Turning Manhattan swampland into Central Park’s vast acres of woodlands, meadows and ponds took16 years and cost $14 million. But building Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux’s “Greensward Plan” ...

Wander the winding paths and open fields of Central Park’s northwestern quadrant— the one closest to Columbia’s campus— and you may come across a discreet kiosk that reads, “Discover Seneca Village.” ...

Most people who walk through Central Park, from tourists to lifelong New Yorkers, have no idea of the history under their feet. In 1825, a 25-year-old African American shoe shiner named Andrew ...

For decades, Seneca Village was a thriving 19th century community predominantly of Black New Yorkers, until city officials forced the residents out in order to make way for the development of Central ...

Archaeologists have successfully located the remnants of Seneca Village, a 19th century village (and New York City’s first community of African-American property owners) located in what is now Central ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANHATTAN — To a modern-day visitor, Seneca ...

A viral TikTok post says New York City’s Central Park once was a town called Seneca Village. The video, which was later removed from the platform, boasted over 3 million views. It’s preserved in this ...