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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Canal Street: New York Songlines</TITLE> <meta name="description" content="A virtual walking tour of landmarks and points of history along Manhattan's Canal Street."> <meta name="keywords" content="New York City, New York, Manhattan, New Amsterdam, Old New York, history, landmark, famous, secret, historic, walking tour, guide, map, beatniks, locations, tourist, attraction, address, architecture, restaurant, nightlife, Greenwich Village, West Village, Village, Soho, East Village, Noho, Lower East Side, bohemia"> <meta name="author" content="Jim Naureckas"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#000000"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <center> <h1><a href="http://www.nysonglines.com/">New York Songlines:</a> Canal Street</h1> <a href="#washingtonst">Washington St</a> | <a href="#9av">Greenwich St</a> | <a href="#hudson">Hudson</a> | <a href="#7av">Varick</a> | <a href="#6av">6th Ave</a> <br> <a href="#thompson">Thompson</a> | <a href="#wbroadway">West Broadway</a> | <a href="#greene">Greene</a> | <a href="#wooster">Wooster</a> | <a href="#mercer">Mercer</a> | <a href="#broadway">Broadway</a> <br> | <a href="#lafayette">Lafayette</a> | <a href="#centre">Centre</a> | <a href="#baxter">Baxter</a> | <a href="#mulberry">Mulberry</a> | <a href="#mott">Mott</a> | <a href="#elizabeth">Elizabeth</a> | <a href="#4av">Bowery</a> <br> <a href="#2av">Chrystie</a> | <a href="#forsyth">Forsyth</a> | <a href="#eldridge">Eldridge</a> | <a href="#1av">Allen</a> | <a href="#orchard">Orchard</a> | <a href="#ludlow">Ludlow</a> <br><a href="#division">Division</a> | <a href="#ava">Essex</a> | <a href="#ebroadway">East Broadway</a> <form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box" target="_blank"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-6849278393760859:ukvw6ummlhc" /> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" /> <input type="text" name="q" size="31" /> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /> </div> </form> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en"></script> </center> <hr> <p>Canal Street actually was a canal at one point--or at least a ditch draining water from the hopelessly polluted Collect Pond into the Hudson. Supposedly it was 40 feet wide, but I don't know how deep it was; it's not clear to me how big a boat you could float in it. It was dug in 1805 and paved over as a stagnant health hazard in 1815, but an underground stream apparently still flows beneath the roadway.  <p>Canal's a pretty remarkable street, between the shops that time forgot selling industrial products of the early-to-mid-20th Century and the Bladerunneresque bazaars selling counterfeit designer handbags. There's a strong feeling of impermanence about much of the street; I would be unsurprised if several of the businesses listed here have already changed into something else. </td></tr></table> <br><br> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top" bgcolor="99CCFF"> <br><br> <center><h2>Hudson River</h2></center> <br><br> </td> </tr> </table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="11av.htm#canal"> S <===</A>     WEST STREET     <A href="11av.htm#canal"> ===> N</A></CENTER></H2> </TD></TR></TABLE> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <a name="crossst"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>W <===</a>         CANAL ST</h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="washingtonst"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="washingtonst.htm#canal"> S <===</a>             WASHINGTON STREET             <a href="washingtonst.htm#canal">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <br><br> <p><b>508:</b> Built in 1826 along with its neighbor to the west, but aparently not landmarked. <p><b>506:</b> <a href="http://nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/506canalst.pdf" target="_blank" title="Landmarks Commission"> Federal-style rowhouse</a> built in 1826 is part of a <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/502506canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> trio of landmarked survivors</a>. Notable for its three-bay cast-iron storefront-- predating most cast-iron architecture by decades. <p><b>504:</b> Landmarked <a href="http://nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/504canalst.pdf" target="_blank" "Landmark Commission"> Greek Revival rowhouse</a> built c. 1841. <p><b>502 (corner):</b> Landmarked <a href="http://nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/480gwichst.pdf" target="_blank" title="Landmark Commission"> Federal-style rowhouse</a> was built in 1818-19 by John Y. Smith, a maker of hair powder and starch; his shop was on the ground floor, and it's been a commercial space ever since. Also known as 480 Greenwich Street. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="9av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="9av.htm#canal"> S <===</a>             GREENWICH STREET             <a href="9av.htm#canal">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <a name="watts"></a> <h3>Zinc Building</h3> <p><b>500 (block):</b> A <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/475greenwich.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> striking</a> seven-story condo that went up in 2005. AKA 475 Greenwich Street. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="watts.htm#canal"> W <===</a>         WATTS ST</h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>480 (block):</b> This <a href="http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=building&lng=3&id=480canalstreet-newyorkcity-ny-usa" target="_blank" title="Emporis"> five-sided, 12-story 1928 building</a> (also known as <b>205 Hudson</b> and <b>111 Watts</b>) was designed by Renwick, Aspinwall & Guard. It's home to <a href="http://sfk.org/" target="_blank" title="Home"> <b>SFK</b></a>, aka Success for Kids--originally Spirituality for Kids--a Kaballah-inspired educational project backed by Madonna and Demi Moore. <br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <h3><i><a href="http://www.thevillager.com/" target="_blank">The Villager</a></i></h3> <p><b>Corner (487 Greenwich St):</b> The weekly newspaper, published since 1933, is based here. Covering the area from Tribeca to Chelsea on the West Side and from Chinatown to the East Village on the east, its local reporting is far superior to that of the <i>New York Times</i>--because you get a sense that the <a name="renwick"></a> people who live in these neighborhoods are citizens and not just consumers. <p><b>511 (corner):</b> Lites On West SoHo, lighting showroom that features a site-specific light installation by <a href="http://www.yuikokobayashi.com/whatsnew.htm" target="_blank" title="Home"> Yuiko Kobayashi</a>. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>RENWICK ST          N ===> </a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>503 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/503canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Canal Audio Ltd.</a>, car stereos and alarms <p><b>499:</b> A <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/497501canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> cute</a> four-story tenement, <a href="http://www.observer.com/2007/imperiolis-buy-entire-canal-street-walk-2-4-m" target="_blank" title="NY Observer"> bought</a> for $2.4 million in 2007 by <i>Sopranos</i> actor <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Imperioli" target="_blank" title="Wikipedia"> Michael Imperioli</a> and his interior decorator wife <a name="hudson"></a> Victoria. <p><b>497:</b> Polo Electric, in a two-story building from 1899 <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="hudson.htm#canal"> S <===</a>       HUDSON STREET       <a href="hudson.htm#canal">===> N</a> <br><br>                         WATTS STREET       <a href="watts.htm#canal"> ===> E</a> </center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffhoward/5368981303/" title="Geekdown by Jeff Howard, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5202/5368981303_8224927b87_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Geekdown by Jeff Howard, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (200 Hudson):</b> <b><a href="" target="_blank" title="Home">92Y Tribeca</a></b>, the Downtown outpost of the 92nd Street Y. It used to be an independent Jewish arts