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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Walker Street: New York Songlines</TITLE> <meta name="description" content="An illustrated virtual walking tour of Manhattan's Walker Street, along with Beach Street and Ericsson Place, with landmarks, history and trivia, shops, bars and restaurants."> <meta name="keywords" content="New York City, New York, Manhattan, history, landmarks, secret, walking tour, address, architecture, restaurant, nightlife, Tribeca"> <meta name="author" content="Jim Naureckas"> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#CCCCCC" TEXT="#000000"> <script type="text/javascript"> google_ad_client = "pub-6849278393760859"; /* Songlines Banner */ google_ad_slot = "8333191051"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; // </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="805" valign="top"> <center> <h1><a href="http://home.nyc.rr.com/jkn/nysonglines/">New York Songlines:</a> Walker Street</h1> <h2>with Beach Street and Ericsson Place</h2> <a href="#lafayette">Lafayette</a> | <a href="#centre">Centre</a> | <a href="#mulberry">Mulberry</a> | <a href="#mott">Mott</a> | <a href="#elizabeth">Elizabeth</a> | <a href="#4av">The Bowery</a> | <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="#ava">Essex</a> | <a href="#norfolk">Norfolk</a> | <a href="#suffolk">Suffolk</a> | <a href="#avb">Clinton</a> | <a href="#attorney">Attorney</a> | <a href="#ridge">Ridge</a> | <a href="#avc">Pitt</a> | <a href="#avd">Columbia</a> <br><br> <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> </center> <hr> Walker Street is named for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Walker_%28representative%29" target="_blank" title="Wikipedia"> Benjamin Walker</a> (1753-1818), Revolutionary War officer who was aide-de-camp to Gen. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben--with whom he was rumored to be romantically involved, and who left much of his estate to Walker upon his death. Walker later served on Washington's staff, and was a Federalist representative to the U.S. Congress from 1801-03. I suspect it's his post-war real estate enterprises, though, that got him a street named after him. <p>Though Beach Street used to extend to the Hudson shore, before the westernmost edge of Manhattan was created via landfill, the street was originally named for Paul Bache, son-in-law of Anthony Lispenard. Lispenard owned the Lispenard Meadows, an expanse of marshy fields that extended approximately from <a href="broome.htm">Broome Street</a> to Duane Street. Laid out in the late 18th Century, Bache Street-- later corrupted to Beach--is said to have been the first street laid out to cut across the Meadows.  <p>One block of Beach Street is renamed Ericcson Place, after the designer of the ironclad <i>Monitor</i>, John Ericsson, who lived on the block. </td></tr></table> <br><br> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="805" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <h3>Smith Barney</h3> <p><b>388 Greenwich Street:</b> This 1989 building by Kohn Pedersen Fox was once the headquarters of the Travelers Group insurance company, of which Smith Barney was the brokerage arm; when Travelers <a name="9av"></a> was bought by Citigroup, the largest financial services company in the world, the building was given to the former subsidiary--but it retains the enormous and garish light-up Travelers umbrella that outraged neighbors. </td></tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER><A href="9av.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     GREENWICH STREET     <A href="9av.htm#walker"> ===> N</A></CENTER></H2> <p>When the Hudson River came to the foot of Beach Street, America's first steam locomotive landed here in 1829, en route from England to Pennsylvania--the <a href="http://www.waynehistorypa.org/htopics/stourbridge.php" target="_blank" title="Wayne History"> Stourbridge Lion</a>, with a top speed of 10 miles per hour. <p> </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> <p><b>62 (corner):</b> The <a href="http://thefischermillsbuilding.cityrealty.com/" target="_blank" title="City Realty"> <b>Fischer Mills Building</b></a>, an eight-story brick warehouse from 1860 converted to condos in 1999 <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br> <p><b>129 (corner):</b> Baker Tribeca </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>B<br>E<br>A<br>C<br>H<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>Corner (399 Greenwich Street):</b> <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/greenwich-street-tavern-new-york" target="_blank" title="Yelp"> <b>Greenwich Street Tavern</b></a>, pub <p><b>57:</b> <a href="http://nymag.com/listings/restaurant/beach-street-eatery/" target="_blank" title="NY Mag"> <b>Beach Street Eatery</b></a>, weekday-only sandwich/smoothie spot <a name="collister"></a> <br><br><br> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>COLLISTER ST          ===> N</a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <a name="hudson"></a> <br><br><br> <p><b>Corner (135 Hudson):</b> An attractively industrial warehouse from 1886, now artists' lofts </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER><A href="hudson.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     HUDSON STREET     <A href="hudson.htm#walker"> ===> N</A></CENTER></H2> <p> </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> <p><b>36 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.pompy.com/pages/showrooms/pm10_1.html?