Communities destroyed & displaced
Seneca Village, cleared for Central Park
Condemned 1853, cleared by 1857Seneca Village, now inside Central Park between 82nd and 89th Streets, New York, NY
New York's largest community of free Black property owners - with three churches, a school and its own cemeteries - was condemned and demolished to make Central Park.
- People displaced
- 225
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