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Showing posts with label statue of commerce. Show all posts

Monday, October 10, 2016

Central Park's Lost Statue of Commerce

A stereopticon slide depicted the statue in a well manicured setting. Construction of Central Park began in 1858 and would continue thr...

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Tom Miller: Born in Dayton, Ohio, I relocated to New York city in 1978. An author, blogger, lecturer and historian, I have written the histories of more than 5,000 locations in Manhattan (as of March 2025). I am the author of "Seeking New York" and "Seeking Chicago," and contributed to several other books, and consulted for pieces in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, and similar publications..

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