United States'), the finest of all the fine structures that
line the Avenue" 172

"The site of the old Lenox Library is now occupied by the
house of Mr. Henry C. Frick, one of the great show residences
of the Avenue and the City. A broad garden
separates the house, which is eighteenth century English,
from the sidewalk" 218

The terrace of the Public Library. Today the spot is the
scene of the activities of those engaged in the work of
speeding America's Answer. Once it was far uptown, and
on the eastern side of the Avenue were the residences
known as "Spanish Row," or "The House of Mansions". 248

Commerce, with giant stride, is marching up the stately Avenue.
The story of a business house that began in the neighbourhood
of Cherry Hill, migrated to Grand Street, thence
to Broadway and Union Square, and again to the slope
of Murray Hill, is, in epitome, the story of the city itself. 260

"On the site of the old Croton Reservoir the cornerstone of
the Public Library was laid November 10, 1902, and the
building opened to the public May 23, 1911. To it were
carried the treasures of the Astor Library and the Lenox
Library" 268

Entrance to the Public Library. The Library, 590 feet long
and 270 deep, was built by the City at a cost of about nine
million dollars. The material is largely Vermont marble,