Monthly Archives: September 2013

#8: The Typond-Lee Agency, 40 Mott St.

by CBrooks Posted on September 18, 2013

This fairly nondescript 19th-century building at the corner of Mott and Pell Streets in New York’s Chinatown once housed the brokerage business of James Waye “Shavey” Lee and James Yip Typond. … Continue reading →

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#7 Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthplace

by CBrooks Posted on September 5, 2013

This simple brownstone at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan is a replica of the original building that once occupied the same site. That townhouse was the birthplace of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States. TR was … Continue reading →

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Asian American History in NYC

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Monthly Archives: September 2013

#8: The Typond-Lee Agency, 40 Mott St.

#7 Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthplace

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