Valentine's manual of old New York . Gen. Grants house, 3 E. 66th Street, where the great soldierlived for many years. OF OLD NEW YORK made a considerable digression from the present straightline of Flushing avenue to the south between the Navyyard and Washington avenue, and again a slight bend tothe south near Marcy avenue just before merging withthe Newtown road at Broadway. In laying out newstreets these kinks and irregularities in the old roadswere straightened out and the most direct way frompoint to point chosen, but in this instance the course of theold road and the new avenue is almost
Valentine's manual of old New York . Gen. Grants house, 3 E. 66th Street, where the great soldierlived for many years. OF OLD NEW YORK made a considerable digression from the present straightline of Flushing avenue to the south between the Navyyard and Washington avenue, and again a slight bend tothe south near Marcy avenue just before merging withthe Newtown road at Broadway. In laying out newstreets these kinks and irregularities in the old roadswere straightened out and the most direct way frompoint to point chosen, but in this instance the course of theold road and the new avenue is almost similar. [215 ]. EARLY DAYS IN NEW YORK Jews of Old New York Prof. A. S. Isaacs, New York University XN the marvelous growth of our metropolis, in whichall creeds and nationalities are proud to share, aslandslides of immigration reach our shores inswift succession—now from Ireland, now from Italy, nowfrom Russia and now Scandinavia, Holland, and the farEast,—the Jews have naturally participated. Conditionsabroad, never the most hopeful, within recent decadeshave compelled their exodus to the only country in theworld which assures its people full civil and religiousliberty. Although special efforts have been made to scat-ter the incoming thousands of all types and classes, partlyby the state and partly by private agencies, the majorityseem to prefer New York and its vicinity, as if there wassafety in numbers as well as an indescribable home at-mosphere in the local groups and class which meet old cry Go West! is not so generally obeyed as itshould be by the newcomers from distant lands. Th
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