In a book called History of the Kip Family in America (1928 privately printed (?) - Bellevue archives, photocopy only) I find a copy of an 1848 lithograph by George Hayward titled, "View in New-York, 1746" that clearly shows what is now Broad Street as still being the tidal canal built by the Dutch in 1656. Other sources cite Broad Street as having been created from the canal ca 168?. (In her excellent Seeing New York, Hope Cooke attributes the infill of the canal - by then a filthy eyesore - as in part a thank you to Gov. Dongan for his role in achieving a charter of rights for the city from the Duke of York.) Can anyone shed further light on this? Beverly Martin