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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 11:41:07 -0500

The scene changes further south on Canal Street. The street was built on the cover over a wide ditch, which served as a drainage canal and sewer. This west end in particular was a low rent commercial district, of which some vestiges remain. (I'd like to know the history of the Georgian brick building on the right.) The notorious 5-Points neighborhood depicted in Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York was near the east end. Today, much of eastern Canal Street is included in Chinatown and always crowded.