Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1848-08-17

The Census of1845 showed the population to
be $4,000. By these statistics, one may calcu-
late from the previous data the number of build
mgs in given year, and follow up with some de-
gree of uniformity the progress of building. The
growth of New York is seen to have been very ir-
regular in its progression. The two principal i'm
pulses it has received were undoubtedly, the Peace
after the Revolution and the opening of The Erie
Canal. As its progress has been up in respect to
numbers or figures, so has it been up necessarily
in respect to the direction ofits buildings. Wall
st. was so called from wall which extended a.
long its site, inclosng the northern border of the
town. Now tOiCn is all the way for l-2 miles
northward. from one side of the isle to the other
it has travelled over the Collect Ia name derived
apparently from its synonymous name Kplch,
meaning " fresh water') in Centre-st. and eny.
rons, and then the Lispenard meadows neal the
intersection of Laurens-st. by Spring street, fill
ing them up; graded hills; and has arrived at its
momentary stopping place near Thirty -tifth-st.-
We make no account of the scattering buildings
beyond and extending to One Hundred and Fifty
filthst q l-2 miles from Wall-st) Yet has it
extended literally. GIeehwch-st on the one hand,
and Pearl on the other, mark nearly the former
boundaries of the water. Even where St. Johns
park on Hudsoh-st is, there was sandy beach.
In 1915, ST. Johns Church was in the suburbs OF
the town. Of Summer Sunday. the truant ears
of the denizehS who had repaired thither might be
found listening as much TO the cackling of the
,bo Je n
the sermon. In 1919, the first house had appeared
on L.aight.st At that time there were no streets
laid out north from there, In line east to west,
except Broadway which above Cana-st was
confronted bv not more than 200 or 800 buildings.
Grand-st. was completed to the East River about
this time--the country north from it being mostly
bare In 1921. the canal in Canal ST. was built,
whence that street began TO be built on. This
canal was subterranean duct for conveying a
way the water from the Collect and other low pla-
ces Bleecker-st on the west, and Bond-st. on
the east, began to be built about the year 1925.
At first the inclination to build was to the East
River In l744, of the I.l4l houses then erected,
but 1879 were on the west side from Brodway.-
The inclination subsequently changed to the North
River but now the pace is about even.
We have met with no records giving informa-
ton of the number of buildings erected in given
years, respectively, in time previous to 1925. In
that wear there were 500 houses built, which is
the largest number so far as we can learn, that
has ever been built in New York in any given
year This was following the opening Of the E.
rie Canal The impetus.to building by the opening
of this Canal continued to be great for several
years.
Arriving more nearly down to the present we
find that the number of erections for the year lS47
was I646. decline from the previous year Of GA.
OF these erectons, the proportion of to have
been OH the different avenues and streets named
numerically. A sixth part Of the whole number
were built between Twentieth and Thirtieth SITS.
inclusive, exclusive of the intersecting avenues.
Among the more prominent buildings being e.
rscted. we mention the Free Academy, corner Of
Lexington. avenue and Twenty third st. Rev. Dr.
ITyng's ST. Georges Episcopal Church, on the
Second avenue, between Sixteenth and Seven
teenth sts.; German Catholic Church, to be called
the ST. Nicholas, on Third st between First-aven-
ue and Avenue A ain Irish Catholic Church, cor
ner Avenue b and Eighth-s large hotel in
Broadway corner OF Chambers. by the Messrs. How
ard, former proprietors of Howard's Hotel and a
'hf-sel corner Of Ftankfort and Chatham sis. by