. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. NEW YORK CITY LIFE one of whom, Tunis De3% is remenibered in thename of Dey Street; and another, Oloff S. VanCortlandt, in the name of Cortlandt Street. VanCortlandt Hved on the site of the Trinitj- building,and had a sugar-house in the rear. Van Cortlandtwas one of the Nine Men who so resolutelj op-posed Governor Stuyvesant and insisted upon thepeople being represented in the government. Hisclosest associates were Vander Donck and Van Dinck-. Corner of Broadway and Cortlandt Street, 1846. lagen. The Vans made things
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. NEW YORK CITY LIFE one of whom, Tunis De3% is remenibered in thename of Dey Street; and another, Oloff S. VanCortlandt, in the name of Cortlandt Street. VanCortlandt Hved on the site of the Trinitj- building,and had a sugar-house in the rear. Van Cortlandtwas one of the Nine Men who so resolutelj op-posed Governor Stuyvesant and insisted upon thepeople being represented in the government. Hisclosest associates were Vander Donck and Van Dinck-. Corner of Broadway and Cortlandt Street, 1846. lagen. The Vans made things hot for Stuyvesantand succeeded in their spirited contest. We blesstheir memories, and continue to honor them. Southof Cortlandt Street were the stores of two greatmercJiants—John Bowie Dash, ironmonger, and JohnJacob Astor, furrier. A picture of those old timesmay be seen by any one who will take the troubleto go to the corner of Old Slip and Front Street, theoffice of the HoUand Coffee Company. On the dooris Bowie Dashs sign, and standing in the doorway 191 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS may be seen one of New Yorks old merchants cometo life. Tall and spare he is, with furry beaver hat—broad at the crown, choker about his neck, genteelblack suit, smooth-shaven face, and keen twinklingeyes. Dont stare at him, but just walk by andadmire him. Van Tienhoven owned the next planta-tion on the east side of Broadway, extending to thepoint where Broadway turned into the Bowery was a portion of this plantatio
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