Fulton Street (Manhattan)
Fulton Street is a busy street located in
The street has a Beaux-Arts architectural feel with many buildings dating back to the Gilded Age or shortly thereafter. The early 19th-century buildings on the south side of the easternmost block are called Schermerhorn Row and are collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
History
Regular cricket matches were held near the present Fulton Market in 1780 when the British Army-based itself in Manhattan during the American Revolution.[1]
The street itself was originally broken up into two parts, divided at
The Fulton Fish Market was located nearby at the South Street Seaport until 2005, when it moved to Hunts Point in the Bronx.
In August 2013, parts of the street were excavated in order to install water mains, but while they were digging, construction workers uncovered over 100 empty liquor bottles from the 18th century used as part of landfill to extend the street to the East River.[6]
Public transportation
Fulton Street is served by the
References
- ^ Sentence, David (2006) Cricket in America 1710–2000. McFarland.
- ISBN 978-0-8232-1275-0.
- ^ Stokes, I. N. Phelps (1928).The iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498-1909, New York : Robert H. Dodd, Columbia University, p. 618
- ^ Rise of the New York Skyscraper, 1865-1913: 1865-1913, Sarah Bradford Landau, p. 16-17
- ^ A Novel, Nighthawkers, Anthony Tiatorio, Chapter 4, p. 33
- ^ Plagianos, Irene (August 7, 2013). "Trove of 18th-Century Liquor Bottles Found Underneath Fulton Street". DNAinfo. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014.
40°42′36″N 74°00′26″W / 40.71000°N 74.00722°W
External links
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