. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . ^ every cityin lun-ope can he found numerotis exani])les of ornamental w roughtir(jn which are admirable in design and execution, and which wouldbe a difficult matter to cojin b\- the workmen of to-day, even regard-less of the cost of ])r(:(luction. In nuilti])licit\- of wants in ournew country, economy of time, and conse(|uentl\ of cost, l)econie acompulsor\ matter from the very start. The little ornamental ironwork that was iirst used in the Lnited Siates was forged work, andsom
. A history of real estate, building and architecture in New York City during the last quarter of a century . ^ every cityin lun-ope can he found numerotis exani])les of ornamental w roughtir(jn which are admirable in design and execution, and which wouldbe a difficult matter to cojin b\- the workmen of to-day, even regard-less of the cost of ])r(:(luction. In nuilti])licit\- of wants in ournew country, economy of time, and conse(|uentl\ of cost, l)econie acompulsor\ matter from the very start. The little ornamental ironwork that was iirst used in the Lnited Siates was forged work, andsome excellent si)ecimens are still to be seen in the streets ofcolonial cities, the ]M-oduction of men who had emigrated to theNew \\orld. The use of cast-iron for ornamental iron work, even incopying designs es])ecially intended for wrought iron, was natural,and, under the circumstances, (juite excusable from the standpointof enforced economy, but unfortunately most of the early designingin foundries was done bv men who were simply carpenters or pat-. EXTRANCE GATES, BUILDIXG 4S!> Ttth AVENUE, NEW by Hecla Iron Works. Pettier & Stymus, Designers. BUILDIXG AXD ARCHITECTURE IN NEW YORK. 491 tern makers, and, therefore, much that was intended to l)e of an ar-tistic nature was sini])l\- l)arbarous. Ahl<e with ornamental ironwork, this was the case with nearly all trades furnishing articles forbuilding, such as cabinet work, mantels, wall pa])ers, carpets, course of time came ad\ances in industrial art, every trade re-flected the retining indncnces of decorative art, and perhaps nonemore so than the craft of iron workers, so that to-day such simplethings as guards for doors and windows, gates, railings, crestingsand finials, lanip-])osts, fountains, vases, etc., display really artistictreatment in outline and in ornamentation. In .\e\v York, along East I)r()ad\va\- and in Henry and otherstreets of that ultra-fashionahle neighborliood of tift\ or sixt\- year
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