Sunday, August 14, 2022

Sketching the Oldest Streets in NYC

The Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden Highlights : NYC Parks
Hanover Square with Queen Elizabeth II Gardena and India House 

Amid the enormous skyscrapers, the traffic, the people and the noise, it is hard to believe that NYC was once a small village of twisty streets, cobblestones and clapboard buildings.  It is still there....if you look ...hard. 

Join us as we traverse streets from the very start of New York with names like Stone, William, Pearl, and Beaver. Come and capture some of the buildings that stood there when horses and carts rode past them with names like Frances Tavern, India House and a row of Dutch houses on William Street  

Read the articles below for some history of the area and the street names. 

https://untappedcities.com/2016/06/21/a-history-of-nycs-hanover-square-and-east-financial-district-from-the-bowery-boys-adventures-in-old-new-york/

https://www.thewallstreetexperience.com/blog/fraunces-tavern-nyc-dining-history/

Fraunces Tavern: New York City's Oldest Tavern
Fraunces Tavern 

We will start at Hanover Square and the Queen Elizabeth II Garden. (can you believe there is a garden in NYC dedicated to the Queen?!?).  From there we will fan out to sketch what strikes our fancy, then come back for lunch and show what we have found.   

Daytonian in Manhattan: The 1854 India House -- No. 1 Hanover Square
India House




Dutch architecture manhattan hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
Dutch Buildings on Williams Street

WHEN:  WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17, 2022

STARTING TIME: 10:30 AM

WHERE:  MEET IN THE PARK ON HANOVER SQUARE

TRANSPORTATION 2,3 to Wall Street/William Street

Stone Street New York Photograph by Erin Cadigan | Pixels
Stone Street




NOTES

  • RSVP directly to Raylie Dunkel at rayliedunkel1@gmail.com
  • Looking for us? Call/text Raylie at 201-273-0445
  • Bring a stool, a hat and lunch, or purchase it from the many food outlets in the area



Meet At Hanover Square