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New Yorker at Large on Broadway’s vanished gambler era
Mark Barron surveys a bygone Broadway scene once ruled by roistering bettors, noting Rothstein era gamblers and a shift away as prohibition fades. He observes a quiet Sutton Place beach, now edged by artful flats, where locals fish, swim, and guard their clothes from a playful shoreward crowd, while the Hell Gate current pulses beyond.
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Mark Barron
New York
Broadway
Tull
Tomish
Rothstein
Sutton Place
East River
Hell Gate Bridge
Tulsture Beach
Long Island City
Ghreensboro Bridge