Slips on the East River
During the early days of New Amsterdam, when a ship arrived, it anchored off the East River. Small boats which could handle the shallow river’s muddy edge conveyed the cargo and passengers to shore.
New Amsterdam
Underground Waterways: NYC
The ultimate rabbit hole brings Hallie beneath Manhattan to study the underground waterways and the possibility of fishing in basements!
Jews in Colonial New York — Part 2
As British laws took over New York, Jews sought the same rights their Christian neighbors enjoyed.
Jews in Colonial New York — Part 1
More than land changed hands from the Lenape to the Dutch to the British. Religious tolerance and rights also shifted.
Bowery Lane
Before Chinatown and Five Points, before the street became known as “The Bowery,” it was Bowery Lane, a prior footpath shaped by the Lenape.
Maiden Lane
Over three hundred years ago, a rippling brook wended down the lane. It’s now Chinatown.
Collect Pond
Once upon a time, a forested countryside expanded into a lush valley that emptied into a sizable and deep freshwater pond fed by underground springs, emptying into salt marshes that would one day become meadows, reaching all the way to the Hudson River.