Lenox Library criticized as crude art not suitable for Central Park
Architects largely oppose making Lenox Library a Central Park monument and question Hunt's early design. W B Van Ingen argues the building is not worthy of preservation as a landmark and suggests alternatives, while readers propose sites outside the park and oppose central placement.
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LENOX
Lenox Library
Central Park
Hunt
W. B. van Ingen
van Ingen
Ote
Metropolitan Life
Brooklyn
Prospect Park
Manhattan
Brooklyn Grasslands
Park
Manhattan Park
Frederick Law Olmstead
Brooklyn Park
Letter on Central Park Lenox Library site debate
A Times reader argues against placing the Lenox Library in Central Park. He questions use and interior design, warns it may limit future expansion, and urges uptown placement with room for an Academy of Design including dormitories and studios.
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Brooklyn
Fark
Parks and Playgrounds Association
Lenox Library
Central Park
The
New York Times
Park Department
City College
Washington Heights
J. R. Downey
Downey
Philbin
St. Nicholas Park
Mark Goldberg
Frick-Stover
Park
Academy of Design
Academy
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Call for a National Academy of Design to foster American art
Adolph Lewison urges funds and public backing for a first class Academy of Design in New York. He argues for facilities to teach drawing and painting, permanent exhibitions of American and top foreign works, and continued regular exhibitions to advance American art and education, reducing the need to study abroad. Date: June 15, 1912.
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Academy of Design
Winslow
Homer
Waugh
Dougherty
Europe
First Stone Laid for Ascension Church in Harlem Italian Community
The Presbyterian Church of the Ascension at East 106th Street saw 3000 residents of Harlem's Little Italy witness the laying of the church's first stone. Rev Francisco Pirazzini led the ceremony with Italian language talks by Dr Jessie Forbes and Dr Joseph Messenger. An adult membership tops 300 with a similar number in Sunday school. officials noted converts including former anarchist elements who had reformist influence on baptism and youth.
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Harlem
Little Italy
New Presbyterian Church of the Ascension
East 106Th Street
Francisco Pirazzini
Jessie F. Forbes
Presbytery of
New York
Joseph E Messenger
Children Honor Fauerbach Memorial Service For Longtime Shelter Leader
A committee of 100 children from the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society will attend memorial services at 180 Edgecomb Avenue for Louis Fauerbach 79, former superintendent. The funeral will follow tomorrow as the society’s Alumni, over 11,000 graduates, are represented. Fauerbach served from 1879 to 1903 and helped move the children toward Pleasantville cottages. He is survived by four daughters and two sons. his wife died a year ago.
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Louis Fauerbach
Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society
150Th Street
Broadway
Edgecomb Avenue
Fauerbach
Pleasantville
Justice Gerard Hosts Dinner for Senor Madero at Union Club
Justice James W. Gerard of the Supreme Court will host a two dinner at the Union Club honoring Francisco Madero father of Francisco I. Madero, President of Mexico. Senor Madero and several family members arrived in the city early last week.
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Gerard
Farley Busy on Staten Island Amid Divorce Debate
Cardinal Farley drew large crowds on Staten Island with morning mass at St. Peter’s New Brighton and the cornerstone blessing for a priest rectory. He warned against divorce and socialism, cited 100000 divorces in the U.S. and seven times Europe’s total, and urged action while addressing retreat movement supporters.
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Cardinal Farley
State Island
Fort Wadsworth
Knights of Columbus
James J. Walsh
Europe
Staten Island
Bishop Greer
Mer. Cassidy
Tribus
Cromwell
Chicago
Labor Shortage Hits Pittsburgh Industries Hard
A severe labor shortage grips Pittsburgh as steel mills blast furnaces and cokemaking all demand workers. Projects with $10.01 million in recent orders and city contracts worth $10 million promise thousands of jobs, while unions and foundries expand plants and wages run to 2.25 a day. Industry leaders cite immigration policy shifts and labor distribution efforts as contributing factors to the scarce workforce.
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Pittsburgh
New York, Times
Penn
Monongahela Valley
United States Steel Corporation
Edgar ‘Inomgon
Braddock
James A. Farrell
The
Steel Corporation
Edgar Thomson
Oliver Way
Sterling Steel Foundry Company
Braddock District
American Vanadium Company
J. Rogers Flannery
Auto Trip Betrays Thefts At Indy Races
Louis J. Murphy assistant cashier at West Side Dime Savings Bank was arrested for embezzling 190 dollars after taking a car and friends to Indianapolis racetrack on Memorial Day. State Banking Department official deputy superintendent Walker said Murphy's shortage would total about 10 dollars more.
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Columbus
Ohio
Louis J. Murphy
West Side Dime Savings Bank
Indianapolis
Murphy
Walker
State Banking Department
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