The serene setting of one of New York City’s first African American communities is the inspiration for a Juneteenth commemoration taking place in Central Park on Sunday. Seneca Village was ...

By Lola Fadulu Before the Civil War, a predominantly Black community flourished in Seneca Village, on the land that is now Central Park. On Sunday, as part of a commemoration of Juneteenth ...

The dwellings were demolished and Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux began to build Central Park. We don't know what happened to the people buried in the two Seneca Village cemeteries we know of.

But to no avail. Seneca Village lasted only 32 years. Central Park was created, and the rest is history – but an incomplete history, until recently. A monument to a prominent Seneca Village ...

Before Central Park was built, a predominantly African American community was torn down to make room for it. Now a monument is being made to commemorate the village. Seneca Village was New York ...

If you want to read more about the community, check out the Institute for the Exploration of Seneca Village History, or the exhibit through the Central Park Conservancy. This is the fifth ...

Founded in 1825, Seneca Village was once home to nearly 200 residents. Some villagers were German and Irish American. But most of them were Black. Nestled in a 40-acre wide strip of Central Park ...

On June 15, the Central Park Conservancy carried out its third annual “Juneteenth in Seneca Village” celebration. The event, held at at the Seneca Village Landscape, aimed to pay tribute to ...

Seneca Village, a community of predominately Black property owners in what’s now Central Park, is being commemorated to mark the 200-year anniversary of its founding. A map from cartographer Egbert ...