A home geography of New York city . IkOCKAWAv Beach terminals here. In this park there are shade trees and numerousbenches and it is a cool and pleasant spot in summer. The viewfrom the sea wall is interesting. Battery Park is nearly all made land. The building now usedas an aquarium is- one of the oldest and best known buildings inour city. It was once a fort, and the spot on which it stands wasonce an island. The fort was changed into a place of amusementand was called Castle Garden. Later on it became a landing placefor immigrants. 90 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY. Copyrighted, 11)02, by
A home geography of New York city . IkOCKAWAv Beach terminals here. In this park there are shade trees and numerousbenches and it is a cool and pleasant spot in summer. The viewfrom the sea wall is interesting. Battery Park is nearly all made land. The building now usedas an aquarium is- one of the oldest and best known buildings inour city. It was once a fort, and the spot on which it stands wasonce an island. The fort was changed into a place of amusementand was called Castle Garden. Later on it became a landing placefor immigrants. 90 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY. Copyrighted, 11)02, by Irving Underhill Cathedral Heights and Mohningside Park Bowling Green is a small park at the beginning of has been called the cradle of New York and, although so small,it is of great interest to us. Morningside Park is an irregular piece of land extending from110th street to 123d street. It is situated on the eastern border and slope of a this park there aretrees, a great varietyof shrubs, and section immedi-ately west of Morning-side Park is known asCathedral and stairwayslead from the park to these heights. St. Lukes Hospital and thenew cathedral are on Cathedral Heights. A short walk will take youto Columbia University, whose buildings stand on historic ground. Fort GreenePark is a beautifulsmall park in theborough of Brook-lyn. As it is higherthan the surround-ing streets, goodviews may be ob-tained from it. It is interesting to us because during the Revolu-tion a fort stood there. Many soldiers who died in th
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