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A Tour of New York City’s Cosmopolitan Quarters Across Ellis Island
The piece surveys Manhattan from the west pier of the Williamsburg Bridge, detailing the Italian quarter, Irish enclaves, the Jewish ghetto, and the Greek and Syrian communities. It contrasts the city’s multilingual life with a note on Chinatown’s sights while noting New York as a world city with diverse immigrant settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg Bridge
Manhattan
Manhattan Island
Hudson River
City Hall
New York
Park Row
Chai
Bronx
East River
Blackwell's Island
Astoria
Long Island City
Williamyspurgz
Breelyn
Long
Silver Bay
Staten Island
Heuglewood
Hudson
Sound
United States
Whch
Columbia
Rome
Gotham
Mulberry Bend
Orchard
Pitt Streets
Ham Square
East Broadway
Europe
Asia
Jerusalem
Lower East Side
Ellis Island
Bulgaria
Galicia
Bowery
New York City
Peidler
First Ward
Washington Street
Mediterranean
Cherry Hall
Sons of
Sparta
Maids
Athens
Warriors
Macedonia
Aegean Islands
Euripides
Chinatown
Chatham Square
Mott
Pell
Celestial Empire