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Manhattan: A large tulip tree that grew to the height of 165 feet and a girth of 20 feet. The tree died 1932, at the estimated age of 220 years old. Some saw the tree as a last remaining link to the Wecquaesgeek who lived amongst the tree at Shorakapok. [50] A small monument now stands where the tree once grew. [50] Stuyvesant Pear Tree: Pear tree
Hangman's Elm, or simply "The Hanging Tree", is an English Elm located at the northwest corner in Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. It stood at 135 feet (41 m) tall when measured c. 2000 , [ 1 ] and has a diameter of 67 inches (1.7 m).
Manhattan: History: Curated display of artifacts housed in a freight elevator. Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space: East Village: Manhattan: History: History of grassroots urban space activism Museum of Sex: Rose Hill: Manhattan: Sex: History, evolution and cultural significance of human sexuality Poppenhusen Institute: College Point: Queens: History
Tulip tree under which legend says that Native Americans sold Manhattan to Peter Minuit in 1626. The park's Shorakapok Preserve was formerly the site of a "Great Tulip Tree", a Liriodendron tulipifera considered the largest tree on Manhattan, as well as one of the oldest, and was championed and restored by Parks Commissioner Charles B. Stover. [9]
The individual backyards are arranged so that each opens into a common garden of trees and shrubs down the center. [4] [6] Strips of land measuring 6 feet (1.8 m) wide were taken from the rear boundary of each backyard to create the common garden. The shared space is separated from each individual backyard by short walls made of masonry.
The New-York Historical Society is an American history museum and library in New York City, along Central Park West between 76th and 77th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum.
Sorrel tree Non-native No Phellodendron amurense: Amur cork tree Non-native No Picea pungens: Blue spruce Non-native No Pinus resinosa: Red pine Non-native No Pinus strobus: Eastern white pine Native No Pinus sylvestris: Scots pine Non-native No Platanus × hispanica: London plane Large Non-native Yes Populus spp. Poplars No Prunus 'Kanzan ...
[17] [18] It was officially dedicated as a museum in March 1973 [19] and is also home to the Queens Historical Society. [16] The park includes a 1.3-acre (0.53 ha) playground, rebuilt in 1956. [20] The park also contains a grove of weeping beech trees, descendants of the original Weeping Beech planted in 1847. [10]