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 …
Category: Places
1964 World’s Fair
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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 …
Wall Street
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Columbia University
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Arthur Avenue
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Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia
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