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Title: Scenes of modern New York.
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC L.H. Nelson Company
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Publisher: Portland, Me. : L.H. Nelson
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
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THE BOWERY. A thoroughfare of world-wide fame. It derived its name from the houweries or farms between which it ran during the old Dutch days. Inlatter years the lower end grew to be a series of dives, saloons, shows, etc., and became the favorite resort of a tough element. Here the peculiar type of swag-gering ruffian, the Bowery boy, was developed. The street has lost much of its former bad repute, and the boy has disappeared. The milder young toughsof today are in turn giving way to the frugal and good-natured (lerman and Jew. Better shops are being opened year by year. The Bowery now boasts the largestsavings bank in the world.
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NEW YORK TIMES liUILDIN*;. At Broadway, 7th Avenue and 42d Street. Thenew home of the great newspaper, built especially to meet the requirements of mod-ern journalism. It is a stately structure of 22 stories; rises :i7.r) feet above and extends55 feet below the sidewalk. A subway station is in the basement. THE FULLER BUILDING, known popularly as the Flat-iron, is located onBroadway at the intersection of 23d Street and 5th Avenue. It has 20 stories and is28(> feet high. Its remarkable shape and conspicuous position have made it one ofthe best known buildings in the country. Manhattan Life Building.MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY BUILDING. 66 Broadway, nearExchange Place. One of the tallest buildings in the city, having 23 stories, andtowering 361 feet high. Very striking and ornate design. Home of the ManhattanLife Insurance Company, organized 1850. Standard Oil Building.STANDARD OIL COMPANY BUILDING. Located at 26 Broadway, near BowlingGreen. This structure has acquired fame as

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