Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Recorded June 13, 2023
Before it became Central Park, the more than 800 acres of land in the middle of Manhattan was the site of farms, churches, businesses, wars, burial grounds, and homes to many different kinds of New Yorkers. "Before Central Park" author Sara Cedar Miller, historian emerita at the Central Park Conservancy and Valerie Paley, senior vice president and Sue Ann Weinberg Director of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library, discuss the materials Miller uncovered at New-York Historical, and how much of that history still echoes in Central Park today.
Primary Source is a series of free and public programs exploring how the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library at the New-York Historical Society supports new research and historical inquiry. Presented in our renowned Reading Room, enjoy these behind-the-scenes conversations about New York's past and present, deeply grounded in the Library's rich collections.
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Recorded June 13, 2023
Before it became Central Park, the more than 800 acres of land in the middle of Manhattan was the site of farms, churches, businesses, wars, burial grounds, and homes to many different kinds of New Yorkers. "Before Central Park" author Sara Cedar Miller, historian emerita at the Central Park Conservancy and Valerie Paley, senior vice president and Sue Ann Weinberg Director of the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library, discuss the materials Miller uncovered at New-York Historical, and how much of that history still echoes in Central Park today.
Primary Source is a series of free and public programs exploring how the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library at the New-York Historical Society supports new research and historical inquiry. Presented in our renowned Reading Room, enjoy these behind-the-scenes conversations about New York's past and present, deeply grounded in the Library's rich collections.
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For more about the New-York Historical Society, visit our website: nyhistory.org
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Subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/c/nyhistory?sub_confirmation=1
Check out our full video catalog: youtube.com/c/nyhistory
Instagram: instagram.com/nyhistory
Facebook: facebook.com/nyhistory
Twitter: twitter.com/NYHistory
#newyorkhistoricalsociety #history
