# The lost history of Seneca Village

**Published by:** [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/)
**Published on:** 2020-02-03
**Categories:** brent-staples, central-park, history, manhattan, new-york-city, seneca-village, urbanism, video, vox-media
**URL:** https://brandondonnelly.com/the-lost-history-of-seneca-village

## Content

This is a fascinating short video (by Vox) about a former neighborhood in Manhattan known as Seneca Village. Today, its land forms part of Central Park. Most of us would probably agree that building Central Park was both a good idea and a powerful example of the value of foresight. But that doesn't mean that the area's pre-park history is something that should be forgotten. (Thanks for sending this along, Jeremiah Shamess.)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdsWYOZ8iqM&feature=youtu.be If you'd like to learn more about Seneca Village, check out this NY Times opinion piece by Brent Staples. It's called, The Death of the Black Utopia.

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