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Central Park . #newyorkcity #thecitythatneversleeps #cometothecabaret #broadwayisback #landmarksofnewyork #centralpark #holiday #lookaround #streetphotography (at New York City, N.Y.) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXPqCUus3i4/?utm_medium=tumblr

Bowling Green Fence Erected by the Common Council in 1771, this fence surrounds New York's earliest park. The park was leased in 1733 for use as a Bowling Green at a rental of one peppercorn a year. Patriots, who in 1776 destroyed an equestrian statue of George III which stood here, are said to have removed the crown which capped the fence posts but the fence itself remains. (Plaque: 1964, The New York Community Trust #BowlingGreen #Fence #commoncouncil #18thCentury #Firstsparkofnyc #citypark #payment #currency #colonialera #equestrianstatue #colonialfence #downtown #lowermanhattan #NYCcolony #batterypark #historicmarkersofny #patriots #britishrule #americanindependence #landmarksofnewyork #hidinginplainsight #oldschoolnewyork #publicspace #nychistory #newyorkcityhistory #thecrown #fencing #metalfence #castironfence #ithappenedhere (at Bowling Green)

Bowling Green The first public park to be established in New York March 12, 1733 "Resolved that this Corporation will Lease a Piece of Land lying at the lower End of Broadway fronting to the Fort to some of the Inhabitants of the Said Broadway in Order to be Inclosed to make a Bowling Green thereof with Walks therein, for the Beauty and Ornament of the Said Street as well as for the Recreation & Delight of the Inhabitants of This City. (From the minutes of the Commin Council. Reconstructed 1938) #bowlinggreen #publicpark #firstpublicparkinnyc #broadway #batteryplace #recreation#delight #beauty #ornament #lowermanhattan #historyinplainsight #historicmarkersofny #historicmarker #historic #historicplaques #newyorkcity #nyc #landmarksofnewyork #ithappenedhere #mahanatta #newamsterdam #historyiscool #citypark (at Bowling Green)

The brass line in the walk shows the boundary between the old city of Brooklyn and the township of Flatbush. Brooklyn (Breuckelen) first settled 1636 Flatbush - 1651 Brooklyn incorporated a city April 8, 1834 Consolidated with Flatbush April 28, 1894 Five boroughs consolidated as greater New York on January 1, 1898 This tablet and brass line are the gift of members of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1934 #brooklyn #flatbush #breuckelen #consolidation #fiveboroughs #brooklynbotanicgarden #city#historicmarkersofny #historicmarker #historic #historicplaques #newyorkcity #nyc #landmarksofnewyork #historyinplainsight #brooklnhistory #5boroughs #consolidation #nychistory #ithappenedhere (at Brooklyn Botanic Garden)

Cunard Building — The Cunard Line, which first opened a New York Office in 1848, occupied this building upon its completion in 1921. Benjamin W. Morris was the architect, and Thomas Hastings served as consultant in the design of the great hall, inspired by Roman and Italian Renaissance examples. The site was formerly occupied by Delmonico's Hotel, opened in 1846, later renamed the Stevens House and demolished in 1919. (Plaque: 1962, The New York Community Trust) #cunard #cunardline #ship #benjaminwmorris #delmonicoshotel #downtownmanhattan #manhattan #19thcentury #stevenshouse #history #hidinginplainsight #architecture #historicmarkersofny #historicmarker #historic #historicplaques #newyorkcity #nyc #landmarksofnewyork (at Cunard Line Building)