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” ...

Seneca Falls, NY - Women took a stand for their right to vote in 1848 inside a chapel on Fall Street in the village of Seneca Falls. A century later, the village found notoriety as the likely ...

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 ...

When John and Elizabeth Whitehead decided to sell, it was not exactly prime real estate they were offering. The parcels were located between 83rd and 88th Streets and Seventh and Eighth Avenues — but ...

NOTE: The date of this event has changed since this story was first published. It will now take place Sunday, June 18. The serene setting of one of New York City’s first African American communities ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most people who walk through Central Park, from tourists to lifelong New Yorkers, have no idea of the history under their feet. In ...