Designed for the offices of city government, this granite structure was completed in 1913 from plans by McKim, Mead, and White. The symbolic figure, civic fame, atop the tower and the other sculptured elements are the work of Adolf Alexander . . . — — Map (db m34187) HM
“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”
This graceful, 13-foot standing bronze figure, sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937), directly faces City Hall and honors the last . . . — — Map (db m310496) HM
On Centre Street near Park Row, on the right when traveling south.
Constructed from 1803 to 1812, New York’s City Hall is one of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation, and houses the offices of the Mayor and City Council, the executive and legislative branches of the government. Considered one of . . . — — Map (db m183061) HM
On City Hall Park Path east of Broadway, on the right when traveling east.
Constructed from 1803 to 1812, New York's City Hall is one of the oldest continuously used City Halls in the nation, and houses the offices of the Mayor and City Council, the executive and legislative branches of government. Considered one of the . . . — — Map (db m278465) HM
This building, designed in neoclassical style by Guy Lowell, was completed in 1927. The original plans, which won a competition held in 1912 - 1913, were for a circular structure, but were altered to create the present hexagonal form. — — Map (db m34191) HM
Near Madison Street, on the right when traveling west.
These five Greek Revival columns were retained from the original facade of the 19th century Rhinelander Building, which formerly stood on this site. — — Map (db m104818) HM
On Duane Street near Elk Street, on the right when traveling east.
The rediscovery of the burial ground revealed that Africans and their descendants buried loved ones with dignity and respect in the 17th and 18th centuries. More than 90 percent of the 419 human skeletal remains were rapped in shrouds (cloths) . . . — — Map (db m129984) HM
On Park Row at Broadway, on the left when traveling south on Park Row. Reported permanently removed.
This grove of flowering trees is a living memorial dedicated to the tragic events of September 11th, 2001. It is one of five Living Memorial Groves around the City, one in each borough in a park with clear views of downtown Manhattan where the twin . . . — — Map (db m130141) HM
Maya Lin
Sounding Stones, 1996
Norwegian pearl granite blocks
6’ square by various lengths
Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse
New York NY
Sounding Stones consists of four six-foot . . . — — Map (db m130811) HM
On St. James Place near James Street, on the right when traveling north.
This park, located at the intersection of St. James Place, Oliver, Madison, and James Streets bordering the Civic Center, Chinatown, and Lower East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan, takes its name from nearby St. James Roman Catholic Church. The . . . — — Map (db m131955) HM
This window was originally part of the five story Sugar House built in 1763 at the corner of Duane and Rose Streets and used by the British during the Revolutionary War as a prison for American Patriots.
The Sugar House was demolished in 1892 and . . . — — Map (db m127672) HM
Completed in 1907 by the firm of Morgan and Slattere and based on earlier design by John R Holmes, this building displays the grandeur of scale and eclection design associated with the Beaux Arts style. The figural scuplture depicting the stage's of . . . — — Map (db m148032) HM
This Georgian style gray stone structure served as New York City’s largest prison. The name of the building came from a common 18th century English term for a jail. In 1776, when British forces occupied New York City, hundreds of captured American . . . — — Map (db m19684) HM
Near Brooklyn Bridge Esplanade near Centre Street, in the median.
Left panel:
The Brooklyn Bridge was the greatest engineering feat of its era and remains one of the best-loved bridges in the world. It was the vision of the German immigrant and engineer John A. Roebling and completed by his son Washington, an . . . — — Map (db m137288) HM
The Croton Fountain 1842-1870
This was the location of the Croton Fountain. It was fed by the Croton Aqueduct, which provided New York City with its first dependable supply of pure water. Considered one of the great engineering achievements of . . . — — Map (db m130147) HM
Near this spot in the presence of
General George Washington
The Declaration of Independence was read and published to the American Army
July 9th 1776 — — Map (db m130619) HM
Near Broadway near Park Row, on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
On this site stood the western wall of the Federal Post Office. Designed by Alfred B. Mullet – architect of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. – the ornate building’s broad north façade faced City Hall, while its sides . . . — — Map (db m130086) HM
In 1866, New York City sold the southern tip of City Hall Park to the Federal government. In 1870, construction began on the building that would become known as the Federal Post Office. The ornate four-story structure was designed in the French . . . — — Map (db m130183) HM
Near Broadway near Park Place, on the left when traveling south.
