What to see in New York . Copyright. Thaddeus Wilkerson. New York (irants Tomb, the Claremont, the Hudson ^and the Palisades. New York City Hall PUBLIC AND FAMOUS BUILDINGS. No matter what part of New York you happen tobe in you are sure to be in the vicinity of somepublic or famous building that you will not re-gret visiting. They are scattered indiscriminatelythroughout the Greater City. There is one placestrangers never fail to see, although thousands ofpersons who have lived here all their lives havenever been near it and have seen it only from adistance. The place referred to is the Statu
What to see in New York . Copyright. Thaddeus Wilkerson. New York (irants Tomb, the Claremont, the Hudson ^and the Palisades. New York City Hall PUBLIC AND FAMOUS BUILDINGS. No matter what part of New York you happen tobe in you are sure to be in the vicinity of somepublic or famous building that you will not re-gret visiting. They are scattered indiscriminatelythroughout the Greater City. There is one placestrangers never fail to see, although thousands ofpersons who have lived here all their lives havenever been near it and have seen it only from adistance. The place referred to is the Statue of Liberty,situated on Bedloes Island, within the walls of oldFort Wood. A small steamer makes hourly tripsfrom the Battery. The sight from the torch is wellworth the strenuous climb up the winding stairs inthe innards of the statue. The Chamber of Commerce at 65 Liberty streetis said to be the oldest commercial corporation inthe United States. The present magnificent struc-ture was erected in 1910. City Hall in City Hall Park is where MayorGaynor has his office. Here it is that the Board ofEstimate and Apportionment
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