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Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Unlike its rival, Sydney, Melbourne grew according to plan. Collins Street, its main thoroughfare, and the other principal streets were laid out a mile long, 99 feet wide, and in checkerboard patterns, often bordered by shady avenues of trees."

Description: Now we come to Park Row and Printing House Square, where several of the large New York newspapers are located--The World, The Sun, and The Tribune. This has been a newspaper center for 70 years. Several other newspapers--The Press, Commercial, American, Evening Mail and Evening Post are nearby. The old Times Building was at No. 41 Park Row.

Description: This is Riverside Drive, another famous street which varies from 90 to 168 feet in width and is three miles in length. Part of Riverside Park is shown in the picture. On this street are some of the finest residences in the City. Lots are worth $1200 to $1600 per front foot.

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Avenida de Mayo, whose broad, beautifully paved road way runs through the very hearty of Buenos Aires, from the Plaza de Mao near the harbor front, to the Plaza del Congreso upon which the Palace of Congress stands, is among the finest boulevards in the world. It may be classed with the Champs Elysees in Paris, the Ring "

Description: The Avenida de Mayo, whose broad, beautifully paved roadway runs through the very heart of Buenos Aires, from the Plaza de Mayo near the harbor front, to the Plaza del Congreso upon which the Palace of Congress stands, is among the finest boulevards in the world. It may be classed with the Champs Elysees in Paris, the Ring in Vienna, and other thoroughfares of note. Trees line both sides of the street, which is brilliantly illuminated by electric lamps on pillars in the center, and also by side lights. Its handsome buildings are given over chiefly to stores, hotels, and cafes, many of which have service on small tables on the sidewalks, as well as within, adding greatly to the charm of the boulevard. Beneath the surface a splendidly equipped electric subway relieves the congestion and affords rapid transit.

Description: One gets a decided mental jolt to come form the Tavern with its colonial atmosphere and memories to present day affairs as they display themselves on the Stock Exchange. Just a short distance form the Tavern on Broad Street there used to be the curb market where buying of stocks was done in the open by the use of finger signs from one dealer to another and to buyers and sellers stationed in the offices surrounding the market. Bright colored and queer looking caps were worn so that their wearers might easily be distinguished even at some distance. Much of the buying and selling is done with the fingers so that the market looks like a deaf and dumb rooters gang to the uninitiated. The full price of the stocks on the market are supposed to be known, so that only the fraction in the price up or down is indicated. Hand turned down means offered, turned up means bid. If a stock is selling at 89 1/8 all that will be indicated by the hands will be the 1/8. The index finger pointing up means 1/8 bid, two fingers 1/4, three fingers 3/4, etc. Pointing down the fingers indicate the points offered. Points bid is what somebody is willing to pay and points offered is what some one is willing to sell it for. On a day when stock prices are breaking or there is a panic, the stock markets are pandemonium.

Description: Herald Square, looking north on Broadway to the Times Building at 42nd and showing Sixth Avenue "L". The great retail district is between 33rd and 42nd Streets--Macy & Co., Saks Company, Gimbel Brothers, Altman & Co., McCreery & Co., and Sterns. Broadway from about 33rd to 59th Street (Columbus Circle) is known as the "Great White Way". It is the great theatre theatre district. The Hippodrome, for some time the largest theatre, is now surpassed by the Capitol, which seats 5,000. It is a beautiful show house.