center called Makor, which merged with its current parent in 2001. It's been at this location since 2008. <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <a name="7av"></a> <p><b>431 (block):</b> The <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/431canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Holland Plaza Building</b></a>, a 1930 Art Deco structure designed by Ely Jacques Kahn for the printing industry, now houses the <b>Metropolitan College of New York</b>, founded in 1964 by Audrey Cohen, along with the Manhattan Center of Adelphi University, founded in 1896 as New York's first co-ed college. <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center>  W <===</a>     VESTRY STREET                   <br> <br><a href="7av.htm#canal"> S <===</a>           VARICK STREET           <a href="7av.htm#canal">===> N</a></center></h2> <a name="bedford"></a> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>South:</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/capsoutopark/" target="_blank" title="NYC Parks"> Capsouto Park</a></h3> A small triangular park opened in 2009, named for neighborhood activist Albert Capsouto (1956-2010). It features a 114-foot-long fountain designed by SoHo artist Elyn Zimmerman that evokes the canal that once ran along Canal Street. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="6av"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>North:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/yellowarrow/2397502578/" title="uai6 by YellowArrow, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2155/2397502578_1c3e6d59c1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="uai6 by YellowArrow, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>423 (corner):</b> A three- story bank building from 1922 -- demolished along with its larger neighbor. <p><b>417:</b> A eight-story office building here from 1920 was <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2007/11/21/destructoporn_trinitys_canal_street_teardown.php#more" target="_blank" title="Curbed"> demolished</a> in 2007; temporarily at least there's a sculpture garden here called <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2009/09/23/art_critics_attack_at_canal_streets_new_lentspace.php" target="_blank" title="Curbed"> LentSpace</a>--because it's on loan from landowner Trinity Church. Canal Bicycles used to be here. </td> </tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>Duarte Square</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/2642317134/" title="NYC - SoHo: Duarte Square - Juan Pablo Duarte statue by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2642317134_d59f0a74bb_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - SoHo: Duarte Square - Juan Pablo Duarte statue by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner:</b> This small plaza is land left over from the extension of 6th Avenue through the South Village. It's named for Juan Pablo Duarte, the liberator of the Dominican Republic. The statue, by Italian sculptor Nicola Arrighini, was installed in 1978. </td> </tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center>  S <===</a>     LAIGHT STREET           <br><a href="6av.htm#canal">S <===</a>           6TH AVENUE           <a href="6av.htm#canal">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="wbroadway"></a> <br><br><br> <p><b>386 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/386canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Mega Photo & Electronics</a> was Canal Sound City </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"> <h3>North:</h3> <a name="thompson"></a> <h3><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M222/highlights" target="_blank" title="Home"> Grand Canal Court</a></h3> <p>A small park, established 1955, with basketball courts and game tables. Named for the streets to its north and south. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>THOMPSON ST   <a href="thompson.htm#canal"> N ===> </a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>393:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/393395canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Canal Hardware Corp.</a> This almost is the southwest corner of Soho--and roughly as far west as Canal Street's designer knock-off district goes. <p><b>391:</b> Was Argo Electronics--now a vacant lot <p><b>387:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/387canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Canal Alarms Devices</b></a>, established 1941; specializes in video surveillance. <p><b>385:</b> GZL Wholesale & Retail <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/20158323@N04/2970793080/" title="Scrap Yard, Inc. Store by SliceofNYC, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3280/2970793080_9a1a21c729_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Scrap Yard, Inc. Store by SliceofNYC, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (300 West Broad- way):</b> <a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/03/scrap-yard.html" target="_blank"> <b>Scrap Yard</b></a>, a store devoted to graffiti tools and culture </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="wbroadway.htm#canal">S <===</a>                 WEST BROADWAY                 <a href="wbroadway.htm#canal">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>378:</b> Soho Sound & Electronics. Since the south side of the street is BElow CAnal, this is Tribeca, not SoHo. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ekonon/3766345960/" title="city misc: by ekonon, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3459/3766345960_5a1eb95ee7_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="city misc: by ekonon, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>376:</b> 376 Video Store <a name="church"></a> <p><b>374:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/374376canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Tribeca Bagels</b></a> was Pro Sound <h3>Sheraton Canal Street</h3> <p><b>370-372:</b> Hotel built in 2009. <h3> Canal Street Station</h3> <p><b>350 (corner):</b> This <a href="http://epicharmus.com/masterpiece/2008/05/72-us-post-office-canal-street-station.html" target="_blank" title="Masterpiece Next Door"> Art Moderne post office</a> dates to 1939. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="church.htm#canal"> S <===</a>         CHURCH ST</h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>342 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wm_archiv/2689663675/" title="2008-03-02 New York 096 Tribeca Canal Street by Allie_Caulfield, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2689663675_41a4ed4b51_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="2008-03-02 New York 096 Tribeca Canal Street by Allie_Caulfield, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <br><b>Pro Audio</b> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wm_archiv/2690468672/" title="2008-03-02 New York 095 Tribeca Canal Street by Allie_Caulfield, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3021/2690468672_0ac2683b36_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="2008-03-02 New York 095 Tribeca Canal Street by Allie_Caulfield, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>336:</b> Clark Building, An eight-story building from 1915 <br><br> <p><b>334:</b> <b>Uncle Steve</b>, audio <p><b>332:</b> Taj Mahal Car Stereo & Audio <p><b>326:</b> Phoenix Clothing/Canal Shoes <p><b>324:</b> Perfect Fit sneakers is in a building that squeezes six grand arches into a narrow lot <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sabel/3341535129/" title="Shops on Canal Street by sabel, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3599/3341535129_620d41051e_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Shops on Canal Street by sabel, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>322:</b> Vinh Thanh elec- tronics and perfumes; Original No. 1 Car & Home Stereo <p><b>320:</b> Stereo Stereo <p><b>318:</b> Sasha Fine Diamond & Jewelry was Golden Dragon <p><b>316:</b> N D Jewelry <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>310:</b> 310 Discount Mall <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianturk/329502197/" title="Canal Street by Turkinator, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/144/329502197_8f9ea18c45_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="Canal Street by Turkinator, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <h3><a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/05/pearl-paint.html" target="_blank"> Pearl Paint</a></h3> <p><b>308:</b> Six floors of art supplies at the flagship of the local chain, opened in 1933. