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The Brownstone
Many brownstone row The Port of New York
houses were built in the New York’s importance as a port
first half of the century. city grew by leaps and bounds in
The raised stoop allowed the early 19th century. Robert
separate entry to the Fulton launched his first steamboat,
parlor and ground-floor the Clermont, in 1807. Steamboats
servants’ quarters. made travel much quicker – it now
took 72 hours to reach Albany,
Crystal Palace was an which was both the state capital
iron-and-glass exhibition and the gateway to the West. Trade
hall erected for the 1853 with the West by steamboat and
World’s Fair. canal boat, and with the rest of the
New York in 1855 world by clipper ship, made the
Looking south from 42nd Street, Crystal fortunes of many New Yorkers.
Palace and the Croton Distributing Reservoir
stood where the main public library and
Bryant Park are today.

The steamboat Clermont

Crystal Palace
in Flames
On October 5, 1858,
New York’s Crystal
Palace exhibition
hall burned to the
ground, just as its
predecessor in
London did.
Grand Canal Celebration
Ships in New York harbor lined up to celebrate the 1825 Erie Canal opening. In connecting
the Great Lakes with Albany, the state capital, on the Hudson River, the canal opened a
water link between the Midwest and the Port of New York. The city realized huge profits.

1849 Astor Place riots; 1851 The New York 1861 Civil War 1863 Draft riots last
ships set sail for California Times first published begins four days; many die
Gold Rush
1853 New 1857 Financial
York hosts panic and 1865 Abraham Lincoln
World’s Fair depression lies in state in City Hall
1840 1850 1860
1845 New York Clipper ship card 1858 Vaux and
Knickerbockers, first Olmsted design
Early baseball organized baseball Central Park;
player team, chartered Macy’s founded
1842 Croton Reservoir built Crowds in Central Park

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