Yesterday I posted a 1951 shot of Pershing Square after it had been dug up in preparation of the multi-level parking structure that was built under it. In researching that photo, I came across this much nicer, much earlier photo. What we now know as Pershing Square has undergone a number of name changes since it first became a public park in 1866. This genteel photo was taken in the late 1880s when it was known as the Sixth Street Park. (1886 to early 1890s) This incarnation had a lot more lawn that later versions, and I do love those two proper Victorian ladies taking a stroll around the gardens, with St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is in the background.