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Beginning of Wall St. - March 31, 1664
“Resolved: that a fence or park shall be made beginning at the great bouwery and extending to Emanuel's plantation, and every one . . . is warned to repair thither next Monday beginning the 4th of April at 7 o'clock . . . with tools in hand to aid in constructing said fence . . . (cont.)
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The large white house in the foreground is Kidd's, and the gate at the end stood at the corner of Pearl and Wall. On the Southwest corner of the intersection of Pearl and Wall Streets was the home of the famous pirate Captain Kidd. The picture provides a good view of what the coastline would have looked like back then . . . (cont.)
Castello Plan - 1660
The first street map of manhattan, commissioned by Dutch Governor Peter Stuyvesant. The ramparts of Wall Street are seen at right. Fort Amsterdam stands on the present site of Bowling Green Park, whence our tour begins. Upon enlarging, you will also see a canal running up the middle of what is now Broad St . . . (cont.)
Statue of George III - Bowling Green - July 9th, 1776
One mile up Broadway, George Washington reads aloud the newly written Declaration of Independence:“when in the course of human events . . . . ” At this seminal moment in American history, the crowd went wild. They raced down Broadway to Bowling Green and ripped down the statue of King George. . . (cont.)
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