. The greatest street in the world : the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany . as far westas the Fitzroy Road (Eighth Avenue). The driversof that day used to come as far as the Bucks Horn, thenturn through the quiet and shady Love Lane to Chelsea,and thence by the river road through Greenwich villageback to the city across the Lispenard meadows. Threehotels still stand in this section between Union Squareand Twenty-third Street; these are the Continental, atthe northeast corner of Twentieth Street; the Bancroft,at the corner of Twenty-first Street, and the Barthold
. The greatest street in the world : the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany . as far westas the Fitzroy Road (Eighth Avenue). The driversof that day used to come as far as the Bucks Horn, thenturn through the quiet and shady Love Lane to Chelsea,and thence by the river road through Greenwich villageback to the city across the Lispenard meadows. Threehotels still stand in this section between Union Squareand Twenty-third Street; these are the Continental, atthe northeast corner of Twentieth Street; the Bancroft,at the corner of Twenty-first Street, and the Bartholdi,at the southeast corner of Twenty-third Street. Nearly on the site of the old Bucks Horn Tavern,Abbeys Park Theatre stood in the seventies and eighties. From Union Square to Forty-Second Street 235 The stock company was one of the best in New York,containing several actors who later joined Dalys com-pany. Between seasons many well-known actors ap-peared; among them, Mrs. Langtry, who made herAmerican debut upon this stage. The house was plannedby Dion Boucicault, but he got into difficulties and was. THE SITE OF THE FLATIRON BUILDING not its manager when it opened in 1874. It came underthe management of Abbey on November 2], 1876, theactress Lotta being his financial backer. Among theplays first given here was The Gilded Age in which JohnT. Raymond appeared as the protagonist, ColonelMulberry Sellers. The play was founded on MarkTwains story of the same name, and I was presenton the opening night and heard the famous humori::t 236 The Worlds Greatest Street make one of his characteristic speeches. The house wasdestroyed by fire, October 30, 1882, several hoursbefore the evening performance, and was not rebuilt. The high building at the junction of Broadway andFifth Avenue is one of the curiosities of New York archi-tecture, and from its resemblance in shape to the commonhousehold utensil is popularly called the Flat-ironBuilding. Its site was owned by Eno of the SecondNationa
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