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Marketfield Street is a short one-way, one-block-long alleyway in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The street begins as a southern branch of Beaver Street, then veers east and north, ending at Broad Street. Alternative past names include Exchange Street, Field Street, Fieldmarket Street, Oblique Road, and Petticoat Lane. In 1641, the Governor-General of New Netherland, Willem Kieft, founded on the street, located near Wall Street. The street's name was literally "Market Square",〔 〕〔, pp.75,119〕 and it was named after the Dutch livestock market, ''Marcktveldt'', which operated between 1638 and 1647 in an area near Battery Park.〔 By 1680, mainly poor people were living on the street. Kieft lived in the city with many Huguenots. In 1688, they built the city's first French Huguenot church on the street.〔 〕 In September 1776, Marketfield Street was hit by a large fire, the Great Fire of New York, that engulfed the southwestern tip of Manhattan. In 1821, a hurricane hit the East Coast. As a result, it was destroyed by the dock.〔 〕 In 1821, Marketfield Street, which overlooked the Hudson River, were a single, through street.〔 〕 By the 1830s, though, the street was renamed "Battery Place" from Bowling Green to the Hudson River.〔 The 1882 construction of the New York City Produce Exchange demolished the block of the street that contained the church.〔 In the 20th century, 70 Broad Street, between Marketfield and Beaver Street, became the headquarters of the American Bank Note Company.〔 〕 == References == * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marketfield Street」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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