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Duane Park
Origins
Duane Park was the first open space acquired by the City of New York specifically for use as a public park. It is located on Duane Street, which was named for James Duane, New York's first mayor (1784-89) after the American Re…
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Duane Park
Design
Originally an open commons, the park was later enclosed by an iron fence. By 1870 it had been enlarged and landscaped with trees, lawn and shrubs accorded to a design by Parks Chief Engineer Montgomery A. Kellogg and Chief Gard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12KV_fluxhouse_New-York-NY.html
Fluxus artist George Maciunas, 1931-1978) founded 16-18 Green Street as a Fluxhouse Cooperative, as artist-in-residence center of avant-garde innovation in living, performance, and creativity
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY8A_house-of-leonard-lispenard_New-York-NY.html
Opposite this tablet in Hudson Street stood the house of Leonard Lispenard In which General George Washington was entertained June 25, 1775 while en route from Philadelphia to Cambridge to Assume Command of the Continental Army.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY89_31-harrison-street_New-York-NY.html
This Federal period house stands on land which was originally a part of the well-known farm of Annetje Jans, granted to her by Director General Van Twiller in 1636. After 1765, the Harrison Brewery occupied the land, hence the name Harrison Street…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMUC_municipal-building_New-York-NY.html
Designed for the offices of city government, this granite structure was completed in 1913 from plans by McKim, Mead, and White. The symbolic figure, civic fame, atop the tower and the other sculptured elements are the work of Adolf Alexander Weinm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMUB_engine-company-31_New-York-NY.html
This building, constructed in 1895, is among the best of the many eclectic firehouses built by Napoleon Le Brun & Sons. Today it seems surprising that such an elaborate design would be used for so utilitarian a structure. The entire spirit of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK4A_underground-railroad-station_New-York-NY.html
On September 3, 1838, human-rights activist Frederick Douglass escaped slavery in Maryland by disguising himself as a sailor and traveling North by carriage, train and boat. A few days later he arrived at 36 Lispenard Street, then a small brick bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHUY_north-overlook_New-York-OH.html
On the east side of the Little Miami River between the two bridges (Rt. 350 and I-71) is the site of a former Fort Ancient Indian village, now known as Anderson Village, occupied for about 20 years between AD 1000 and 1200. Clifford Anderson, who …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHUX_the-myth-of-the-mound-builders_New-York-OH.html
Throughout the 19th Century scholars believed there were three great New World civilizations; Inca, Aztec, and Mound Builders. They believed that the American Indians had destroyed the Mound Builders. While early scholars could not accept the idea…