. Boyhood and lawlessness. The neglected girl . an stands atevery corner, Death Avenue undoubtedly deservesits name. De Witt Clinton Park, the only puolic play space inthe district, lies westward between Fifty-second andFifty-fourth Streets. It is better known as TheLane from days, not so long ago, when a pathwayhere ran down to the river, and on either side of it thelast surviving farm land gave the tenement children aplayground, and the young couples of the neighborhooda place to stroll in. The usual well kept and restrainedair of a small city park is very noticeable here. Thereis almost no
. Boyhood and lawlessness. The neglected girl . an stands atevery corner, Death Avenue undoubtedly deservesits name. De Witt Clinton Park, the only puolic play space inthe district, lies westward between Fifty-second andFifty-fourth Streets. It is better known as TheLane from days, not so long ago, when a pathwayhere ran down to the river, and on either side of it thelast surviving farm land gave the tenement children aplayground, and the young couples of the neighborhooda place to stroll in. The usual well kept and restrainedair of a small city park is very noticeable here. Thereis almost no grass, the swings and running tracks are,perhaps necessarily, caged by tall iron fences, and unin-teresting asphalt paths cover a considerable part of thelimited area. A large stone pergola, though of courseit has obvious uses, somehow deepens the impressionthat an opportunity was lost in the laying out of this *See Cartwright, O. G.: The Middle West Side: A HistoricalSketch. (West Side Studies.) Russell Sage Foundation Publica-tion. In Tenth Avenue
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