-token.portfolioName=&-token.portfolioID=555786&-token.customerID=" target="_blank"><b>Pompanoosuc Mills</b></a>, a Vermont furniture showroom, is in an award-winning 2001 condo building known as <a href="http://www.traditional-building.com/palladio/pw2005p6.htm" target="_blank" title="Palladio Awards"> 124 Hudson Street</a>, whose materials and design reflect its late 19th Century Romanesque Revival neighbors. John Ericcson, the naval engineer who designed the ironclad <i>Monitor</i>, lived at this Beach Street address from 1864--two years after his creation sank the <i>Merrimac</i>--until his death in 1889. <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/349421400/" title="NYC - TriBeCa: NYPD 1st Precinct by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/143/349421400_7fe1613236_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - TriBeCa: NYPD 1st Precinct by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>16 (corner):</b> NYPD's 1st Precinct covers all of Manhattan south of the Brooklyn Bridge, plus everything south of Houston and west of Broadway. There was one murder in this area in 2004. The building dates to 1912 (when this was the 4th Precinct), a Renaissance Revival landmark by Hoppin & Koen. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>E<br>R<br>I<br>C<br>S<br>S<br>O<br>N<br><br>P<br>L<br>A<br>C<br>E</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> <h2>Hudson Square</h2> <p>Once known as St. John's Park, this place was described by the <i>New York Evening Post</i> in 1847 as a ''spot of eden loveliness...retiring from the din and tumult of the noisy town to enjoy its own secret solitude.'' Then, in 1869, it was sold by Trinity Church to Commodore <a name="holland"></a> Vanderbilt for a railroad terminal, and in 1927 it became the rotary that the Holland Tunnel emerges into. <p>From 1807 until 1918 there was a church, <b>St. John's Chapel</b>, on the Varick Street side. </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>HOLLAND TNL    ===> N</a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/iconeon/1753004048/" title="Holland Tunnel by 24gotham, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2139/1753004048_5e8b5e31f1_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Holland Tunnel by 24gotham, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>The Holland Tunnel, con- necting Man- hattan to Jersey City, was started in 1922 and completed in 1927, allowing cars to drive into New York City from New Jersey for the first time. Though the name evokes New York City's Dutch heritage, it actually honors Clifford Milburn Holland, chief engineer of the project, who died on October 7, 1924, the day before the tunnels dug from New York and New Jersey were connected. The project was completed by famed tunnel designer Ole Singstad, whose pioneering ventilation system allowed the Holland Tunnel to be <a name="7av"></a> the first vehicular tunnel of substantial length. <p>On <i>I Love Lucy</i>, Lucy is said to have made U-turn in the Holland Tunnel, tying up traffic all the way to East Orange. The mutant insect in <i>The Deadly Mantis</i> is killed here with nerve gas.</td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER><A href="7av.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     VARICK STREET     <A href="7av.htm#walker"> ===> N</A></CENTER></H2> <p> </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><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><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>B<br>E<br>A<br>C<br>H<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><a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theater/11150/" target="_blank"> Tribeca Cinemas</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/365382951/" title="NYC - TriBeCa: TriBeCa Cinemas by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/132/365382951_c5b80b5a23_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - TriBeCa: TriBeCa Cinemas by wallyg, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Corner (24 Varick):</b> A restaurant and a art-house miniplex that opened in 1996 as The Screening Room, it was at the time Manhattan's only cinema below Canal Street. It closed in 2003, a victim of Downtown's post-September 11 depression. Now known as the Tribeca Film Center, it's used for special events like the Tribeca Film Festival. <a name="stjohns"></a> <br><br> </td></tr></table> <table cellpadding="10" border="0" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="CCCCCC"> <br> <h2><center>ST JOHNS LN    ===> N</a> </h2></center> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <p><b><i>3</i>:</b> On the site of the American Thread Building was the address of James Fennimore Cooper's home in 1823-24, where he wrote <i>The Pilot</i>, his attempt to write a nautically accurate sea novel. <h3> <a href="http://epicharmus.com/masterpiece/labels/Keith%20Haring.html" target="_blank" title="Masterpiece Next Door"> American Thread Building</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/349336966/" title="NYC - TriBeCa: American Thread Company Building by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/349336966_e5e638662c_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="NYC - TriBeCa: American Thread Company Building by wallyg, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>260 (block):</b> Built in 1894-96 in Renaissance Revival style by William B. Tubby. It was originally the New York Wool Exchange, an attempt by the New York Wool Warehouse Company to wrest the wool trade away from Boston. The venture failed in 1898, and from 1901-1964 this was a factory for the American Thread Company, whose name is still on the building. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/epicharmus/2546515271/" title="American Thread Building by epicharmus, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2546515271_935c101a62_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="American Thread Building by epicharmus, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Keith Haring painted a mural here in 1979, when it was some kind of exhibition space; the <a name="wbroadway"></a> mural was forgotten and rediscovered in 2008 when the top floor were being transformed into a spectacular <a href="http://www.260wbtriplex.com/tour/" target="_blank" title="3D tour"> triplex</a>. Supermodel Naomi Campbell is said to have lived in the building. