Boss Tweed and 19 Months that Changed Central Park

Boss Tweed and 19 Months that Changed Central Park

LW! is doing a little time traveling to explore the darker side of the development of Central Park. It is somewhat miraculous that the park even exists, as back in the 1850s real estate developers and politicians were just as cozy as today. Add in the nefarious reign of William Marcy “Boss” Tweed, notorious leader of New York...
los ABCs del parque central (¡en español!)

los ABCs del parque central (¡en español!)

CENTRAL dARK

In honor of Keeping the Past for the Future’s Spanish language initiative, launched September 2015, we offer this blog post translation. The goal is to translate and provide access to Spanish dominant families about what their children are learning in the classrooms. Thank you Lourdes Davila for your beautiful...

Upper West Side – Central Park West Historic District

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Upper West Side - Central Park West Historic District West 70th Street 270 Columbus Avenue 115 Central Park West 124 West 72nd Street 129-133 West 69th Street 101 West 81st Street 106 West 70th Street 48-54 West 94 Street West 74th Street & Columbus Avenue 34 West 89th Street 47-51 West 89 Street Upper West Side – Central Park West...

Central Park West – 76th Street Historic District

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Central Park West - 76th Street Historic District Central Park West – 76th Street (1973) This was one of the first areas of the Upper West Side to receive landmark protection. Rowhouse construction began on 76th Street in 1887;  by 1900, 44 had been built in the district. The district retains examples of four building types common to the...