The Freedom Tree
with the vision of universal freedom for all mankind
this tree is dedicated to the Men of New York State
and all Prisoners of War and Missing in Action
1973 — — Map (db m130377) WM
The original fountain was designed by noted architect Jacob Wrey Mould. It was placed in front of City Hall 1871, two hundred feet northeast of its present location. The fountain remained there until 1920, when it was disassembled and shipped to . . . — — Map (db m130223) HM
On Lafayette Street near Leonard Street, on the right when traveling south.
After Collect Pond was buried, various legends arose.
Legend 1: The pond supplied the city’s drinking water.
It did not. However, the city’s subterranean springs, which were the source of the pond’s water, fed two other water supply systems. . . . — — Map (db m131784) HM
On White Street near Cortland Alley, on the left when traveling west.
At this site publisher Steve Mass, curator Diego Cortez and singer Anya Philips opened the Mudd Club in a loft owned by artist Ross Bleckner. Named for Samuel Alexander Mudd, a doctor who treated John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham . . . — — Map (db m131069) HM
Near this site stood the Provost Prison where Patriots died for the cause of Freedom
1776-1783
Erected by the Mary Washington Colonial Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
April 15 AD 1901 — — Map (db m130549) HM
On Centre Street, on the right when traveling south.
A small domed Roman-style building named the Rotunda stood on this site 1813-1870. It was the city’s first art museum and was erected to display panoramas painted by the artist, John Vanderlyn. At times the structure housed a Post Office, courts . . . — — Map (db m47325) HM
On Centre Street near Worth Street, on the left when traveling north.
This park in the heart of New York City’s civic center is named for patriot, author, humanitarian, and political visionary Thomas Paine (1737-1809). The land that is now Thomas Paine Park was once part of a freshwater swamp surrounded, . . . — — Map (db m129041) HM
On Centre Street at Duane Street, on the left when traveling north on Centre Street.
Front panel:
Triumph of the Human Spirit
1992-2000
This sculpture is dedicated to all the unknown and unnamed Africans brought to this country including the 427 Africans excavated near this site which is now the rediscovered New York City . . . — — Map (db m130027) HM
On Broadway at Barclay Street, on the left when traveling south on Broadway. Reported permanently removed.
INTRODUCTION In September 1609, Henry Hudson and some 20 seamen sailed their ship, the Halve Maen (Half Moon), into what is today New York harbor. The Dutch East India Company expected Hudson to find a passage to Asia. Instead, his . . . — — Map (db m127518) HM
The Italians resident in America,
scoffed at before,
during the voyage, menaced,
after it, chained,
as generous as oppressed,
to the world he gave a world.
Joy and Glory
Never utter a more thrilling call
Than that which resounded . . . — — Map (db m6787) HM
On 5th Avenue south of 50th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Rockefeller Center is one of the foremost architectural projects undertaken in America in terms of scope, urban planning and integration of architecture, art and landscaping. It was developed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. The center's original . . . — — Map (db m61636) HM
On 5th Avenue at West 142nd Street on 5th Avenue. Reported permanently removed.
This monument honors the legendary 369th Infantry Regiment known as the Harlem Hellfighters. The black granite obelisk is a replica of a 1997 memorial that stands in Sechault in Northern France, where the 369th soldiers distinguished themselves . . . — — Map (db m18993) HM
On East 128th Street at Lexington Avenue, on the left when traveling east on East 128th Street.
Alice Wragg Kornegay (1952 - 1996) was a pioneering community advocate in East Harlem for more than thirty five years. Born in Georgetown, South Carolina, she came to East Harlem to live with cousins at the age of ten, after her parents died. She . . . — — Map (db m183129) HM
On East 124th Street west of 2nd Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
A nonprofit organization
protecting land for public use
Our garden was
permanently protected in 1999 by
The Trust for Public Land — — Map (db m274908) HM
On East 125th Street just west of Madison Avenue when traveling west.
