Database: Wall Street

In the 17th Century, this marked the edge of the city of New Amsterdam, and it was the location of the city's 12-foor palisade wall. The wall itself was torn down by the British in 1699 but the name "Wall Street" stuck.
By the late 18th century this was already becoming a financial centre—traders met at the Merchant Coffee House at the corner of Water Street, and under a outside to trade securities. (This buttonwood tree is the site of the Buttonwood Agreement, which was the beginning of the .)
The street is only 8 blocks long—as long today as you see it here in the late 1700s. If that seems extremely small remember: the skyscrapers are tall, rather than wide. Otherwise they'd be called Floorhuggers.
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