The sun., 1883-12-16
LITTLE BnoADwArs IN NEW FORK.
Traces Of Former cities and villages that
have Gone 60 Make UP the Metropolls.

| Traces of Former cities and villages that
have Gene 60 Make Up the Metropolis
Tho maps OF New York are not, like those
| OF London. Uttered over with the names OF
towns absorbed in the city's growth and yet
| Now York got its present size by the separate
growth Of smaller settlements on Manhattan
Island. This is perceptibe on the maps, too. IL
one knows where TO look for 1t, and still moro
readily perceptible in the streets IL one looks
| about him rs he walks. The process OF solidi-
| fcation is going on to-day. Harlem stands by
itself and there are farms between, II an and In, the
lem are still separated by. tho Harlem flats.
although that sunkcn area is sgrowing smaller
the are fully laid and though
there ge%nn GsnSt npa
% CarmansviiIc. ans @ and Fort iyoISi WssRnston. % wan
The anno5ed district with its str sprnk;ling Il; OF
how Manhattan Island was, settled thirty years
ths Il W tbaa m III S Nsw Sss
and llsh5rl9 9ssyiIis 9sv viii iorn sse soidy Sat
West Farms and Fordham win then have be-
s' SS nst %boy yHra ass hsr Eqr M GsS S
n in half century. Pearl street rec. which @ / was ,,l
So race It's o@er
] Shadow BY y STss 3 Ss s to
shops as made up tho business portions Of tho
have have 'GsS dsd fs bessse e"is they o' M
9s heart n9 Gf ,bo district Of awe9ss
over the ferry at the u river T' end Of tis street
crate wants OF the house epcr Of small means.
A. Htte city full OF people is able to live nicely
| trade They lind shoe stores clothing stores.
hardware stores. thread and needle shops and
ss SsRsms y sksd wa FsGa reS S SS
dealers, general tinkcrs. coeblers and all tho
small contributors to tn. general comfort are
were born there stay and dic thors also. and
arc as we'll known and as frequently the sub,
was Was ylIaso ''BsH BY tself Dis ike FIaibash: III "
, But the most remarkable case Of refusal to
Be found r''ti in the old Ninth INV ward. which is still
h pHGG by s bs anS Snh assnd Isrd
G just te oasdo Of the ms Of the the Old ase
of greenwich. Wthin tho momory OF men ,,,
Hn3f hS %hds anG snss rSa d hs '
member when well.to-do New. Workers had
country houses in Greenwich, and went snuirrel
bathing, In the country between ,Grcenwich and
Blloyo,mingdale, 70, which is now the district west
difference between tho Ninth ward nm, and 1T its
teen tn wards. Even the streets Of the Ninth
ward are at variance with those OF tue rest Of
and al are set contrariwise to the general di-
rection OF tho main sd system OF streets, n Even
s Rs he Tes sts AMI nd Dss1 Seysnh
ward and the ancient shipyard dstrict-two-
story and attic brick houses, with siantins
roofs and sunkc n areaways. and somc have tho
Old cellar doors in place Of the basement win;
dows. There are street pumps also here and
Bleecker street is still the main shopping
lust as ol, il alw1ys was ana heFs he re nGnn
perhaps, bmt little and OLD fashioned. They
make it unnecessary to shop further if ono
lives near by. Grccnwhieh avenue also rr-
be. be- a, and Hudso on street is another, though iIui,
son street. below Bank street is the routo tho
city t09 to eaPtnrG ba anh to 10
with thegeneral system OF the city than Blceck-
The Ninth ward keeps up it's old assocja-
fashioned assembly room. the Village House
small eylea commninty Yi Y, and Erandiathhers
tEus Of Bediord Street Methodist Church q
liquor stores in the Ninth ~ ward which are nn-
any m %he
built OF wood lengthwse along. the street and
with public room made up OF two two low .ceiied
old-stylo bar. and pictures and ornaments OF
local interest. Here the doctors drop In and
gossip with tho storekceners. tho druggists
meet the dentists. the neighbors form circles
at tho card tables, and every habitue knows
ether hsncs aher the hTsn slrsD
. the Village Park which is Abingdon square. is
the local billiard room. There are other liquor
stores and billiard rooms and social clubs. but
not for the Ninth wardcrs. The young men
who live in the boarding houses keep the
!, TO the old places, where thny can indulge in
: profanity about the Germans, Irish. Chinese
: english, md French. for though there are thou
: sands OF fore igncrs there u is the ol'i,know
N2thGg American waId and nS HnGw n od,hint
Washington Market Just. as Brooklyn buy,
8 is meat in Fulton Market. but thu
I Ninth ward does it's Saturday shop
ping in old Spring street Market There
0 | again Is n distinct community: Spring stree
n and above and below it. from NIachougal stree
$ to the river ,is Just such another collection o
$ od-fashioned dwellings, AS is found in the ole
d town of Greenwich. though the side streets ar'
y New York streets. and cross the city from rive
i TO river or from the North River TO tn" BOwcry
y live in the side streets md do their smal
o shopping in the avenues. Ono section, Q
y Sixth avenue or Third avenue or Eight
t. avenue or Second avenue. is like anoth.I an
n Of the numbered streets. Thirteenth. Thirty
9 third, Forty;,tir Fiith-sxth. ,SiNty;,Seventl
o so many items in the grand tota OF Now York
k but in the points and corners OF the island. ou
o OF the general course of travel. the past !
|. nerpetuatcd and Spring street. Blccckerstrce,
o Citharine street. and l25th street are 30 man
h little BrondwRys