What to see in New York . es, pawn-shops,saloons, dance-halls and moving-picture theaters,where the flotsam and jetsam of every nation on theglobe congregate. It is still the Mecca of the sailorsand Jack ashore spends much of his time there. Mott, Pell and Doyers streets are the three shortand narrow alleyways that constitute Chinatown,which, like the Bowery, has experienced a regenera-tion inasmuch as it is nothing like the Chinatownof several years ago. The Joss-house remains, the chop-suey restaurantsare doing business, and the thoroughfares are nightlycrowded with sightseers and the almond
What to see in New York . es, pawn-shops,saloons, dance-halls and moving-picture theaters,where the flotsam and jetsam of every nation on theglobe congregate. It is still the Mecca of the sailorsand Jack ashore spends much of his time there. Mott, Pell and Doyers streets are the three shortand narrow alleyways that constitute Chinatown,which, like the Bowery, has experienced a regenera-tion inasmuch as it is nothing like the Chinatownof several years ago. The Joss-house remains, the chop-suey restaurantsare doing business, and the thoroughfares are nightlycrowded with sightseers and the almond-eyed in-habitants, but the veil of mystery that once hungover this Mongolian colony is missing. Tong feudsand white slaves are things of the past. Thegambling dens once hidden away in the jumble ofrookeries are now accessible to the police and dailyvisits by the bluecoats prevent John Chinaman fromindulging in his favorite game of Fan Tan. One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street is familiarlyknown as the Broadway of Harlem.*. PARKS AND DRIVES. Beginning at Battery Park, at the extreme south-ern end of Manhattan Island, and extending throughthe city to Van Cortlandt Park at the extremenorthern end of The Bronx, is a system of parks anddrives more comprehensive and larger than will befound in any other city in the world. No visitor toNew York should fail to see at least a few of thesebeautiful parks. Scattered throughout the lower portion of thecity are many small parks, frequently located in thetenement-house districts. The people find thesesmall but easily reached breathing-places a godsendin hot weather. Probably there is none of thesesmall parks more famous than Mulberry Bend Park,where once were tumbledown rookeries. Central Park, over two and one-half miles longand half a mile wide, in the heart of the city, is oneof the famous parks of the world. There are milesof driveways, walks and bridle paths. Lawns,woodland, lakes, tumbling streams and rugged cliffsof northern Manhattan
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