. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . Capitol of the United States, and the site ofwhich is still in itse for public purposes, thus perpetuating theinfluence of the original selection of that site down to the presentday. The selection of the site of that building doubtless had refer-ence to its prominence as the head of Broad street, which hadthen recently been improved by the construction of an inclosedsewer in place of the ditch which originally ran through thegreater part of its extent. This improvement made the street ofunusual if not imposing width in tho
. Manual of the corporation of the city of New York, for the years .. . Capitol of the United States, and the site ofwhich is still in itse for public purposes, thus perpetuating theinfluence of the original selection of that site down to the presentday. The selection of the site of that building doubtless had refer-ence to its prominence as the head of Broad street, which hadthen recently been improved by the construction of an inclosedsewer in place of the ditch which originally ran through thegreater part of its extent. This improvement made the street ofunusual if not imposing width in those times when narrow laneswere the characteristics of towns everywhere. To add to thismeans of affording a conspicuous site for the new building wasthe circumstance that the upper end of Broad street was consid-erably elevated. There was no continuation of Broad street beyondthe city wall, although a lane had been marked out on the presentline of Nassau street, which being afterward improved, was de-signated by the cognomen of the street that runs by the
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