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER><A href="wbroadway.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     WEST BROADWAY     <A href="wbroadway.htm#walker"> ===> N</A></CENTER></H2> <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>1 (corner):</b> Tribeca Park Gourmet <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>W<br>A<br>L<br>K<br>E<br>R<br><br>S<br>T</h2> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="360" valign="top" > <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top" bgcolor="66FF66"><tr> <td width="360" valign="top"> <h3>North:</h3> <h3><a href="http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/M006/" target="_blank" title="Home"> Tribeca Park</a></h3> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jclayton/3447638981/" title="New York City by Joshua David Clayton, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3447638981_11da487260_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="New York City by Joshua David Clayton, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p>Once part of the <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3377/3447638981_11da487260.jpg?v=0" target="_blank"> Lipsenard Meadows</a>, this area was made a park in 1810, when the city purchased it for $3,950. Long known as the Beach Street Park, it got its present name in 1985. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER><A href="6av.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     6TH AVENUE     <A href="6av.htm#walker"> ===> N</A></CENTER></H2> <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> <h2><a href="http://www.tribecagrand.com/" target="_blank" title="Home"> Tribeca Grand</a></h2> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/allert/59229278/" title="Tribeca Grand + clock by allert, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/59229278_416ca076b6_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Tribeca Grand + clock by allert, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>Block (2 6th Ave):</b> This fancy hotel opened in 2000. Owned by Hartz Mountain Industries, the pet food company <a name="white"></a> that also owns the Soho Grand and (formerly) the <i>Village Voice</i>. <a name="church"></a> I went to a very wild party here once. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>A<br>L<br>K<br>E<br>R<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> <h2>AT&T Building</h2> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/shinythings/149250836/" title="The AT&T building by Shiny Things, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/45/149250836_ee1583a1f3_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="The AT&T building by Shiny Things, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> A 28-floor Art Deco landmark built in 1930 to a Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker design. Originally AT&T's Long Distance Building, since 2001 it's housed the telecom company's main offices. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER><A href="church.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     CHURCH STREET     <A href="church.htm#walker"> ===> N</A></CENTER></H2> <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>Corner (301 Church):</b> <a href="http://www.breadtribeca.com/" target="_blank" title="Home"> <b>Bread Tribeca</b></a>, Ligurian <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> <p><b>Corner (395 Broadway):</b> Self-Service Stores-- ''Serve Yourself and Save.'' </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>A<br>L<br>K<br>E<br>R<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>Corner (305 Church):</b> <b>Stuzzicheria</b>, spinoff of Bar Stuzzichini. Was <b>Burrito Bar</b>, hipster hangout with 1960s motif--now reincarnated in <a href="http://www.menupages.com/restaurants/burrito-bar-kitchen/" target="_blank" title="MenuPages"> Brooklyn</a>. <p><b>36:</b> <a href="http://www.davidgage.com/z_workshop.htm" target="_blank" title="Home"> <b>David Gage String Instruments</b></a>, selling and restoring basses and cellos since 1978. <p><b>44 1/2:</b> The <a href="http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4597584-1.html" target="_blank" title="BackStage"> <b>Blue Angel Cabaret</b></a>, which opened in the basement here in 1994, has been credited as the birthplace of the <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2126676/" target="_blank" title="Slate"> New Burlesque</a>--though its eclectic acts were far raunchier than the shows that it inspired. <a href="http://www.alicubi.com/nycrfd/nycrfd_06.html" target="_blank" title="alicubi"> Hipsters</a> like Lou Reed, Jim Jarmusch and Ralph Fiennes were customers, and Drew Barrymore spontaneously took off her clothes here. It survives in a tamer version as <a href="http://www.lescandal.com/" target="_blank" title="Home"> Le Scandal</a> at the West Bank Cafe on <a href="42st.htm#9av">42nd Street</a>. <a name="broadway"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mgchan/2473357722/" title="Skyward by MGChan, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/2473357722_a463993577_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Skyward by MGChan, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>60 (corner):</b> A 29-story 1930 Art Deco office tower designed by Jardine, Hill & Murdock. Also known as 401 Broadway, it has (or maybe had) a concentration of <a href="http://www.tribecatrib.com/news/newsoct06/401Broadway.htm" target="_blank" title="Info"> Chinese-American lawyers</a>, so much so that that address is said to be known in China as the place you find a lawyer in New York. Broadway Cafe is on the ground floor. </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <p> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="broadway.