To keep the bad hombres out, the Dutch residents of New Amsterdam constructed a 12' wall in the 1640s.In 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It's now called New York. They took down the wall and built a street. It's called Wall Street.

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image showing To keep the bad hombres out, the Dutch residents of New Amsterdam constructed a 12' wall in the 1640s.In 1664 the British ignored the wall and took New Amsterdam by sea. It's now called New York. They took down the wall and built a street. It's called Wall Street.

This_amoebiasis on May 14th, 2021 at 17:21 UTC »

I wonder where canal street got its name.

Captain_Saftey on May 14th, 2021 at 17:40 UTC »

It's fucking wild for me to imagine NYC being this small

SadiaBinteKamal on May 14th, 2021 at 17:43 UTC »

And that very broad street is Broadway.