. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. lettenherg^ which may be freelytranslated as a flat hill. It could not be expectedthat the English would appreciate this Dutch nameany more than they did other names which theycorrupted. They called the hill Flatten-Barrack,^which was as near as they could get to the Dutchof it. They had no doubt that barrack^ ^ wasright, for the soldiers lived in the little batteryhouse; so ^Flatten-Barrack^^ it was, of course;and then the pathway became ^^Flatten-BarrackAllen. Later it was plain Barrack Street, thenit was called Oyster
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. lettenherg^ which may be freelytranslated as a flat hill. It could not be expectedthat the English would appreciate this Dutch nameany more than they did other names which theycorrupted. They called the hill Flatten-Barrack,^which was as near as they could get to the Dutchof it. They had no doubt that barrack^ ^ wasright, for the soldiers lived in the little batteryhouse; so ^Flatten-Barrack^^ it was, of course;and then the pathway became ^^Flatten-BarrackAllen. Later it was plain Barrack Street, thenit was called Oyster Pastey Alley, and after thatTin Pot Alley. It is such a ridiculous littlestreet that the people have had fun with it, andnow, under the commonplace name of ExchangeAlley, with the two old cannons removed from the 141 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS Broadway corners, we have almost forgotten it. In1737 a lot on the southeast corner of Exchange Placeand Broadway, 34x75 feet, brought ninety-five pounds. Rector Street, sonamed because theresidence of the rec-tor of Trinity Church.
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