Two Proposed Entrances to Central Park, N. Y. 
distinctive. The 
p 1 a n, w h i c h as¬ 
sumed d e fi n i t e 
form at the start 
and has been 
earnestly advo¬ 
cated by its spon¬ 
sors, calls for a 
monumental en¬ 
trance to Central 
Park at Eighth 
Avenue and Fif¬ 
ty-ninth Street, 
leading from Co¬ 
lumbus Circle to 
the Park. While 
no subscriptions 
have yet been 
called for, the pre¬ 
liminary arrange¬ 
ments are well 
under way. Ex¬ 
ecutive and gen¬ 
eral committees, 
including in their 
membership a 
n umber of the 
most active spirits 
in the public and 
commercial life of 
the city, have 
been organized. 
At a recent meet¬ 
ing a campaign 
was begun to en¬ 
list public sup¬ 
port, plans and estimates were submitted, and 
Albert Randolph R oss was chosen as official 
architect and William Couper as director of 
sculpture. 
Mr. Green’s long labors, as a private citi¬ 
zen and public official, were directed in 
many channels, but the three great schemes 
for the upbuilding of the city of his resi¬ 
dence with which he was most closely iden¬ 
tified were the creation of Central Park, the 
laying out of Riverside Drive, and the con¬ 
solidation of the municipalities about New 
York harbor. It was largely at the instance 
of his life-long friend, Francis Ee Baron, 
that the committee decided that the most 
appropriate memorial to him would be one 
linking his name with Central Park. 
The proposed 
structure will 
form a segment of 
the Circle, where 
the Columbus 
Monument now 
stands. Although 
its total frontage 
is put at 320 feet, 
it will follow the 
general lines now 
laid at Eighth 
Avenue and will 
occupy a little 
more park space 
than the present 
entrance. J n the 
plans submitted 
to the executive 
committee by 
Mr. Ross, the 
architect, the Gate 
of Honor is 
shown in three 
parts — a central 
pavilion or mon¬ 
ument, separated 
by broad drive¬ 
ways on both 
sides from peri¬ 
styles of fluted 
columns, con¬ 
forming to the 
arc of the Circle. 
The Columbus 
Monument is a 
towering column, and there are a number of 
tall buildings fronting on the Circle. These 
conditions practically dictate the construc¬ 
tion of a long and low structure at the Park 
entrance, so as to avoid comparison with sur¬ 
rounding buildings and offer no obstruction 
to the view of the foliage of Central Park. 
It is proposed to use white granite 
throughout the three sections of the monu¬ 
ment, which will be similar in treatment. The 
columns will be thirty feet in height, and the 
top of the cornices will be forty-five feet high, 
while the bronze figures on the central monu¬ 
ment, at the tips of the tallest figures, will 
rise sixty feet above the level of the roadway. 
The central portion of the memorial will 
be dedicated solely to Andrew H. Green. 
THE CENTRAL FEATURE AND STATUE OF THE 
ANDREW' H. GREEN MEMORIAL 
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