1879: The Peter Goelet Mansion and the Last Cow to Graze on Broadway » UnionSquareExcavate
Although Cornelius Williams tried to prevent the opening of new streets through his property, the city seized a portion of his land in 1832 for a new public square called Union Place where Fourth Avenue met Broadway. This illustration depicts laborers excavating land just south of 18th Street (Broadway is on the right and Fourth Avenue is on the left). The Goulet mansion was just one block north of this site.
Laborers excavate Union Square south of 18th Street in 1832
