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Show Things Fete Sew Yorkeri Know About New York: New York Isn't mil stone and steeL Staten Island is dotted with small towns and fertile farm lands, by cracky . . There are about 600 Indians In our burg . . . The Stock Exchange has its own medical dept. nd tailor . . . Most odorable spot In town Is Front street, where the city's supply of cofTee Is roasted . . . You can find almost anything in Manhattan, including a lighthouse at Tort Washington Point . . . New YorK't most expensive real estate is j supposed to be Nassau street as much as $825 a square foot hat been shelled out for property there. . . . Meals In the city's hoosegows are planned by expert dieticians. No room service, however. The tiny cemetery on Tenth street was the scene of our town's most macabre crime. The bones of a rich New Yorker, buried there. Were once stolen and held for ransom. The remains re-mains were eventually recovered but the skeleton-nappers were never arrested ... On Second avenue there is a 3, 9 and 19 cents store. Don't know the reason for the unusual un-usual prices . . . The stone fortifications fortifica-tions that ' were used during the Revolutionary war can still be found near B'way and 190th street ... Six i difTerent streets meet at Sheridan square . . . Oddest-named shop is the Chineseatery called Hang Far Low . . ' . The clock tower at the north end of Battery park sounds the signals for the watches kept on shipboard . . . Wall street is only about seven blocks long, buj it's the financial heart of 48 States. For some unknown reason, above 59th street several avenues suddenly change their names. Eighth avenue becomes Central Park West; Ninth avenue becomes Columbus avenue; Tenth ivpnua HnmAC Amstrriam avenue; and Eleventh avenue becomes be-comes West End avenue ... No one need go hungry or homeless on the ' streets of New York. The Dept. of Welfare Is ready to provide food and shelter for all unfortunates.. Then how come there are so many panhandlers? pan-handlers? ... Haunted house legends leg-ends have grown up around the ancient, brownstone mansion that adjoins Woodlawn cemetery. No one has lived there for more than a century cen-tury and it's completely furnished. Five stories below street level subterranean sub-terranean vaults at the Federal Reserve Re-serve Bank are barred by doors weighing as much as 90 tons. The best air raid shelter in. town . . . Juvenile delinquency isn't new. According Ac-cording to Police Dept. statistics, 50 per cent of the city's lawbreakers have always been under 25 years of age . . . Mayor LaGuardia has a tiger skin in his home to symbolize sym-bolize his victory over the Tam-many Tam-many tiger :. . . Among the Weather bureau's unusual duties is collecting collect-ing pollen to aid in the study of hay fever . . . Plenty of amusement spots in our town-rover 700 legit theaters and movies. ' You don't have to leave New York to enjoy natural scenery. The eye-, filling sights along the Hudson are as beautiful as anything you'-ll find " in any part of the world ... A few New Yorkers who love to go to fires have private fire alarm boxes in their homes . . . Most popular part of the public library is its record booth where you can hear recordings gratis. You must 'make reservations two weeks in advance 7 . . For its post office in the RCA building, the gov't pays Radio City $1.00 a year rent , . -. There is a deserted theatre the-atre under Carnegie Hall . Swankiest elevators in town are at the New York Central edifice. Decorated Deco-rated with red Chinese lacquer and sky-blue ceiling . . 50,0(30,000 pounds of food pour into New York every 24 hours. Broadway Is the city's oldest t.ret It was Hnwn fflrlv RrnaHivtiv - . .. that a courier dashed shouting the news of the Battle of Lexington . . . More crimes have taken place on the Main Stem (between 47th. and 49th streets) han in' any other spot in town. No one knows exactly why. . . . There is a huge warehouse in Radio City's sub-basement . . . The opulent house at 73rd street and Riverside drive that resembles a castle was erected by Charles M. Schwab and cost two and a half million ... A unique subway station sta-tion is the one at 190th street. It's carved out of the side of a cliff . . . No trick is missed in an effort to Improve radio programs. NBC's " studios are coated with a special sound-insulating glue . . . Inside the I j .Brooklyn Bridge, abutments are -large catacombs. A department store used to cache its liquor there. Exotic East' 'Indian merchants can be found on lower Fifth ave-nue. ave-nue. They sell' "priceless" gems. One merchant is named Mohammed J All . . . The Bowery Diamond mar- " ket .is one of the burg's picturesque ' sights. Diamonds worth millions are bought and sold on the sidewalk in the midst, of the poverty-stricken sector.. . .. George Washington's love for the, drama helped make New York a theatrical center. When he lived in "the Big Town, Gen. Washington rarely missed a first night. ' r |
