A home geography of New York city . eenwich street, which 150 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY was then on the Hudson river. It was built to defend the city onthe north, and at certain places along the wall there were blockhouses. The city wall was guarded day and night by soldiers. At Pearl street and the East river, and at Broadway and Wallstreet, there were strong, heavy gates which were locked at entrance to the city at the East river was called the Water Gate. The en-trance at Broad-way was called theLand Gate. Broad-way was the prin-cipal street andextended fromBowling Green tot
A home geography of New York city . eenwich street, which 150 HOME GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK CITY was then on the Hudson river. It was built to defend the city onthe north, and at certain places along the wall there were blockhouses. The city wall was guarded day and night by soldiers. At Pearl street and the East river, and at Broadway and Wallstreet, there were strong, heavy gates which were locked at entrance to the city at the East river was called the Water Gate. The en-trance at Broad-way was called theLand Gate. Broad-way was the prin-cipal street andextended fromBowling Green tothe Land Gate,and then beyondto City Hall Park,which was only apasture where cows were kept from early morning until sundown. The town herdsman took care of the peoples cows. He calledfor them every morning at sunrise, drove them to the pasture, andlooked after them during the day. A little before sunset he drovethe cows back to the city, and stopped at every gate to blow liishorn and thus tell the people that then- cow was at The Water Gate at Pearl Street and the East River CHAPTER XXXII DUTCH CHILDREN A little boy wasasked to tell some-thing he knewabout the Dutchsettlers. He an-swered: Theylived in brickhouses with high,steep, pointedroofs; they werevery clean, andhad Christmastrees and crullers,and the fathersmoked a long pipeand liked to playninepins on Bow-ling Green. This littleboys answer givesone a good idea of the pleasant home life of the Dutch. A high, steep, pointed roof,such as the boy described, is called a gable roof. The top floor of 151
Size: 1955px × 1278px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bo, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidhomegeographyofn00stra