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>Corner (415 Broadway):</b> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wm_archiv/2689670853/" title="2008-03-02 New York 097 Tribeca Canal Street by Allie_Caulfield, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3177/2689670853_7e8a65ac59_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="2008-03-02 New York 097 Tribeca Canal Street by Allie_Caulfield, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <br>Formerly the <b>First National City Bank of New York</b>--the predecessor of Citibank. Built in 1927 to a Walker and Gillette design. <p>This triangular space was once the location of <b>Brandreth House</b>, a hotel run by one Doc Brandreth, a dope peddler who later did time in <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/1294182_0ce8ce2950_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Broadway & Canal by ranjit, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <a name="lispenard"></a> Sing Sing. On the hotel's steps on July 23, 1859, Virginia Stewart was shot and killed by her lover Robert C. Mac- Donald, who had pursued her from North Carolina. He killed himself with opium while awaiting trial in the Tombs. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/d4vidbruce/1010139532/" title="Canal Street by d4vidbruce, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1102/1010139532_37fe7cc6a5_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Canal Street by d4vidbruce, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>369:</b> Was Manhattan Luggage <p><b>365:</b> Amsterdam Boutique was Great Wall City; before that the Ramco components shop. Has a <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/365canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> cast-iron storefront</a>. <a name="wooster"></a> <p><b>357 (corner):</b> <b>Plastic Land</b>, "For All Your Plastic Needs" </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>WOOSTER ST         <a href="wooster.htm#canal"> N ===> </a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>355 (corner):</b> Canal Bargains <p><b>353:</b> Canal Audio Video <p><b>349:</b> General Merchandise <a name="greene"></a> <p><b>345:</b> <b>Canal Plastics Center</b>; "All Your Plastic Needs and More..." <p><b>343:</b> <b>Original Uncle Steve</b>--apparently there is some dispute as to who the real Uncle Steve is. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>GREENE ST         <a href="greene.htm#canal"> N ===> </a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>329 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/seanosullivan/2736661740/" title="Canal Street view by Sean O'Sullivan, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3044/2736661740_e7fd1b4302_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Canal Street view by Sean O'Sullivan, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <a href="http://newyorkdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/05/canal-rubber.html" target="_blank"> <br><b>Canal Rub- ber</b></a> -- "If It's in Rubber, We Have It!"--since 1954 <p><b>327:</b> Fay Da Bakery Cafe was David's Office Equipment <p><b>323:</b> Manny Jewelry <p><b>321:</b> <b>Canal Electronics Warehouse</b> <p><b>319:</b> <b>Canal Hi-Fi</b>, established 1977 <a name="mercer"></a> <p><b>317:</b> Canal Lighting & Electric Supplier. These Federal-style rowhouses (to <b>313</b>) were built in 1821. <p><b>313-315:</b> Canal Lighting & Parts was Electric Trading Co., "serving industry since 1903." Putting "electric" in your name in 1903 must have been like putting ".com" in your name in 1999. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>MERCER ST         <a href="mercer.htm#canal"> N ===> </a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3><a href="http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=1405avenuenue-newyorkcity-ny-usa" target="_blank"> Arnold Constable Building</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixonomy/3686949649/" title="Canal Street Traffic by pixonomy, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2553/3686949649_69f578959e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Canal Street Traffic by pixonomy, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>307-311 (corner):</b> This was home to one of New York's most prestigious stores, founded by <a href="http://quincy.hbs.edu:8080/lehman/company_histories/a/companyHistory.html?companyName=Arnold%20Constable%20Corp." target="_blank"> Aaron Arnold</a> near this site in 1825; son-in-law James <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/epicharmus/2679430602/" title="Citibank branch at the Arnold, Constable Building by epicharmus, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2679430602_5f8ee5c813_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Citibank branch at the Arnold, Constable Building by epicharmus, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> Con- stable became a partner in 1837. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/26/realestate/26scapes.html?ex=1301025600&en=a2daf271cbc8f758&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss" target="_blank"> This building</a> dates to 1857. It offered "Everything From Cradle to Grave"; Mary Todd Lincoln was a frequent customer. Southern sympathizers urged a boycott because of its abolitionist sympathies. The store moved uptown to <a href="broadway.htm#19st"> Ladies Mile</a> in 1869. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbone/1776981/" title="industry by thetbone, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/1776981_e2ffae092c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="industry by thetbone, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Until recently, it housed <b>Industrial Plastics</b>, <a href="http://www.urban75.org/photos/newyork/ny295.html" target="_blank"> described</a> as "a treasure chest of cool things, supplying all manner of useful and not-so-useful items like 20-inch mirror disco balls, giant plastic <a name="broadway"></a> bananas, sparkly holographic paper and inflatable globes." At <b>No. 307</b> is CK&L Hardware. <p><b>305:</b> Madness boutique was Original Electronic Warehouse.  <p><b>303:</b> Jun Yi Services, Chinese backrub <p><b>295:</b> Primo Jewelry <p><b>Corner (419 Broadway):</b> <br>A one- story stall with a green awning labeled "Perfumes" </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center><a href="broadway.htm#canal">S <===</a>           BROADWAY           <a href="broadway.htm#canal">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <a name="cortlandt"></a> <p><b>Corner (416 Broadway):</b> A nine-story 1899 loft building. Was home to 416 B.C. (for "Below Canal"), New York's only Bulgarian bar, spawning ground for Gogol Bordello. Now moved to <a href="ludlow.htm"> Ludlow Street</a>, as this corner was going to become a Ramada Inn-- not sure what happened to that plan. <p><b>274:</b> An 1883 loft building designed by A.B. Ogden & Son. Spiritualist <a href="http://www.andrewjacksondavis.com/" target="_blank" title="Home"> Andrew Jackson Davis</a> had an office at this address in 1859. <p><b>272 (corner):</b> Presumably the Ogdens designed this building as well, identical to its neighbor. A souvenir stand named Never Forget is on the ground floor. