It measures 180 feet  wide at its widest point and has a frontage of 170 feet on Trinity Place and 174 feet on Greenwich Street.  

It was probably part of a bastion that projected outwards towards the water where artillery could have been fired in several directions.

exposed beneath modern utility lines during the South Ferry Terminal Project in 2005. This segment was nearly 40 feet long.

European garden treatises, noted that the term &ldquo;bowling green&rdquo; denoted several, interrelated meanings: a sunken, generally round, turfed&nbsp;lawn; a close-cropped playing field for bowls; and a recessed turfed area in the midst of a&nbsp;parterre&nbsp;or&nbsp;grove. In America before 1850, the term &ldquo;bowling green&rdquo; encompassed each of these three definitions, often in combination, and was applied to both public and private spaces. As a resolution by the New York Common Council in 1733 suggests, the bowling green&rsquo;s ornamental and recreational functions often were inseparable. Museum of the City of New York

 White satin overlaid with alternating rows of white organza ribbon and galon d'argent bands; white organza; cream machine-made lace; silver metallic garland with spangles; pink taffeta ribbon; red, gold, and clear rhinestones; black velvet ruched ribbon; rhinestone order backed by pink taffeta chou. A) Bodice: Fitted, waist-length, CF point, boned and padded at CF; bateau neck, pleated organza inset, galon d'argent edging, lace shoulder ruffle, ruched velvet band, taffeta chou at collarbone; long puffed organza sleeves, overlaid with embellished satin bands, creating slashed effect, triple-layered mushroom pleated organza gauntlet cuffs, applied lace at wrist and cuff edges, pink satin double bow at wrists; garland draped across torso from right shoulder to left waist, looped end falling to knee B) Skirt: Pannier-style, floor-length, triple tiers of embellished satin; lace apron  

Willem Kieft was a&amp;nbsp;Dutch&amp;nbsp;merchant and the&amp;nbsp;Director of New Netherland&amp;nbsp;(of which&amp;nbsp;New Amsterdam&amp;nbsp;was the capital) from 1638 to 1647.  

The years that followed brought slightly bigger and much brighter trees.

Hand colored engraving by Joseph Napoleon Grimrede from drawing by Fayette B. Tower. Museum of the City of New York

The statues depict the&amp;nbsp;Four Periods of Publicity; two are by&amp;nbsp;Gutzon Borglum, sculptor of&amp;nbsp;Mount Rushmore, and two by the architect's wife, Estelle Rumbold Kohn.  

They may have taken more than a little artistic license with this scene a century later; Alexander Hamilton, for instance, was reported to have actually been viewing the ceremony from the window of his residence across the street at 33 Wall Street according to Edward Robb Ellis in the Epic of New York City.

 Streets in New York City as the storm hit. Many overhead wires broke and presented a hazard to city dwellers.  

John H. Bufford, artist; J. Disturnell and J. H. Bufford, publishers

H. R. Robinson, publisher; Alfred M. Hoffy, artist

Originally Hanover Bank, later NY Cotton Exchange and WR Grace and Company. Later India House.&amp;nbsp;  

Inside are maritime-themed spaces that are used by Harry's Bar, Ulysses Folk House, and the India House club.Beaver Street, William Street, and Hanover Square

At 96th St, 72nd St., 14th St., Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall To inspect and ride on experimental trainsGood October 1st until October 26 1904 Interborough Rapid Transit CompanyAugust Belmont, President

Facing north, probably from the U.S. Post Office on City Hall Park, of City Hall, the Tweed Courthouse behind it and the Muncipal Building to the right.&amp;nbsp;  

to accompany them on a trip of inspection of the Rapid Transit Railroad, train leaving City Hall station, at 3 o'clock, Thursday afternoon, October 20, 1904.Please show this card at the station

On verso Charles Stockdell Gray (first on left)  

To inspect the Rapid Transit Subway on October 27th 1904, prior to its opening for public service.This card will be accepted for admission to any station from City Hall to 145th Street between the hours of 2:30 and 6pm on that day.August BelmontPresident

Ackerman, lithogr. 120 Fulton St. N.Y. Representation of the First Cast Iron House Erected. Invented by James Bogardus, Builder of Cast Iron Houses and Manufacturer of the Eccentric Mill &amp;nbsp;&amp;amp; c. corner of Centre &amp;amp; Duane Streets, New York.  

All date to the mid-to-late 17th century and were imported from Europe. Stadt Huys Block (1987)  

Perhaps government policies were being written while these bottles were in use.&amp;nbsp; Stadt Huys Block (1987), Context 1088, TV AQ2  

The average date of the pipes in this photo is 1686. Stadt Huys Block (1987), Context 1371, TC BP  

 Coach made its first journey from Madison Square to Pelham on, May 1, 1876, thereby inaugurating the sport of coaching, in 1935  

 Filip Wolak Courtesy Museum of the City of New York

Donations started as low as $1 and came from a diverse group of contributors&amp;mdash;from well-known New Yorkers to even a scout troop! The fundraising goal was met, and just in time as this was right before the 1929 stock market crash and the subsequent Great Depression. The original plans for the building were scaled back, but construction began and continued throughout this turbulent era in New York City&amp;rsquo;s history.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;  

The beautiful new&amp;nbsp;Georgian Colonial-Revival&amp;nbsp;building was dedicated on January 11, 1932, which provided the space to house, conserve, and showcase the extraordinary collection the Museum had amassed over the years.  

 Filip Wolak,  Museum of the City of New York

In 2000, during the Giuliani administration, the Board of Directors voted to move the Museum to the newly renovated Tweed Courthouse in downtown Manhattan. However, in 2002 the new Bloomberg administration decided that the courthouse would instead serve as the headquarters for the Department of Education.  

Exceeded in circulation only by the New York World and the New-York Tribune

Staats-Zeitung Building, The Sun Building, and the Tract Building

"The Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue in the City of New York, Founded in the year 5415-1655. First holy place of worship in Mill Street, now no. 22-24 South William St. This Edifice consecrated 5657-1897" 

They were taken from the site of The first Mill Street synagogue as a reminder of The historic roots in the city.  

Politics - Tammany Hall Arthur Rothstein (1915-1985), John Vachon (1914-1975), Look magazine- 1953

Part of an exhibition at the Bard Graduate Center Gallery in Manhattan; J. Clarence Davies CollectionConstructed for the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, New York's Crystal Palace occupied the site behind the Croton Reservoir between Fifth and Sixth Avenues at 42nd St., today's Bryant Park. Crowned by a dome 100 feet in diameter, the cruciform structure of cast iron and glass prefigured the glass skyscrapers of midtown. It was destroyed by fire on October 5th 1858.&nbsp;"New York Crystal Palace built for World Fair in 1853," Sidney Currie.

Elizabeth Jennings Graham defeated streetcar segregation in New York 100 years before Rosa Park made history by refusing to give up her seat on a bus.  

The white lines are taped crop marks added to the photograph at some point 

Today the Museum’s collection contains approximately 750,000 objects, including prints, photographs, decorative arts, costumes, paintings, sculpture, toys, and theatrical memorabilia. &nbsp;Highlights include several of Eugene O’Neill’s handwritten manuscripts, a complete room of Duncan Phyfe furniture, 412 glass negatives taken by Jacob Riis and donated by his son, a man’s suit worn to George Washington’s Inaugural Ball, and the Carrie Walter Stettheimer dollhouse, which contains a miniature work by Marcel Duchamp.&nbsp;