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- From: roger@crux.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
- Subject: Re: K Street
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.172940.28345@Princeton.EDU>
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- References: <1992Dec24.090525.4356@osf.org> <1992Dec29.061741.3474@Princeton.EDU> <C00op6.8Mp@techbook.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 17:29:40 GMT
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- In article <C00op6.8Mp@techbook.com> dant@techbook.com (Dan Tilque) writes:
- >roger@astro.princeton.edu (Roger Lustig) writes:
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- >>The Bowery.
- >>Downing St.
- >>47th St.
-
- >Someone else has already mentioned Downing St. and I found The Bowery in
- >Webster's Third (it's about the same as Skid Road), but what is 47th St.
- >metonymous for?
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- The diamond trade. (The block bet. 5th and 6th is a remarkable little
- world of its own. Alas, the collapse of the diamond market has done
- much to depress if not destroy the old ambience.)
-
- Come to think of it, Boardwalk (and Park Place) have taken on meanings
- beyond their significance in Atlantic City...
-
- Roger
-