. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years ... ith reference to the present and futureimportance of parterres, where great streets and avenues, the arteries ofour body politic, diverge or unite, and where—now that the ground un-occupied—the purchase can be effected, which, in the lapse of a few years,when valuable buildings are erected, will be impracticable, on account ofthe great expense—thus precluding to future generations the advantagesthat would necessarily accrue to them from having such squares in variousparts of the city for purposes of military and civic p
. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years ... ith reference to the present and futureimportance of parterres, where great streets and avenues, the arteries ofour body politic, diverge or unite, and where—now that the ground un-occupied—the purchase can be effected, which, in the lapse of a few years,when valuable buildings are erected, will be impracticable, on account ofthe great expense—thus precluding to future generations the advantagesthat would necessarily accrue to them from having such squares in variousparts of the city for purposes of military and civic parades, and for parties,and, what is perhaps of more importance, to serve as ventilators to adensely populated city. The report in favor of the improvement was adopted, and the map ofthe city altered to conform thereto; but it was not until several yearsafterwards that the present palatial edifices, which now adorn theplace, were erected. The Manhattan Bank put their lots in the marketabout 1845, and in 1847-S the mansions to the left and centre of our 481 were finishoil and ready for oceupatioa. The large buildirig, the EverettHouse, is of more recent date, and stands partly on lots purchased of B. Moffit, whose housa arljoins it. The other buildings on theupper side of the place wore erected, and are owned by Messrs. Miller,Heurj Young, and t!io late Daniel Parish, whose will has, within a fewmonths past, created so much excitement in the legal and There are but few of the rising generation who can form any conceptionof the difference which this new centre of oar city presents to the up townresident, from that which their fathers recollect in their drives through theBloomingdale rottd: and we cannot better close our remaiks than by re-minding them that this improvement would perhaps have been delnyedufltil it was too late, but for the energy and foresight of the majority of thecommittee of the then Hoard of Councilmen, whose names
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