I was taken into it by my father the day they began to dismantle it, and remember very distinctly the courteous manner in which we were received by Mrs.Waddell, and how she regretted the destruction of her home.

At that time the Reservoir was an attraction for the view it furnished.

There were no buildings high enough to interfere, and visitors could get a bird's-eye view of the entire city and the Palisades.

The neighbourhood at that time is well illustrated in the old New York print showing the Reservoir and the Crystal Palace, 1855.

There were no pretentious houses north of Forty-second Street.