The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . Side uf Broiulway between Duaue and Pearl Streets, 1807. statement was made at Sing Sing, February 24,1874, and the conversation was stated to have oc-curred on October 2G, 1870.) Across Chambers Street is the National Shoe andLeather Bank. It occupies an interesting tower-likebuilding, with the luxury of two massive stone pil-lars that support nothing except sentiment. This isthe site of the pig pens of 1805. Now, instead ofpig pens there is a bank, with a capital oi <Miemil
The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time; New York City life in all its various phases . Side uf Broiulway between Duaue and Pearl Streets, 1807. statement was made at Sing Sing, February 24,1874, and the conversation was stated to have oc-curred on October 2G, 1870.) Across Chambers Street is the National Shoe andLeather Bank. It occupies an interesting tower-likebuilding, with the luxury of two massive stone pil-lars that support nothing except sentiment. This isthe site of the pig pens of 1805. Now, instead ofpig pens there is a bank, with a capital oi <Miemillion dollars, and vriih resources of five and a 229 THE AMERICAN METROPOLIS half millioiit;, aud depobitfe of four and a half mil-lions, occupying an eleven stoiy building. Broadwaj was* not graded above Duane Streetuntil 1797. The Broadwaj- Theater on the east side,between Pearl and Duane Streets, was made famousby the anti-slavery speeches of AVendell Phillips andGerrit Smith, which were delivered there. Captain Walter Bicker, in the Christian Intelli-gencer, told of his recollections of the old stone bridge. The Stone Brids-e, 1800. at Canal Street and Broadwa}-. He said: I remem-ber mj grandfathers funeral, which must have beenin the year 180u. I was then fom* years old. Otherlittle incidents I remember as occurring at this time,and in 1803 my fathers famil}* moved up into Jaj-Street, corner of Staple Street. At this time thestreets in this neighborhood were not paved, hardlygraded. This I remember was the case with JayStreet. Soon afterward it was paved with cobble 230 NEW YORK CITY LIFE stones, the sidewalks were laiil with red bricks, andthe curb was of oak timbers placetl edj^ewise. Aboutthis time, or somewhat later, an attempt was made
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