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Greenwich Village

CHAPTER VI
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And Paulus--Koster and Bial's first French importation--to say nothing of Anna Held and Sandow! A motley company enough, to be sure, and certainly one worthy to form the nucleus of New York's Bohemia.
Says Mr.Martin: "The most interesting thing that ever happened in the 'Old Martin'?
I can tell you that quite easily.

It was the blizzard of 1888, when we were snowed in.

The horse cars ran on University Place then, the line terminating at Barclay Street.

I have a picture of one car almost snowed under, for the snow was fully six feet deep.

It was a Saturday night and very crowded.


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