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Manhattan was first mapped during a 1609 voyage of Henry Hudson, an Englishman who worked for the Dutch East India Company. [15] Hudson came across Manhattan Island and the native people living there, and continued up the river that would later bear his name, the Hudson River, until he arrived at the site of present-day Albany. [16]
Roosevelt Street was a street located in the Two Bridges district of Lower Manhattan, which existed from the British colonial period up until the early 1950s, running from Pearl Street at Park Row (Chatham Street) southeast to South Street. [1] It ran parallel to James Street, one block west. [2]
2. Cartography: an essay on the development of knowledge regarding the geography of the east coast of North America; Manhattan Island and its environs on early maps and charts / by F.C. Wieder and I.N. Phelps Stokes. The Manatus maps. The Castello plan. The Dutch grants. Early New York newspapers (1725–1811). Plan of Manhattan Island in 1908
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
Manhattan (/ m æ n ˈ h æ t ən, m ə n-/ ⓘ man-HAT-ən, mən-) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York.
The oldest known picture of the house was taken around 1864, when the Ward family still lived in the house. [90] The Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank took over the house in 1876 after foreclosing on the property. [86] [90] At the time, the Wards owed $53,402 (equivalent to $1,528,000 in 2023 [c]). [90]
7. New York (1624) In 1624 the Dutch West India Co. founded New York City but called it New Amsterdam.Located at the southern tip of Manhattan Island, the settlement was intended to serve as a ...
The Hulls moved into the property c1800 but built the house in 1820. The house is the oldest stone house in Erie county. LaTourette House Staten Island 1836 1836 brick Federal-style building now used as clubhouse for city-owned golf course. [18] Anshe Slonim Synagogue: Lower Manhattan: 1849 Oldest surviving synagogue building in New York City