Upper Part of Nassau Street - 1881
Nassau Street, looking north towards Printing House Square from a point south of Beekman Street. Illustration published in the New York Illustrated, 1881, by D. Appleton & Company. Original title: Upper part of Nassau Street. Source: Library of Congress. Continue below...
Here some text about Nassau Street as published in the magazine: «Nassau Street, also quite narrow, is for the most part handsomely built, and a street of much importance, as, apart from a great variety of business transacted there, it is one of the principal radii of Wall Street. Its northern terminus is Printing-House Square, opposite City Hall Park. Portions of Nassau Street are peculiarly notable for its second-hand book - shops and stalls, and buyers from all portions of the country gather at these antiquarian resorts to pick up old editions not easily obtainable elsewhere. Our illustration gives a view of the upper part of the street. The massive structure to the right is the Morse Building, at the corner of Beekman Street, a great colony of many offices, looming up to a vast height. Beyond may be seen the tower of the Tribune Building, facing Printing-House Square.»
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Tribune Building
Morse Building
From the same magazine.
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Upper Part of Nassau Street - 1881
