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Cliff Street—locus of our
hero’s first residence in the city—is today little more than a back alley among
skyscrapers. Here (courtesy of Google Earth) we look south from Fulton
Street
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Looking west from Pearl
Street, one can see that the improbable “cliff” has been reduced to a small
rise.
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Stone Street was
apparently the first paved street in Manhattan! Here we look west into the side
of the Customs House (1907), now the National Museum of the American
Indian.
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Facing the opposite
direction, we look into 85 Broad Street (1983), the lobby of which
straddles Stone Street—fictional location of Martin’s grocery and Miss Chapman’s
boarding house.
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A plaque in the sidewalk
of 85 Broad Street (the Goldman Sachs building) maps the streets of
colonial New York.
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Looking NE on Stone
Street, the area zoned for historical preservation post-dates the 1835 New
York fire.
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It has become a popular
restaurant area, particularly in the summer. Mill Lane was the site of the
first synagogue in New York City (1730).
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Looking east down Wall
Street. Brooklyn is clearly visible in the background.
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Looking northeast at the
corner of Wall & Water Streets. This was the location of the Manhattan
slave market built in 1711.
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Looking southeast from
Wall & Water. Over his checkered computer career, your author worked in
three of these skyscrapers.
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The old Customs House—in 1759 the site
of Fort George—is
seen from the north through the trees of Bowling Green. Broadway is on the
left. The Charging Bull was added
in 1989.
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A fixture since the beginnings
of New Amsterdam, Bowling Green has seen many ups and downs. Currently,
it’s a small but delightful urban oasis.
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Trinity Church (1846)
seen from Wall & Broad Streets. This is the third Anglican/Episcopal
church built on its site.
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The south side of the
Trinity Church cemetery. Marinus Willett’s stone is located just steps outside this
picture.
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Federal Hall (1842) at
Wall & Broad Streets was built where the city hall had stood from 1700
to 1812—where our hero located property records. The NY Stock Exchange
(1903) is on the left.
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