This building is dedicated to the lifelong mission of Geoffrey Canada, visionary founder of the Harlem Children's Zone and Promise Academy Charter Schools. Leading a public/private partnership, Canada launched his vision to create a pipeline to . . . — — Map (db m283653) HM
On Lexington Avenue south of East 118th Street, on the right when traveling north.
This site is a public garden which is maintained by neighborhood volunteers through GreenThumb. Founded in 1978, GreenThumb helps local residents transform vacant properties into attractive green spaces. If you want to join this garden, call (212) . . . — — Map (db m241319) HM
On Pleasant Avenue just north of East 118th Street, on the left when traveling south.
This site is a public garden which is maintained by neighborhood volunteers through GreenThumb. Founded in 1978, GreenThumb helps local residents transform vacant properties into attractive green spaces. If you want to join this garden, call (212) . . . — — Map (db m242851) HM
On East 120th Street east of Lexington Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Harlem Art Park is located at the corner of East 120th Street and Sylvan Place, a small road between Lexington and 3rd Avenues that was closed off for use as parkland. The City of New York originally acquired the first part of this property, a . . . — — Map (db m241321) HM
On East 127th Street just west of Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This brownstone was designed by Architect Alexander Wilson in the Italianate style. It was constructed in 1869 by James Meacher and Thomas Hanson and is typical of the post-Civil War row houses built in Harlem during the period from 1947 to 1963. . . . — — Map (db m183131) HM
On 5th Avenue at E 106th Street, on the left when traveling south on 5th Avenue.
Maria Callas was born in this hospital on December 2, 1923.
These halls for the first time heard the musical notes of her voice, a voice which has conquered the world. To this great interpreter of universal language of music, with graditude. . . . — — Map (db m192645) HM
On Fifth Avenue near East 101st Street, on the left when traveling south.
In 1939, after the contralto was refused the use of Constitution Hall by the D.A.R. because of her race, she sang at the Lincoln Memorial for an audience of 75,000. The first African American to perform at The White House (1936), and to be a . . . — — Map (db m98589) HM
On East 104th Street at 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 104th Street.
Inspired by the Musée Carnavalet, which presents the history of Paris, the museum was founded in 1923. Its purpose is to create a love for, and interest in, all things particular to New York City. Joseph H. Freedlander was selected as the architect . . . — — Map (db m183148) HM
On Fifth Avenue at East 108th Street, on the left when traveling south on Fifth Avenue.
Odetta, born Odetta Holmes, was an influential artist/activist of the civil rights generation. During her 60-year career, she influenced numerous performers, including Harry Belafonte, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Janis Joplin. Her signature song was . . . — — Map (db m105133) HM
On Pleasant Avenue just south of East 119th Street, on the left when traveling south.
This garden takes its name from the Community of Pleasant Village, the area from 114th to 120th Streets on Pleasant Avenue and west to First Avenue. The neighborhood in turn takes its name from Pleasant Avenue, aptly dubbed for its idyllic . . . — — Map (db m242847) HM
On East 97th Street just west of Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Russian Orthodox Archbishop of North America 1898-1907 consecrated & lived in St. Nicholas Cathedral. Elected Patriarch of Moscow in 1917. — — Map (db m242857) HM
On East 97th Street just west of Madison Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This cathedral, built in 1901-02, has its colorful elements unified into a rich, exuberant example of Baroque architecture as it evolved in Moscow — the only one of its style in New York City. The central portion of gray stone is ornamental with . . . — — Map (db m242855) HM
On Willis Avenue Bridge Path north of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
A swing bridge is a movable bridge that opens for navigation by rotating horizontally about a center pivot pier located in the middle of the waterway. The top section, known as the superstructure, is usually locked in position so that traffic and . . . — — Map (db m209714) HM
On Fifth Avenue at East 103rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Fifth Avenue.
This structure, a gift from the Carnegie Foundation to the New York Academy of Medicine (founded in 1847) was designed in Romanesque style by York & Sawyer and built by Eidlitz & Son in 1925-26. It was cited by the Municipal Art Society and Society . . . — — Map (db m98653) HM
On Madison Avenue just south of East 131st Street, on the left when traveling north.
