The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09
NOON HOUR IN The CANYON
HHFN NaSStI STREET. CLTFF
DU ELLERS THRONG.
IIl.IsriraI A-ssriaiisas sf Narr"~
ThoEsuGhGare Issr''-rrd b, ~kS-rrap-
rrS FarlS Theatre Clustered There
Perennial aeaI Estate nsoni.

I Nassau sire., Some peopl" call It that
now
When the narrow and winding and
enormously travelled thoroughfare began
a. be built up on each side with towering
Office buildings the name 80 courss s'lg
/ ges'el itself and was occasionally used
! for q wear or two before the artist Colin
7 Campbell Coppsr began 20 paint pictures
b ul New York skyzcrapers He took
S.rlc - his cauvaseS ~ London aud that
civ having heard much Of New loTN
4 SNv-,.rapprS was curious II see them
pictured. and tho beauty the artist had
found AMI palui.d into them created
for hI- rlr'vrcS an Interest which was
justification enough for him thar he had
gtv"' VI 'h' aiming ~ eXIoshi ION prizes
m Eur,r. 49, = fgur" painter. The re-
Vi"ws of NJ Cooper's paintings called
/ attention to the cahonlke aspect "a one
D If his Vows 81 Nassau street and IN"
wort ryurcd Frequently in them "
really seems "a IL this London indorSs-
meat - the name settled the matter. for
much that was written On the other side
. about Copprr'- work was reprint ell here
ANYWAY after Cooper's work Hurncted
ir,nrnnti nnal attention the muFitudeS
who daily Use that thoruughfare "a a
sidewalk from building lin" 10 building
line began ~ speak of II as The Canon
Nart;sd at one end hv the Ward statue
Of Washington IN front of tho subj
my ~ Wall street and AZ IN. other end by
PIasSman's statue Of benjamin Franklin
IN the lItla plaza ~ front OF 1HR SIS
huIdrng. Us short length - Indicated
low historical monuments And that - as
a. should be There's mighty lot 81
interesting history TO la recorded OF
Nassau street and us very beginning
marks a lively Manhattan real estate boom
which apparently has with more or less
vlgor Characterised Nassau street ever
since Speaking Of the year whom Nassau
street was probably laid out. 1881.
historiar writes ~ the few preceding
wears Land had advanced tenfold IN
value
With tho LAYING out ~ the street two and
a Quarter centuries ago local improve
mcut- 1t a very important kind were IN
aur.- a',d \ night or rattle watch ~
four mon VA, instituted The streets
wcrc ira ct'ri 10y s,isp"ndng a lantern
FROM Ivory seventh house FreheriCk
Tmur.., VS. au'hori1ed hv the Common
Council - charge toll c. Jenny for
cattle. " '.'n,., for each man ard horse.
{" pcn,c TO- each sCor" Of sheep and hogs
and q prnca for each cart and wagon. 4
10 world build good and conven tent
,irawhrlTEo oyr- Spuvtnn Duyvil 10 his
manor - Phl'Npsboruugh And N con
s.d"rl'Iou ot h,~ right - levy toll b" dad
rmld wnnr wa probably the first bridge
connecting Manhattan Island with the
mainland Of America
80 % - seai thai A. tho very time
\A,sag -tr"c' was lad out there were
graa' dutnEs IN the boom line which were
quickly followed bV the extension VI the
rs-s .deuC. limit " the CITY out Nassau
street probably as far north a. Maiden
lane This march 81 pro gree- north would
naturally halt AZ that point because a
creek ran along where Maiden lane now is.
Thosr who mass che lane az they walk
along Nassau street daily must often
have wondered why the lane was laid out
IN n curved line Nature did that work
undoubtedly When the most intrepid Of
n" Dutch began 10 build along that cres1
thor garden walls naturally followed it,
limo and thos" lines remain to-day
This same lack ~ the civil engineer
work - rotIcri IN Nassau street i's-f
II winds and dius inst ~ y did whou -
vps llII orl' m iGs7 l. doubtless followed
. vath and thai Path was neither lowered
nor rr I'D b~ avs" ~ tins day the cross
lnc ~ NniIrn ian" - tho lowest pOint ~
tho stree lri ~" CUTTERS tell the story
on q rainy div IN" waters find ~"
-av.- a. that po.nt from Zach direct IN.
inst - ~ surface. drama - reached the
old cra"., ~ that point from each dtr"r.
'for
Although tho s'r.'a' NAV not hav" h,'.'n
under ~" wat rhful patrol If IN" fprr Old
Duirum.'n OF 'h' ui gh' watch with their
ratio nor brilliantly illuminated beyond
Nn'i"r n~" fn- = ipng TAM" va N" r,l'h
which &C.,. 80 mark ~" further eN'Nu-
..Dl .. 49, street was probably used
oven them bv adventurous citizens travel
live '."'l"- north ~ quest ~ venison
Ir"-r - IA Old D'l'nh family m New
York to-day whrrh has m - library
rlir ~ anti"rS from deer shot very
pl,,~n 80 " l' - Ipw -" corner ~ Nassau
pri Spruce str"c'S That he should hev"
shot e do" ~ that par' ,'t!lar place was
nu'H.rr - uul~gnl a. 20 make that early
....'s'ulu no." ~ hrs diary anything
vs.,. would Iiru'.fv w." spot now. o..
-,.rr.." noting 0l~'IrI'lr- - - wEe-,.
90. -ln. , .i.,.~ with an guromnuriy tine
-. ui t..'r"r.
- o." .a.'v p.t,h. and probably the
cay. 80 ui ~" l.uElr-h that followed.
crossed "a" or,.,'k 49, Nlld"u Ian" and
went norm :, IN" SWAMI or - IN. Com
mon Roy" 'h.' ,t'N h.ti - now. iunA ing
iu- d.-.i
rh" nam" Nassau was popular With
~" Du'rh ln" first thp'Iiu Gov"ruur
and Admt.tl .tr,.'.'.'II II 80 much ut the.
M.-' lUd"~ - W. controlled ~ the
. Dut,h West lndgI COMPANY vas Juhn
/ Maur.,". turnt of Nu~-du. grandson 81
Count Iuhl 81 Nassau. q younger brut her
b # Nlihan 'h" Silent II was inst hTiy
/ wears .fpr'- Nl-~II street wa narp.d
. after HIM 'aI' H. t-'riIno Captain GOV.
.ruur "f tA,. Most iud'"-. bu' "a th.. mean.
rtu" 'h. Hudson River was frequently
,tI'"i ~ 'ha D'I'ch Nassau
We'll vnu"r IN" Enghsn Nissan street
r,r,w raDIdly aud soon TOOK on - ur,.srnt
daV most uu'lhl" Chardci.ri=ti" ~ b..
rltn" a uoprlH. thuruughfar". r. was
fur that r"aSDu no doubt that the. first
ih"lt-,' ~ Manhattan Island was started
ou ~" "ar,t side of Nassau s'J,,t near
l.h.'rfy
Historians speak - u ~ h"inR IN th.
yl,imiy ~ ~" odd Dutch church Lut
thai seems io "" an "rru.. b,cars" IN.
Old Dutch Church Of fhIt period wa ~
-. L. IL 4 l..