City - New York - Chinatown in 1905
by Mike Savad
Title
City - New York - Chinatown in 1905
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1905
Original title: Mott Street
Photographer: Detroit Publishing
Location: 2 Mott St, Manhattan, NY
This is Mott Street in NY, as seen in around 1905 or so. Many of the buildings you see here are still standing, the only one missing is the Port Arthur restaurant. Many of the ornate porches are also missing.
But in its day, it attracted all sorts of tourists. This block has a number of restaurants, but they are on the upper or lower floors. They have a novelty shop too.
The Port Arthur restaurant (the one with the yellow porch), was quite topical at the time. The Russo-Japanese war ended at the Portsmouth Beach conference. Teddy Roosevelt brokered the peace and ended up with a Nobel Peace Prize. The 1904 battle siege of Port Arthur was the most famous military actions of that war. And they named a restaurant after it.
In the far back, that is the Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration. It was originally built as a Lutheran church in 1801, and then bought by the Catholics in 1853. At some point there was a fire in that history. In any case its still standing right there. And I would have to imagine that it watched the city form around it.
As for what's going on in the street, I don't know. It's either a funeral for a small child (the hearse looks small). Or its a wedding of some kind, its hard to tell.
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August 12th, 2020
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