Fred R. Moore - Publisher/Editor, 1858 - 1943
Served as messenger to five Secretaries of the Treasury during the Grant, Hayes, Arthur & Cleveland administrations.
1905 - Became editor of Colored American Magazine
1905 - Appointed . . . — — Map (db m210040) HM
This 1912-13 house was designed by Ogden Codman, Jr., a significant American architect and interior designer who created elegant structures noted for their human scale and lack of excessive opulence. One of three family residences he designed on . . . — — Map (db m183151) HM
On Fifth Avenue near East 105th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Gate and fence designed by George B. Post
in 1894 for the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt
at 58th Street and 5th Avenue New York
Presented to the City of New York by their daughter
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
May 1959 . . . — — Map (db m126309) HM
On 1st Avenue at East 112th Street, on the right when traveling north on 1st Avenue.
What was here before?
This park in which this pool is located was planned and named by the Board of Aldermen in 1894, though the land for it was not purchased until 1897. The park opened on October 7, 1905 to provide organized play to the . . . — — Map (db m242852) HM
On Willis Avenue Bridge Path 0.1 miles north of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. Reported damaged.
The Colonial Dutch Settlement of Nieuw Haerlem
Long before Europeans arrived in North America, indigenous peoples had been living on the island of Manhattan which boasted forest, fertile land, fresh water streams, and easy access to the . . . — — Map (db m209664) HM
On East 106th Street west of 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Bounded by Lexington Avenue, East 105th Street, and East 106th Street, this park honors renowned civil rights activist and author Walter White (1893-1955). White was born in Atlanta, Georgia, a few decades after the Civil War. Considering his . . . — — Map (db m242858) HM
On East 105th Street west of 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
What was here before?
The area, which became known as East Harlem, was rural for most of the 19th century. The construction of the elevated transit line to Harlem in 1879-1880, and the extension of the Interborough Rapid Transit line in . . . — — Map (db m242861) HM
On Willis Avenue Bridge Path north of East 126th Street, on the left when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
The Harlem River separates the Bronx from Manhattan, and crossing it has always presented a challenge. By 1667 small boats were ferrying people and goods across the river near here, but it was to the north and west near [unreadable] Street . . . — — Map (db m209697) HM
On Second Avenue south of East 7th Street, on the left when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
(Collegiate)
Reformed Protestant Dutch Church
of the City of New York
Organized under Peter Minuit
Director Genl of the New Netherland
A.D. 1628
Chartered by William III King of England etc . . . — — Map (db m145138) HM
On East 6th Street, on the left when traveling east.
This is the site of the former St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church (1857 to 1940) a mostly German immigrant parish. On Wednesday, June 15, 1904, the church chartered the excursion steamer, General Slocum, to take the members on the 17th . . . — — Map (db m145735) HM
On 4th Avenue at East 8th Street, on the left when traveling north on 4th Avenue.
In tribute to queer poets who have lived in and around the East Village and New York City, artist Rodrigo Hernández presents I Am a Stranger and I Am Moving, a series of drawings inspired by their words. The illustrations, which are loose . . . — — Map (db m264983) HM
On Cooper Square at East 5th Street, on the right when traveling north on Cooper Square.
You are standing in front of an 1844 townhouse which was converted in the 1960s from a cold-water flop to home and gathering place for a newly developing, inclusive avant-garde. Poets Amiri Bakara and Hetty Jones hosted writers, painters, . . . — — Map (db m132312) HM
On Cooper Square/Bowery near East 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the 1960’s, this 1845 former rooming house became a laboratory for artistic, literary and political currents. Writers LeRoi Jones (later Amiri Baraka) and Hettie Jones, their Yugen magazine and Toten Press, musician Archie Shepp and painter . . . — — Map (db m131766) HM
On East 9th Street west of First Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Argentinian composer
Born in Mar del Plata, Argentina,
lived in this building until 1936.
Placed in loving memory
by his devoted followers — — Map (db m166089) HM
On East 13th Street west of Second Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
This building
constructed in 1892
was the studio of the noted
architectural sculptors
Karl Bitter
(1867-1815)
and
Giuseppe Moretti
(1857-1935)
In 1891 Karl Bitter won the competition for the design of the Tympanum and Doors of . . . — — Map (db m145262) HM
On East 14th Street at First Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 14th Street.
