![]() Watt determined that he would build his own canal following a creek over a fault line on his 300-acre Harlem farm, with the goal of connecting Harlem and the Hudson River. The following year, Scottish immigrant Archibald D. The inauguration of the Erie Canal in 1825 made New York the country’s most important port city along global trade routes it also made the canal a model for projects across the United States. The character and history of 125th Street in many ways mirrors the history of New York as a whole: a city founded in commerce, attracting migrants from around the world, and growing under great demand for real estate. ![]() ![]() It is also known by its honorific name, Dr. ![]() Harlem’s most important commercial street and its de facto “Main Street,” 125th Street runs east-west from the Hudson River to the East River on the island of Manhattan. ![]()
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