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When old New York was young (1902)

Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 49

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ntire thoroughfare hadbecome Pearl Street. Whatever it may oncehave enjoyed of country green, and unob-structed river breezes, no trace of themremains. It is now a cramped and gloomyway, darkened by the structure of the elevat-ed road from above, and by an irregular lineof unattractive buildings on… … Kip5 6/ / /\N0 nipi nou^^ ^i=- <V ^^ ^ KIPS BAY AND KIPS HOUSE THE records tell plainly enough thatJacob Kip lived four miles from thecity; that his farm of one hundredand fifty acresstretched along theEast River shore;and that close byhis house was alittle cove calledKips Bay, wheregreat trees…

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