Show wall street WALL ALL street came by its name from the tact fact that along about 1652 ag 2 as a protection against possible attack from rom hostile indians or colo dests the adjoining dutch settlement tile the original new york constructed a 11 palisade or wall immediately to hie north of the city near the present location of tills this now world famous street As time went on houses appeared and a new street which naturally was waa named wall was ushered into existence this newcomer to in street st reeldon dom gradually became a high hat bial thoroughfare and remained so until along about the close of the revola war buildings having to do with govern mental affairs also stood here among them lie colonial city hall which remodeled node led became federal hall and served as the darst of the jolted states of america yere it was that thai was inaugurated president the presence of the government buildings acted as a magnet to the financial dinst of the day and lie ering in tills this area of the banks bank of the gradually got under way finally culminating in ID the con concentta centra lion ion I 1 here of the present day dart voted and powerful group of concerns which have made it the great finan cial center of tile the nation and on one e of the aint t aked about streets in all th world despite its outstanding prominence and strange as it may seem beem wall street has a graveyard trinity at its head and a 9 river rast past at its foot font Is vry very narrow and only about one fourth of a mile in length M western tinion I 1 |