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Mulberry Bend in the Five Points neighborhood (Jacob Riis c. 1896) looking north from just above Cross Street. The tenements on left were razed to create Mulberry Bend Park (now Columbus Park), the two tenements visible on right, 46Mulberry Street (c. 1886) in foreground and 48-50 Mulberry Street on "Bend" are still there as of May 2011. Source: Wikipedia.