Question

describe the officer who was patrolling the area at night?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The area seems to be made up of two-story wooden buildings with shops on the ground floor and offices on the second floor. Property was not as valuable in New York in O. Henry's time. Nowadays the same neighborhood would be covered with high-rise buildings. New York was constantly undergoing an evolution in its architecture. Twenty years before the story opens the neighborhood must have been more lively. There were probably plenty of saloons as well as restaurants like "Big Joe" Brady's. Now it is a neighborhood where people in the office go home at five or six o'clock and the stores lock up at around the same time.