Join us on Sunday, April 28 as historical interpreters bring to life the stories of landowning Black New Yorkers as well as the diverse group of people they rented to within Seneca Village, a thriving Black community in Central Park about 170 years ago. bit.ly/3UhkUgm

#OnThisDay in 1865 funeral services were held for Abraham Lincoln. His coffin left New York to make its journey to Springfield, Illinois. Around 120,000 New Yorkers filed past the casket in City Hall in the 24 hours it remained here.

April 24, 1913 was the Woolworth Building's opening day. The so-called “Cathedral of Commerce” was then the tallest building in the world. 📷 Woolworth Building side elevation at SE corner, ca. 1913. Photo: Wurts Brothers 54746

"The exhibit, titled Lost New York, transports viewers to a time when pigs roamed the streets, shopping was a radical act, and New Yorkers used to brave polluted waters for a swim." More on our special exhibition "Lost New York" from @TimeOutNewYork. bit.ly/3UvuFI0

"We're bringing modern day New York voices in to reminisce about these places, and so we call them lost, but they haven't been forgotten." —Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto Read more on the bygone spaces and places in "Lost New York." bit.ly/44ccWZp