The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . -, and Stephen Allen crowded it reminiscences of old New Yorkers who ledthe van of New Yorks wonderful commercial pros-perity come to us very naturally as we stand atthe entrance of the Astor House. It would behard to think of a prominent man in New YorkCity, or of a famous man in the nation, whohas not at some time enjoyed the shelter andthe creature comforts dispensed in this practical 210 NEW YORK CITY LIFK Astor monument. ()ther hotels and j^ivat enterprisesinn
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . -, and Stephen Allen crowded it reminiscences of old New Yorkers who ledthe van of New Yorks wonderful commercial pros-perity come to us very naturally as we stand atthe entrance of the Astor House. It would behard to think of a prominent man in New YorkCity, or of a famous man in the nation, whohas not at some time enjoyed the shelter andthe creature comforts dispensed in this practical 210 NEW YORK CITY LIFK Astor monument. ()ther hotels and j^ivat enterprisesinnumerable bear the impress, if not the name, ofthe Astor family; but as lontc as the old AstorHouse stands it will be a monument to the founderof the family; eonuectint;- the present with the past,and speakiuyf constantly of the worth, the goodsense, and the high character of the man who l)y. .(u!IN .JacOII \-;TK strictly honorable means triumphed over the great-est obstacles and raised himself to a world-observetleminence. Every one who reads this chapter maymake his own list of the great men who have l)eendrawn to the Astor House and of the importantconferences that have occurred there, and no twolists will completely agree. At the banquet here ten- ;>li THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS dered by the Press of New York to Kossuth, in De-cember, 1851, the presiding oflficer was AYilliam Cul-len Bryant, and assisting him were Horace Greeley,George B. Butler and Julius Froebel. Among theguests were George Bancroft, Governor Anthony, ofRhode Island; Mayor Kingsland, of New York City;Moses Grinnell, Charles King, President of Colum-bia College; Simeon Draper, Parke Goodwin, JamesHarper, Henry Ward Beecher, Henrj Rajmond, andDr. Chapin. Thurlow Weed had the exclusive use ofRoom No. 11 during the last three years of his re-markable political activit}; and in that room theweightiest mat
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