The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . i(!!:i:; The Present Grace Church at Tenth Street. The Old Grace Church at Rector Street. was established uponit, has had many in-teresting the Broadway cor-ner was the first Lu-theran Church, whichwas destroyed in thefire of 1776, that sweptover Trinity Churchat the same time. That was succeeded in 1808 by the first buildingof Grace Church. The present beautiful churchbuilding at 10th Street and Broadway was erectedin 1844, and was thought to be very far uptown.
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . i(!!:i:; The Present Grace Church at Tenth Street. The Old Grace Church at Rector Street. was established uponit, has had many in-teresting the Broadway cor-ner was the first Lu-theran Church, whichwas destroyed in thefire of 1776, that sweptover Trinity Churchat the same time. That was succeeded in 1808 by the first buildingof Grace Church. The present beautiful churchbuilding at 10th Street and Broadway was erectedin 1844, and was thought to be very far uptown. 142 NEW YUKK CITY LIFE The successor of the interesting old cliurches atRector Street is the Arcade building, which lias notan ancient history, and has no imposing front, Initwill long ho remembered bj- New Yorkers of thisgincration, even though a greater building is nowrapidly rising. The plans for the new buildingshow that it will be twenty stories in height,and that it will cost one million dollars. It isestimated that seventy thousand elevated railroadpassengers passed through the hall of the ArcadeIniiltl
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