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>S <===</a>   CORTLANDT AL</h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lab2112/701691950/" title="Pretty in Pink? [183/365] by Lab2112, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1230/701691950_fd8f596433_m.jpg" width="138" height="240" alt="Pretty in Pink? [183/365] by Lab2112, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>268 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.cbwchc.org/about/history/history.html" target="_blank"> <b>Charles B. Wang Community Health Center</b></a>, opened in 1991 as the Chinatown Health Clinic. It changed its name in 1999 to honor a major donor, computer tycoon <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_B._Wang" target="_blank"> Charles Wang</a>. Moved here in 2002 to an 1886 <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/268canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> cast-iron building</a> designed by Lansing C. Holden and manufactured by Atlantic Iron Works. <p><b>266:</b> <b>Canal Seafood Restaurant</b> gets <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/canal-seafood-restaurant-new-york" target="_blank" title="Yelp"> mixed reviews</a>. <p><b>264:</b> New York Attitude Gift Shop <p><b>262:</b> The corporate hamburger joint <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/262canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> here</a> instituted a <a href="https://www.indypressny.org/nycma/voices/23/news/news_1/" target="_blank" title="IndyPressNY"> controversial</a> policy of requiring people to buy a $1 certificate before they are allowed to use the restroom. <p><b>Corner (112 Lafayette):</b> These landmarked, many-pillared cast-iron lofts, known as the <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/254canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>George Bruce Building</b></a>, are attributed to <a href="http://www.famousamericans.net/jamesbogardus/" target="_blank"> James Bogardus</a>, a pioneer of cast-iron architecture, and may be his most important surviving work. Houses Bank of America and HSBC--the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Company. Bruce, a Scottish immigrant who invented printing machinery, also has a <a href="http://www.nyc-arts.org/venues/238/george-bruce-branch-new-york-public-library" target="_blank" title="NYC Arts"> library branch</a> named after him in Harlem. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>277 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/277289canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Oltarsh Build- ing</b></a> used to house the Pearl River Market, a Chinese import bazaar; when that moved, it became the Mall of the Great Wall and then the Canal Shopping Mall. It was built in 1927 as the 599-seat <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/7419/" target="_blank" title="Cinema Treasures"> <b>Major Theatre</b></a> by David M. Oltarsh, a major in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was known as Cinema Giglio by 1963 and Canal Cinema in 1978. <p><b>273:</b> Lucky Charms Fashion Jewelry -- the approximate beginning of Chinatown's Jewelry District <p><b>271:</b> Star Jewelry & Diamonds (formerly MM Dynasty Jewelry II) <p><b>269:</b> <a href="http://www.judysbook.com/cities/newyork/BtoB~Electrical-Equip-and-Supls/1441778/269_Electronics.htm" target="_blank" title="Judy's Book"> <b>269 Electronics</b></a>, formerly <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/269canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Sylvan-Wellington Co.</a>, is an old-school repair shop, a remnant of <a href="http://www.sonicmemorial.org/public/radiorow/radiorow.html" target="_blank" title="Sonic Memorial"> Radio Row</a>, advertises TV and radio tubes. <p><b>267:</b> Gold City <p><b>265:</b> Pashmina Shopping Center was Prestige Jewelry <p><b>263:</b> Canal Golden Mall <p><b>263A:</b> Home Boy Amigo Jewelry (!) <p><b>261:</b> Alex Jewelry <p><b>259:</b> Global Merchandise games and watches; Discount Jewelry Center <p><b>257:</b> Canal Business Association, Vietnamese nonprofit established 1993. First Class Jewelry, Double Lucky Corp. on ground floor. <p><b>255:</b> Arthuro Enterprises Jewelry; Popular Jewelry <br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="lafayette"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="lafayette.htm#canal"> S <===</a>           LAFAYETTE STREET           <a href="lafayette.htm#canal">===> N</a> </center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>250 (corner):</b> Cheap <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/246250canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> one-story retail building</a> houses (on Lafayette Street side) <b>Excellent Dumpling House</b> (which is!), New Wing Wong Restaurant and Lays Herbal Center. <p><b>246:</b> New Sea Win Restaurant <p><b>244:</b> Was <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/hon-wong-restaurant-new-york" target="_blank" title="Yelp"> Hon Wong Restaurant</a> <p><b>242:</b> <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/canal-bakery-new-york" target="_blank" title="Yelp"> <b>Canal Cafe Bakery</b></a>, aka Kwong Wah Bakery -- noted for its bubble tea and low prices. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/en321/346614653/" title="centre street by Susan NYC, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/130/346614653_d27f20aba2_m.jpg" width="240" height="148" alt="centre street by Susan NYC, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>240 (cor- ner):</b> Cheung Hing Jewelry </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>245:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/245canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Chinese American Bank</b></a> is in a 1907 building. <p><b>243:</b> Lucky Jewelry Center <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <a name="centre"></a> <p><b>239 (corner):</b> This building with a red pagoda roof and a facade decorated with dragons and phoenixes, was the <b>Golden Pacific National Bank</b>, which opened here in 1983 and went under two years later, taking $17 million in local deposits with it. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="centre.htm#canal"> S <===</a>           CENTRE STREET           <a href="centre.htm#canal"> ===> N</a> </center></h2> <p>The eastern portion of Canal Street, from roughly here to Division Street, used to be called <a href="http://www.forgotten-ny.com/streetnecrology/lowereast/lowereast.html" target="_blank">Pump Street</a>, after Teawater Pump, a spring feeding the Collect Pond that was a favorite source for filling teakettles. The name was changed in the 1840s. <p> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>234-238:</b> New Land Plaza, <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/234238canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> two-story retail building</a> from 1977. <br><br><br><br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/2443222000/" title="Canal Street by Thomas Hawk, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2289/2443222000_fd844f94d3_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Canal Street by Thomas Hawk, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>226:</b> Four Season Gift Shop <p><b>224 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/224canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Fishcorner Corp.</b></a>, souvenirs. This is roughly as far east as Canal Street's designer knock-off district goes. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>235 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/235canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Horizontally banded</a> five-story office building from 2008 has an HSBC (Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Co.) branch on the ground floor; Eastbank used to be here. <p><b>233:</b> Centre Canal Jewelry <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pickles_pics/275563858/" title="Bubble Man on Canal Street by jmehre, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/91/275563858_f066df7c43_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Bubble Man on Canal Street by jmehre, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <a name="baxter"></a> <p><b>227:</B> S&N Jewel- ry <p><b>225:</b> East Canal Jewelry <p><b>Corner:</b> Washington Mutual--with a sign in Chinese </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="baxter.htm#canal"> S <===</a>           BAXTER STREET           <a href="baxter.htm#canal"> ===> N</a> </center></h2> <p>There's sort of a plaza here, created by the oblique intersection of Canal with Walker--I don't know what its name is, if it has one. </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jnicholl81/1253661971/" title="Chinatown by sgtrevolver, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1232/1253661971_7573177b43_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Chinatown by sgtrevolver, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <a name="walker"></a> There's an infor- mation pagoda of some sort on this triangular slice of a block. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="walker.htm#canal"> W <===</a>   WALKER ST</h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b>220 (corner):</b> Sun Say Kai Restaurant. This is actually the corner of Canal and Baxter. