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Left
Police Headquarters Building
Center
Church of the Transfiguration
Right
Food shopping
Chinatown and Little Italy
T
HESE TWO ETHNIC ENCLAVES
are among the most colorful
parts of the city. Each was settled by early immigrants, who
preserved their own language, customs, and food in the midst of
the new and foreign land. Little Italy has dwindled to a few blocks,
but it is still an atmospheric center of authentic
Italian food and shops, especially on a
warm night, when cafés set out sidewalk tables and
the songs of Napoli fill the air. Chinatown, however,
continues to grow. More than 200,000 Chinese live
there, in crowded quarters. The shops and sidewalk
markets overflow with exotic foods and herbs, as
well as gifts ranging from backscratchers to fine
antiques; and it has been estimated that Chinatown
contains an astounding 200 restaurants.
Spring St
q
Bowery
Delancey St
S P RIN GSTR E E T
q
Street scene, Chinatown
1
2
Sights
Grand St
q
EET
6
Little
Italy
1
Mulberry Street
2
Police Headquarters
Building
3
Museum of Chinese
in the Americas
4
Mott Street
General Store
5
Mott Street Shopping
6
Pearl River Chinese
Products Emporium
7
Eastern States
Buddhist Temple
8
Church of the
Transfiguration
9
Columbus Park
0
Bloody Angle
Canal St
q
q
7
3
Chinatown
0
Columbus
Park
4
8
5
9
Thomas
Paine
Park
200
yards
0
meters
200
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