Chinatown, Mulberry Street at Worth Street; Worth Street Between Mulberry and Mott Streets

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Now I've walked back down Mulberry Street and here at the end of the block is the True Light Lutheran Church. Their website is worth a look, as they have a history time line with links to old photographs. They began life in 1935 as True Light Mission with rented space on Canal Street. If you are unclear about what a mission is exactly, this link should clear it up. Basically, it's size. Before you have enough of a congregation to support your own church and pastor, you're a mission. So that's why we think of converting people when we think of missionaries. They're trying to get a church together.






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They must have succeeded because in 1949, they're building the church we see here. The New York Times had notice of this event with a drawing of the proposed church. It's grander than the actual built church and has a pagoda-like topping of the tower. Too bad.  This looks pretty clunky.

There are two services every Sunday, one in English and one in Chinese.



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Chinatown, Mulberry Street Between Bayard and Canal Streets

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Here's a closer look at some of that food.






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Chinatown, Mulberry Street Between Bayard and Canal Streets

Just to remind you, I'm on my way to meet Myra at Nice Green Bo on Bayard Street. Since I still have over an hour, my plan is to walk Mulberry up to Canal, then walk back down to Worth Street, and over to Mott.




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So now, it's back to Mulberry. Enough with the funeral homes. Let's visit some markets. Food for the living.




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Chinatown, Mulberry Street between Mosco and Bayard Streets

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The task of putting a small contemporary hotel in Chinatown was an opportunity to demonstrate taste, creativity and sensitivity. This builder decided to demonstrate vulgarity, a dead imagination and total indifference to surroundings. I condemn him. Or her.

And you know I love glass buildings!

It has no name yet. See the banner toward the top? Enlarged, it reads, Hotel Opening Soon. No name. I guess that means they don't have an occupant yet. Good. May they never.

Oh, I'm bitter this afternoon.

Wait! I just found out the architect is Chinese! Or at least it's someone with a Chinese name: Jung Wor Chin. How could you, Jung Wor? 

The Javits Federal Building is reflected in the glass.

On a happier note, consider Tasty Dumpling.  The web is 100% positive about Tasty's dumplings.  Here's just one review.  I am promising myself to have a tasty dumpling in the near future.  Well, not just one, probably.


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Chinatown, Mulberry Street between Mosco and Bayard Streets

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Here's the third funeral home on Mulberry Street. You did remember the first two, didn't you?





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And here's a funeral supplies store. They didn't want me to photograph inside, no surprise, but I can tell you there were lots of paper goods. See the house on the doorstep?  Stuff like that.

I am not the only one to have noticed the focus on funerals; the New York Times was here before me.



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Chinatown, Mulberry Street at Mosco Street

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I asked you to remember those two funeral homes from last night's post until tonight, but now I have to ask you to remember them one more night.  Why?  Because I'm too tired to do the rest of this post.  I'm only human, after all.

That's Sam's Deli on the corner and he promises it's a traditional deli.

Chinatown, Mulberry Street Between Worth and Mosco Streets

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And now up Mulberry into Chinatown. You won't be able to read this even if you enlarge, but the sign on the green canopy on the right says, Chinese Wah Lai Funeral Home.




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Same block.  This one you can read.  Now remember these until tomorrow.





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This is Mosco Street, one block long, and that's Mott street at the other end.