Business & Finance: Gamblers in Silk

Strangely aloof from the excitement of Manhattan's Wall Street is neighboring Hanover Square. While Wall Street appears to be what it actually is—the financial centre of the world's greatest city —Hanover Square seems more like a respectable and long-established village.

So remote is Hanover Square from the feverish doings of Wall Street that the casual visitor might leave with the impression that little business finds its way there. For such a visitor would not be likely to see the ringlike tables which themselves form a ring about Hanover Square.

These are the gaming tables...

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