. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. Junction of Broadway and Bowery, 1828. considered out of town; all north beyond as wellas the immediate vicinity was country, post and railfences dividing the land into different sized bridge spanned a small stream which conveyedwater 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 232 NEW YORK CITY LIFE were occasional dry spot
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. Junction of Broadway and Bowery, 1828. considered out of town; all north beyond as wellas the immediate vicinity was country, post and railfences dividing the land into different sized bridge spanned a small stream which conveyedwater 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 232 NEW YORK CITY LIFE were occasional dry spots in the meadow, but mostlyit was an extensive swamp. Across the stone bridge,northward, extended Broadway to as far as BleeckerStreet, whence (as I think now), following thecourse of Bleecker Street, ran a road which con-nected with Greenwich Lane and thence to Bloom-ingdale. On the east side of Broadway connectionwas had by side streets to the Bowery, which thenceeastward was called the Boston Post Road. Improve-. Tavern on Broadway and Twenty-Second Street. ments bejond this are of modern date. HudsonStreet, from Duane to Chambers, was not openedtill about 1815. 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, 1805-6, or thereabout,there stood at the corner of Chambers Street andBroadway, northwest corner, a row of pig pens, 233 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS and they were there for some time. On the park,just inside the Chambers Street Hne, some fifty feetfrom Broadway, was the almshouse, or poorhouse,as it was most generally called, afterward the CityMuseum. Further down, on the Broadway side, be-tween the City Hall and Broadway, stood the Bride-well, and between it and the picket fence, on theBroadway side, stood the public whipping-post, wherethe public flogging was done acco
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