Built in 1894, this church was originally called Grace Chapel and Hospital; it was intended to provide free pews for those less fortunate financially than the members of nearby Grace Church. The building is one of only two churches in the city . . . — — Map (db m150856) HM
On 4th Avenue near East 8th Street/St. Mark's Place, in the median.
For hundreds of years, my family of artists has been promoting humanity and what it can do. I promote this neighborhood. The streets of the Lower East Side are not paved with gold – they’re paved with mosaics! These aren’t just my artworks; . . . — — Map (db m242348) HM
On Astor Place at Cooper Square, on the right when traveling east on Astor Place.
For the advancement of science and art Peter Cooper, inventor, civic leader, philanthropist, founded this institution offering free education to all. In its great hall, birthplace of many important social and political movements, America’s leading . . . — — Map (db m41171) HM
On E 10th Street at Stuyvesant Street, on the left when traveling east on E 10th Street.
Son of a revolutionary patriot Born in Fox Meadows (Now Scarsdale) N.Y. June 21, 1774 Died in Tompkinsville, Staten Island N.Y. June 11, 1825 Governor of New York State 1807-1817 — Vice President of the United States 1817-1825 Military . . . — — Map (db m41207) HM
On Saint Marks Place east of Third Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This mansion was once part of the row that lined the entire blockfront. With its arched Federal-Baroque doorway, grand proportions and original wrought iron handrailings at the stoop, it is now a rare survivor of a type which, because of its great . . . — — Map (db m145160) HM
On East 7th Street west of Second Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
To Honor
The Brave Men of this block who Loyally
Served their Country in World War II
★Betancourt, Aurelio · ★Corsino, Salvatore · ★Gudz, Peter · ★Holowaty, John · ★Sierko, Vincent · Amanna, Peter · Amanna, Prosper . . . — — Map (db m145112) HM
On East 13th Street east of Third Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Anarchist, orator and advocate of free speech and free love, lived here from 1903-1913, and published the radical magazine “Mother Earth.” She was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919. — — Map (db m146415) HM
On East 14th Street just west of 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated to the memory of Firefighter* Manuel DelValle, Jr., Engine Co. 5, who made the supreme sacrifice while in the performance of duty operating at Manhattan Box 5-5-8087, World Trade Center September 11, 2001
*Posthumously . . . — — Map (db m207562) WM
On East 14th Street just west of 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated to the memory of Firefighter Raymond Ragucci, Engine Company 5, who bravely served this department protecting life and property in the City of New York in the rescue and recovery efforts at Manhattan Box 5-5-8087, World Trade Center. — — Map (db m207586) WM
On East 14th Street just west of 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Dedicated to the memory of Firefighter Thomas A. Lynn, Engine Company 5, who bravely served this department protecting life and property in the City of New York in the rescue and recovery efforts at Manhattan Box 5-5-8087 World Trade Center — — Map (db m207589) WM
On East 3rd Street west of Avenue A, on the left when traveling west.
Completed in 1935, this was the first housing project undertaken by the New York City Housing Authority and the first low-income public housing project in the nation. The buildings were designed by Frederick L. Ackerman in a simplified Art Deco . . . — — Map (db m146100) HM
On East 3rd Street west of Avenue A, on the left when traveling west.
The nation’s first public housing project. On November 21, 1934 the city began its battle against the slums when the newly-formed New York City Housing Authority obtained the right to demolish and rebuild the tenements on this site. These . . . — — Map (db m146129) HM
On East 9th Street, on the right when traveling west.
Frank O’Hara (1926-1966)
The influential American poet Frank O’Hara lived at 441 East Ninth Street from 1959 to 1963. O’Hara was a leading member of the New York School of poetry as well as an accomplished art critic and a curator at the Museum of . . . — — Map (db m124696) HM
Painter, print-maker, and sculptor Frank Stella lived and worked here from 1978 to 2005, in what was originally a horse auction mart for the city’s elite, and then served as a women’s assembly line training center during World War II. Known . . . — — Map (db m200461) HM
On East 14th Street east of Irving Place, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
For more than half a century, the Gramercy Gym stood on this site. Legendary boxing trainer and teacher, Cus D'Amato, trained world champions Floyd Patterson and Jose Torres along with countless other boxers who were champions in their own right. . . . — — Map (db m147914) HM
On Stuyvesant Street, on the right when traveling east.
