page_title: Toldbodgade
section_title: Shanty housing and America boats
hierarchical_section_title: Toldbodgade / History / Shanty housing and America boats
caption_attribution_description: English: An America steamer at Larsens Plads / 8 Toldbodgade in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Toldbodgade is a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It extends north from Nyhavn at the Nyhavn Bridge, continuing Holberggade, passes Sankt Annæ Plads after just one block, and continues straight until it reaches West India Warehouse where it makes a sharp left turn which connects it to Amaliegade, its parallel street, at the rear of the Design Museum.
  The east side of the street is lined by a series of 18th century warehouses whose other sides face the Larsens Plads waterfront, which was a major hub for emigration to America.
context_section_description: Up through the 19th century the street continued to be a place of contrasts as Frederiksstaden remained the most fashionable neighbourhood for Copenhagen's elite while the area along the street was settled by people who had been left homeless by the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 and the British Bombardment of 1807. They lived in intermistic, one-storey sheds which existed up until 1869 when the custom house was expanded.
  In 1802, the site was acquired by a wealthy ship owner, Lars Larsen, who established a ship and lumber yard in the grounds which became known as Larsen's Place after its founder. Later in the century Larsen's Place became a hub for the America steamers which transported thousands of emigrants from all of Scandinavia to New York in search of a better future.
caption: An America boat at 8 Toldbodgade/Larsens Place
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