New York and Its Environs (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from New York and Its EnvironsThis aims to be a work worthy of the great city to which it is a guide. It is not intended to usurp the functions of a directory, but to point -out and describe such features of New York City and its varied life, as an intelligent and cultured stranger might be interested in seeing, care having been taken to discriminate between what is of interest to New Yorkers only and what a visitor to the city would find worthy of attention. There is much in New York which must be familiar to those who have long resided in it or have been enterprising enough to explore it, which can have no place in a guide, if only because too many details would tend to confuse rather than enlighten a stranger. Yet the author believes that many New Yorkers who consider themselves familiar with their city may first learn from this book what a really wonderful and attractive place they live in. Con siderable historical matter has been introduced in the description of what may, by comparison, be called the ancient part of the city - that portion of it which lies below Canal street - for only in this way could an ade quate idea be conveyed of the developement of. The little Dutch trading post of New Amsterdam into the stately metropolis of the New World. The stockade erected along the present line of Wall street as a means of defense against Indian attacks, the skiff which constituted the ferry to Brooklyn, starting from what is now the corner of Exchange place and Broad street, down the ditch which ran through the latter street, cattle grazing on the common pasture where City Hall Park now is.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.