garfaagel to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoTIL 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.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down10
arrow-up16arrow-down1external-linkTIL 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.comgarfaagel to Today I learned@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareGuyDudeman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 years agoMore 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
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