Left side park

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• Inucune@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Ah, no one told you… Central Park sits where an affluent black community once existed (Seneca village), but was seized using eminent domain and razed.

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  • snooggums@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    As is tradition.

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    • MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      … Can’t let black people build something nice.

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  • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Seneca Village was 5 blocks

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    • _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      The 5 blocks seem like a drop in the bucket, they probably could have just carved it out and let it be right? Oh nevermind, the rampant racism, class war, and general greed got in the way.

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    • e8CArkcAuLE@piefed.social ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      but did this include their farmland?

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Clicked through to comment this. Thank you for your service. ✊🏼

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  • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Not sure if “affluent” is the right word. The people there were absolutely fucked over, and the decision to raze the village was blatant racism. But it was only 225 people, and the vast majority were living in poverty; only a couple could even be considered middle class by the standards at the time. It was no Black Wallstreet.

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• BallShapedMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Pretty sure I read it was placed where the affluent black community was and displaced them. Because racism.

  Had the wealthy black families been on the Hudson River we’d probably have left side park instead.

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• khaleer@sopuli.xyz ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  It’s there because wealthy wanted to get rid off Seneca Village, not to homes near the river.

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• garibaldi_biscuit@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Real estate on 4 sides is worth more than on only 3 sides

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• thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Green spaces have cooling affects around them, so all sides benefit if it’s in the center

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    That had nothing to do with the decision to raze Seneca Village to make room for the park the bigots wanted, FYI.

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    • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Actually, it probably did, considering that Seneca Village was only 5 blocks, a tiny fraction of Central Park.

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    • thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No way… They were definitely doing this because of the environment and cooling zones in 1857! /s

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    • DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They didn’t say it had anything to do with it, just stating its effects.

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    • x0x7@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Correct. Your comment has nothing to do with his.

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• aulin@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That’s also not on the rover. It’s next to it.

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• RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Honestly if it were on the shore there would be no end of developers clamoring to build into the park or at least along the shore edge of the park. The park would be whittled down to a few spots with a view available to thr general public. Eventually some politician would cave to campaign donations from a wealthy developer.

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• curiousaur@reddthat.com ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Left field.

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• Matty_r@programming.dev ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  None Apartment with Left Park.

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• WoodScientist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Well, you just going to sit there complaining? Or are we going to do something? Grab a shovel and a plasma cutter, we have buildings to move!

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  • x0x7@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I’ll grab a bucket.

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• otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And there’s no “left” on a map. 🙃

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  • Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Kind of important to note that this concept is especially important since the longitudinal axis of Manhattan is not exactly north-to-south. I guess you could take a port-starboard approach, but compass directions and street names are just so much easier.

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    • starik@lemmy.zip ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Uptown, not uprighttown

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    West is on the left if facing North.

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    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wiser to lead with the “if” in those instances.

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  • x0x7@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Left siiiiiiede

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• someguy3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Like like left side has a decent park.

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  • janus2@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yeah there’s a string of lovely waterfront parks from 55th St all the way up to Inwood (northernmost Manhattan). the area around 79th St boat basin is particularly nice

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• Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sounds catchy enough, tho 🤷‍♂️

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• Cytobit@piefed.social ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Peripheral Park

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