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fits a wedge-shaped lot.
Empty for more than
a decade after the
department relocated in
1973, the building has since
been converted into luxury
cooperatives, the Police
Building Apartments.
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240 Centre Street
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Map P4
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Closed to public
Il Palazzo, Little Italy
(see p89)
Museum of Chinese in
the Americas
Small but fascinating, this first
floor museum, devoted to the
Chinese experience in the West,
features an exhibit called “Where
is Home?,” with personal stories,
photographs, and poetry culled
from the community. Among the
topics explored are women's
roles, religion, and the “bachelor
society.” Changing exhibits range
from art to the experience of gay
Chinese. Books, area guides, and
free flyers on cultural events are
available.
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70 Mulberry Street at Bayard
St
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Map P4
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Open noon-6pm Tue-Thu,
Sat-Sun, noon-7pm Fri
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Admission
charge, free Fri
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www.moca-nyc.org
Mulberry Street
There are many trendy shops
on Mulberry Street from Houston
down to Spring Street and though
Chinatown is overrunning much of
Little Italy, the block between
Broome and Canal remains strictly
Italian. It is filled with restaurants,
coffee shops with tempting Italian
pastries, and stores selling pasta
implements, statues of saints, and
T-shirts saying “Kiss Me, I'm
Italian.” The Feast of San Gennaro
packs the street each September
(
see p62
).
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Mulberry Street, between
Broome & Canal sts
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Police Headquarters
Building
After the boroughs merged into
Greater New York in 1898, the
city's police department expanded
rapidly. This 1905 headquarters
near Little Italy was the result,
a monumental, columned Baroque
structure fit for “New York's
Finest,” with an ornate dome tall
enough to be seen from City Hall.
The strange shape of the building
Mott Street General Store
Originally known as Quong
Yeun Shing & Company, this is
the oldest store in Chinatown,
established in 1891. The store
was a social hub for Chinese
men, who were not allowed to
bring their wives to the U.S.
under old immigration laws.
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32 Mott Street
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Map P4
Left
Detail, Police Headquarters Building
Right
Museum of Chinese in the Americas
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