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Fri 26 Jun 2020 12:47AM

Bad Statues in NYC

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What are some sites that we hold in spite?

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Columbus

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"Sale" of Manhattan plaque

"A plaque (on a rock) marking what is believed to be the spot of the sale is in Inwood Hill Park, the only natural forest left in Manhattan." https://urbanareas.net/info/resources/neighborhoods-manhattan/inwood-manhattanhistory/

*Netherland Monument: Location: Northeast entrance near intersection of State Street and Battery Place. Inscription: 1) west side: "ON THE / 22ND OF APRIL 1625 / AMSTERDAM CHAMBER OF / THE WEST INDIES COMPANY / DECREED THE ESTABLISHMENT / AND THE CREATION OF THE / ADJOINING FARMS / THE PURCHASE OF THE / ISLAND OF MANHATTAN / WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN / 1626. THUS WAS LAID THE / FOUNDATION OF THE / CITY OF NEW YORK." 2) front: "IN TESTIMONY OF ANCIENT AND / UNBROKEN FRIENDSHIP THIS FLAGPOLE / IS PRESENTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK / BY THE DUTCH PEOPLE / 1926" "https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/battery-park/monuments/1092