The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-11
Millions of Transfers
Being Compiled Will
Show Various Owners
Of Every Property on
Mani attain Island
From 1914, to Present

Broadway and Cortlandt street were
taken for subway purposes. The COM
pany claims the city had no righ, to
take the vault since it had nothing
more than the privilege of using the
surface of the street.
Crown street was n name that didn't
sound we'll in the ears of the patriots
of the city and in 1904 the street was
renamed. and since then It has been
known as Liberty street.
The city grew rapidly after the pass
ing of British control. Trade and BUSH
ness were so restricted, heretofore, by
rules made for the benefit of mcr-
chants and industries in England that
tho town could not grow. All business
intercourse had to be with the parent
country. After tho coming of indc-
pendence scommcrce was extended 10
other countries. - Trading with the
world. the city began To move forward
as never before. The Singer and city
Investing Building block was among
those first to feel the influence IT
changed conditions business was eN-
panding and soon IL claimed this block.
In 1913 II was lined with shops. as
may be seen from the view reproduced
above from a collection of old prints
in possession of the New York Historic
cal Society. Ten three and four sto-y
buildings covered the Broadway block.
Most OF them were occupied 10y I;ath-
buns Hotel one Of the early obstetrics
Of the town At the Liberty street
corner were two three story dwellings
with stores. The corner building WAS
r. \. Artantdj's Lafayette Bazaar In
the stor" We're sold cutlery, hardware
essary for = we'll ordered bnrs.bold
Al The first floor a plazza win an iron
railing e~.erdod across r., tho H. 49,.
az tho ho,se ot Isl l. Uirps
,ccuniod rho stor. in rho rext hn,so
which als, had threo floors which ,voro
used for dwelling uurnosrs Rathhun.s
Hotel came next This was q two sto,.y
Iui,drro and .v,,udoI from, ~, 10
THO bnt,I oc,r,,j.J mo G.s. -.
,hree stories. ON the third floor y.as
,"l. Oliver. reporter of fashions" PM
nam. publisher, occuIAed the store to
the left of the entrance and GOODYEAR
the store on the other side
: Rathbun's Hotel did so well that the
five story building nj ls1 Hrnql,c,,.
once Peter Jansen Mesier's luuo. vns
taken over. 4 man named J.bn Wiley
had IN, store Tn, Rathhuns fh,l took
1853 This was the main .utrar,. o.,
the hotel II was a narrow bulld,ny
four stories high with two Windows 10
the floor. on each side of the entrance
were pillars which gave tn. place a
p:ctcntiuuS appearance that few New
York hotels had at the tin. Dace
again the hotel found business war
rantod another extension aud th.. t.me
the buildings that covered IL, ami Ia
Broadway were taken. Tho Liberty
street corner was not az wei improved
as the rest OF the block. Il held two
buildings one Story high. on the north
corner Of Liberty street was tn, fur
nshinE store Of II. J. Mckinley. Broad
way in hat part was Il Eu,r, C-uirr.
ON the site of the Trinity Buildings was
the city Hotel several inns wrr ~
the noighborhood and To tn north was
the AStr" llouSr
Driven ont 10y increased rentals.
hotels moved up Broadway EuId.l-s
vacated were then taken over for lus.-
ness uses. Since then the block has
been increasing ms "A business section
and now Is one of the mos hf.h'v M
proved blocks in tho financial zone,
Through the courtesy uf Eu..r T.
bowling. president of tho CITY lnV.s- "s
Company. who made possible tn, pu.d-
NIX Of INC city Investing IuildiUr a
view of the hiocl> as It was IN leI5 -
reproduced This shows the site Of
Eathhun's Hotel and the ma. sh lbs
covered with seven and eight story
office buildings. At the corner is Tho
Vessel budding. which was line ur.,J
office building to 10. erected ON lie
block. ., also has thr distinction uf
hcIng the first IRON front huIld.us -
be bail, In NcW York Wa!ch was "a o.g
Improvement. as /, permitted the cuu-
.,ruction of buildings taller than uv"
stories. The photograph, which v,a
taken shortly before the size WAS cleared
Tor Ia" city Investing liulIp.r-, 81 "%s
Cortandt street lined with two tai ron
puIihlhSS ana 'ho MASSIVE STONE anu
lr.rk building OF IN" '""l ana '''n
Exchange at the 'hurch street corner.
'thS budding was one oi IN" iE~j ~
brick and stone buildings 10 Ice ti"r'd