Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities; . com-edy ; the company is alwaysgood, and the plays are mount-ed with great care. The UnionSquare Theatre (in UnionSquare, between Broadwayand 4th Avenue), and theFifth Avenue Theatre (in St., a few doors fromBroadway), are small but fasb-ionable theatres, in which lightcomedy is usually theatres devoted to nospecial class of entertainmentare: JS^i^Ws Garden, Broad-way near Prince St.; the Lyceum Theatre, 14th St., a few doors W. of 6th Avenue;Olymijic Theatre, 622 Broadway; Parle Theatre, Broadway between 21st and22d
Appleton's illustrated hand-book of American cities; . com-edy ; the company is alwaysgood, and the plays are mount-ed with great care. The UnionSquare Theatre (in UnionSquare, between Broadwayand 4th Avenue), and theFifth Avenue Theatre (in St., a few doors fromBroadway), are small but fasb-ionable theatres, in which lightcomedy is usually theatres devoted to nospecial class of entertainmentare: JS^i^Ws Garden, Broad-way near Prince St.; the Lyceum Theatre, 14th St., a few doors W. of 6th Avenue;Olymijic Theatre, 622 Broadway; Parle Theatre, Broadway between 21st and22d Sts.; Woods Museum, Broadway near 30th St. ; and Eagle Th(^atre, 6th Ave-nue, near 32d St. The Boicery Tneatre, Bowery near Canal St., presents popu-lar melodrama of the most pronounced type; and the Metropolitan Theatre^Broadway opposite the Metropolitan Hotel, and the Theatre Comique, Broadwaynear Grand St., are devoted to varieties. The Stadt-Theater, Bowery near GrandSt., produces German dramas and operas. Steinicay Hall, 14th St. near Broadway,. NEW YORK CITY. 13 and Chklcering Hall^ cor. 5th x\venue and 18th St., are the principal concert-halls. The Central Park Garden is a largre frame-building, with promenade or garden in the rear, at the Central Park terminus of the 7th Avenue R. during the summer Theodore Thomass orchestra gives musical entertain-ments of the highest order. Still another class of ])laces of amusement is that known as Gardens, of whichthe Atlantic Garden^ adjoining the Bowery Theatre, is the best known. It is agreat hall where, in the evening several thousand Germans come with their familiesto drink beer and smoke, and listen to well-executed vocal and instrumental a rule, however, the Gardens are located in the upper part of the city, in Hobo-ken, and in Jersey City; among them are the Lion Parle Garden^ on 8th Avenue;Joness Wood, on the East River, reached by 2d or 3d Avenue cars to 68th St. ; La?i-mans ParJc, on 3d Avenue near 80th
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