Word: parkways
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...mass of subjects which the great city presents. Lower Manhattan at dawn, Scarsdalers waiting herd-like for the 8.52; a homeless drunk sprawled on the sidewalk, semi-human sardines jammed into the subway; Mrs. $25,000-a-year-executive smugly viewing the man-made greenness of the Bronx River Parkway; Miss $15-a-week dictation sponge engulfing a hectic ham-on-rye; sunshine on the glories of Park Avenue; the same sunshine on the littered, crowded alloys of Mike Gold's 606 playground (the East Side); Fifth Avenue jammed with taxis, limousines and fur-clad ladies with good dogs; dismal...
...Which route shall we take," they shouted in one accord, but alas, none could agree, and they all picked out a different path to those historic grounds. One chose Plympton and then the Parkway, but that was being repaired, so that would never do. Then came a cry for Linden, but that too was up and they could not pass, what about Boylston, one of the crowd, a tackle, sang out, "oh, good," they cried in unison and so they all set out with light hearts and happy feet for Boylston, and then the Stadium, and all that lay behind...
...then he took to hysterics and became a mad man. His invective against James Wadsworth, whom the Committee planned to choose, was counteracted by a lucky break. The same morning the Committee announced that they wanted Robert Moses, the park commissioner who designed Jones Beach and the Northern State Parkway and an ardent anti-new dealer as their candidate. Young and forceful, Mr. Moses possessed none of the Old Guard characteristics which Mr. Macy bombarded. The Committee stood so high that they defeated Mr. Macy utterly at the pre-convention meeting and named Clarence Hancock as Temporary Chairman who will...
Slumped in a heap lay Lee Flacy, deputy sheriff, pumped full of buckshot. To his bride of a fortnight went news of her widowhood by radio: "A shooting at 5824 Swope Parkway-Lee Flacy killed...
...honor the President's mother, Manhattan Alderman Michael Pelligrino submitted a resolution to name a thorough fare in his district "Anna D. Roosevelt Parkway." Informed that the name of the President's mother was Sara Delano Roosevelt he amended the resolution. Aldermanic President Deutsch countered with a resolution to name the thorough fare for onetime Park Commissioner Charles B. Stover. Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt telegraphed declining the honor, telegraphed again endorsing the name of Parkman Stover. The Aldermen passed the Pelligrino resolution, named the thoroughfare "Sara Delano Roosevelt Park...