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/roadtripmemories/2544192785/" title="Chinatown, New York City by jenniferrt66, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3095/2544192785_7816310efa_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Chinatown, New York City by jenniferrt66, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>218:</b> Win Choy Food Market, seafood <p><b>216:</b> Bac Ai Pharmacy <p><b>214:</b> <b>Fish & Meat Food Market</b>; like an aquarium, except you can take the fish home and eat them. <p><b>210-212:</b> Canal Street Pharmacy <p><b>208 (corner):</b> <b>Chinatrust Bank</b> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>219 (corner):</b> Tai Fook Jewelry <p><b>217B:</b> New Line Jewelry <p><b>215:</b> Golden Pearl Jewelry. During a fire at this address on February 14, 1908, Deputy Chief Charles W. "Big-Hearted Charley" Kruger fell through rotten boards in the cellar and drowned in eight feet of water. <p><b>213:</b> Treasure Island Enterprises <br><br> <p><b>211:</b> Centre Jewelry was Joyeria Pepin's. <br><br> <p><b>209:</b> VGF Jewelry; Princess Diana Boutique, perfume. Was Empire Fine Jewelry. <br><br> <p><b>207:</b> Great World Enterprises; Charisma Jewelry <a name="mulberry"></a> <p><b>205:</b> Las Americas Corp; Fancy Jewelry Inc. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/153109792/" title="NYC: Little Italy by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/153109792_6689663c86_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC: Little Italy by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>203 (corner):</b> RCD Fine Jewelry. On the Mulberry Street side is <b>Sambuca's Cafe</b>, which seems to be the New York branch of an Italian chain. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="mulberry.htm#canal">S <===</a>             MULBERRY STREET             <a href="mulberry.htm#canal">===> N</a> </center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>202 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.hkbea-beany.com/ci/cpindex.html" target="_blank"> <b>Bank of East Asia</b></a>, Hong Kong-based bank founded 1918. The <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/202canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> blocky building</a> dates to 1991. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bichuas/3937349578/" title="Kam Man Food by Bichuas (E. Carton), on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2566/3937349578_5c94fb8926_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Kam Man Food by Bichuas (E. Carton), on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>200:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/200canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Kam Man Food Pro- ducts</b></a>, gro- cery with hard-to-find Chinese items and a wide selection of kitchenwares, founded 1972. <p><b>194:</b> <b>Tai Pan Bakery</b> has a huge selection of Chinese pastries <h3>Chinese Merchants Association</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kramchang/2250210116/" title="IMG_0246.JPG by Kramchang, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2310/2250210116_9345e49298_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="IMG_0246.JPG by Kramchang, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (83-85 Mott):</b> This <a href="http://ccbanyc.org/member/03e.htm" target="_blank">pagoda-like structure</a>, built 1950, is the headquarters of the <a href="http://www.organized-crime.de/revmci01.htm" target="_blank"> On Leong Tong</a>, once one of Chinatown's most feared gangs, with Mott Street as its territory. As late as the 1990s, On Leong leaders were running protection rackets with the Ghost Shadows street gang. Today it seems to be more what it always pretended to be--an association of Chinatown businessmen. Fay Da Bakery on the ground floor; the NY United Lion & Dragon Dance Troupe is based here. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>201A (corner):</b> Shing Wong Jewelry <p><b>201:</b> Orient Star Jewelry <p><b>199:</b> Diamond National <p><b>197:</b> Luxury Shoes Corp. <p><b>195A:</b> Diamond Angel Jewelry <p><b>195:</b> Dragon Jewelry. Upstairs are <a href="http://www.rmpny.com" target="_blank" title="Home"> Raymond Miu Productions</a>, representing Asian musical acts, Fei Yang Travel and the law offices of Kai Yin Liu. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sonosalvo/2709600457/" title="American Legion, Chinatown. by sono salvo, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/2709600457_4c457d6871_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="American Legion, Chinatown. by sono salvo, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>193:</b> <A href="http://www.ltkimlau.com/" target="_blank"> <b>Amer- ican Le- gion Lt. B.R. Kim- lau Chinese Memorial Post 1291</b></a>. <a href=" http://www.ltkimlau.com/post_history.namesake.htm" target="_blank">Kimlau</a>, a DeWitt Clinton High School graduate, was a World War II bomber pilot who died in 1944 over Los Negros Island. <p><b>191:</b> Good Luck Jewelry <p><b>189:</b> Golden Jade Jewelry <br><br><br> <p><b>185B:</b> Vladdy's Diamonds, New Citiwide Jewelry <a name="mott"></a> <p><b>185 (corner):</b> <b>United Orient Bank</b> is in a six-story building that got a <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/185canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> glossy recladding</a> in 2009. On the ground floor is <b>Lukfook Jewellery</b>, an international chain that has 30 stores in Hong Kong and Macau. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="mott.htm#canal">S <===</a>           MOTT STREET           <a href="mott.htm#canal">===> N</a> </center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>180 (corner):</b> A Chase branch is in this three-story glass-and-metal corner building. <br><br><br><br> <p><b>172 1/2:</b> <b>Chinatown Federal Savings Bank</b>; the <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/172canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> glass facade</a> dates to 2009. <p><b>170-172:</b> Mink Tam Jewelry Center <br><br><br> <p><b>164 (corner):</b> A <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/164canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> handsome brick building</a> from 1915; a Citibank branch has been here since 1975. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>183:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/183canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Abacus Federal Savings Bank</b></a> <p><b>177:</b> Canal Jewelry Center <p><b>175:</b> Diamond Line Jewelry <a name="elizabeth"></a> <p><b>173:</b> DC Jewelry was Beauty Design Jewelry <p><b>171A:</b> Royal Star Jewelry <p><b>171:</b> New La Princesa Jewelry & Watches <p><b>165:</b> Canal Diamond Jewelry <p><b>167A:</b> Chun Xin Jewelry <p><b>167 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/167canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> BCC Jewelry</a> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="elizabeth.htm#canal"> S <===</a>           ELIZABETH STREET           <a href="elizabeth.htm#canal"> ===> N</a> </center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>162 (corner):</b> Foo Sing Jewelry <p><b>160:</b> Magnolia Fine Jewelry was Attraction of Beauty Inc. <p><b>158:</b> Canal Street Optical <p><b>156:</b> Canal Jewelry Center <p><b>150:</b> HSBC annex <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whoisstan/63049552/" title="Bowery by stan, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/24/63049552_5d2a1aa862_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Bowery by stan, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (58 Bowery):</b> HSBC (Hong Kong Shanghai Bank Company), most recently Republic National Bank, was built in 1924 as the <B>Citizen's Savings Bank</B>. The <a href="http://www.nyc-architecture.com/LES/LES009.htm" target="_blank"> huge bronze dome</a> is a Chinatown landmark. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>165 (corner):</b> Cathay Jewelry <p><b>163:</b> Dragons Jewelry <a name="4av"></a> <p><b>163A:</b> Treasure Kingdom <p><b>161:</b> New Golden Gift Jewelry; Kings Sky Jewelry <p><b>159A:</b> Lucky Diamond <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br> <p><b>155 (corner):</b> CP Imaging, radiology; E*Trade Financial; TD Bank (formerly a Commerce Bank branch). The <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/155canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> building</a> is supposed to date to 1920, but it must have been recently modernized. