteenth street. It is a recherche house of high fashion, in especial favor with English travellers. The Brevoort House, Fifth avenue and Clinton Place, and the St..Germain, Fifth avenue, Broadway, and Twentysecond street, are new up-town hotels of the highest rank. They are, like the Everett House, conducted on the European plan, with both table d'hdte and cafe, rooms and board, or either alone. The Julian, in Washington Place, near Broadway, is a fashionable hotel and boarding-house. There are, besides, very many most excellent hotels, and hundreds of the second and third class--but we have mentioned enough for all the uses of the traveller. City Parks and Squares. The; Central Park will occupy a grand area in the upper part of the island. These grounds have but recently been purchased by the city, and are yet entirely uncultivated. In due time, they will give New York one of the largest and most beautiful parks in the world. The little greens which at present pass fot parks, may better bear their familiar name of square, since they are nothing more. The Battery, which contains about 11 acres, is situated at the extreme south end of the City, at the commencement of Broadway, and is planted with trees and laid out in gravel walks. From this place is a delightful view of the harbor and its islands, of the numerous vessels arriving and departing, of the adjacent shores of New Jersey, and of Staten and Long Islands. Castle Garden, connected with the Battery, by means of a bridge, was once used for public meetings, exhibitions, and concerts. Here Jenny Lind first sang in America. The fairs of the American Institute were held here for several years. It is given over ...
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Very Good. [Civil War Era Travel guide for the United States] [Pt. 1. The eastern and middle states and the British provinces. ] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Spine head slightly chipped. 19 x 11.5 cm. 216 pages: illustrations, maps, plans, + ads at rear (including for Tiffany's). "Engraved by Whitney and Jocelyn." Illustrated, including 29 maps on 21 sheets. Sabin 70961.
