Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . ?M. VIEW OF NORTH RIVER SHORE TOWARDS LISPENARDS, 1761. It was not until after the Revolution that the streets (presentGreenwich and Washington), originally designed more than half acentury previous, were regulated or improved as streets, except inoccasional places. Two or three piers were erected on the west sideof Greenwich street, between Cortland and Fulton streets, previousto the Revolution ; and one large building, used for the deposit of ar-tillery stores, occupied the block between Cortland and Dey streets,but below
Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . ?M. VIEW OF NORTH RIVER SHORE TOWARDS LISPENARDS, 1761. It was not until after the Revolution that the streets (presentGreenwich and Washington), originally designed more than half acentury previous, were regulated or improved as streets, except inoccasional places. Two or three piers were erected on the west sideof Greenwich street, between Cortland and Fulton streets, previousto the Revolution ; and one large building, used for the deposit of ar-tillery stores, occupied the block between Cortland and Dey streets,but below Liberty street the river shore was in its natural conditionuntil near the commencement of the present century. x::^^ ff mt ^tl; C^l ccC/( P^ ^<^i \. a 6= Yl 1^ a^.^sJi^- ^»^ ^^^^ 4^^: until near the commenceme 551 THE MEADOWS AND COLLECT POND. The Collect Pond was the most noted geographical feature of thelower part of Manhattan Island, when in its natural state. The pondwas fed hy several springs, and was very deep, and contained varietiesof fish. Its natural outl
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