Exchange Place (Manhattan)

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20 Exchange Place, located on the eastern end of Exchange Place

Exchange Place is a street in the

Trinity Place in the west and Hanover Street in the east.[1]

Exchange Place was created by 1657 as part of the street plan for the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (modern-day Lower Manhattan), as recorded in the Castello Plan. It is composed of parts of two colonial Dutch roads and survives largely as it existed in 1660, although it has been renamed multiple times and was extended in 1836. The current name, which dates from 1827, was derived from the New York Stock Exchange's presence near Exchange Place. Several points of interest are located along Exchange Place, including the New York Stock Exchange Building, 20 Exchange Place, and 55 Wall Street.

History

Exchange Place was created by 1657, as outlined in the Castello Plan, a street map for the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam (modern-day Lower Manhattan); the street still survives largely as it existed in 1660.[2]: 7  The street incorporates parts of two colonial Dutch roads: Heere Dwars Straet and Tuyn Straet.[2]: 10  Heere Dwars Street (literally The Lord's Cross Street[3]) ran two blocks between Broadway and Broad Street.[2]: 10  Tuyn Street, named after gardens,[4][5] ran one block from Broad Street to William Street.[2]: 10  In colonial times, the area was swampland;[6] to drain the swamp, a canal was dug from Exchange Place, along which Broad Street was subsequently built.[7] The area surrounding Broad Street and Exchange Place was known as the "Schaap Weyte" or sheep pasture.[5]

In 1692, a Dutch Reformed Church was erected at Exchange Place and Broad Street.[8] The first church building was replaced in 1807, and the second church building burned down in 1835. The church's congregation sold off the site in the 1840s rather than rebuild it.[5]

Tuyn Street was renamed Church Street in 1695 and Garden Street in 1797.

WPA Guide to New York City stated that Exchange Place, together with Wall and Broad Streets, formed the core of Manhattan's Financial District.[14]

Notable buildings

Exchange Place contains several landmarks and other structures along its route.

Z trains, has entrances at Exchange Place and Broad Street.[22]

References

  1. ^
    New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications
    . Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Street Plan of New Amsterdam and Colonial New York" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 14, 1983. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Saraniero, Nicole (October 3, 2018). "10 NYC Streets from the Original Dutch Colonial Street Grid". Untapped New York. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  4. ^ Innes, J.H. (1902). New Amsterdam and Its People: Studies, Social and Topographical, of the Town Under Dutch and Early English Rule. Empire State historical publications series. C.Scribner's sons. p. 151. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  5. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  6. ^ City History Club of New York; Kelly, F.B. (1909). Historical Guide to the City of New York. F. A. Stokes Company. p. 31.
  7. OL 17937702M
    – via Open Library.
  8. ^ A Summary Historical, Geographical, and Statistical View of the City of New York: Together with Some Notices of Brooklyn, Williamsburgh, &c. J. H. Colton. 1836. p. 29.
  9. ^ Stokes, Isaac Newton Phelps (1915). The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498–1909 (PDF). Vol. 5. p. 1669 – via columbia.edu.
  10. OCLC 45209072
    .
  11. ISBN 978-0-8232-1275-0
    .
  12. ^
    ISBN 0-195-11634-8
    .
  13. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved July 22, 2020.
  14. ISBN 978-1-60354-055-1
    . (Reprinted by Scholarly Press, 1976; often referred to as WPA Guide to New York City.)
  15. ^ "1 Wall Street Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. March 6, 2001. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  16. ^ "Historic Structures Report: New York Stock Exchange" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. June 2, 1978. Retrieved February 17, 2020.[permanent dead link]
    "New York Stock Exchange" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. July 9, 1985. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  17. ^ "Historic Structures Report: Broad Exchange Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. April 13, 1998. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
    "Broad Exchange Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 27, 2000. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  18. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  19. OCLC 9946323
    .
  20. ^ "Historic Structures Report: National City Bank Building" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service. November 30, 1999. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
    "National City Bank Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. December 21, 1965. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
    "National City Bank Building Interior" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. January 12, 1999. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  21. ^ "City Bank-Farmers Trust Company Building" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 25, 1996. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  22. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Lower Manhattan" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links

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