You must remember this

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"The neighborhood was christened in a conservation between two battle weary cops during a riot at 39th Street and Tenth Avenue. 'This place is hell itself, ' the younger man told his partner. 'hell's a mild climate, ' his mate replied. This is hell's Kitchen.' " (probably apocryphal) story of the christening of Hell's Kitchen, from the bookjacket.

subjects: Social life and customs,  Anecdotes,  Oral history,  Biography,  History,  New york (n.y.), biography,  New York Times reviewed

Places: Manhattan (New York, N.Y.),  New York (N.Y.)

Times: 1898-1951,  19th century,  20th century