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Photograph by Edwin Levick GRANT'S TOMB, NEW YORK CITY, SHOWING THE HUDSON WITH THE ATLANTIC FLEET RIDING AT ANCHOR

Next to Central Park, where broad acres of the most expensive land on earth present a velvety expanse of green, and great rocks, surrounded by carefully tended shrubbery and graceful trees, retain their rough natural beauty, the most inspiring "breathing space" is perhaps Riverside, which occupies a considerable proportion of the shore of the Hudson north of Seventy-second street. From this park a fine view of the Hudson River may be had, and within its confines is located the stately tomb of General U. S. Grant, which is to New York what the tomb of Napoleon is to Paris.

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WHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD DO CITY BLOCKS APPEAR SO SHORT AND BRIDGES SO LONG?

Photograph by Edwin Levick

Five enormous steel bridges span the East River. Their combined cost was half as much as the Panama Canal. Three of them are suspended
from cables the wires of which, if placed end to end, would more than twice girdle the earth. If placed side by side, these five great structures
would provide a roadway as wide as the Washington Monument is high, and if placed end to end they would make a great bridge over six miles
long. Over the Brooklyn Bridge alone 125,000 surface cars travel every twenty-four hours, with other vehicular traffic in proportion. The new
Hell Gate Arch Bridge, to be opened about January, 1917, will carry four tracks of the New York Connecting Railroad, facilitating the service of
at least two great lines.

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