08/04/2006 - Maps (Part 2)

The following is a closer look at Dean and Peter’s cab fare. The map is more detailed, so hopefully you’ll be able to follow their trip from Columbus Circle to Delmonico’s (44th Street) a little easier than before.

“Fifty-third Street was a bus with a dark, bobbed-hair beauty atop; Fifty-second was a street cleaner who dodged, escaped, and sent up a yell of, "Look where you're aimin' ! " in a pained and grieved voice. At Fiftieth Street a group of men on a very white sidewalk in front of a very white building turned to stare after them, and shouted: "Some party, boys!"At Forty-ninth Street Peter turned to Dean. "Beautiful morning," he said gravely, squinting up his owlish eyes” (page 118).

I’ve highlited (in black) the places they mention or visit. They are as follows (south from the top left hand corner);

1. Childs’ Restaurant
2. 53rd Street
3. 52nd Street
4. 50th Street
5. 49th Street
6.Delmonico’s
7. Biltmore Hotel
8. Commodore Hotel

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. “May Day”. Tales of the Jazz Age. First Pine Street Books: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003.
Atlas of the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. Plates 82,76,73,72,71. Map. New York: Bromley. 1916.