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Saturday, March 15, 2008

TRENTON'S OWN "FIVE POINTS"

I HAVE A FOLDER DEDICATED TO TRENTON'S NOTORIOUS "SWAMP," A PLACE WHICH MADE MUCH NEWS BACK IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY. AS I READ THIS ACCOUNT OF THE DISGUSTING NEIGHBORHOOD, I RECALLED THE RECENT MOVIE, "GANGS OF NEW YORK." THIS ENVIRONMENT WAS LOCATED IN THE ALLEN STREET AREA IN NORTH TRENTON. IT WAS VERY SIMILAR TO THE FIVE POINTS AREA OF NEW YORK AS DEPICTED RECENTLY IN THE MOTION PICTURE, "GANGS OF NEW YORK." (SO FAR, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ARTICLES WHICH TELL ABOUT ANY "BILLY THE BUTCHER" TYPES WHO PEOPLED "THE SWAMP," BUT IF I DO, YOU'LL BE AMONG THE FIRST TO KNOW!)

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