Show f J r i iI I 1 c. I ABOUT NEW V YORK The rare Chinese fruits hawker in Chinatown are grown on Lon Island Waterfront workers have havi names for various piers They an art usually named after gals Da De Despite spite the legend that u iJ all stone and steel the borough it ii dotted with more than a hundred parks two Thirty-two years after Columbus discovered America th the strip of land known as Manhat Manhattan tan was discovered by Giovanni d ds There isn't even i a street named after him I The lower end of Manhattan be tween the Battery and St. St ii if the oldest section of the city During the century Wall street streel was the favorite hangout for or pirates Coin your own wisecrack Greenwich Village originally attracted attracted at at- struggling artists and scriveners scriveners scriv scriv- eners because rents were cheap there Only one railroad has ha entry for its freight into Manhattan by land the land the bulk of the railroad freight must be transshipped by tug and barge Meals in the city's hoosegows are planned by expert No room service how how- ever The Battery derives its name from a British fort Cort that was once situated there South St St. is dominated by bythe bythe bythe the sea sea boots pea jackets dungarees and other other other oth oth- er equipment for mariners are displayed in shop windows along this sector Chinatowns Chinatown's notorious Tongs now are peaceful benevolent societies West Vest St. St is a man-made man street It used to be under water Those grimy edifices near Battery place reveal their pre Civil war glory in carved lintels arched doorways and ornate cornices If you want to view the Big Burgs Burg's pell-mello- pell drama in action go to the waterfront water water- front where front where tunnels railroads ferryboats ferryboats ferryboats fer fer- subways buses and road traffic clutter the sector with al all types of transportation carrying passengers and products to and from the city Some of the Bowery's dismal buildings contain secret passages passages once once used as hideouts hideouts hideouts hide hide- outs for criminals The pungent aromas around Reade St St. emanate from the huge warehouses there stored with coffee tea and spices spices Syrian confectionery confectionery confectionery shops at the foot of Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington St. St have the most unusual and tastiest goodies in town The most colorful edifice is the Western Western Western West West- ern Union Its It's stacked with 13 different shades of bricks Harts Hart's Island prison hasn't any only cells cells only dormitories Hm Hint Such airs I There are dusty tablets marking almost every historic New NewYork NewYork NewYork York event The plaque on the building building building build build- ing in Exchange alley marks the site of the residence of the first white men on an Manhattan The Big Towns Town's least known government bureau is the art commission It okays the designs designs designs de de- de- de signs of all public buildings and works of art know Radio City studios are arc coated II with a special sound-insulating sound glue The architect who supervised the building of city hall received 6 per day day day-a a avery very good hood salary at that time No one need go hungry or homeless in our burg The department department department de de- de- de of welfare is ready to provide food and shelter for all unfortunates Then there are so many panhandlers lers Tombs prison derived its funereal lame from its predecessor on that site ite which resembled an Egyptian tomb If you want a unique experience experience experience ex ex- see the Chinese films ex- ex on the Bowery Central ark park was built as a relief project luring a depres depression ion Quilts hanging on on poles adver- adver ise a market for bed linens on rand Brand St St. Criminologists from nany parts of the world witness the olice departments department's daily line up The Bowery slums were Ince the site of lavish farms The Dutch word for farm is The stretch between Delancey nd Houston is jocularly known s Thieves' Thieves Market Those who have mall objects to exchange or sell seU there Eighty per ent of the Waldorf is built over the racks of the New York Central he income from the elegant resi- resi district between Fifth Ave nd University PI goes to support a alame tome lame for poor sailors The owner node that request in his will Fourth Ave has the longest row of hand book emporiums Five docks long One hotel in Greenvich Greenwich Green- Green vich Village supplies chess sets for its intellectual guests Poets tack their verses on a fence along llong Thompson St St. St.- St. and St.-and and nd offer them themo 0 o passersby for two bits Allen is a study in contrasts Its hops chops showcase the most priceless antiques as well as the cheapest made nachine-made articles The Lexington lobby features an ornate fountain mit live goldfish |