There is also a decent Historical Atlas of NYC, a current paperback (author eludes me now) which is readily available. I bought mine from the Metropolitan Museum's gift catalog.

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        Try The Iconography of Manhattan Island.  It is full of maps.


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On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, nancy hyden woodward wrote:

>I am looking for a description of NYC and its architecture in the 1670s. Can
>someone point me to a book that would have it? (I know there is a book
>written in 1909 by Mariana Griswold Renesselaer but the library cannot get
>it.)
>
>Or, does anyone know the answers?
>
>Was it triangular-shaped at the foot of the island?
>
>Were the homes one- or, two-story? Of wood? Of brick? Both? Two rooms? Four
>rooms?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Nancy Hyden Woodward
>