fried karats

[Jesse Sheidlower]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 05:07:45PM -0400, James A. Landau wrote:
> In a message dated 7/30/02 4:00:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:
>
> > 47th  Street is (I thought) world- (or at least locally) famous for being
> >  Diamond Merchants Lane.  It's the traditional office place of all
> >  those mostly Jewish diamond sellers and other jewelry merchants.
>
> When we crossed 47th Street we were definitely in the Theater District and
> did not see any noticeable jewelry businesses.  Perhaps the Diamond Merchants
> are on a different stretch of 47th Street?

The diamond district is roughly between Madison and Sixth Ave.; it
doesn't extend into the theater district.

Jesse Sheidlower
New York, NY