. Nooks & corners of old New York . sevelt Street. Madison Banker Street having become a by-word, because of the objectionable char-acter of its inhabitants, the name waschanged to Madison Street in 1826. Between Jefferson and Clinton Streets,and south of Henry, was a pond, theonly bit of water which, in early days,emptied into the East River betweenwhat afterward became Roosevelt Streetand Houston Street. A wet meadow,rather than a distinct stream, ex-tended from this pond to the river as anoutlet. This became later the region ofshipyards. 13+ OF OLD NEW YORK On what is now Cherry Street, be-
. Nooks & corners of old New York . sevelt Street. Madison Banker Street having become a by-word, because of the objectionable char-acter of its inhabitants, the name waschanged to Madison Street in 1826. Between Jefferson and Clinton Streets,and south of Henry, was a pond, theonly bit of water which, in early days,emptied into the East River betweenwhat afterward became Roosevelt Streetand Houston Street. A wet meadow,rather than a distinct stream, ex-tended from this pond to the river as anoutlet. This became later the region ofshipyards. 13+ OF OLD NEW YORK On what is now Cherry Street, be- Where * Nathan II;ile tween Clinton and Jefferson Streets, Was Hanged was the house of Col. Henry Rutgers, the Revolutionary patriot, and his farm extended from that point in all direc^ tions. On a tree of this farm Nathan Hale, the martyr spy of the Revolution, was hanged, September 22y 1776. On this same farm the Church of the Sea and Land, still standing with its three-foot walls, at Market and Henry Streets, was built in ? Ctiimh of S« & Land - NOOKS AND CORNERS In 1828, at the corner of Henry andScammel Streets, was erected All SaintsChurch (Episcopal), It still stands,now hemmed in by is a low rock structure. A bit ofgreen, a stunted tree and some shrubsstill struggle through the bricks at therear of the church, and can be seenthrough a tall iron railing from narrowScammel Street. In 1825 the churchoccupied a chapel on Grand Street atthe corner of Columbia, F,rst The first house designed especially Tenement , .. , House for many tenants was bmlt in 1833,in Water Street just east of Jackson, onwhich site is now included CorlearsHook Park. It was four stories inheight, and arranged for one family oneach noon It was built by ThomasPrice, and owned by James P. Allaire,whose noted engine works were close byin Cherry Street, between Walnut (nowJackson) and Corlears Street. 136 OF OLD NEW YORK Where Grand and Pitt Streets crossis the top of a hill for
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