Category: Places

Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park most notably known for the famous arch was created in 1871. The park is situated in Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan, a small park with a big history. The site of the park has much history that has often been overlooked. What was there before? How did it come to be? These …

1964 World’s Fair

The 1964-1965 World’s Fair in New York was not the first World’s Fair to take to place, it was not even the first World’s Fair New York had held in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. The event was not even officially recognized as a World’s Fair. Despite these elements of the exposition the Fair made a name …

Central Park Zoo

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Queens Botanical Garden

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Van Cortlandt Park

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SoHo

SoHo is a neighborhood in New York City that is located in Lower Manhattan, and the letters “SoHo” actually stands for south of Houston Street. In the early 1900s, Soho was mostly a place of business, and this part of the city was completely covered in warehouses. However, by the mid-1900s, Soho began rapidly changing …