. Nooks & corners of old New York . Gold fct Pint 3t« NOOKS AND CORNERS Golden Hill Qf the Dutch, is still to be seen in thehigh ground around Cliff and GoldStreets. Pearl Street near John showsa sweeping curve where it circled aroundthe hills base, and the same sort of curve is seen inMaiden Lane on thesouth and FultonStreet on the first blood ofthe Revolution wasshed on this hillin January, 1770,after the British sol-diers had cut downa liberty pole set upby the Liberty fight occurredon open ground backof an inn which stillstands at 122 Wil-liam Street, and iscommemorated
. Nooks & corners of old New York . Gold fct Pint 3t« NOOKS AND CORNERS Golden Hill Qf the Dutch, is still to be seen in thehigh ground around Cliff and GoldStreets. Pearl Street near John showsa sweeping curve where it circled aroundthe hills base, and the same sort of curve is seen inMaiden Lane on thesouth and FultonStreet on the first blood ofthe Revolution wasshed on this hillin January, 1770,after the British sol-diers had cut downa liberty pole set upby the Liberty fight occurredon open ground backof an inn which stillstands at 122 Wil-liam Street, and iscommemorated in atablet on the wall of. 1 H Golden HiU Iftii OF OLD NEW YORK a building at the corner of John andWilliam Streets. It reads : GOLDEN HILL *HERE, JAN. 18, 1770THE FIGHT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THESONS OF LIBERTY AND THEBRITISH REGULARS, I fiTH FOOTFIRST BLOODSHED IN THEWAR OF THE REVOLUTION The inn is much the same as in earlydays, except that many buildings crowdabout it now, and modern paint hasmade it hideous to antiquarian eyes. On the east side of William Street, a DdmomcoSfew doors south of Fulton, John Del-monico opened a dingy little bake shopin 1823, acted as chef and waiter, andbuilt up the name and business whichto-day is synonymous with good 1832 he removed to 23 WilliamStreet. Burned out there in 1835, hesoon opened on a larger scale with his 25 NOOKS AND CORNERS brother at William and Beaver Streets}on which site is still an establishmentunder the Delmonico name. In timehe set up various places—at ChambersStreet and Broadway; Fourteenth Streetand Fifth Avenue; Twenty-sixth Streetand Broadw
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