. New York of to-day . e, is one of the most beau-tiful. At Seventy-sixth Street is the Hamiltonfountain, an ornate structure shaped as a drinkingtrough for horses. The Soldiers and Sailors Mon-ument, erected for those who fell in tho Civil War,occupies a commanding bluff from which a splendidview of the river north and south may be front of the monument, which is in the form ofa Greek temple, with a peristyle of twelve Corin-thian columns, is a copy of Houdins statue ofWashington, a gift from school children. At Ninety-third Street is tho new Joan of Arcstatue, part of the pedesta
. New York of to-day . e, is one of the most beau-tiful. At Seventy-sixth Street is the Hamiltonfountain, an ornate structure shaped as a drinkingtrough for horses. The Soldiers and Sailors Mon-ument, erected for those who fell in tho Civil War,occupies a commanding bluff from which a splendidview of the river north and south may be front of the monument, which is in the form ofa Greek temple, with a peristyle of twelve Corin-thian columns, is a copy of Houdins statue ofWashington, a gift from school children. At Ninety-third Street is tho new Joan of Arcstatue, part of the pedestal being made from stonewhich came from the recently demolished prison atRouen, in which the Maid of Orleans was is a beautiful work of art and is a great acquisi-tion to the city. At Ninety-sixth Street is the CliffApartment House, in which an attempt has beenmade to realize the appellation of cliff dwellings,often applied to apartments of New York. Abovethe second elevation is a frieze in low relief carry-. NEW YORK OF TO-DAY 99 ing out symbolically tho mountain lions, rattle-snakes, buffaloes skulls and other local environmentsof a genuine cliff dwelling in Arizona. It is a cleveridea and never fails to attract attention. The oldfrigate Granite Stale occupies the space at thefoot of Ninety-seventh Street with a seagoing vesselfor practice lying beside her. It iB now occupiedby the First Battalion, Naval Militia. At OneHundredth Street is the Firemens Memorial,erected in memory of the many heroic deeds of thoNew York firemen, who daily risk their lives, andsometimes lose them, in the performance of theirduty. At One Hundred and Sixth Street is theequestrian statue of that fine old German general,Franz Siegel, by Carl Bitter. From One Hundredand Sixteenth Street north is perhaps the finest viewof the river. It reveals also the most beautiful partof the drive and shows row after row of apartmenthouses of the highest type both in architecture andappointments. At One H
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