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Identifier: oldnewyorkyester00brow (find matches)
Title: Old New York yesterday & today
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961
Subjects: Historic buildings
Publisher: New York : Priv. print for Valentine's Manual and to be sold at the Sign of the Dog and Duck
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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fflasitle darbeit m 1850 This is now our Aquarium. It was originally built as one of the main defences in the War of 1812 and was named Fort Clinton. It was originally separated from the mainland by a stretch of water which was filled in prior to 1850. After the peace, it became a great popular place ot amusement and was the scene of Jenny Linds first appearance in America under the great P. T. Barnum. It then became the receiving station for emigrants, many of whom settled in the West and elsewhere, and still remember old Castle Garden. The present Aquarium, daily open to the public, is one of the most interesting features of modern New York. Courtesy Down Town Association
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^rcBcnt ^tte of pSorlii ^uUbtng anb ^ntranre tn tlje ^roofelgit Brtbge, 1853 Nothing shows the great changes in New York better than the substitution of the great East River Bridge entrance and the World Building for these wooden shacks that stood opposite City Hall Park in the 50s. This is Park Row, popularly known as Newspaper Row, where many of New Yorks great dailies were published. Only the World and the New York Tribune remain on this block. The great Municipal Building leading to the new Civic Centre is across the way.

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