A home geography of New York city . Corlears IIouk Park of Manhattan, along Broadway andon 3d avenue in TheBronx. We have alsolearned that a greatmany factories of allkinds are found inthese sections. Nowlet us see where thepeople live who are em-ployed in these facto-ries and 1 jusiness places. 72 We have learnedthat New York is thenations market place,its financial center,and its greatest work-shop. We know thatthe great business sec-tion of the city is inthe lower part of Man-hattan ; that the greatshopping districts arein the middle sectionFulton streets in Brooklyn, and. Cooper Square HOM


A home geography of New York city . Corlears IIouk Park of Manhattan, along Broadway andon 3d avenue in TheBronx. We have alsolearned that a greatmany factories of allkinds are found inthese sections. Nowlet us see where thepeople live who are em-ployed in these facto-ries and 1 jusiness places. 72 We have learnedthat New York is thenations market place,its financial center,and its greatest work-shop. We know thatthe great business sec-tion of the city is inthe lower part of Man-hattan ; that the greatshopping districts arein the middle sectionFulton streets in Brooklyn, and. Cooper Square HOMES OF THE PEOPLE 73 B t, TfTSBiBKnMVSS^^^^SSli^^^ Manliattan is the borough of tenements. In Manhattan themost densely populated districts are on the east side of the we find block afterblock of tenement all the workingpeople of Manhattan live intenement districts. A greatnumber of people who workin Manhattan live in theother boroughs. The wealthy live along Fier 5th avenue, on Riverside Drive, and around Central Park. In Brook-lyn we find handsome residences on the Park Slope, Clinton avenue,St. Marks avenue. Ocean avenue, and Ocean Parkway. There are a great many smalland comfortablehouses in Brooklynand comparativelyfew large other boroughs— The Bronx,Queens, and Rich-mond — are largelyinhabited by work-ers on boroua:hs aremore desirable for homes because they are not yet people living in these boroughs own their homes.


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