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Washington bade farewell to his officers at the end of the
Revolution, and which is still an excellent restaurant; Trinity
Church, at the head of Wall Street, a beautifully proportioned Neo-
Gothic building built in 1846; and the graceful, Georgian Saint
Paul's Chapel, which, dating from 1766, is the oldest church in
Manhattan. Slightly farther to the north, near City Hall Park is the
City Hall. This is the third building housing the City Hall since the
city was first established as New Amsterdam. It houses the offices
of the Mayor, President of the City Council and the meeting-rooms
of the City Council. In the "Governor's Room" are the desks of the
first three Presidents of the United States; also portraits of
outstanding personalities in the nation's history.
Almost in the shadow of the Municipal Building flying the Stars
and Stripes (the flag of the USA) and the flag of the City of New
York, lies the district of tenement slums and congested streets. Since
the end of the last century it has been a "melting-pot" where large
numbers of immigrants settled down.
Among New York's "culture islands" is Chinatown. Inhabited
by some 8,000 Chinese, it forms the nucleus of the 50,000 Chinese
in Greater New York. The shops contain many imported goods from
the Orient.
In downtown Manhattan at Washington Square is the campus of
New York University. Here are located the Schools of Education,
Arts and Sciences, Law, Commerce and Retailing. Other divisions
are located on University Heights in the Bronx.
Another place of interest in this area is Greenwich Village,
formerly known as the "Bohemian quarters" of the literary and
artistic world. Its many quaint streets, curio shops and outdoor
shows maintain a continuous sightseeing appeal. Artists, writers,
sculptors, composers, poets, actors make their homes in the Village.
The Outdoor Art Exhibits are a colourful affair held twice a year
in the Village.
Manhattan is crossed from north to south by avenues and from
east to west by streets. The avenues and streets are numbered. There are
eleven avenues and about three hundred streets. In downtown area the
streets are not numbered, they have names. Avenues are also
numbered but some, such as Park, Madison, Lexington and Columbus,
bear names. Park Avenue, Broadway, and Fifth, Seventh and Madison
Avenues have become synonyms for wealth or certain occupations -