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     BROADWAY     <A href="broadway.htm#walker"> ===> 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>Block (396 Broadway):</b> A 10-story <a href="http://wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?p=221981" target="_blank" title="Wired NY"> brick-and-limestone building</a> from 1899, designed by William Birkmire, architect of the Mexican National Opera House. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/madabandon/180082928/" title="walker street by madabandon, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/180082928_141529068e_m.jpg" width="179" height="240" alt="walker street by madabandon, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <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>W<br>A<br>L<br>K<br>E<br>R<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> <br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="cortlandtal"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <p> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER>  S <===</A>     CORTLANDT ALLEY      ===> 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> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/3081739728/" title="NYC - Art in General - Common People and Other Stories by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3151/3081739728_150c87b15f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NYC - Art in General - Common People and Other Stories by wallyg, on Flickr" align="left" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <p><b>79 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.artingeneral.org/" target="_blank" title="Home"> <b>Art in General</b></a>, non-profit art space founded in 1982 <br><br><br> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/3066863177/" title="NYC - TriBeCa: Danger Hollow Sidewalk by wallyg, on Flickr"> <img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3057/3066863177_e986a405a2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="NYC - TriBeCa: Danger Hollow Sidewalk by wallyg, on Flickr" align="right" vspace="4" hspace="4" /></a> <br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>100 (corner):</b> <a href="http://www.loftworkslafayette.com" target="_blank"> Loftworks</a>, designer clothing retailer </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>A<br>L<br>K<br>E<br>R<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> <br><br> <p><b>82:</b> <b>New York Chinese Baptist Church</b> <br><br><br><br><br> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="lafayette"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> <p><b>110 (corner):</b> Hardware Building </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <p> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="lafayette.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     LAFAYETTE STREET     <A href="lafayette.htm#walker"> ===> 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>Corner (101-105 Lafayette):</b> <b>Lafayette Towers</b> houses Sau Voi Corp and Chinese Home Style. <br><br><br> <p><b>Corner (139 Centre):</b> A nine-story building from 1910, now an <a href="http://139centrestreet.com/about_139.html" target="_blank" title="Home"> office development</a> catering to Chinatown professionals--complete with a <a href="http://139centrestreet.com/fengshui.html" target="_blank" title="Home"> seal of approval</a> from a feng shui master. </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>A<br>L<br>K<br>E<br>R</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>109 (corner):</b> Vien Dong Music Center <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="centre"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <p> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="centre.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     CENTRE STREET     <A href="centre.htm#walker"> ===> 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>125 (block):</b> In 1982, this building was given to a collection of Chinatown agencies to mitigate the impact of a new jail built in the neighborhood. From 1994-2002, this was the Charles B. Wang Community Health Center, offering health and social services and education to the Chinatown community. The Center subsequently moved to <a href="canal.htm">Canal Street</a>. <br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>A<br>L<br>K<br>E<br>R</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> <br><br><br><br><br> <a name="baxter"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <p> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="baxter.htm#walker"> S <===</A>     BAXTER STREET     <A href="baxter.htm#walker"> ===> 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>Corner (220 Canal):</b> Sun Say Kai Restaurant. Even though it seems like this is a continuation of Walker Street, technically this is <a href="canal.htm#walker">Canal Street</a>--see that street for the rest of the addresses on this block. <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="100" align="center"> <table cellpadding="25"><tr> <td align="center"> <h2>W<br>A<br>L<br>K<br>E<br>R</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>Block:</b> There's an information pagoda of some sort on this triangular slice of a block. <br><br><br> <a name="canal"></a> <br><br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> </td> </tr></table> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=0 valign="top"><TR> <TD vAlign=top width=820> <br> <H2><CENTER> <A href="canal.htm#walker"> W <===</A>     CANAL STREET     <A href="canal.htm#walker"> ===> E</A></CENTER></H2> </td></tr></table> <table border="2" cellpadding="10" valign="top"><tr> <td width="820" valign="top" bgcolor="FFCC99"> <br><br><br><br> </td></tr></table> <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="805" 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 Walker Street? 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