Plan of the Guide

Under General Information is given practical information about the city
and its services: transportation lines to and from New York; motor routes;
traffic rules; street arrangement; transit lines; hotel and rooming house ac-
commodations; restaurants; amusements; sightseeing; boat trips, etc. A
map showing the principal shopping centers in Manhattan is included.
A calendar of Annual Events follows.

Each of the five boroughs is treated individually. Manhattan has been
divided into five Sections, starting at the Battery and working generally
north: Lower Manhattan, Middle and Upper East Side, Middle West Side,
The Harlems, Upper West Side and Northern Manhattan. Preceding the
description of each Section are given the area of the Section and the sta-
tions of transit lines that serve it. The Section introduction sketches the
historical background and gives the contemporary description. The Sections
are divided into Localities, which are described, under commonly used
names, in a general south to north order. Transit facilities within
each Locality may be readily found by reference to the directions preceding
the Section introduction. In general, transit lines follow principal streets,
and the names of the lines indicate their routes. Where contiguous Locali-
ties merge so subtly that precise definition of them is impracticable, arbi-
trary boundaries have been established. Points of special interest in each
Locality are dealt with in order—again south to north—with the condi-
tions under which they may be visited.

A number of Major Points of Interest have been singled out for separate
treatment. This list is not exhaustive; rather it is representative of the
many widely known institutions and buildings in Manhattan. Cross refer-
ence to these points is made in the stories of the Localities in which they
are situated.

Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond (Staten Island) boroughs
are taken up in that order. An introductory essay considers each borough