1838.13

Nicholson Map shows Possible Ball Grounds on Manhattan Island

Salience	Noteworthy
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City/State/Country:	New York, New York, United States
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Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
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Text	Nicholson's 1838 Map of Public Squares and Parks in New York City (online) gives maps of all the public spaces on Manhattan Island at that time. Baseball could be played at most of these, and in the future would be played at several. They included: The Battery (known, at the southern tip of Manhattan) Duane Park, at Hudson and Duane (too small) City Hall Park--see Protoball fields Hudson Square--bounded by Hudson, Beech, Varick. About where the Holland Tunnel circle is today Washington Square--4th/6th Sts. and 5th Ave. Tompkins Square--7th/10th Sts, Aves. A/B Union Place--14th/17th Sts and Union Square Stuyvesant Square--15th/17th Sts and Lexington Bloomingdale Square--53rd/57th Sts between 8th and 9th Aves. Gramercy Park--20th/21st Sts and Lexington (small) Madison Square--see Protoball fields Hamilton Square--see Protoball fields Manhattan Square--77th/81st Sts, 8th/9th Ave Observatory Place--89th/94th Sts., between 4th/5th Aves. Mount Morris--See Protoball fields
Sources	Nicholson's 1838 Map of Public Squares and Parks in New York City
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Submitted by	Bruce Allardice
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