1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York, English warships in the harbor. Looking S on Broadway from the Wall. wwwsavingny.com for reconstructions, 3/15 NYC Fire Museum Openingclockworkpeon t1_jc0550j wrote
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Broadway was built on top of an old Indian trail than spanned the entire length of Manhattan. the Dutch purposely made it very wide so that it could accommodate all the N/S traffic.
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