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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DIL_double-check_New-York-NY.html
Double Check . by Seward Johnson . . The "everyman" businessman presence in Liberty Park, who, before had faded into the background amongst his human brethren, has been called "the survivor". He was lifted, battered yet whol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1N_james-joyce-pub-award_New-York-NY.html
James Joyce Pub Award. Moran's Restaurant & Bar. This pub has been granted the James Joyce Pub Award for being an authentic Irish pub. . 'A good puzzle would be to cross Ireland without passing a pub.' Ulysses . James Joyce identified and descri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D19_the-cherub-gate-a-war-memorial_New-York-NY.html
The Cherub Gate . . The cherub above is a gift to Trinity Church from the Church of St. Mary le Bow in London which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in 1680 and was destroyed in an air raid on May 10, 1941. The cherub survived the bombing an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0N_american-stock-exchange_New-York-NY.html
American Stock Exchange Building . Exploring Lower Manhattan . 86 Trinity Place, Starret & Van Vleck, architects, 1921, 1930 . . The American Stock Exchange traced its roots to the late 1790s. Throughout the 1800s, ambitious businessmen gather…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0H_edgar-street-greenstreet_New-York-NY.html
Edgar Street Greenstreet . . This triangular greenstreet - a landscaped traffic island - stands at the southern juncture of Trinity Place and Greenwich Street a few blocks southwest of Trinity Church in lower Manhattan. It takes its name from th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D0E_birthplace-of-columbia-university_New-York-NY.html
Birthplace of Columbia University . . In 1752 Trinity Church gave a grant of land for a new college. . . On July 17, 1754, the first class of King's College, which was to become Columbia University, met in the schoolhouse of Trinity Church loc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CTU_adrian-blocks-manhattan-habitations_New-York-NY.html
Adrian Block's Manhattan Habitations. . . This tablet marks the site of the . first habitations of white men . on the island of Manhattan. . Adrian Block . Commander of the "Tiger" . erected here four houses or huts . after his v…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNB_charlotte-temple_New-York-NY.html
Charlotte Temple. Fictional heroine. . Charlotte, A Tale of Truth, written by Susanna Rowson, was a popular 18th-century novel. legend has it that the name on this vault stone was carved by a bored stone cutter while working on the church. It is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CNA_william-bradford_New-York-NY.html
William Bradford. . In 1693 Bradford was appointed the Royal printer for the New York Colony. He printed the first American Book of Common prayer in 1710 and founded and printed new York's first newspaper, the New York Gazette, in 1725.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21VU_adrian-block-commemorative-tablet_New-York-NY.html
This tablet marks the site of the first habitations of white men on the island of Manhattan.
Adrian Block commander of the Tyger erected here four houses or huts after his vessel was burned November 1613.
He built the Restless, the first vessel …