- Columbus Park
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40.71568, -73.999948 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Tables with game boards
- Number of tables with chess boards
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5 / 6 as well as those covered by tablecloth
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Historical background
Before the first immigration checkpoint appeared in New York City the newcomers to America found shelter in the port area slums notorious for crime and poverty. Now it is the territory of Chinatown, but a couple of centuries ago it was a place where national communities were formed one after another in a perpetual human whirlwind. The Germans and Jews were replaced by the Irish, then by the Italians, and by the middle of the 20th century the area was largely dominated by people of the Chinese descent. If you want to feel the atmosphere of old émigré quarters you can go to the “Five Points”. This place, which used to be a pond dewatered and filled up in early 19th century, got its name from the intersection of five streets: Anthony, Orange, Mulberry, Cross and Little Water. Swampy ground, fog and mosquitoes made this place hazardous for health, wealthy families left the area, and the Five Points in just a couple of decades became not only the sleaziest place of America but also the city’s most crime-ridden district. Martin Scorsese in his screen version of “The Gangs of New York” recaptured the character and the colors of these times, and the motion picture’s set dressers reproduced the buildings and the street of the district from mid-19th century prints in exquisite detail.
Present in routes of categories Atlas
Passed by: 11/15 (73%).
By categories:
- Atlas: 11/15 (73%)