The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-08
NEW FORK STREET NAMES.
THEY ILLUsTRITE THE GRoWTH
AM PROGRESS OF THE CITY. =
Eras Marked In Oh" Nomenclature or the CitJ's
streets-w II street the Oldest Surviving
brought by the RcVo,u-
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distinguished rs INC i"'c"' ~ "eh'" s'
Revolutionary, "hu wv P'oTi' poifv"s'
When tue Duke VI n'tN pf"'''"' """'isnip
o; New YORK Suetecueu '"o 'u'ch ""n'rsh'P
81 N!s;~ Athsternnhl -tncre "crc ON! twenty
Tnincs 10 streets or 'h"E"nghIarcS On Mahha'tah
Island; ana To-Day 'h'rc arc 700 EXCLUSIVE" vi
22u streets known 10y numerals ~ avenues
named after ihdiriduais' ana ~ avenues uesiB-
mated by numerals OF ict'ers'
Wall street heads inc lst as the oldest sur
vtving nhrnc. Ih' Dutch nomenclature IL
found exclusively below wall. although there
Is n Dutch sNcet oy name running netwcch WIZ
Ham and Gold al Fulton street. which how
ever, owes its name Ia English choice. streets
below ChambcrS street strictly represent the
colonial English era, and all northward OF 1t
tho progressive era ot nomenclature. In the
course Ct time II few more than fifty original
names Of streets have been changed. inc
changes began Mt the end OF the lteNointlon'
when patriotic Aldermen erased names SAVIOR
ing u royalty and replaced them with names
agreeable to republican ears. The English
changed the tfen suburban street called Iien'
hovcn adopted from Rottcrdam> to Crown;
HNA ia ' INV ~ ~ ''f@
IN Liberty. Duke street became Wtlliam;
George became Spruce; King George, North
William; King. Pine; Little queen, 'cdar'
Princess, Beaver ,-and Queen, iearl. but the
patriotic Aldermen allowed Ann street (after
Queen Anne> to remain. Trinity Church YES
try had taken a hand at suggesting names. and
naturally had adopted those OF Trini,y 's:clergy;
and hence came Rector, Nescy. and Chambers.
In after years, as streets intcrsectcd Trinity's
ali lnnx.p" Il iptp'a farm, thnt sfrcfphpn toward
Greenwich village, the vcstry selected names
belonging to church officers; and hence Charl.
ton. Dominick. Hubert. Amos, Charles, Leroy.
ClarksOn. and Horatio streets. Columbia street
was christened College place. Charlton had
been Burr street, so called because Vice Presi-
dent Aaron Burr lived on ii at Richmond Hill;
but when by a wel-arrahsea duel ne muir,
dereu aieAanueF hoihi'.""' nc h""e ue''"ho
,,d Maths oave them names-such as Cherry.
NV p" 60. p.n" - - 81.
Mulberry, Orchard, fine' Cedar, spruce Elm,
Oak. and Grove. The patriotic officials changed
the names of even inonensively sounding
streets merely because borrowed from King
Georges London. and the names Strand and
cheapside disappe"red,the Strand being a lane
connecting STATE ana rear streets. ihere
were also a Fir stree. and a Locust but Locust
was changed 10 sullivan IN honor:oi a hevoin-
tiona,y :, Gee. Genera" sc, l,.. and don FIR stree, was ss,m made
Tta 80 ~ waa ro".n,,v $3.50, ~ ,s.
The name FIJI was recently restored IN TN the
lo,son avenues.
RevoIntionarv heroes were commemorate IN
M sita II Madison. and Jefferson. some I early
streets possessed maioa0rous or npp"h' neInes;
thus Nassau street was IN It's inception lie Wo-
mans ,ane. Exchange place was once Oyster
d.. liz Gov ovo 900 roors 400 :, ,as no,os
20 49,. v".Ls.so,s - 49,"
once Petticoat lane, called after a famous one
q, Iondon pr,,a s,r.st was trs, Shoe, pa
ture street. and once between Wall and FIX
change place was Smell Street lane. Some
streets took names fror. the direction in which
they ran, as Greenwich. connecting the Bat
terry with Greenwich Village, and Chelsea
both Of which localities took names borrowed
from London in early York times. Warren,
Pitt, and Chatham streets We're allowed to re.
main unchanged In name because Sir Peter
Warren had remained popular with New York
Frs, and Lord Chatham, uhe elder Pitt had
took its name from a merchant prince OF the
eity, who was long Lieutenant Governor Of the
State. Prince street was named after an In
dividual in republican times. and not after a
royalty. The same is true OF the King street
rates the statesman Rnfus King. Hamersiey
place., Beekman. Leroy, White. Lispenard.
I dHe. he ppsif;. pSS Eoaby h 4es ) a.ee nsS Go %i Ger.
neur, Pell. Barrow, Morton. Clarkson. Eldridge,
Rutgers, RSeseyelt, forss{th: ChTyst!e GSn.e,
Allen, Moore. Vandewater. Reade, Renwick,
Riyington, Watts, Scamnel, and Stanton, COM
memorate some notable Knickerbockers. Ia
Mercer. Greene, Wooster, and Montgomery
Revolutionary commanders are remembered.
The gentler sex was not forgotten Ia street
nomenclature, for Is there not Maiden lane
early called Maids PATH Old Rose Hill had
its Love lane. What is now Minetta street
was once Bride street. And the names Eliza
beth. Rose, Caroline, Jeanette, Rachel. Cor
nelia, Hester, and Jane attest that the officials
in street nomenclature did not forget sweet
hearts. wives. or sisters. A Bishop was COM
memorated In Delaney street, the bar in At
torney street, and Governors in Clinton and
Tompkins streets. Lewis street keeps green
the memory of Francis Lewis, New York's
Bigner of the Declaration Of Independence. The
Presidents, with the exception OF Adams, for
New York city was ever anti Federalist, are all
remembered in street nomenclature down to
the time OF Van Buren. Harrison street was
named for q Trinity vestryman long before
either of the Harriaons occupied the White
House. Jay street at one time seemed also
likely to commemorate another President.
There is now a Lincoln avenue. running from