The Historian · Eleanor · New York
African Burial Ground to City Hall walk
This compact walk holds the city's contradictions. In a few blocks you pass the African Burial Ground (slavery's record), Foley Square (built over the Collect Pond and the Five Points slum), the courthouses, and City Hall — official power sitting directly atop the histories it long ignored. The ground itself is the argument.
A few blocks connecting the African Burial Ground, Foley Square, and the seats of municipal power.
— Eleanor, The Historian
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