| On the Harlem River—University Heights from Fort George | [Frontispiece] |
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| Grant's Tomb and Riverside Drive (from the New Jersey Shore) | [3] |
| Down along the Battery sea-wall is the place to watch the ships go by | [5] |
| Old New Amsterdam | [7] |
| Just as it has been for years. (Between South Ferry and the Bridge.) |
| New New York | [9] |
| Not a stone's throw farther up ... the towering white city of the new century. (Between South Ferry and the Bridge.) |
| From the point of view of the Jersey commuter ... some uncommon, weird effects | [11] |
| (Looking back at Manhattan from a North River ferry-boat.) |
| Swooping silently, confidently across from one city to the other | [13] |
| (East River and Brooklyn Bridge.) |
| Looking up the East River from the Foot of Fifty-ninth Street | [15] |
| Even in sky-line he could find something new almost every week or two | [17] |
| The end of the day—looking back at Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge. |
| For the little scenes ... quaint and lovable, one goes down along the South Street water-front | [19] |
| Smacks and oyster-floats near Fulton Market. (At the foot of Beekman Street, East River.) |
| This is the tired city's playground | [21] |
| Washington Bridge and the Speedway—Harlem River looking south. |
| Here is where the town ends, and the country begins | [23] |
| (High Bridge as seen looking south from Washington Bridge.) |
| The Old and the New, from Lower New York across the Bridge to Brooklyn | [24] |
| From the top of the high building at Broadway and Pine Street. |
| The old town does not change so fast about its edges | [25] |
| (Along the upper East River front looking north toward Blackwell's Island.) |
| ... opposite the oval of the ancient Bowling Green | [29] |
| ... immigrant hotels and homes | [30] |
| No. 1 Broadway | [30] |
| Lower Broadway during a parade | [30] |
| The beautiful spire of Trinity | [31] |
| ... clattering, crowded, typical Broadway | [32] |
| City Hall with its grateful lack of height | [33] |
| What's the matter? | [34] |
| In the wake of a fire-engine | [35] |
| No longer to be thrilled ... will mean to be old | [37] |
| Grace Church spire becomes nearer | [39] |
| Through Union Square | [40] |
| ... windows which draw women's heads around | [41] |
| Instead of buyers ... mostly shoppers | [42] |
| ... crossing Fifth Avenue at Twenty-third Street | [43] |
| Madison Square with the sparkle of a clear ... October morning | [44] |
| In front of the Fifth Avenue Hotel | [45] |
| Diana on top glistening in the sun | [46] |
| Seeing the Avenue from a stage-top | [47] |
| ... people go to the right, up Fifth Avenue | [48] |
| A seller of pencils | [49] |
| It is also better walking up here | [50] |
| ... those who walk for the sake of walking | [51] |
| At the lower corner of the Waldorf-Astoria | [52] |
| ... with baby-carriages | [53] |
| This is the region of Clubs | [54] |
| (The Union League.) |
| ... close-ranked boarding-school squads | [55] |
| ... the coachmen and footmen flock there | [56] |
| The Church of the Heavenly Rest | [57] |
| Approaching St. Thomas's | [59] |
| The University Club ... with college coats-of-arms | [60] |
| Olympia Jackies on shore leave | [61] |
| Down near the eastern end of the street | [65] |
| Across Trinity Church-yard, from the West | [67] |
| An Evening View of St. Paul's Church | [69] |
| The sights and smells of the water-front are here too | [71] |
| An Old Landmark on the Lower West Side | [73] |
| (Junction of Canal and Laight Streets.) |
| Up Beekman Street | [75] |
| Each ... has to change in the greatest possible hurry from block to block. |
| Under the Approach to Brooklyn Bridge | [77] |
| Chinatown | [79] |
| It still remains whimsically individual and village-like | [81] |
| A Fourteenth Street Tree | [83] |
| Such as broad Twenty-third Street with its famous shops | [85] |
| A Cross Street at Madison Square | [87] |
| Across Twenty-fourth Street—Madison Square when the Dewey Arch was there | [88] |
| Herald Square | [91] |
| As it Looks on a Wet Night—The Circle, Fifty-ninth Street and Eighth Avenue | [93] |
| Hideous high buildings | [95] |
| Looking east from Central Park at night. |
| Flushing Volunteer Fire Department Responding to a Fire Alarm | [103] |
| A Bit of Farm Land in the Heart of Greater New York | [105] |
| Acre after acre, farm after farm, and never a sign of city in sight. |
| One of the Farmhouses that have Come to Town | [107] |
| The old Duryea House, Flushing, once used as a head-quarters for Hessian officers. |
| East End of Duryea House, where the Cow is Stabled | [108] |
| The Old Water-power Mill from the Rear of the Old Country Cross-roads Store | [109] |
| The Old Country Cross-roads Store, Established 1828 | [110] |
| In the background is the old water-power mill. |
| Interior of the Old Country Cross-roads Store | [111] |
| The Colony of Chinese Farmers, Near the Geographical Centre of New York City | [112] |
| Working as industrially as the peasants of Europe, blue skirts, red handkerchiefs about their heads | [113] |
| Remains of a Windmill in New York City, Between Astoria and Steinway | [114] |
| The Dreary Edge of Long Island City | [115] |
| The Procession of Market-wagons at College Point Ferry | [116] |
| Past dirty backyards and sad vacant lots | [117] |
| New York City Up in the Beginnings of the Bronx Regions—Skating at Bronxdale | [119] |
| Another Kind of City Life—Along the Marshes of Jamaica Bay | [121] |
| There is profitable oyster-dredging in several sections of the city | [123] |
| Cemetery Ridge, Near Richmond, Staten Island | [126] |
| A Peaceful Scene in New York | [127] |
| In the distance is St. Andrew's Church, Borough of Richmond, Staten Island. |
| A Relic of the Early Nineteenth Century, Borough of Richmond | [128] |
| An Old-fashioned, Stone-arched Bridge. (Richmond, Staten Island) | [129] |
| An Old House in Flatbush | [131] |