Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 306
y suburban resort, gave up theBayard homestead and carried the name Vaux-hall to a new section far away up the BoweryRoad, just south of where Astor Place now is,between Fourth Avenue and Broadway. Onthis spot for some years a Swiss named JacobSperry had raised vegetables for the citymarkets, and… … o OLD-FASHIONED PLEASURE-GARDENS sought to add art to nature. The vegetableswere banished, but the flower-beds werespared, and between them were fashionedsanded walks, and in the midst were erecteda dancing-pavilion and a stage for theatricalperformances. As this garden was on the Bowery Road,and…
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