Title: You must remember this
Description: "The neighborhood was christened in a conservation between two battle weary cops during a riot at 39th Street and Tenth Avenue. 'This place is hell itself, ' the younger man told his partner. 'hell's a mild climate, ' his mate replied. This is hell's Kitchen.' " (probably apocryphal) story of the christening of Hell's Kitchen, from the bookjacket.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Anecdotes, Oral history, Biography, History, New york (n.y.), biography, New York Times reviewed
Places: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York (N.Y.)
Time periods: 1898-1951, 19th century, 20th century