Identifier: charcoalsofnewol00smith (find matches)
Title: Charcoals of new and old New York;
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Smith, Francis Hopkinson, 1838-1915
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Publisher: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ime this, or someother, open air bric-a-brac genius will here find a resting place for hiscollection. One twist of your heel from the crowded sidewalk and youare inside its protecting fence, and not only inside, but away from therush and rmnble, the snort and chug, the crj- of the pedler and news-boy; out of sight too, of the monstrosities of modern architecture climb-ing up each others backs on their way to the stars. Perhaps the State or City might vote an appropriation to buy itand keep it as it is. Dont laugh! Listen: In my beloved Venice there has stood for two centuries on theedge of San Trovaso, an old Squero where during that time thousandsof gondolas, barcos and lesser craft have been either made new, re-paired or patched, inside and out. Back from the water is a ricketybuilding, crooned over by a tender old \Tne, cooUng its parched sun-burnt skin with soft shadows. Behind this is a white-washed wall andagainst it always one or more adorable sooty-black boats,— often big 58
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NO. 5 WEST TWENTY-EIGHTH STREET barcos,— and over all the haze from the burning kettles drifting downthe lazy canal. For all these years it has been the Mecca of the lover ofthe picturesque the world over, painters who gloat over its every line,curve, tone and shadow as they do over the gold and bronze of SanMarco. When its last owner died a few years ago, the big flour mill up theGiudecca pounced upon the site for a ten-story barrel factory. Then,a howl of protest went up that made each member of the Syndic claphis fingers to his ears to save his hearing. The next day eighty thous-and lira were handed over to the heirs. It is still a squero: my own gondola was repaired there last summer.Not a single thing has been moved, — not even a pitch kettle. 61 THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND CORNER THE X THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER THIS patch of green and flowers snuggled close in the arms of theGreat City, should be holy ground to every lover of the Arts.The views of our Clergy are broad

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