. The greatest street in the world : the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany . ed a tavern onthis site, moving from his place opposite the City Hall atWall Street, corner of Broad, where he had conducted amost fashionable public house, the headquarters of theanti-Leislerians, for several years previously. In 1763,Mr. Steel advertises that he has moved the KingsArms Tavern from opposite the Exchange [Broad andPearl streets] to the Broadway, at the lower end, op-posite the fort. The innkeepers of that time were inthe habit of carrying with them the signs of their tav
. The greatest street in the world : the story of Broadway, old and new, from the Bowling Green to Albany . ed a tavern onthis site, moving from his place opposite the City Hall atWall Street, corner of Broad, where he had conducted amost fashionable public house, the headquarters of theanti-Leislerians, for several years previously. In 1763,Mr. Steel advertises that he has moved the KingsArms Tavern from opposite the Exchange [Broad andPearl streets] to the Broadway, at the lower end, op-posite the fort. The innkeepers of that time were inthe habit of carrying with them the signs of their tavernsif they had been popular ones. This practice has some-times caused difficulty in identifying the sites of the oldtaverns and their owners. In 1766, we find in an ad-vertisement that: Concerts of Music are given by 46 The Worlds Greatest Street Edward Bardin, innkeeper, at the Kings Arms gardenin the Broadway, three times a week in the evening, in aneat and commodious room in the garden; tickets i^.The Kings Arms, being so close to the fort, enjoyedgreat popularity during the Revolution and the days. THE KINGS ARMS, ATLANTIC GARDEN, IN 1765 (From Valentines Manual for 1856) preceding it, and was the headquarters of General Gageduring the time he was commander-in-chief. It escapedthe fire of 1776 and was continued as a hotel for manyyears afterwards, becoming the Atlantic Garden towardthe end of its career, which terminated about i860, whenthe property became a place for the storage of cars forone of the city lines. The Kings Arms is of special interest m connectionwith Benedict Arnold, whose quarters were in this build-ing after his desertion of the American cause. The Broadway to Wall Street 47 patriots were very anxious to get possession of the traitor,and many schemes were proposed to accompUsh this pur-pose. The most famous is that of Sergeant Champe ofLight Horse Harry Lees squadron of came to an understanding with his commander,and then dehberately dese
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