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TIL that New York State paid more for the land for Central Park ($ 7.4 million) than the US paid for the entire state of Alaska ($ 7.2 million). (www.smithsonianmag.com)
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[–] GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

More important than that is how the Black settlement of Seneca Village was siezed through eminent domain, and razed to build Central Park:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seneca_Village

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