SpaceBar@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoCentral Park, New York City [OC]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down16
arrow-up1374arrow-down1imageCentral Park, New York City [OC]lemmy.worldSpaceBar@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareitadakimasu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months agoWhat great foresight they had to create that space
minus-square3laws@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·11 months agoIt wasn’t that heroic. They intentionally did it to decimate new black land owners.
minus-squareAlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoWait, what?
minus-squareSertou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agohttps://www.nbcnewyork.com/discover-black-heritage/black-history-of-new-york-before-central-park-there-was-seneca-village/3543777/
minus-squareAlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoWell that’s depressing
minus-squarebmovement@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 months agoInteresting… it says it was 40 acres. I wonder what was in the other 95% of that land at the time? Everything on Google just mentions Seneca Village.
What great foresight they had to create that space
It wasn’t that heroic. They intentionally did it to decimate new black land owners.
Wait, what?
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/discover-black-heritage/black-history-of-new-york-before-central-park-there-was-seneca-village/3543777/
Well that’s depressing
Interesting… it says it was 40 acres. I wonder what was in the other 95% of that land at the time? Everything on Google just mentions Seneca Village.
Dang