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On the Harlem River—University Heights from Fort George Frontispiece
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Grant's Tomb and Riverside Drive (from the New Jersey Shore) 3
Down along the Battery sea-wall is the place to watch the ships go by 5
Old New Amsterdam 7
Just as it has been for years. (Between South Ferry and the Bridge.)
New New York 9
Not a stone's throw farther up ... the towering white city of the new century. (Between South Ferry and the Bridge.)
From the point of view of the Jersey commuter ... some uncommon, weird effects 11
(Looking back at Manhattan from a North River ferry-boat.)
Swooping silently, confidently across from one city to the other 13
(East River and Brooklyn Bridge.)
Looking up the East River from the Foot of Fifty-ninth Street 15
Even in sky-line he could find something new almost every week or two 17
The end of the day—looking back at Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge.
For the little scenes ... quaint and lovable, one goes down along the South Street water-front 19
Smacks and oyster-floats near Fulton Market. (At the foot of Beekman Street, East River.)
This is the tired city's playground 21
Washington Bridge and the Speedway—Harlem River looking south.
Here is where the town ends, and the country begins 23
(High Bridge as seen looking south from Washington Bridge.)
The Old and the New, from Lower New York across the Bridge to Brooklyn 24
From the top of the high building at Broadway and Pine Street.
The old town does not change so fast about its edges 25
(Along the upper East River front looking north toward Blackwell's Island.)
... opposite the oval of the ancient Bowling Green 29
... immigrant hotels and homes 30
No. 1 Broadway 30
Lower Broadway during a parade 30
The beautiful spire of Trinity 31
... clattering, crowded, typical Broadway 32
City Hall with its grateful lack of height 33
What's the matter? 34
In the wake of a fire-engine 35
No longer to be thrilled ... will mean to be old 37
Grace Church spire becomes nearer 39
Through Union Square 40
... windows which draw women's heads around 41
Instead of buyers ... mostly shoppers 42
... crossing Fifth Avenue at Twenty-third Street 43
Madison Square with the sparkle of a clear ... October morning 44
In front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel 45
Diana on top glistening in the sun 46
Seeing the Avenue from a stage-top 47
... people go to the right, up Fifth Avenue 48
A seller of pencils 49
It is also better walking up here 50
... those who walk for the sake of walking 51
At the lower corner of the Waldorf-Astoria


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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