The Fairest of Cities

East River

"Situated on an island, which I think it will one day cover, it rises, like Venice, from the sea, and like that fairest of cities in the days of her glory, receives into its lap tribute of all the riches of the earth."
Frances Trollope, Domestic Manners of the Americans

Beautiful Harbor

South Street Seaport

"My imagination is incapable of conceiving any thing of the kind more beautiful than the harbour of New York."
Frances Trollope, Domestic Manners of the Americans 

Superior

City Hall Park

"I think New York one of the finest cities I ever saw, and as much superior to every other in the Union."

Frances Trollope, Domestic Manners of the Americans