1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York, English warships in the harbor. Looking S on Broadway from the Wall. wwwsavingny.com for reconstructions, 3/15 NYC Fire Museum OpeningHaggisMac t1_jbybbes wrote
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam…
Conan-the-barbituate t1_jbygff7 wrote
Why they changed it I can’t say
MasterChicken52 t1_jbyvdij wrote
People just liked it better that way
Taupenbeige t1_jbzlhgp wrote
People realized that resisting the Brits would mean no more buildings within which to do business so they twisted ‘Ol Stuyvie’s arm to just surrender….
… er i mean liked it better that way
le_suck t1_jbywjpa wrote
people just liked it better that way.
TopspinLob t1_jbyvdx5 wrote
Maybe they liked it better that way
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