Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . lin Streets is the Toinbs or City Prison. The span con-necting the buildings is popularly known as the Bridgeof Sighs/ as prisoners after receiving sentence returnover this bridge and get their last glimpse of freedomfrom here. A permit to visit the prison may be obtainedupon application to the Department of Correction, 224Leonard Street. Some interesting mural decorations arecontained in the rooms of the Supreme Court. Just above the Tombs is the Headquarters of the Po-lice Department, whi
Valentine's city of New York; a guide book, with six maps and one hundred and sixty full page pictures . lin Streets is the Toinbs or City Prison. The span con-necting the buildings is popularly known as the Bridgeof Sighs/ as prisoners after receiving sentence returnover this bridge and get their last glimpse of freedomfrom here. A permit to visit the prison may be obtainedupon application to the Department of Correction, 224Leonard Street. Some interesting mural decorations arecontained in the rooms of the Supreme Court. Just above the Tombs is the Headquarters of the Po-lice Department, which contains the famous RoguesGallery and the room where the daily lineup of criminalstakes place so that the detectives may scan their featuresfor future reference. Other rooms are for the usualrequirements of such a department. A large muralpainting over the judges desk in the trial room portraysthe same site in early times* This building stands on the site of what was formerlya miniature lake—the Collect Pond. It was 60 feet deepand on it John Fitch sailed the first model of a steam-boat while F
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