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="4av.htm#canal"> S <===</a>           THE BOWERY           <a href="4av.htm#canal">===> N</a> </center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="1" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <h3>Confucius Plaza Apartments</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ockam/2392120949/" title="Confucius Plaza, Spring by occam, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2244/2392120949_71c39d294f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Confucius Plaza, Spring by occam, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>This arcing, 44-story highrise was built in 1976 to provide Chinatown with much needed housing. Discrimination in construction hiring here sparked the formation of Asian Americans for Equality. <p>The complex also includes P.S. 124, Yung Wing Public School, named for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yung_Wing" target="_blank">first Chinese graduate of an American university</a> (Yale, class of 1854) and the organizer of the Chinese Educational Mission to bring students from China to study in the U.S. <br><br><br><br><br> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br><br><br><br><br> <h3>Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonade</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kumanday/281699770/" title="Manhattan Bridge Arch by kamaru, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/281699770_6708b12556_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Manhattan Bridge Arch by kamaru, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>De- signed by <a href="http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Carrere_and_Hastings.html" target="_blank">Car- rere & Has- tings</a> (best known for the New York Public Library), this horseshoe-shaped arcade was built in 1910-15 to provide an impressive entrance to Manhattan. <p><b><i>132</i>:</b> In 1903, this was the address of the <i>Daily Jewish Herald</i>. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>151:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/151canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>New York Music & Gifts</b></a>, Asian videos and CDs <p><b>149:</b> <b>Simpsons Loans</b>, pawnshop est. 1889. Also Jumbo Hot Dogs. <p><b>145-147:</b> New Khai Tri Deli, Vietnamese sandwiches; Manhattan Bridge Orthodontics <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcr/2149129662/" title="December 22 2007 by seaworthy, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2219/2149129662_aee98fe47d_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="December 22 2007 by seaworthy, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>139:</b> <a href="http://www.fungwahbus.com" target="_blank"> <b>Fung Wah Bus</b></a>, ultra-cheap bus line to Boston. Name means "magnificent wind" in Cantonese. <p><b>133:</b> <b>Mahayana Buddhist Temple</b> was, until 1996, the <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/10372/" target="_blank"> Rosemary Theatre</a>. Here's an <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/14/business/14pursuits.html?pagewanted=2" target="_blank" title="NYT"> interview</a> with Dr. Nelson Ying, the temple's lay <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/3009627946/" title="Buddha in Chinatown by edenpictures, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/3009627946_2f3aca9e12_m.jpg" width="159" height="240" alt="Buddha in Chinatown by edenpictures, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> preacher (who's a nuclear physicist by profession).  <p><b>125 (corner):</b> <b>Grand Sichuan Chinese <a name="2av"></a> Restaurant</b>. Upstairs at this address is <b>Professional Business College</b>. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>CHRYSTIE ST         <a href="2av.htm#canal"> N ===> </a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"> <h2>Sara D. Roosevelt Park</h2> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/romanlily/2211351601/" title="titian sleuth: color blocks by romanlily, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2316/2211351601_d97fb90658_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="titian sleuth: color blocks by romanlily, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> Named for <a href="http://www.nps.gov/elro/glossary/roosevelt-sara-delano.htm" target="_blank"> FDR's mother</a>, a for- midable woman who took credit for her son's political success, and who was <a name="forsyth"></a> something of a terror to her daughter-in-law Eleanor. The park is the result of massive slum clearance in 1929; it was supposed to be replaced with public housing, but corrupt city land deals made the price prohibitive. <p>This end of the park serves as a track and field for Sun Yat Sen Middle School and Pace University High School. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="forsyth.htm#canal"> S <===</a>               FORSYTH STREET               <a href="forsyth.htm#canal"> ===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>104 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/104canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Tak Yick Food/Hung Kau Noodle</a> <p><b>102:</b> Wing Kei Noodle Co. <p><b>100:</b> Sure Printing Inc. <p><b>98:</b> Was Merchant's Refining Co. ("We Buy Gold & Silver"), demolished 2007 <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b><i>88</i>:</b> Poet/editor <a href="http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/70gal.html" target="_blank"> William Cullen Bryant</a> lived at a boardinghouse at this address in the late 1820s, at about the time he became editor of the <i>New York Post</i>. More recently was 88 Graphics--in a building torn down in 2007. <p><b>86-84 (corner):</b> <b>Canal Street Apartments</b>, a 17-story residential project with a four-story commercial base designed by <a href="http://ppaarchitects.com/" target="_blank" title="Home"> Peter Poon Architects</a>-- <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/8698canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> under construction</a> in 2009. At <b>No. 86</b> used to be <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/86canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Beny's Fine Jewelry</a>, torn down in 2007. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="2" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <h3>Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle School</h3> <p><b>Corner (100 Hester):</b> IS 131, a New York City junior high serving the Chinatown neighborhood, is in a <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/hester/100hester.html" target="_blank" title="JTC"> curvilinear Modernist building</a> from 1983. Also houses <a href="http://pacehigh2004.com/" target="_blank" title="Home"> <b>Pace University High School</b></a>, a collaboration launched in 2004 between the college and the city Board of Ed. <p><b>105:</b> Crawford Fine Gold Jewelry. This building is <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/105canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> sort of the corner</a>. <p><b>103:</b> Yoko Boutique <p><b>99:</b> <b>Ace Acupuncture</b>. Next door is a temple. <p><b>97:</b> Hers clothing <p><b>95:</b> Sunisa Renu Inc., jewelry/precious metal; S.A. Clothing. There used to be a jewelry store at this address that served as a fence for a ring of middle-aged burglars, busted in 1998, that police dubbed the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/06/nyregion/over-the-hill-7-ran-theft-ring-for-15-years-authorities-say.html" target="_blank" title="NYT"> "Over the Hill Gang."