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Title: Scenes of modern New York.
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC L.H. Nelson Company
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Publisher: Portland, Me. : L.H. Nelson
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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IONAIRES OF NEW YORK have contributed much toward beautifying the city l>y the erection of many magnificent residences. No city in the worldcan boast so many private palaces. They comprise all clashes of architecture, utilizing the most subtantial and costly building material. While the exteriors arefrequently ornate and elaborate, the interior furnishings and decorations are luxurious in the extreme. GRANTS TOMB. Claremont Heights, Riverside Drive, near 12.!d Street. This beautiful edifice, one of the largest monuments in the world, is 150 feet high andcovers an area of 10,000 square feet, and is built of Maine white granite. The cost, $<i00,000, was raised by the Grant Monument Association by voluntary contribu-tions from over 90,000 people. The memorial was dedicated by President McKinley in 1897. Over the portico are statues of Peace and Victory by ,T. MasseyRhind. The remains of the great soldier and his wife lie in two red porphyry sarcophagi in a crypt under the dome. •
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CENTRAL PARK is the great playground of the citys poor as well as the rendezvous for the fashionable turnouts of the wealthy. It extends from 59th Streetto 110th Street and from 5th Avenue to 8th Avenue, an area of eight hundred seventy-nine acres abounding in natural beauty. Woodland, lake, lawn and meadow-unite to make this the most delightful park in the world. The center view above shows the fine equestrian statue of General Sherman recently erected at the59th Street entrance.

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