Seeing New York in Pictures 'HE views contained within these covers portray New York as seen from various interesting angles. ‘No one will dispute that the architectural display dazzles and amazes the beholder; but even more staggering becomes the won- der when we get an insight into the tre- mendous engineering “complexities that confronted the creators of these marvelous structures that goto make up the metropolis that is New York. To insure solid resting places for these massive buildings, bubbling springs of water were diverted and foiled; fields of yawning quicksands were bridged and pon- toonced, and caissons were sunk to depths tunthought of in previous engineering pro: jects, Connecting the island of Manhattan with, its neighbors too, called forth Herculean, labors-boring through rock and grime a hundred feet below the surface of the Huds son and Bast Rivers for the foundations of the greatbridges and the tunnels leading to New Jersey and Long Island—a task worthy. of the greatest enginecring minds of the day. ‘Asan aid to the visitor, these views have been arranged ia sequence; beginning with, Governors Island to the south, and going north until we reach the George Washing ton Bridge at 178th Street, the newest achievement in bridge construction vs '% miles southwest from the Battery, This world famous SEAT HH a0 feet tgivand noes tom a pedenal 155 fet fgh: Desigaed in ast by Aurore Bartvoldy it ‘wi presented fo,the United Statez by the people of France aga symbol ofthe friendship between the two. ie ight Fie Tung We gh srs i Set Log’ Phe statue eg 450400 toe. erty people can sand in the betas ead Ene torch willl Slee pele Espyritted and Pabl manta Bort Cara art 8 = & g BEDLOB'S ISLAND; This nan b 11, mil and stands tne Statue of Liberty. he 8 power