</a>  <p><b>93:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/93canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> This</a> was a branch of the Merchants Bank of New York. Now a Valley National Bank. <p><b>91:</b> Ten Ten Sewing USA <a name="eldridge"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/litherland/1460880861/" title="Alphabet/City: Cup & Saucer by litherland, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1006/1460880861_e1683f0de9_t.jpg" width="100" height="67" alt="Alphabet/City: Cup & Saucer by litherland, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>89 (corner):</b> <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/Cup-and-Saucer/" target="_blank" title="NY Mag"> <b>Cup and Saucer</b></a>, old-school luncheonette </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="eldridge.htm#canal"> S <===</a>               ELDRIDGE STREET               <a href="eldridge.htm#canal"> ===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>84 (corner):</b> Storm Image Fashion; Kings Associates Construction & Supplies <p><b>80-82:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/84canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Yen Ping Association</a> <p><b>80:</b> Liu's Jade Jewelry; Millennium of Gold & Diamonds. (80-84 are the same building.) <p><b>78:</b> New Maple Fashion <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br> <p><b>74:</b> Fong's Trading <a name="1av"></a> <p><b>72B:</b> <b>Mr. Tea Cafe</b>, bubble tea <p><b>72A:</b> Joy-Ride Networking <p><b>70 (corner):</b> Wei Rui Ying, video game rental </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="2" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>85 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/85canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Gourmet Deli & Grocery</a> <p><b>83:</b> <b>Wong Wah Bakery</b> is supposed to have <a href="http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/191071" target="_blank" title="Chowhound"> great cheesecake</a>. <p><b>81:</b> New Laundromat <h3> <a href="http://www.dragonfighters.com/index.html" target="_blank" title="Home"> Chinatown Dragonfighters</a></h3> <p><b>77:</b> The FDNY's <a href="http://www.dragonfighters.com/html/e9History.html" target="_blank" title="Home"> Engine 9</a>, quartered <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/75canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> here</a> since 1969, is said to be New York's oldest firefighting unit, tracing its history back to the Chatham Engine volunteer company, which was organized in 1731 (!). It was disbanded in 1845 for fighting with a rival volunteer company and reorganized as Excelsior Engine 2, which became Engine 9 when the fire department was professionalized in 1865. <a href="http://www.dragonfighters.com/html/l6History.html" target="_blank" title="Home"> Ladder 6</a>, which used to be the volunteer Phoenix Hose Company, has been based here since 1877--first in a building that served as a hospital and armory during the Civil War, and since 1969 in a modern firehouse. <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center><a href="1av.htm#canal">S <===</a>               ALLEN STREET               <a href="1av.htm#canal">===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>60 (corner):</b> A five-story building from 1900 <h3>Jarmulowsky's Bank Building</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/331376905/" title="NYC - LES: Former Jarmulowsky Bank by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/166/331376905_7a5ff6ead0_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - LES: Former Jarmulowsky Bank by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>54-58 (corner):</b> The bank, opened by Sender Jarmulowsky <a name="orchard"></a> in 1873 on this site, built this Beaux-Arts building in 1911 (designed by Rouse and Goldstone); three years later, a panic caused by the outbreak of World War I caused the bank to fail, leading to a loss of $10 million in deposits, a riot and six suicides. The building was <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2009/10/14/lpc_approves_chelsea_historic_district_less_jarmulowsky.php#more" target="_blank" title="Curbed"> landmarked</a> in 2009. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="2" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>63 (corner):</b> Top Green Farm Vegetable Co. is on the ground floor of the temple. <p><b>61:</b> <b>Yuan Tong Buddhist</b> is in the upper floors of a <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/61canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> three-story corner building</a> with a tiled Chinese-style roof with upturned eaves. <p><b>59:</b> Tiger Travel; Ho Lucky Electronic Company <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br> <p><b>55 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/55canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Kin O Plumbing Supply</a> (formerly Kinco) </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="orchard.htm#canal"> S <===</a>               ORCHARD STREET               <a href="orchard.htm#canal"> ===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>South:</h3> <p><b>52 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/52canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Newstand-Grocery</a> <p><b>50:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/50canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Sumdup Norbu Ling</b></a>, named for a <a href="http://tibetanfoundation.org/recognitions/sungyon.php" target="_blank" title="Tibetan Foundation"> Tibetan Buddhist temple</a>; Flower Expression <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="ludlow"></a> <br><br><br> <p><b>46:</b> <b>Everyday Bus Tour</b> <br><br><br> <p><b>42:</b> Ling Kee Beef Jerky <br><br> <p><b>40:</b> Bondy Export—cameras and appliances <br><br><br><br><br> <br> <p><b>38 (corner):</b> The <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/38canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> four-story brick building</a> at the end of this wedge-shaped block houses a computer store. In the 1970s this was one of the residences of the Lyman Family, a communal group described in the <i>New Yorker</i> article <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/05/06/my-childhood-in-a-cult" target="_blank"> "My Childhood in a Cult."</a> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="2" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <p><b>53 (corner):</b> Cabbeen clothing <p><b>51:</b> Vivian Beauty Salon; One Star Fashion <p><b>49:</b> <b>Oversea Asian Restaurant</b> <p><b>47:</b> Hi-Tech Electronics Service Center <p><b>45:</b> Is (was?) <b>Maccarone</b>, an art gallery; the awning still advertises <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/45canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Kunst Sales Co. Electrical Appliances</a>, and the building near the roofline reads "E&G Model Shop." A 20-year-old <a href="http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/EGoldman.html" target="_blank" title="Info">Emma Goldman</a> stayed briefly with her aunt and uncle at this address when she first came to New York in 1889. <p><b>43:</b> XPress Photo. The <a href="http://www.aaldef.org/about.php" target="_blank" title="Home"> Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund</a> had its first office at this address in 1976. <p><b>41:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/41canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Boe Fook Funeral Services</b></a> is in an L-shaped building that also has the address <b>5 Ludlow Street</b>. It was originally built by the Independent Kletzker Brotherly Aid Association, a "landsmanschaften," or mutual aid society, founded in 1892 for Jewish immigrants from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kletsk" target="_blank" title="Wikipedia"> Kletsk</a>, a town now in Belarus. The building was later sold to Max Kobre, a local banker who remodeled the exterior. It later became a Jewish funeral parlor, then an Italian funeral parlor, before becoming a Chinese funeral parlor. <p><b>39 (corner):</b> Twin Market </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="ludlow.htm#canal"> S <===</a>               LUDLOW STREET               <a href="ludlow.htm#canal"> ===> N</a></center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"> <h3>South:</h3> <a name="division"></a> A traffic island. <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>W <===</a>         DIVISION ST</h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <br><br><br> <p><b>34:</b> <b>Great Wall Bus</b> <br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>28:</b> Ming's Cafee, formerly Yummy Station Cafe <p><b>26 (corner):</b> ABA Super Gift </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="2" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>North:</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/p0ps/3990148770/" title="Your Morning Table Awaits - Bad Babies Cafe - Les Enfants Terribles 37 Canal