NYC PARK HISTORY
IN 1978 HE BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN NYC PARKS COMMISSIONER
WHO IS COMMISIONER GORDON DAVIS?
AT GRAND ARMY PLAZA SHE WALKS AND SHERMAN RIDES.
WHO WAS HETTIE ANDERSON?
THE HIGHEST POINT IN CENTRAL PARK IS LOCATED HERE.
WHAT IS SUMMIT ROCK?
THESE WORLD WAR I "HELLFIGHTERS" WHERE FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT IS HARLEM, IN MANHATTAN?
THE ARTIST LIZZO GAVE A SHOUT OUT AT HER 2021 "GLOBAL CITIZENS" PERFORMANCE TO THIS AREA OF CENTRAL PARK..
WHAT IS SENECA VILLAGE?
BEFORE ELIZABETH ROGERS AND ELIZABETH SMITH THIS ELIZABETH WAS INVESTED IN THE LAND OF CENTRAL PARK.
WHO WAS ELIZABETH GLOUSTER, A SENECA VILLAGE LAND HOLDER AND ONE OF THE RICHEST BLACK WOMEN OF HER DAY?
IN THIS YEAR "JUNETEENTH" WAS FIRST CELEBRATED IN THE AREA OF SENECA VILLAGE.
WHAT WAS 2021?
IN JAMES BALDWIN'S BOOK "GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN" THE CHARACTER JOHN'S FAVORITE HILL WAS LOCATED HERE.
WHAT IS SUMMIT ROCK, CENTRAL PARK, MANHATTAN?
IN 2O14 HE BECAME THE THE 2ND AFRICAN AMERICAN TO BECOME A NYC PARKS COMMISIONER
WHO WAS MITCHEL SILVER?
SHE HANGS WITH THE LADIES ON LITERARY WALK?
WHO IS SOJOURNER TRUTH?
TODAY THIS SPOT STILL PERCOLATES WATER AND WAS A WATER SOURCE AS WELL FOR THE VILLAGE.
WHAT IS "TANNER" SPRING?
LOUIS ARMSTRONG PERFORMED AROUND THE WORLD BUT THIS PLACE WAS HOME.
CORNA, QUEENS
IN 1983 THIS LADY "RAINED" SUPREME IN CENTRAL PARK.
WHO WAS DIANA ROSS?
AS A "LADY" OF JAZZ SHE STOOD TALL.
WHO WAS BILLIE HOLIDAY?
THIS PARK LOCATION REPLACED THE FORMER RECIEVING RESERVIOR LOCATED EAST OF SENECA VILLAGE.
WHAT IS THE GREAT LAWN?
1N 1825 ANDREW WILLAMS, A FREE BLACK NEW YORKER PURCHASED LAND IN THIS AREA.
WHAT WAS "SENECA VILLAGE" IN MANHATTAN?