The Greatest Street in the World

Download or read book The Greatest Street in the World written by Stephen Jenkins and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 1911 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When all its phases are taken in the aggregate, Broadway holds a position that is unique and pre-eminent among the great avenues of the world. In this book Mr. Jenkins has presented the whole history of Broadway, old and new, through all the miles of its long course from the Bowling Green to Albany; its historic associations from pre-Revolutionary times to the present, its theatres and the actors that made them famous, its literary incidents and personalities, the busy hum of city life that rises heavenward between its towering buildings, and all the abundant energy that flows through it ceaselessly.