The New York Times Archives. ... 1899, Page 4 Buy Reprints. ... to compel builders of tall structures in narrow streets to erect these buildings some distance back from the line of the old houses, ...

In 1807, the Commissioners’ Plan laid out the future street plan of New York City. ... It would be rechristened “Old Broadway” in 1899 by the Board of Aldermen.

NEW YORK A SLUSHY VENICE; City Streets Disappear Under a Sea of Dirty Snow and Water. COATED WITH ICE UNDERNEATH Pedestrianism a Feat of Peril -- Street Cleaners Take Hope -- The Work of Relief.

Is NYC's historic Belgian block endangered? 10 fun facts from a Historic Districts Council report about the paving in NYC. Hint: It's not cobblestone!