Middletown transcript., 1921-04-23
HOW TO SEE NEW YORK
COMMUNICATED


New York City
EDITOR MIDDLETowN TRANSCRIPT
Dear Sir:-I saw in your paper an
advertisement by the Penn. R. R. of an
excursion to New York City, and of
some of the places to visit, but they
did not tell how to get to these places.
My experience in travelling all over
this earth has been, if one will figure
out how to 60 when they want to 60,
they will save lot of time, and see
more in less time, than if they did not
follow set route. For the benefit of
your readers, take the liberty of sub
mitting sightseeing tour.
AS the people will arrive at 6.35 A.
M. they will want to brighten up.
Wash up in station, soap and towel,
five cents.
Look at station, finest in the world.
Go out on 7th Avenue, look at new
Penn. Hotel across the street.
Turn left or north, and walk 1! blocks
to 34th street, turn right or east on 34th
street and you will find some good res
taurants, very reasonable.
Come out of restaurant, turn right or
east half block to Broadway, you are at
Herald Square. Looking left or north,
you see Herald building, on top of build
ing are two iron men with hammers
that hit large bell on the hour, you
should be able to reach here by eight
o'clock.
Take a southbound surface car to City
Hall, (have fare ready to drop in box)
fare five cents, half hour to City Hall.
Get off at City Hall, looking over City
Hall to left, you will see Municipal
building, largest city administrative
building in the world.
Looking south to right you will see
Woolworth building, highest building in
the world, 60 stories.
Walk to back Of City Hall, and out
on Brooklyn bridge, on other side of
bridge is Brooklyn, you will not have
time to 20 there.
Looking south you see New York
Bay, and if the day is clear you can see
the Statue of Liberty, beyond the
Statue is Staten Island.
Turning around and looking north,
you.see Williamsburg bridge, should see
all of this by $50 A. M.
Go back to Broadway and take car
going north, or to the right, and tell
conductor to let you off at 18th street
and 9Th Avenue. You are now at Union
Square. Take buss going north on 5th
Avenue marked RIVERSIDE DRIVE,
fare 10 cents, get on top of buss.
At 23d street you are at Madison
Square, on the left is the Flat Iron
building, on the right you see the Met
ropolitan Tower, north of tower on the
right you see Madison Square Garden,
with Diana on top of tower.
At 34th street you see the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel.
At AID street you see the New York
City Library.
From here up you see the swellest
shops in New York City.
At SD street you see St. Patricks
Roman Catholic Cathedral, opposite the
Vanderbilt mansion.
Buss turns left On 58th street to
Broadway, you are now at Columbus
Circle.
Columbus Statue in center. This is
also the main entrance to Central Park,
where you see the Memorial Statue to
Battleshlp Maine.
Bus continues north to I'D street,
turns left to Riverside Drive.
The Drive is about 600 feet above the
HUDSON river, and you get a fine
view up and down the river for miles,
New Jersey is on the opposite side.
This is the swell drive of New York
J City, and you will see some beautiful
mansions and apartment houses on the
way up to Grants Tomb, 116th street.
Get off and visit the tomb, you can
spend an hour here very nicely. Back
of the tomb is tree planted to the
memory of Gen. Grant, by Ii Hung
Chang, when he was Chinese Ambassa-
dor in this country. All of this route
should be covered by one o'clock.
From the river about ten minutes
walk, you are at Columbia University.
Walking south about ten minutes, YOU
are at the church of St. john the Di-
vine, considered the most handsome
Episcopal Cathedral in the world.
Take 9th Avenue surface car down
town, runs along Central Park from end
to end, get off at AID street. walk east
to Broadway. In this block from 9Th
Avenue to Broadway, you see more
theatres than in any block in the world.
This is the theatre district, and at
Broadway and 42d street you are in the
heart Of the White Light district, the
Gay White Way.
Turn south or right to 34th street,
(lO minutes walk) turn right on 34th
street and you can go in the same res
taurant you had breakfast, or any other
and get dinner. You should get back
here by 3.3OP. M.
Come out of restaurant, turn left,
walk to corner, and there is the depot
This route will cover most of the
popular points of interest in New York