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Author
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"To travel through the cemeteries of New York is to travel through the hidden history of what some consider to be the greatest city in the world. Founded in 1838, Green-Wood became the city's most popular tourist attraction. The cemetery was so popular that urban planners challenged architects to come up with plans for a separate green-space for Manhattan. Hence, both Central Park, founded in 1857, and Brooklyn's Prospect Park, in 1867, were born....