“In a district now given up to department stores, with the trolleys crashing by and the elevated railway within a few yards, it stood, an excellent example of the stately brownstone family homes of a century ago. Its garden is still kept up. Its fine trees give a pleasant shade, and its old fashioned wooden […]
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1853: The English House Sparrows Who Took Up House and Hotel in Manhattan
Posted: 4th October 2014 by The Hatching Cat in Birds and PigeonsTags: Brooklyn Institute, English Sparrows, Green-Wood Cemetery, Henry Spingler, New York History, Nicholas Pike, Union Square
Having heard that the house sparrows of European cities were helping to control insect infestations, a group of prominent New Yorkers, including dry goods merchant Alfred Edwards, imported eight pairs of sparrows from England in 1850.
