Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc . the kind in thecountry. A little further on stands the far-famed Astor House. On the corner of Park Place and Broadway is a beau-tiful brown-stone building occupied by the BroadwayNational Bank. Next in order we come to Stewarts marble palace, atthe corner of Chambers street, covering a space of 152feet on Broadway, and 100 feet
Miller's New York as it is, or, Stranger's guide-book to the cities of New York, Brooklyn and adjacent places : comprising notices of every object of interest to strangers ; including public buildings, churches, hotels, places of amusement, literary institutions, etc . the kind in thecountry. A little further on stands the far-famed Astor House. On the corner of Park Place and Broadway is a beau-tiful brown-stone building occupied by the BroadwayNational Bank. Next in order we come to Stewarts marble palace, atthe corner of Chambers street, covering a space of 152feet on Broadway, and 100 feet deep on the side streets. On the site of the old Broadway Theatre, JudgeWhiting has erected, at a cost of $200,000, a marblebuilding, with 75 feet front on Broadway by 175 feetdeep. At No. 340 Broadway is the ancient site of the famousBroadway Tabernacle, once known throughout thewhole land as the great rendezvous of the various reli-gious and benevolent institutions during the May Anni-versaries. The frontage on Broadway is 30 feet, and thedepth 200 feet, with an extension on Worth, street andCatharine Lane of 100 feet square. On the corner of Worth and Church streets, occupy-ing the whole block, is the massive stone building ofMessrs. H. B. Claflin& NOTABLE STORES, ETC. 91 At the corner of Leonard street and Broadway standsthe noble edifice erected and occupied by the New YorkLife Insurance Company. This is the most magnificentstructure devoted to Life Insurance in the country. Continuing up Broadway, we come to the magnificentbrown-stone building formerly occupied by the Mer-chants* Union Express Co. On the corner of White street and Broadway standsone of the finest specimens of architecture of which ourcity can boast. The building is of white marble, and isowned by Mr. Astor. The attention is next arrested by the elegance of abuilding at the corner of Broadway and Grand street Ithas a front of 100 feet on Broadway, and 125 feet onGrand street. The whole structure is o
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