SpaceBar@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCentral Park, New York City [OC]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down16
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minus-squareitadakimasu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year agoWhat great foresight they had to create that space
minus-square3laws@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·1 year agoIt wasn’t that heroic. They intentionally did it to decimate new black land owners.
minus-squareAlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·1 year agoWait, what?
minus-squareSertou@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agohttps://www.nbcnewyork.com/discover-black-heritage/black-history-of-new-york-before-central-park-there-was-seneca-village/3543777/
minus-squareAlternatePersonMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWell that’s depressing
minus-squarebmovement@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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