The Philadelphia Architectural Exhibition 
A PIER OF THE MANHATTAN B 
Palmer & Hornbostel , Architects. Drawn by Henry Hornbostel and show 
thing of the familiar grace and beauty of the 
old Brooklyn Bridge. The new ones are de¬ 
signed in a thoroughly modern spirit, as 
evidenced by the use of steel. A most 
satisfactory result seems promised by the 
design for the proposed Manhattan Bridge ; 
and after examining it we are convinced that 
the far less perfect Williamsburg Bridge 
( just completed) and 
also the Blackwell’s 
Island structure must 
have been the result of 
insuperable obstacles 
and difficult conditions 
w hich from the outset 
of a work of this scale 
attend the course of de¬ 
sign. Mr. Hornbostel 
has made his drawings 
in crayon pencil upon 
mounted tracing paper, 
and their presentation is 
remarkably fine, both 
from an artistic point of 
view and that which is 
sensible of picturesque 
and telling effects. 
The most important 
of the new productions 
are the designs for the 
development and exten¬ 
sion of the United States 
Military Academy at 
West Point, which are 
shown by the drawings 
of three firms out of the 
invited ten who entered 
the competition for that 
work. The scheme of 
Messrs.Carrere& Hast¬ 
ings is displayed by a 
general plan, a view from 
the river, elevations of 
the Riding Hall and the 
Chapel. It is conceived 
under French influence 
and its chief attribute is 
dignity. It requires, 
moreover, but little dis¬ 
turbance of the West 
Point buildings which 
already exist, and it ex¬ 
hibits in all features a 
careful consideration of the peculiar exigen¬ 
cies of the site. Messrs. Fames & Young’s 
design consists of a symmetrical plan, which 
in the abstract, is remarkably satisfactory; 
but a close examination discovers that it 
involves radical changes in the present struc¬ 
tures and, furthermore, the position of the 
new Riding Hall destrovs the great attraction 
RIDGE 
n at the T-Square Club's Exhibition 
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