Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 44
he favorite walk of the colo-nists followed the course of the East River.Walk along Pearl Street, and we are follow-ing that once beautiful river-path. Thefoot-path in time became a lane; then astreet. In 1695 it was called Great QueenStreet; in 1725 simply Queen Street. Bv1765 the portion south of… … HALF AN HOUR ON GOLDEN HILL from four to six stories high — skyscrapersfor those days. In the first days of the nine-^teenth century the entire thoroughfare hadbecome Pearl Street. Whatever it may oncehave enjoyed of country green, and unob-structed river breezes, no trace of themremains. It is now…
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