. A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . an because of the condition of the protested so persistently that at length the au-thorities, to quiet her, put down a rough stone pave-ment. This was regarded as a wonderful piece ofwork, and people came from all parts to look at it,calling it, in joke, the stone street, which name hasever since clung to it. The professor had just finislicd his story, wdienTom, using his favorite expression, exclaimed, Hello, here is a real ])ig, broad street once more. Quite right, said the professor, it is BroadS
. A landmark history of New York; also the origin of street names and a bibliography . an because of the condition of the protested so persistently that at length the au-thorities, to quiet her, put down a rough stone pave-ment. This was regarded as a wonderful piece ofwork, and people came from all parts to look at it,calling it, in joke, the stone street, which name hasever since clung to it. The professor had just finislicd his story, wdienTom, using his favorite expression, exclaimed, Hello, here is a real ])ig, broad street once more. Quite right, said the professor, it is BroadStreet. In the old days it was the most picturesqueand truly Dutch thoroughfare of the town. The 20 A LANDMARK HISTORY OF NEW YORK water entered here from the river and formed a ditchwhich the burghers turned into a water street withbridges and a walk along the banks. This remindedthem of similar streets in their beloved Amsterdam,and it became their favorite promenade. Here theybuilt some of their best houses, with wide stoops andbenches, where the whole family could sit during the. Broad Street, 1659. From an old print in Valentines Manual t(ir 1862. pleasant summer evenings, the father smoking hislong pipe, the mother knitting, as long as the lightwould permit, and the children romping about. Theneighl)or or friend who hajipened to come along wasinvited to sit dowm and discuss some topic of the day, A LANDMARK HISTORY OF NEW YORK 21 such as Stujvesants quarrels with the burgomasters,or the likelihood of trouble with the Indians. Just below us, continued the professor, isBridge Street, so called because a bridge crossed thecreek at that point; near it is Moore Street, wherethe first dock was located and ships were moored,while just above us is Beaver Street. Beavers, youknow, played an important part in the traffic of thecolony, their skins being eagerly sought. It is said,by some, that Beaver Street was the original furcenter of the town; hence its name. But now let usget bac
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