St. @ Ludlow, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York by p0ps Harlow, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3447/3990148770_1b845c085b_m.jpg" width="168" height="240" alt="Your Morning Table Awaits - Bad Babies Cafe - Les Enfants Terribles 37 Canal St. @ Ludlow, Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York by p0ps Harlow, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>37 (corner):</b> <b>Les Enfants Terribles</b>, hip French-African cafe--nicknamed the Bad Babies Cafe. <br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>35:</b> <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/35canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> <b>Clandestino</b></a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pistolsdrawn/2439694761/" title="0421MK by Pistols Drawn, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3084/2439694761_a3c81224f1_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="0421MK by Pistols Drawn, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <br>bar for secret rendez- vous <p><b>33:</b> Singh Brothers elec- tronics and appliances <br><br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/satanslaundromat/12825155/" title="ABC by satanslaundromat, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/10/12825155_56bf977a04_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="ABC by satanslaundromat, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>31:</b> Once <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/521/" target="_blank"> <b>Loew's Canal Street Theatre</b></a>, designed by Thomas Lamb in Spanish Baroque style and opened in 1927. It originally seated 2,279. <a href="http://www.nychinatown.org/storefronts/canal/31canal.html" target="_blank" title="Chinatown"> Now</a> home to ABC United Trading Corp, an electronics store, and <a href="http://www.royalmusicinema.com/about.html" target="_blank"> Royal Music Cinema</a>, home theater service. <a name="ava"></a> <p><b>29:</b> Sarah Luna, Alice Roi -- designer boutiques <p><b>27:</b> Optimum Appliances <br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center><a href="ava.htm#canal">S <===</a>         ESSEX STREET         <a href="ava.htm#canal">===> N</a> </center></h2> <p>This intersection is the site of an annual Succoth market, selling palm, myrtle and willow branches for the Jewish holiday. <br><br> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"> <h3>South:</h3> <h3>Straus Square</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/331367289/" title="NYC - LES: Nathan Straus Square by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/331367289_199676582c_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - LES: Nathan Straus Square by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Named for <a href="http://www.fau.edu/library/brody38.htm" target="_blank">Nathan Straus</a>, a co-owner of Macy's who gave much of his wealth to philanthropic projects, including lodging houses, a tuberculosis sanitarium for children, World War I relief and health centers in Palestine. Straus was a primary proponent of the pasteurization of milk, cutting the infant death rate in half in neighborhoods served by his milk stations. <p>Formerly Rutgers Square, named for <a href="http://www.famousamericans.net/henryrutgers/" target="_blank"> Henry Rutgers</a>, scion of a brewing family that owned land here; Rutgers was a Revolutionary oficer who donated money to revive Queen's College in New Jersey, now renamed after him. <p>Rutgers Square was the frequent site of labor rallies and radical speeches by the likes of Emma Goldman and <a href="http://www.eugenevdebs.com/pages/history.html" target="_blank"> Eugene V. Debs</a>. <p>Includes the <i>Supreme Sacrifice</i> memorial, for troops killed in the world wars and Korea. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>C<br>A<br>N<br>A<br>L<br><br>S<br>T<br>R<br>E<br>E<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top"> <table cellpadding="10" border="2" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"> <h3>North:</h3> <h2>Seward Park</h2> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/331589724/" title="NYC - LES - Seward Park: Mosaic Map by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/138/331589724_074451d4e3_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NYC - LES - Seward Park: Mosaic Map by wallyg, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>This park was estab- lished in 1899 by the Outdoor Recre- ation League, replacing crumbling tenements that were torn down in 1897. It's named for <A href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USASseward.htm" target="_blank">William Seward</a> (1801-72); an early abolitionist who became NY governor (1838-42) and a U.S. senator (1848-61), he served as secretary of state under Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. He's most remembered for paying Russia $7 million for Alaska in 1867. But it's his pro-immigration policies that made him the namesake of this park serving an immigrant neighborhood. <p>The northern part of the park was made into a playground in 1903--the first munipal playground in the U.S. A public bath--the first in a New York park-- was built here in 1904 and demolished in 1936, replaced by a recreation building in 1941. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/331592035/" title="NYC - LES - Seward Park: Schiff Fountain by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/134/331592035_ec79c77b4d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NYC - LES - Seward Park: Schiff Fountain by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p> The <a name="ebroadway"></a> Schiff Fountain, paid for by financier <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Schiff" target="_blank">Jacob H. Schiff</a> and designed by <a href="http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=1535&letter=B" target="_blank"> Arnold Brunner</a>, was built in 1895 in Rutgers Square and moved here in 1936. <p>Numerous Tai Chi practitioners can be found in the park every morning. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top"> <br> <h2><center> <a href="ebroadway.htm#canal"> W <===</a>         EAST BROADWAY         <a href="ebroadway.htm#canal"> ===> E</a> </center></h2> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="810" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>Forward Building</h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/331579429/" title="NYC - LES: Former Jewish Daily Forward Building by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/331579429_349c95dbe0_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - LES: Former Jewish Daily Forward Building by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/331581035/" title="NYC - LES: Former Jewish Daily Forward Building by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/331581035_844e2fe4dc_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - LES: Former Jewish Daily Forward Building by wallyg, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>175 East Broadway:</b> This 10-story terra cotta-clad building went up in 1911 to house <i>The Jewish Daily Forward</i>, a left-wing Yiddish paper founded in 1897 that in the 1920s had a circulation of 250,000. Above the second floor can be seen the carved faces of Marx, Engels and fellow socialist heroes Ferdinand Lasalle and William Liebnicht. The paper, which long ago turned to the right, is now published on <a href="33st.htm#5av">33rd Street</a>. This building later housed a Chinese-language church, which concealed the socialist faces behind black Chinese characters reading "Jesus leads the way." Since 1999, it's been a condominium, and the lefties are back on display. </td></tr></table> <hr> <br><br> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <br><br> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="800" valign="top"> <form action="http://www.google.com/cse" id="cse-search-box" target="_blank"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-6849278393760859:ukvw6ummlhc" /> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" /> <input type="text" name="q" size="31" /> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /> </div> </form> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/coop/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&lang=en"></script> <p>What am I missing on Canal Street? 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