New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-03
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From The Crdyon.


The wonders Of the Thousand and One Nights are
pa startling than the growth Of the prnclpalthoroush-
IA e of he City of New.York, which was originally
called by the Dutch setters teeie STRAIT ne name
oi Broadway as first applied TO the street IN 1917,
aro ,le more ars,ocratic name OF Here strsst-tbe
psn Of many streets Holsnd, as for instance, The
magnificent HeeIegracht in AmsterdaIn-meanlng
f.e street of the gentry, was heard no more.
An l79l, above Chambers street, 1t WAS known
&, Great George street," IN 1872 1t was called
the Middle Rosd, and only IN lcoi has the name oil
Broadway been applied to its full extent American
hietory exhibits remarkable development OF cities like
Buife TO- Cincinnati Chicago and ST. LOUIS but of all
the wonders achieved by industry energy, sud imsg-
natIon, the growth of Broadway is the great
est In 1890, lady, eighty-six years old,
remembered the time distinctly when the site of
the present st. Psuls Church was wheat field
an old man of nearly the came age remembered
when boats could pass freely over the space oi the
Battery now covered with lsIge trees AT that time
there were few streets paved. Broadway and all the
other sir,ets had their cutters in the middle. Tne
0syego malket was in Bfoad@ay opposite LAber y
street In 1897 Rutgerss orchard was on tue site OF
the present Hospital and TINS was tao saShc ..
in the town, aud the COW pastures were upon a noe
with the present Grand street. ln l|9i, tue houses
clustered tbckly around the Battery which WAS then
What the Fifth avenue is IN our days the place OF res
idence of the wealthy and fashionable. The Gov
erpors house stood opposite the Bowling Green, the
RENE Of the pleasure ground where me sturdy Datch
PLAYED 81 bowls and skttles and where on pleasant
evenings their buxom wives and rustic bellies
iOintd the merry reyel while the old Gov,
error, smoking bis long Dutch clay pipe, watched
from his window, with species OF phlegmauc
diplomacy, the movements OF the people, taking
care that nothing seeitious should be gong on;
These were happy days for the Dutch tie lrish stu
rename in ireland, aud Yankees had not yet made
their appearance in Broadway Jan had II all Lis own
way In 1871, and qusint, old fashioned way II was
AZ Jan looked from the ling Green toward the st
River he could almost fancy himself on the BoomPos
OF Rotterdam, the Priose Gracat or Anste OF Am
s.e,dsm. even in the srug, damp, cozy little nooks
Of the quay of Delft; sitting down in the evening with
HyyIoua, or MyiOuvrou, or My ongs gsjouvrou on the
steps oi his house in the Battery with plenty plpss
and huge cuts aud ontrous bowls OF tea and coffee,
he mis- ht really hsve fanced there was no such foolish
thirg the Atlantic Ocean, no such perpleAnS puzzle
AZ evil and religious liberty aid that he vas again st
ting upn the steps Of his own good house IN dear od
Ansteidsm. But after 81 these dresus were grad,
uslly broken up. At that time the buildings beyond
Trinity Church. far ss st. PauPs Chapel, were not
yet thioky placed sud it required but little ume TO
eet from thence to the broad ree country, the rural
aspect Of the street being diversified by gardens,
belds orchards, and swsmps, with here ard there q
psbhc house. Bat hard fifty yeais pass by, and Jan
has become obsolete. His progeny, the kmcAsrbock'
trs, as they cslled appear aspc ck the ocesn ~
the msss oi lrsb loIkee, German, Enslsh, and ms
o.llsneous pstonaltes which, l.ke 50 many ava
krctes, have bufst upon Brosdwsy, bGit houses 3 and
soits, tnd hotels and theaters, and soloons, ami
unseums, upon ths ti.lds, orc ards and sEamp' OF
'i uitl n ISIS the cid Here s.rsat looks already
Nefy nNc1 he mbLs'iCn Of the London S.rsnd
and tie PAIls Bouleyar Bonpe N)uvtlle. F.om 1918
to u dsy BrOadway has again been complet sly
rsnsioImeo Hardy ore of the landmarks of fif cen
yeats ego iemain With the exception of the Astor
House. the Hospital wlthits green ST psus the CITY
Hall Stuyvssan Institute and one or 40 more autiou-
hes there is eba,ge Of hoases perceptble in every
block The increase OF business was su thai trse
eioached eyerywhere, until a. this day, ex,4p,ing
arunber Of private dwelling houses beyond Prince
street, the whole Of Bi0sd@ay has bee ,me a ysst
gallery Of stoIes hesiers, facons and hotels while
churches, with the exception Of Trinity aud S.
Paafs AMI private residences, have s been removed
to The upper part Of the t0wr. Thoe which have
not ye been removed s.e in far way 10 bs So Trio.
NY ard - Psuls Churches well nigh deserted,
asa the lsoeinsee, tie old spot 50 endesrsd 10 re-
iImeJs, is no mole
The aspect Of Broadway in 1853 presents msay
suhpg estoes with elemsu,s so mixed IN cls-sc'er.
nat 10 conpAFoD wlia tie great th0roughf@res Of
EaIoptan .Pi's's cogA coavey eJuec. iaes Of Z.
E-Iy % !-s u9!rDs ;-e s.-Sst hsg'os 70 nj s.h