Southern Tip of Manhattan, NYC

Photo of the southern tip of Manhattan seen from Hudson River toward Brooklyn, historic part of New York City. Photograph dated September 30, 1935. Source: Mitchel Field, Records of the Army Air Forces, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.

The Battery Park, where artillery batteries were built in the 17th century to protect the European settlement in Lower Manhattan became a park in the 19th century. In 1855, Castle Garden (enlargement on the right) in the Park, became an immigrant depot.

The Custom House (enlargement below) facing Bowling Green was completed in 1907 on the site of the Government House, built in 1790 and demolished in 1815. It marks the beginning of the Canyon of Heroes, Broadway.

Manhattan's present southern waterfront was built primarily on landfill, stretching toward New York's Upper Bay, the Hudson River and the East River.