is what Charles Lane was known as in the mid-19th century, when it supposedly served as a staging area for hogs and other animals awaiting their demise at the nearby slaughterhouses on West Street. This narrow, block-long passage originally came into being with the construction of Newgate Prison; it ran outside the northern wall of that institution, which opened in 1797 as New York State's first penitentiary.
Day 261
Pig Alley
September 16th, 2012
hmmm..they come down the road facing the camera..and well…the picture says the rest. I’m just saying. The road is a little uneven on the one side…and I don’t think many traveled the more even side, out…right??