Show WALTER WINCHELL oddities in the new york scene at one time new york city threatened to secede from the union and form an independent nation the mammoth illuminated sign atop doctors hospital is a signpost for mariners marinero ma and also a reminder not to toot their boat whistles in front of the hospital many of the trees in new york streets manage to exist by pushing their roots into sewers to absorb water some of the wealthiest new york families originally mas made eveir their fortunes when their ancestors worked with captain kidd incidentally there is only one clue to the treasure that the she fabulous pirate is supposed to have buried along the atlantic coast A num ber berkic widd J wrote on Is a card rd that no one has been able to decipher if you happen to see gee ghosts roaming through the night at bryant park dont be surprised it used to be a cemetery cem e when biLth bathtubs ba tubs fir first at were introduced in new york the very cautious board boa rd of health ordered citizens not to use them without first consulting their doctor the big towns most arresting landscape can be viewed from the heights of fort tryon park wall street got its tag because the dutch erected a wall there centuries ago when they feared an invasion the reason some streets in the big town have feminine names when those streets were parts of farms the farmers honored their wives by naming lanes after them the grimmest grimmeit grim sea voyage Is taken by the tug that ferries ca davers from bellevue to hartt bartlo island tor for burial A |