The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-21
-IN- |MezC York
BY PAUL HARRISON

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 New York.-Park avenue, whicl, Is supposed to be one of the mos exclusive thoroughfares In the world, begins with an argumen; and ends in q tumble of pushcarts and tencments. Between its ex- trefnities may be found. in season. many of the bluest- -blooded and wealthiest great names of society and business. Yet even these folk are only dwellers along the rail road tracks.
 True, the New York Central trains run underground; but their rumble may be heard in the small, stilly hours, and their vibrations sometimes tinkle crystal chande- Hers in neighboring triplex apart ments.
 Nobody seems to agree just where Park avenue begins, be- cause 1t is only a continuation of Fourth avenue anyway. For years the home Of Mrs Robert Bacon. widow of one-time ambassador to France, boasted the socially-de- sirable address of Number Ono Park avenue. Then some city officials stepped in and decided she lived on Fourth. Mrs Bacon wouldn't stand for that, so now she has her house listed in the So- cial Register without a number: simply Northeast Corner Park avenue and Thirty-fourth street" The telephone company, not being permits her to list the old address.  Swank Supreme
 Continuing northward, tho street mounts an elevated struc-. ture to skirt the railroad terminal. dives through the Grand Central building, and comes into it's own at Forty-sixth street. From here on, for more than three miles, 1t Is an avenue of gold braided door men and imposing near-skyscrap- CTS topped by pent-houses. Rents for the latter run into six figures for l 2 months.
 In this region are the hotels De1monico and Marguery, high hat Sherry's, the magnificent Wal dorf- Astoria. the Ambassador, and many others. The biggest artifi- cially constructed garden in the world, more than an acre, is in the courtyard of No PIT. The earth is only three feet deep: under # are steam and water pipes; and below them is the Grand Centrars vast tunnel, really an under ground railroad yard. The gar den, with hedges, lawns and rows of evergrecns and arbor vitae, is always about six weeks ahead of the normal season because of It's sheltered position and subterran- can steam pipes.
 Stains. Here and There
 For all this pretentlousness Park avenue has it's little irregularities. It was to certain apartment at No 277, for instance that police went the other day and found roulette resort in operation. The chips, and there were large stacks | Of them, were marked from $25 to $2.5OO apiece Then there's the little cluster of old brick buildings. standing out likc stain on q stiff shirt bosom, between lFifty-third and F'ifty-fourth streets. They're part of an estate that hasn't been settled yet, 50 nothing can be done about them. Meanwhile police keep an eye on prospec- tive tenants, for mail-order rae ketecrs would like nothing better than to rent rooms there In order to acquire a Park avenue address. In general. though, social Park
 avenue is all that it should be, correct and imposing g--untll 1t &C., complishes weird transition at Ninety eighth street. Here arc car barns md subway repair shops. And q little farther on is Bagdad- Under-the- Elevated--a haIf-mile- long outdoor market of stands and pushcarts, bawlIng hucksters and squalling children. Everything is sold here, from underwear to hardware. cabbagcs 10 .corsets garlic, smoked herring, cotton stockings. A tawdry ending 10 the worlds richest street.