Editing New Amsterdam (section)

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[[File:Wall Street IRT 008c.JPG|thumb|Depiction of the wall of New Amsterdam on a tile in the [[Wall Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)|Wall Street]] subway station]]

The maps enable a precise reconstruction of the town. Fort Amsterdam was located at the southernmost tip of the island of Manhattan, which today is surrounded by Bowling Green. [[The Battery (Manhattan)|The Battery]] is a reference to its [[Artillery battery|battery]] of cannon.

[[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] was the main street that led out of town north towards Harlem. The town was surrounded to the north by a wall leading from the eastern to the western shore. Today, where the course of this city wall was, is [[Wall Street]]. Nearby, a canal which led from the harbor inland was filled in 1676, and is today [[Broad Street (Manhattan)|Broad Street]].

[[File:Rigging House motif.jpg|thumb|The Rigging House, 120 William Street, in 1846. It was a Methodist church in the 1760s, then a secular building again before its demolition in the mid-19th century.]]

The layout of the streets was winding, as in a European city. Only starting from Wall Street going toward uptown did the typical grid become enforced long after the town ceased to be Dutch. Most of the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]] overlaps with New Amsterdam and has retained its original street layout.