. When old New York was young . r many a year now ithad been the Inn of Corporal this year that I have mentioned the innwas torn down, and on the ground, extend-ing 200 or more feet along the road, andtaking up almost the entire block, FranconisHippodrome was built. It had two storiesof brick, with turrets surmounted with carvedfigures of classic design. The auditoriumwas covered with a roof of tin, and above thearena, 700 feet in circumference, stretcheda green and white striped canvas. In thisenclosure trapeze performances and spiralglobe acts were performed for the first timein
. When old New York was young . r many a year now ithad been the Inn of Corporal this year that I have mentioned the innwas torn down, and on the ground, extend-ing 200 or more feet along the road, andtaking up almost the entire block, FranconisHippodrome was built. It had two storiesof brick, with turrets surmounted with carvedfigures of classic design. The auditoriumwas covered with a roof of tin, and above thearena, 700 feet in circumference, stretcheda green and white striped canvas. In thisenclosure trapeze performances and spiralglobe acts were performed for the first timein America. There were elephants andreindeer, stag hunts and races of everysort. Although the Hippodrome was far out oftown, throngs of people filled it at each per-formance, and the younger generation espe- [■65J OLD-TIME THEx^TRES cially thought that the very worst thing thatcould be imagined happened in 1856, whenthe Hippodrome was removed to give placeto the present Fifth Avenue Hotel. [166] BOUWERIE VILLAGE AND ITSGRAVEYARD. The Village Streets (dotted lines) and the City Streets (black lines). I St. Marks Cemetery ; ^. St. Marks Church ; 3. Governor StuyvesantsHouse; 4. St. Marks Parsonage; 5. Stuyvesants Pear-Tree. BOUWERIE VILLAGE AND ITSGRAVEYARD THERE is a bare and neglected bit ofland on the east side of the city, usedas a place to store broken-down wag-ons, worn-out chairs, and such other things asno longer have a use. It is called The Lot,and a sad, dreary, useless lot it is. And yetaround that neglected spot hover memoriesof bygone times—of a day when the city wasvery young, indeed—memories of a stern,kindly Dutch governor, quiet and peacefulmemories of a village long blotted out. Ifyou should wish to see The Lot, so as toknow what it is, as well as what it hasbeen, there is a most difficult task beforeyou. The city block which extends east from [169] BOUWERIE VILLAGE Second Avenue, between Eleventh andTwelfth Streets, is at this day solidly builtupon. Here and
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