October 17, 1877

The Daily
Graphic

New York
Wednesday, 17 October 1877




... the scene of destruction which can now be witnessed any day in the lower part of Frankfort street, where a large number of buildlngs are now being pulled down to make room for the New York approach to the East River Brldge.



From JK, Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:35 AM:

My grandfather, Charles Edward Rasche was born in lower Manhattan in 1884 and died in 1988. He told the story of his father, a German baker, and the house his family home in lower Manhattan, before his birth. The story goes that there was a knock on the door and it was the city saying they were taking the Rasche family home for the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. Any idea where I can check out this story and discover the location of the home?


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