Nooks and Corners of Old New York / Charles Hemstreet, E. C. Peixotto, and Ken Bloom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemstreet, Charles, 1866- author.

Peixotto, Ernest C., 1869-1940, author.

Bloom, Ken, 1949- author.

Series:

Excelsior editions.

Excelsior Editions Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--New York (State)--New York--History.

Historic buildings.

New York (N.Y.)--Description and travel.

New York (N.Y.).

New York (N.Y.)--History.

Genre:

History

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 137 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2023]

Summary:

"A detailed, historic guide to the rich physical history of New York City, from its founding by Dutch settlers to the turn of the 20th century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Introductory Note

List of Illustrations

Chapter I

Fort Amsterdam

Bowling Green

The Battery

Castle Garden

State Street

The "Stadhuis"

Petticoat Lane

Broad Street

Fraunces Tavern

Pearl Street

The First City Hall

First Printing Press in the Colony

Fire of 1835

Stone Street

Flat and Barrack Hill

Wall Street

Federal Hall

Where Alexander Hamilton Lived

Tontine Coffee House

Meal Market

Middle Dutch Church

Pie Woman's Lane

The Maiden's Lane

The Jack-Knife

Golden Hill

Delmonico's

John Street Church

John Street Theatre

Shakespeare Tavern

First Clinton Hall

St. George's Church

Barnum's Museum

Original Park Theatre

First Brick Presbyterian Church

Where Leisler Was Hanged

Tammany Hall

A Liberty Pole

City Hall Park

Potter's Field In City Hall Park

Third City Hall

Governor's Room

First Savings Bank

Fences of City Hall Park

Office of Aaron Burr

An Historic Window

The Tombs Prison

The Collect

The Five Points

Mulberry Bend Slum

An Ancient Church

Chatham Square

Bouwerie Lane

Kissing Bridge

Tea Water Pump

Home of Charlotte Temple

Bull's Head Tavern

First Bowery Theatre

Washington's Home on Cherry Hill

Chapter II

The Origin of Broadway

The First Graveyard

The First House Built

Tin Pot Alley

Trinity Churchyard

Annetje Jans's Farm

Oldest Grave In Trinity Churchyard

Grave of Charlotte Temple

Martyrs' Monument

A Churchyard Cryptograph

Alexander Hamilton's Tomb

Last Friend of Aaron Burr

Tomb of Capt. James Lawrence

Cresap, the Indian Fighter

Where Gov. De Lancey Was Buried

Home of the De Lanceys

Washington Market

St. Paul's Chapel

The Washington Pew in St. Paul's

The Actor Cooke's Grave

Astor House

A House of Other Days

The Road to Greenwich

St. Peter's Church

Columbia College

Chapel Place

Bowling Green Garden and First Vauxhall

A. T. Stewart's Store

First Sewing Machine

Masonic Hall

New York Hospital

Riley's Fifth Ward Hotel

St. John's Church

The Red Fort

Lispenard's Meadows

Cows on Broadway

Canal Street

Original Olympic Theatre

Greenwich Village

Sir Peter Warren

Evolution of Greenwich Streets

Duane Street Church

Richmond Hill

Burr's Pond

St. John's Burying Ground

Bedford Street Church

Where Thomas Paine Lived and Died

Admiral Warren and His Family

State Prison

Convict Labor

Quaint Houses in Wiehawken Street

Bank Street

Washington Square

Obelisk Lane

Graveyard In a Side Street

Milligan's Lane

Union Road

First Presbyterian Church

Society Library

Great Kiln Road

Weavers' Row

Graveyard Behind a Store

Love Lane

Chelsea Village

London Terrace

Chapter III

Oliver Street Baptist Church

Notes:

"Originally published by Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899."

Original title: Nooks & corners of old New York.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4384-9501-3

OCLC:

1404447551