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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 169

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mostunusual record in those days. My effort to locate the theatrical home ofKirby started me off on a trip, which keptme going the greater part of several days,looking up spots where the theatres of thepast had been. Passing along Chambers Street, I cameupon a building beside the new Hall of… … Niblos Garden. des Milles Colonnes in Broadway at DuaneStreet. His was a prosperous business, andhe accumulated wealth year by year. But hehad a soul above his trade and an ambition toestablish the music of Italy in a permanent [>54] OLD-TIME THEATRES home. So he gave up his prosperous cafeand…

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