These premises housed the Hebrew Technical Institute Founded in 1884. A non-sectarian school. One of the first technical high schools in the United States. Last graduating class 1939. The school was conceived at a meeting of the United Hebrew . . . — — Map (db m41213) HM
On 2nd Avenue at East 7th Street, on the right when traveling south on 2nd Avenue.
Who lost their lives as a result of a gas explosion that occurred at this site located as 121 Second Avenue on March 26, 2015. This dedication serves as a reminder of the tragedy that left many physically and emotionally wounded and as an . . . — — Map (db m223885) HM
On Stuyvesant Street east of East 10th Street, on the right when traveling west.
People enslaved by members of the congregations of the Stuyvesant Chapel and St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery
People enslaved by the Dutch West Indies Corporation
A. Francisco •
Gasinte •
R. Antonio •
Diego or Jacob • . . . — — Map (db m241338) HM
Near East 5th Street west of First Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
Slain while on patrol in the Ninth Precinct
January 27, 1972
They served their country in Vietnam as United States Marines and have given us in death a shining example of racial brotherhood that makes us proud to claim them as members of our . . . — — Map (db m164334) HM
On Fourth Avenue at East 12th Street on Fourth Avenue.
Constructed in 1920, this was the New York headquarters of the International Tailoring Company and its subsidiary, J.T. Taylor & Company. It was one of the world's largest manufacturers of men's custom-made clothing.
From the early to mid-20th . . . — — Map (db m105171) HM
On East 13th Street east of Third Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
Las fuerzas Francesas que invadieron Mexico fueron derrotadas el 5 de Mayo de 1862 en la Batalla de Puebla. A pesar de ello, tomaron la capital, y Napoleon III impuso al Archduque Austriaco Fernando Maximiliano de Haprburgo como Emperador de . . . — — Map (db m146255) HM
On Second Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Designed by the architect William Schickel and built in 1883-1884, the Ottendorfer Library was the first building in Manhattan to be erected specifically as a free public lending library. The building combines elements from several late Victorian . . . — — Map (db m145139) HM
On First Avenue at East Houston Street when traveling north on First Avenue.
A sliver of Manhattan bounded by Houston Street, First Avenue, and Avenue A, Peretz Square marks the spot where the tangled jumble of lower Manhattan meets the regularity of the Commissioners’ Plan street grid.
With the implementation of the . . . — — Map (db m145457) HM
On Bowery near East 7th Street, on the left when traveling north.
Front:
Erected by the citizens of New York in grateful remembrance of
Peter Cooper
Founder of the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Anno Domini
MDCCCXCVII
Rear:
Peter Cooper
Born
February XII AD
MDCCXCI
Died . . . — — Map (db m202947) HM
On 3rd Avenue near East 7th Street, on the right when traveling south.
For more than a century, Peter Cooper (1791-1883) – philanthropist, industrialist and inventor – has watched over the park and school that bear his name. Cooper was a native New Yorker and workingman’s son with less than a year of formal . . . — — Map (db m142047) HM
Near E 10th Street at 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
In this Vault lies buried Petrus Stuyvesant late Captain General and Governor in Chief of Amsterdam in New Netherland now called New York and the Dutch West-India Islands, died Feby. A.D. 1672 aged 80 years. — — Map (db m41165) HM
On E 10th Street at 2nd Avenue, on the left when traveling east on E 10th Street.
This bust was given to the people of New York in trust of Saint Mark’s-in-the-Bowerie in 1915 by Wilhelmina Queen of the Netherlands --------------- From the Commissie Boek of the States General The States General of the United Netherlands to all . . . — — Map (db m41168) HM
On Third Avenue at East 13th Street on Third Avenue.
On this corner grew Petrus Stuyvesant's pear tree.
————————
Recalled to Holland in 1664 on his return he brought the pear tree and planted it as his memorial "by which" said he "my name may be . . . — — Map (db m127436) HM
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