Show X X X X-X X X-X X X k X- X X j jH H W X X X XA X A Old Castle Garden Carden Once Famous Pleasure Resort The old Castle Clinton erected dur duro dur- dur during during ing the War of or 1812 1512 just on west est of flattery Battery parkas park was as renamed Castle harden and became a famous pleasure resort sass sa a writer In a n New ew lork paper At first It was as a little ort off offshore shore connected connecter with Ith the mainland b a n dra drawbridge bridge but later the Inter space was as filled In and It stood on the western estern edge of or the park Here were ere bel held annual fairs con concerts concerts concerts theatrical l performances ope op- op operas eras tras and the circus It idled filled much the same s ame place In iii the life of the city liS as Madison Square garden arden did In after atter sears ears It was waa here In 1850 that the ramous famous singer Jenny Lind Lund sang to en enI enraptured enI enraptured enraptured audiences I Part fart of ot Its as an amuse- amuse ment meat place was due ue to Its location In Inthe inthe Inthe the city's largest park parI and at the wa sva water's ter's edge it on was as so charming to stroll In the romantic gas as lit park be- be before before be before fore and after alter the performance I For since 1825 the lower part of New v York city bad had enJo enjoyed ed gas lights a bril bril- brilliant brilliant Ilant Improvement over the flickerIng oil lanterns of or an earlier day |