Valentine's manual of old New York . with small stores. Altman and his motherhad a small store on the block above between Nineteenthand Twentieth Streets. A short distance above wasDeshlers bakery, the delight of the boys of West Twenti-eth Street Public School, where they spent their sparechange at lunch time. The Episcopal Church at the corner of TwentiethStreet is still there to-day. Several private houses ad-joined this. It was here I had my first really painfulloss. A dentist residing in one of these removed anaching tooth and I never forgave him. Walls bakery wason the corner of Twenty-f
Valentine's manual of old New York . with small stores. Altman and his motherhad a small store on the block above between Nineteenthand Twentieth Streets. A short distance above wasDeshlers bakery, the delight of the boys of West Twenti-eth Street Public School, where they spent their sparechange at lunch time. The Episcopal Church at the corner of TwentiethStreet is still there to-day. Several private houses ad-joined this. It was here I had my first really painfulloss. A dentist residing in one of these removed anaching tooth and I never forgave him. Walls bakery wason the corner of Twenty-first Street,—a bakery in thedays when bakers mince pie was real mince pie. Diago-nally opposite was Jacksons grocery, at that time one ofthe best uptown. Stern Brothers occupied a little store just below Twen-ty-third Street for their dry goods business, and WilliamMoir had a jewelry store on the corner. Booths Theatrewas opposite. The Masonic Temple had not yet arrived,but Roomes Real Estate office and the Excelsior Savings [30]. -+J c3 0) OF OLD NEW YORK Bank were already on the site. The Northwest cornerwas occupied by Alexanders Shoe Store. The early rec-ollections of a boy are apt to center around a candy shopor a bakery, and I have pleasant recollections of a littlecandy store on the West side, just above Twenty-thirdStreet, the name of the proprietor of which I have for-gotten. The bake shop of John Crawford adjoined my fathersplace above Twenty-fourth Street. The recollection ofthose cream puffs clings to me still. They were so fullthat your tongue had to play tag with your teeth to pre-vent that cream from dripping over the edges. And thebath buns, filled with raisins and citron and colored a richyellow with real eggs, Um! Um! I can taste them now. Next door to my birthplace on the Westerly side of theAvenue, John C. Devens, who afterwards designed thePansy Corset and moved to Broadway and Twenty-eighthStreet, operated a fancy store. Mr. Devens was a brotherof Genera
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