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Veröffentlichung:	März 2007
Genre:	Reisebücher, Bildbände
ISBN:	9781406767896
EAN-Code:	9781406767896
Verlag:	Jennings Press
Einband:	Kartoniert
Sprache:	English
Dimensionen:	H 216 mm / B 140 mm / D 18 mm
Gewicht:	431 gr
Seiten:	304
Zus. Info:	Paperback
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ROUND MANHATTANS RIM A FAMILIAR WATERFRONT SCENE ON THE LOWER END OF THE ISLAND Round Manhattans Rim By HELEN WORDEN AUTHOR OF THE BEAL NEW YORK ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR THE BOBBS PUBLISHERS E RRILL COMPANY INDIANAPOLIS To Olga Samaroff Stokowski because the water-front walk really originated in her house To Ruth Steinway because of her sense of adventure and humor and To the World-Telegram which encouraged my ideas. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I NEW YORKS FRONTIER 11 II FRESH CLAMS FOR SALE 20 III A REVOLUTIONARY PRISON 28 IV BRIDGES 35 V AL SMITHS ALMA MATER 46 VI CLIPPER SHIP GHOSTS 56 VII A MURDER STABLE 62 VIII THE DARK SIDE 71 IX THE LARGEST BEDROOM IN THE WORLD 76 X POWER AND PACKING PLANTS 84 XI TEA TOR BEEKMAN PLACE 95 XII THE RISE OF THE WALK-UP 101 XIII AUTOMOBILE AVENUE 110 XIV A FRIEND OF JOHN JACOB ASTOR 115 XV THE FARMERS MARKET 122 XVI THE RAG MARKET 130 XVII THE OLD SWIMMING-HOLE 135 XVIII SCRATCH PARK 143 XIX LINEN-DUSTER DAYS 1S3 XX ROWBOAT CLUB Row 160 XXI MUSEUM PIECES 167 XXII THE END OF THE ISLAND 174 XXIII AN INDIAN TOUCH 179 XXIV A DESERTED VILLAGE 184 XXV THE CLOISTERS AND THE NUNS 190 CONTENTS Concluded CHAPTER PAGE XXVI RIVER CHARACTERS 194 XXVII SHIPS OLD AND NEW 202 XXVIII THE COLUMBIA YACHT CLUB 207 XXIX PATCHTO WN 215 XXX COMMODORE VANDERBILTS PRIDE AND JOY 220 XXXI DIGGING DOCKS 228 XXXII PIONEERING WITH SHIPS 234 XXXIII THERES ALWAYS A BOAT SAILING 243 XXXIV OLD AND NEW ON THE WEST FRONT 251 XXXV MARKET DAY AND NIGHT 260 XXXVI THE GRAPEVINE ROUTE 267 XXXVII AN AMERICAN HOTEL AND A TURKISH CANDY SHOP 273 XXXVIII THE LAST LAP 281 XXXIX THE END AND THE BEGINNING 286 INDEX 295 ROUND MANHATTANS RIM ROUND MANHATTANS RIM CHAPTER ONE New Yorks Frontier ROMANCE andadventure lie on the water-front of a great city. In the middle, up-to-date buildings obliterate early landmarks On shore-line streets, you will find the past as well as the present, see the ever-changing character of the town and meet the pioneer types of a frontier civ ilization The water-front of island and river cities is the origi nal part of it. This is particularly true of New York. The Battery is the gateway to the huge metropolis. Since 11 12 ROUND MANHATTANS RIM the landing of the Dutch in 1609, this southernmost sec tion of Manhattan Island has figured constantly in the history of the city of sis million. The Battery is familiar to those who have watched it from ferry-boats and ocean liners, contacted it by occa sional visits to the Aquarium and strolled along its wall on summer days. But it is one of the few New York water-front locali ties that is known. How many have seen East Marginal Street with its wind-swept spaces Who can tell where Jefferys Light is, and where would you go to fish for striped bass in Manhattan waters, or set crab traps off the rim of the most important city in the world Places not hard to find if you look. So Mrs. Theodore Steinway and I discovered, when we set out one May morning to encircle Manhattan Island on foot New York is a hobby we share in common. Ruth Stein way comes of an old Knickerbocker family, the Mortons, who made their home on State Street when the Battery was the fashionable part of town. Morton Street is named after them. Born on Murray Hill, Mrs. Steinway has lived on Manhattan Island the greater part of her life. She knows and loves it as few people do. I have the same affection for New York and, like her, have wandered in andout of its streets. Deep as our knowledge of the city was, however, we both discovered, on comparing notes, that we actually knew little of the water-front.