Looking north on Church (118th) Street in Richmond Hill, NY. Notice the horse drawn carriage coming down the street

"Once [Albon Platt Man and Edward Richmond] had the lay-out mapped, they began to cut streets through. . . . The plan was most attractive . . . . The LIRR put up a fine station, the P.O. was opened in 1872, the first little church, the Church of the Resurrection, was built on land that [Albon Platt Man] gave . . . and as every street was laid out, both sides were planted with trees. The streets were named after them, Beech, Walnut, Oak, Maple, Elm. . . . The street with the first church was Church Street. Houses began to spring up, schools and stores to open, water and gas lines run." Talk at P.S.99 by Elizabeth Sarcka Man (granddaughter of Albon Platt Man) (Manuscript dated May 17, 1975) (Bracketed text is mine).