Today, at the bottom of Broadway the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (home of a federal bankruptcy court and a museum dedicated to the Native American) stands in all its Beaux Arts splendor. But what bulky building occupied this site from the 1620's until 1789 when it was finally demolished to clear the way for the new federal city?
FORT AMSTERDAM (later named Fort James)
Fort Amsterdam is the large clover-like structure on the left, beside Bowling Green at the end of Broadway.
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