Old New York yesterday & today . die ^qiiatters (Arounb 42nb .Street, 1870 All the region north of 42nd Street was a rocky neighborhood, tenanted by Squatters, who put up a great battle when the work of building the Grand Central began. These Squatters had a precarious existence and depended on goats for a considerable part of their living. They were a unique feature in upper New York for many years. It was a wild country north of 42nd Street in the 6os and these rookeries covered all of what is now Central Park and along Fifth Avenue east, as well as 42nd Iilje (Erystal l^nince Not f
Old New York yesterday & today . die ^qiiatters (Arounb 42nb .Street, 1870 All the region north of 42nd Street was a rocky neighborhood, tenanted by Squatters, who put up a great battle when the work of building the Grand Central began. These Squatters had a precarious existence and depended on goats for a considerable part of their living. They were a unique feature in upper New York for many years. It was a wild country north of 42nd Street in the 6os and these rookeries covered all of what is now Central Park and along Fifth Avenue east, as well as 42nd Iilje (Erystal l^nince Not far from the rocks and shanties of 42nd Street on the east rose this palace of Industrial Arts on 42nd Street on what is nowBryant Park. It was known as the Crystal Palace and was the forerunner ot all the expositions and worlds fairs that havesince succeeded. It was erected in 1853 with P. T. Barnum as president and Washington Irving among the directors. It caughtfire one afternoon in 58 and was burned to the ground. At the extreme right is the Croton Reservoir, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, shown on another page.
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