The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-09


4 th@atr. must nave -tood .i'h.r .. ~.
site of the. old fashioned Hy. Story Hr,o.
I building nov at the nnrtllsa-t ,urr,- :,
I Liberty and Nassau street. ur "I-.. .. ...
! southeast corner or near %. q s.'. r.s
occupied by "a tall and massive iu-..r.r..a
b building both sites arr IN th" -.,.....
I uf the thirty story l.Ib-rty Tower R.lfr.
on tn. west -ids Of Nassau -trs..i % N....
ing which would hav" nnaz'-i tu,
dienCs-- IA the Koud X y Van Dam 'f,.....
NOR. than anything they ever >.,S f...,
/ probably
| Will. Nassau street has the. dr-rrt. ....
az having the first theatre "u MauH.r'. .
Island. struggling bohemian ruwrIr.a.
of players undoubt etly gav" IerfYrr.-
anCe- much earlier than 1857 IN Ing.
/ h-hman one Ant hony Aston. w-Y'. -
I himself during hIs first winter lu N.w
! York probably about i7D. that o." r.l
| lived by acting. writing. counting and
! lighting IN. young bucks "t those
DAYS were eager 90 see play and Though
they could not arrange Tor such an sN.
hihition IN 90 respectable" a thorougrflr,
a. Nassau street they seem 10 hly.
rented some room for Aston.s company
down on the waterfront, probably rolr
/ Cusutie- slip.
In 'h, first Nassau street Cnr,Narv
there were actors who lent distinction -
7 the play NOT only Of this country
! but Of England, and whose descendants
ara still found among players Ih"-a
7
4 lone and Mrs Hallam and Mrs Adcurs
They seem 10 have had much trurlUs
/ with the beaIIs Of early Nassau street
4 staid historian recalls that evidently
! the audiences were seriously ANNOYED hv
the men about town flirting IN public with
fha ladies' 81 the company and while par
! formanCes were going on.
This notice was printed NJ that tine
: Complaints having been several times
made that a number Of gentlemen crowd
-. aeI Vatlnh tFf ms 81
performance and ~ II IL impossible that
. the actors when thus obstrIc'@d should
! do that Justice 10 their parts thev 0'har-
" lsa would II will be taken as a particular
favor n no gentleman VII IL" onanf~t
thai he ~ absolutely refused adnSiAnoa
! AZ the stage door unless he has previously
secured himself plac" in either 'hs
/ stage or other boxes
That first Nassau street theatre vas
bought bv the German Cslvinists and
turned into a church in 1855. and a few
wears later thev built on tho site a church
J which stood there until 1910
Z For many wears Nassau street mo- -h.
! harhood claimed all the theatres bull
in Manhattan Iher" was on" IN John
/ street near Nassau and another IN Rec
/ man near Nassau. and even the famous
Park Theatre extended back from part
row - Theatre Alley, only half a block
away from Nassau
In due time the stream crossing At
! Maiden Lane. or WHARF the Lane il nov.
was substantially bridged and traffc
4 aovad over II and induced enterprisinR
merchants 20 build IN either aid" NJ 'hH
struggling Path leading out to theC omron
The tanners who were settling fas' and
ihick IN the swamp made Nassau street
'heir thoroughfare when they went down
into the CITY To transact their considerable
financial ahair-
While the British occupied Manhattan
during the Revolution. Nassau EtrAa'
. IN ~ their fhnFNtI r hIlFaa na-
tween the shipping m the Battery ART
their camps and forts and prisons N 'Ns
/ nelg hhOThood Of tho Common. lhe1
afta- the Revolution goldsmiths and deal
er- ~ precious stones and importers
. 81 much importance gathered IN the neil On.
horhp,d and the little crooked siro@t
grew aud proSDer~d
Aiirr Washington took his oath x
oniC" a. presiden' ~ tho United states.
standing whera now stands his s'.tu"
I'm bronze Al the lower end IT Nassau
- rect he took M his official rcsiden0a
a. Cherry ~ rect near Frankfort. Eve-v
pleasant day after dinner Lady Nas'-
ing- on and the Presden' drove out N
~ ATE behind four cream colored horsn-
. eat her up he rec lined road ~ the Bo~ery
ar down through Pearl - rect To the Ia.
terry and bAcA by way of Broad - rect and
Nassau
B,Ii even the wisest and the moro far
seeing the moro imaginative could never
have dreamed % the Nassau street New
YORK knows to-day. Thrice daily, in ths
morning rush hour. the noon recess hour
aud after The days work. thousands
yes tens and scores and probably a hum
drei thousand PEOPLE. the clif dweller.
IN the Offices 81 finance and industry and
commerce swarm through Nassau ~ snet
4 They are most interesting 30 watch at
'hp noon lunch hour.
Nassau street - their promenade their
brnat hing spaca. their loafng ground.
their l.oSsipIng centre Then the trafn
. pplIt-' seek - los" Inc ~ rect 20 vehicleS,
divert that iraflc a. much a. possIhl"
~ ORDER 10 leav" the space even between
b m. ,rIrh- for the-a countless pronenad.
rrS from IA" Offices Years ago tn" side.
walks uvcrfiowed. htIr now The entire
spa,. bc' Nt"n IN" sidewalks il crowded
nv rhat Npnd"rfIl noon hour promena
The yuliC,. cannot keep all vehicles
away. bu' drivers whose business 'ase-
tneu Their" habltuGllv understand iha
F situation and good n1'uredlv tIin 40
lIt'l" - may he into Nassau ~ rect. me
iav r,,rrntlv hug touring car made I's
Nav down Nassau sweet and it, several
Well dressed occupants had an eNG"rl'
enc" which taught them IN surprising
manner what thoS" regular promenafers
fhInk " TINS matter ot unnecessary inter-
t"p'r'n.
. II WIS plain 80 thu thousands who
I wor,. honk houkcd ~ and almost showed
ot.i " the way ot TINS staring party "
Sights""rS that IN" int rudars were th"rS
. Cn'f 10 satisfy fn"lt GllrlpNlI V htbl' N'''l"E
| they ,h' hav" heard ~ thousands -
vel dressed Young women who arm ~
arm stroll up aud down the midil" =
I Nassau street ~ that noon hour r"c"ss
Their" was "A good deal ~ resentment
i".' aud suddenly. when the car cam" ~
. IoltIue stop with tIr" trouhl" those
? youug women and - many Young men
Laughed and som" ot thew 1Uplaud"i.
. Il. occupants 90 IN" car looked very
. Uncomfortable"
. " - very american looking crowd
IN -. and station from ONE" boys ana
B gtris To- senior ma naglng clerks and women
ylshi"rs ON" can easily imagine ita-
r"ry many uf them arr descendants =
IA. good Ci'I2"ns Who stood r"~I'"'
fully ~ front - their shops and tooH -
their hats ~ Lady Washington drove
bv sitting bg the sd" of IN" Pres it"n'
~ the stat" coach
" - the luncning street for many =
'hr thousands az COurs" IN" Vol
Salari-d - uiors step asid" from Nas-I
street into IN. higher priced lunch piaE"-
/ bu' even they usually return for 49,
after 'h"N have lighted their ciglr-
! u ~ the shopping street too for I. -'
thousands Man aud woman can ap'.f
emily find IN the shops theirs ever ~
. 'na' man and woman shop Tor l.'.'
arr many very sIunrt shops car, DOL