. Scenes of modern New York . GRANTS TOMB. Claremont Heights, Riverside Drive, near 123d Street. This beautiful edifice, one of the largest monuments in the world, is 150 feet highand covers an area of 10,000 square feet, and is built of Maine white granite. The cost, $600,000, was raised by the Grant Monument Association by voluntarycontributions from over 90,000 people. The memorial was dedicated by President McKinley in 1897. Over the portico are statues of Peace and Victory byJ. Massey Rhind. The remains of the great soldier and his wife lie in two red porphyry sarcophagi in a crypt under
. Scenes of modern New York . GRANTS TOMB. Claremont Heights, Riverside Drive, near 123d Street. This beautiful edifice, one of the largest monuments in the world, is 150 feet highand covers an area of 10,000 square feet, and is built of Maine white granite. The cost, $600,000, was raised by the Grant Monument Association by voluntarycontributions from over 90,000 people. The memorial was dedicated by President McKinley in 1897. Over the portico are statues of Peace and Victory byJ. Massey Rhind. The remains of the great soldier and his wife lie in two red porphyry sarcophagi in a crypt under the 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 meadowunite to make this the most delightful park in the world. The center view above shows the fine equestrian statue of General Sherman by St. Gaudens, erected nearthe 59th Street entrance.
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