New York Mulberry Bend Five Points Neighborhood in Lower Manhattan Clam Seller circa 1900s Colorized
by Wingsdomain Art and Photography
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New York Mulberry Bend Five Points Neighborhood in Lower Manhattan Clam Seller circa 1900s Colorized
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Wingsdomain Art and Photography
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New York Mulberry Bend Five Points Neighborhood in Lower Manhattan Clam Seller circa 1900s Colorized 20210327
Mulberry Bend was an area surrounding a curve on Mulberry Street, in the notorious Five Points neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is located in what is now Chinatown in Manhattan. It was bounded by Bayard Street to the north, Cross (changed to Park Street in 1854) Street to the south, Orange (changed to Baxter in 1854) Street to the west, and Mulberry Street to the east. The "Bend" in the street layout was due to the original topography of the area. Orange and Mulberry Streets headed from southeast to northwest then turned north at the "Bend" to avoid Collect Pond and surrounding low-lying wetland to the west. The present-day Columbus Park occupies the Bend. Mulberry Bend was one of the worst parts of the Five Points, with multiple back alleyways such as Bandit's Roost, Bottle Alley and Ragpickers Row. In 1897, due in part to the efforts of Danish photojournalist Jacob Riis, Mulberry Bend was demolished and turned into Mulberry Bend Park. The urban green space was designed by Calvert Vaux. In 1911 it was renamed Columbus Park. A few tenement buildings on the east side of Mulberry Street dating from the era before the park was built are still there, including 48-50 Mulberry Street, mentioned in Riis' book How the Other Half Lives. Cross Street was renamed "Mosco Street" in 1982 after Lower East Side community activist Frank Mosco. The section of Cross Street between Mulberry and Baxter Streets was demapped and added to Columbus Park along with the triangular plaza between Cross and Worth Streets. Worth Street, which was originally laid out in 1859, has since become the southern boundary of Columbus Park. -wikipedia
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