. When old New York was young . HALF AN HOUR ON GOLDEN HILL from four to six stories high — skyscrapersfor those days. In the first days of the nine-^teenth century the entire thoroughfare hadbecome Pearl Street. Whatever it may oncehave enjoyed of country green, and unob-structed river breezes, no trace of themremains. It is now a cramped and gloomyway, darkened by the structure of the elevat-ed road from above, and by an irregular lineof unattractive buildings on each side. Within sight of the ground on whichstood Washingtons house, turn off and fol-low Fulton Street to the west, and you hav
. When old New York was young . HALF AN HOUR ON GOLDEN HILL from four to six stories high — skyscrapersfor those days. In the first days of the nine-^teenth century the entire thoroughfare hadbecome Pearl Street. Whatever it may oncehave enjoyed of country green, and unob-structed river breezes, no trace of themremains. It is now a cramped and gloomyway, darkened by the structure of the elevat-ed road from above, and by an irregular lineof unattractive buildings on each side. Within sight of the ground on whichstood Washingtons house, turn off and fol-low Fulton Street to the west, and you havecompleted the circuit of Golden Hill. ,!>] KIPS BAY AND KIPS HOUSE. Kip5 6/ / /\N0 nipi nou^^ ^i=- <V ^^ ^ KIPS BAY AND KIPS HOUSE THE records tell plainly enough thatJacob Kip lived four miles from thecity; that his farm of one hundredand fifty acresstretched along theEast River shore;and that close byhis house was alittle cove calledKips Bay, wheregreat trees on thebank cast their shadows, plainly seen reflectedin the placid water. But if you look for Kips Bay and Kipshouse now, you will find all changed. Thereis no farm, no cove. There are no toweringtrees. For in the two hundred and fifty L!5J
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