. The greatest street in the world : the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany . the owner, Leonard Lispenard,who had married the daughter of Anthony Rutgers, theoriginal grantee from the city in 1730. Under the termsof his grant, Rutgers was obliged to drain the land; butit was not until 1792 that steps were taken to render theland useful for building purposes. Then followed planafter plan for disposing of the water of the Collect and itsoutlets; and these were of such diverging character thatin the multitude of schemes nothing was done. At last,in 1808, the proprie
. The greatest street in the world : the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany . the owner, Leonard Lispenard,who had married the daughter of Anthony Rutgers, theoriginal grantee from the city in 1730. Under the termsof his grant, Rutgers was obliged to drain the land; butit was not until 1792 that steps were taken to render theland useful for building purposes. Then followed planafter plan for disposing of the water of the Collect and itsoutlets; and these were of such diverging character thatin the multitude of schemes nothing was done. At last,in 1808, the proprietors of adjoining lands in despairat the inactivity of the local authorities, petitioned the 171 172 The Worlds Greatest Street Legislature for the appointment of a commission thatwould adopt and carry out any one plan, however im-perfect, rather than that they should continue to be heldup in their improvements by so many fluctuating result was the laying out of a street one hundredfeet wide, through the middle of which was an open ditch,or canal, with planked sides, which continued to carry. LIbPENAKU b MhADuW: lAKEX FROM THE SITE OF THE ST. NICHOLASHOTEL, BROADWAY off the water of the Collect. Trees were planted alongthe sides of the ditch and the street became populated;but this took several years to accomplish. In early days, the meadows were a favorite place forthe sportsmen of the town, as ducks, snipe, and othergame were plentiful. In the winter time, the skatersoccupied the frozen meadows, and the slopes of the hills From Canal Street to Union Square 173 were convenient coasting places for the younger Trinity Church farm extended as far north as this onthe shore of the Hudson. Wishing to help the LutheranChurch located at Rector Street, the Trinity corporationoffered it several acres of land near the meadows; butafter looking it over, the ojfificers of the Lutheran Churchdeclined the offer, as the land, in their opinion, was not
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