The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . .Junction of Broadway and Bowery. ISiS. considered out of town; all north beyond as wellas the immediate vicinitj* was country, post and railfences dividing the land into different sized bridge spanned a small stream which convejedwater from the Collect on the east side of Broad-way (where now stands the Tombs) to the westside, where was an extensive meadow covering mostof the ground from Broadway to the North Riverand from Lispenard Street to Spring Street. There 2
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . .Junction of Broadway and Bowery. ISiS. considered out of town; all north beyond as wellas the immediate vicinitj* was country, post and railfences dividing the land into different sized bridge spanned a small stream which convejedwater from the Collect on the east side of Broad-way (where now stands the Tombs) to the westside, where was an extensive meadow covering mostof the ground from Broadway to the North Riverand from Lispenard Street to Spring Street. There 26-Z NEW York: city lii<^e were occasional dry s[)()ts in the meadow, but mostlyit was fin extensive swamp. Across the stone bridj^o,northward, extended Broadway to as far as BleeckerStreet, whence (as I think now), ft)Uowing thecourse of Bleecker Street, r;in a road which con-nected witli Greenwich Lane and thence to Bloom-ingdale. On the east side of Broadway connectionwas had by side streets to the Bowerj, which thenceeastward was called the Boston Post Road. Improve-. Tavorn on Broadway and Twenty-Socoiid Street. ments beyond this are of mod<»rn date. HudsonStreet, from Duane to Chambers, was not openedtill about The route from my residence on JayStreet downtown was: Jay to Hudson, to Duane, toChapel, to Chambers, to Broadway—any distance tothe Battery. My school was on Nassau Street, be-tween Liberty and Cedar. This was, of course, mydaily route. At that time, 1805-0, or therciibout,there stood at the comer of Chambers Street andBroadway, northwest corner, a row of pig pens. THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS and they were there fur some time. On the park,just inside the Chambers Street Hne, some fifty feetfrom Broadway, was the ahnshouse, or poorhouse,as it was most generall}* called, afterward the CityMuseum. Further down, on the Broadwa} side, be-tween the City Hall and Broadway, stood the Bride-well, and between it and the picket fence, on theBroadwaj side, stood t
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