New York of to-day. . Streets. New Yorks foremost educational institutionfounded as Kings College in 1754, now occupies fifteen college buildings covering 18 acres. The central structure is the Low Memorial Library, erected bySeth Low in memory of his father. Cost $1,000,000. It contains 350,000 volumes. Other buildings are the University Hall, Schermerhorn Hall (biology) Have-meyer Hall (chemistry), the Physics Building, Earl, South and Fayerweather Halls, and the Engineering Building, containing the machinery needed in practicalinstruction. Copyright, Irving Underhill, N. Y. THE SPEEDWAY AND
New York of to-day. . Streets. New Yorks foremost educational institutionfounded as Kings College in 1754, now occupies fifteen college buildings covering 18 acres. The central structure is the Low Memorial Library, erected bySeth Low in memory of his father. Cost $1,000,000. It contains 350,000 volumes. Other buildings are the University Hall, Schermerhorn Hall (biology) Have-meyer Hall (chemistry), the Physics Building, Earl, South and Fayerweather Halls, and the Engineering Building, containing the machinery needed in practicalinstruction. Copyright, Irving Underhill, N. Y. THE SPEEDWAY AND WASHINGTON BRIDGE. This well-constructed roadway on the western bank of the Harlem River was built exclusively for thespeeding of horses in light harness. It cost $*,000,000, was four years in building, and is four miles long. Here speed trials are made every afternoon. TheWashington Bridge crosses the Harlem River at 181st Street. It is a steel, iron and granite structure, costing $3,000,000, and is 2,384 feet GRANTS TOMB. Claremont Heights, Riverside Drive, near 123d Street. This beautiful edifice, one of the largest monuments in the world, is 150 feet highand covers an area of 10,000 square feet, and is built of Maine white granite. The cost, $600,000, was raised by the Grant Monument Association by voluntarycontributions from over 90,000 people. The memorial was dedicated by President McKinley in 1897. Over the portico are statues Peace and Victory byJ. Massey Rhind. The remains of the great soldier and his wife lie in two red porphyry sarcophagi in a crypt under the dome.
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