Show Ht 4 I i Old Castle Garden Once Famous Pleasure Resort The Till old Castle Clinton erected 1 durIng during dur dur- during ing the th War Var of ot just jut west ivest of ot flattery Cattery park lIrk was renamed Castle garden and rind b became a II famous pleasure resort sa says a s a i writer In a New ev York ork paper At first It was a little ofT off offshore shore connected with the tine mainland by hy a II drawbridge hut but later Inter the Intervening Inter s-ening s space lilore was filled fUl In and It stood on the tilt western edge of ot the park purk Here lIre were held annual fairs concerts con con- cents theatrical performances operas operas operas op op- op- op eras and the circus It filled tilled much the same slime place In the life of ot the city us liS Madison Square garden did In after arter jears eats ears It was here In ISM IiO that the famous singer Jenny Lind to enl enraptured enraptured en en- audiences l lart Part of ot Its Us popularity u as aa an Ii amuse amass I meat ment place was due ue to 10 Its location In Inthe inthe I the city's largest park and at the wa wa- wa ers ter's edge it was so 60 charming to stroll In the romantic lit gas park pork before befort before be- be fore fort and a after the performance I For since 1825 the lower part port of New ew ew York city luaU had enjoyed gas lights a Hunt Improvement over the flickering oil lanterns of an earlier day |