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Title: How to know New York City : a serviceable and trustworthy guide, having its starting point at the Grand Union hotel, just across the street from the Grand Central depot
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Sweetser, M. F. (Moses Foster), 1848-1897 Ford, Simeon, 1855-1933 Durst, Seymour B., 1913- former owner. NNC
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Publisher: New York : Press of J.J. Little & Co.
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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Irish regi-ment that did such noble service under Col. Corcoran in the Seces-sion war. Seventy-first Regiment Armory is at Park Avenue and 34th Street.One of its quaintest trophies is a cannon, 44 captured from theBowery Boys in the famous Dead-Rabbit war, in 1857. This wasone of the bravest commands in the Battle of Bull Run. ^Fhe Grand Union Haters Accessibility- The Hotel is just across the street from the Grand CentralDepot. The West Shore R. R. Depot is at the foot of 42d Street,from whence street cars run direct to the Hotel. The Long Island R. R. Depot is at the foot of 34th Street,only ten minutes ride from the Hotel by the street cars. EbEVATED RAILROADS—The 3d Avenue ElevatedRoad has a station just across the street. The 6th Avenue ElevatedRoad has a station at 6th Avenue and 42d Street, three blocksfrom the Hotel. Surface Cars going in every direction pass the Hotel doors. The 5th Avenue Stages are but two blocks away. IN FACT, THE HOTEL IS IN THE VERY CENTER OF THE CITY.
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How to Know New York. 47 STATUES. The objects which a stranger usually wants to see in New Yorkfirst are the Statue of Liberty and the East-river Bridge, the greatestworks of their kind in the world. Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World stands on BedioesIsland, in the harbor. It is a majestic female figure made of copper,151 feet 1 inch high, standing on a pedestal 1^4 feet 10 inches high.It was modelled by Bartholdi, a French sculptor, and was presentedby the French people to the people of the United States. In theupraised right hand is a torch, lighted by electricity; and in the left(hand is the Constitution. The copper is about j of an inch thick.The forefinger is 8 feet long and 5 feet in circumference. Thefinger-nail is 14 inches long and 10 wide. The eyes are 28 incheswide. The nose is nearly 4 feet long. The head is 14 feet high.The top of the figure is higher than the steeple of Trinity Church.(The pedestal was built by popular subscriptions raised almost whollythrough the

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