The Better New York (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from The Better New York

When New Amsterdam was captured by the British from the Dutch in the year 1664, and its name changed to New York, there stood close by where Battery Park is now, a fort which was the chief defense of the city. The British realized from the weak resistance the Dutch had made what a useless fort this was, so they very soon set about building a battery near the water's edge that should be more effective in time of war. Around this battery there was a small open space which in after years, when the battery had been demolished, continued to be called The Battery. For close upon 250 years, now, that little space has been getting larger and larger by the process of filling in land along the water's side, until the result is the Battery Park of to-day.

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Excerpt from The Better New York

The map on page vii shows how the city of New York has been divided into eleven sections. Within each one of these sectional portions of the city, that which is described has been classified, so that the points of interest can be most conveniently reached.

Under this arrangement the journeyer may start at the Battery, walk over the city, and see the Better New York without retracing a step, and therefore without loss of time.

Or, one not desiring to go over the entire route may take up the journey at any point simply glancing at the map to see what section they are in, and turning to that section of the book.

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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.