Rider's New York City and Vicinity, Including Newark, Yonkers and Jersey City; A Guide-Book for Travelers, with 16 Maps and 18 Plans, Comp. and baixar o livro de graça

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...the College of Physicians and Surgeons at 23d St. and 4th Ave., whence it went to its present home. Its scope is now greatly enlarged and it has accommodation for over 600 studentj. From 46th to 47th Sts. is the Grand Central Palace, one of the new Terminal Buildings, with a large exhibition hall and several smaller ones. From 48th to 49th Sts. are the Adams Express Co, offices. At 49th St. is the 8-story Bible Teachers' Training School. At the corner of 52d St. is the Young Women's Christian Association, and opposite the Swedish M. E. Church. At No. 106 E. 52d St., near Park Ave., is the Woman's University Club Building. At 55th St. is a synagogue belonging to the Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Its former rabbi was Alexander Kohut. The Babies' Hospital at 55th St., for children under 3 years, has a capacity of 75 beds. Visitors welcome Friday, 2.30 to 5 p. m. It operates a dispensary; a training school for nurses, and a country branch at Oceanic, N. J. At 126 E. 59th St., W. of the Ave, is the New York Orthopedic Dispensary and Hospital, with a capacity of 65 beds, for the study and treatment of diseases of the spine, hip joint, and other bones and joints. On the N. side of the same block is the "Light House" of the New York Association for the Blind, with salesrooms for the work of the blind. VIII. Midtown New York East of Lexington Avenue (Between Lexington Avenue and the East River) The remaining sts. on the E. side, running N. from E. Houston st. to the Bronx, the Harlem or the East River are: Third ave., from 395 Bowery across the Harlem River to Pelham ave. in the Bronx; Second ave., from E. Houston St. to the Harlem River at 129th st.; First ave., from E. Houston st. to the Harlem River at 127th st.; Ave. A, from E. Houston st. to...