garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

TIL that New York State paid more for the land for Central Park ($ 7.4 million) than the US paid for the entire state of Alaska ($ 7.2 million).

www.smithsonianmag.com

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TIL that New York State paid more for the land for Central Park ($ 7.4 million) than the US paid for the entire state of Alaska ($ 7.2 million).

www.smithsonianmag.com

garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago

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12 Secrets of New York's Central Park

www.smithsonianmag.com

Learn some little-known facts about this NYC landmark

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More important than that is how the Black settlement of Seneca Village was siezed through eminent domain, and razed to build Central Park:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Village