DeVerm;340069 Wrote: > Harlem, Hoboken & Brooklyn (Breukelen) are named after Dutch cities. > Bronkx was a plantation owned by Mr. Bronck (Bronck's plantation) All > the old streets have Dutch names, like Wall street, Broadway (was > widened by the Dutch and used to be the path used by Indians) etc. Nice > history too: Wall street was actually where a wall was built to defend > the city. Staten Island, Coney Island, Long Island, Block Island etc. > Just NE of Albany there are villages called Rotterdam and Amsterdam. We > traveled in that area and could speak Dutch in many places ;-) If you > like to know more, you must buy this book or at least read this > excerpt: http://www.randomhouse.com/features/island/excerpt.html > > BTW: I had an office there too, in the Cunard building downtown > Broadway, where the bull stands, near Wall street. My favorite club is > Cafe Wha @ Bleecker St. (Dutch street) in Greenwich Village. Bob Dylan, > Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen (Dutch blood), Peter, Paul & Mary, Kool > and the Gang, Richard Pryor and Bill Cosby began there so you must know > the place ;-) > > cheers, > Nick.
I'm sure that it's not just me but you are making me a bit curious about youself. Is it ok to ask about your history a bit as it sounds very cool to me? You have a bunch of knowledge, live on a boat, and now some history to go with it. If I'm intruding I do apologize in advance. -- Nonreality -IF THE RULE YOU FOLLOWED BROUGHT YOU TO THIS, OF WHAT USE IS THE RULE.- HTTP://www.last.fm/user/nonreality ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nonreality's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52570 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
