OF OLD NEW YORK

PROGRESS OF THE PARK, COLLECT (OR FRESH

WATER POND,)   SWAMP, BROADWAY AND

ADJACENT PARTS,  FOR YEARS  AFTER

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.

The Place of Execution removed from Tryon Row to a
locality in the present Park, between the
City Hall and Hall of Records

1784.—On reading the petition of a number of inhab¬
itants in Chatham Street and Tryon Row, praying that the
building lately erected for the execution of criminals may
not be erected near their houses, it was ordered that the
said building be reinoved, and placed between and on a
range with the Alms-house and Gaol.
 

It is proposed to lay out streets near the Kalch-hook,

or in the vicinity of the present Reade and

Duane Streets

1784.—Petition of Henry Kipp and others, that a Com¬
mittee be appointed for laying out streets near the Kalch-
hook, was  read,  and  a  Committee  appointed  accordingly.
 

The "Upper Barracks," along Chambers Street, in the
rear of the  present  Park,  leased  to  families

1784.—A petition of sundry persons residing in and
occupying the upper barracks, praying leases for the same,
was read, and the consideration thereof postponed. After¬
ward assented to.
 

The old Powder Magazine, (on the island in
Collect   Pond),  discontinued

1785.—The old Powder Magazine was discontinued, and
a new one ordered to be erected at Inclaubergh.
 

A claimant presents himself for a part of
the ground within the present Park

1785.—A petition of Isaac Sears, relative to his right to
part of the ground whereon the Bridewell is erected, was
read and referred to a Committee. This petition set forth
that by certain  Indentures,  duly made by Thomas  Arden

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