and the style that of the modern renaissance 274

"O beautiful, long, loved Avenue,
So faithless to truth and yet so true."--JOAQUIN MILLER 280

South of where "St. Gaudens's hero, gaunt and grim, rides on
with Victory leading him," may be seen the Fountain of
Abundance, and, in the background, the new Plaza Hotel 290

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, on the site of what was once
the Deer Park, had its origin in a meeting of the Art
Committee of the Union League Club in November, 1869 304






FIFTH AVENUE




CHAPTER I

_The Shadow of the Knickerbockers_


The Shadow of the Knickerbockers--An Old-time Map--The Beginnings
of the Avenue--Watering Place Life--The Beach at Rockaway--Coney