. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. Block on West Side of Broadway, between Prince and Houston Streets, \SS>A. foundation the ground was found to be very wet,the place having been a meadow filled in. Theproject was abandoned and the church edifice erected 231 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS where it now stands. At that time Hudson Streetwas not opened beyond Laight Street. Leonard Lis-penards house stood very nearly or quite on a hnewith the direction of the street (in a full oppositionto the opening of the street), on an eminence whichvery properly might be cal
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. Block on West Side of Broadway, between Prince and Houston Streets, \SS>A. foundation the ground was found to be very wet,the place having been a meadow filled in. Theproject was abandoned and the church edifice erected 231 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS where it now stands. At that time Hudson Streetwas not opened beyond Laight Street. Leonard Lis-penards house stood very nearly or quite on a hnewith the direction of the street (in a full oppositionto the opening of the street), on an eminence whichvery properly might be called a hill. Broadway wasnot paved beyond the stone bridge, which stoodwhere Canal Street now crosses Broadway. Thiswas a famous resort for us schoolboys. It was. Junction of Broadway and Bowery, 1828. considered out of town; all north beyond as wellas the immediate vicinity was country, post and railfences dividing the land into different sized bridge spanned a small stream which conveyedwater from the Collect on the east side of Broad-way (where now stands the Tombs) to the westside, where was an extensive meadow covering mostof the ground from Broadway to the North Riverand from Lispenard Street to Spring Street. There 232 NEW YORK CITY LIFE were occasional dry spots in the meadow, but mostlyit was an extensive swamp. Across the stone bridge,northward, extended Broadway to as far as BleeckerStreet, whence (as I think now), following thecourse of Bleecker Street, ran a road which con-nected with Greenwich Lane and thence to Bloom-ingdale. On the east side of Broadway connectionwas had by side streets to the Bowery, which thenceeastward was called the Boston Post Road. Improve-
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