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London Planetree Playground Highlights : NYC Parks If you look around London Planetree Park, you will probably see house sparrows (Passer domesticus) This small, brown bird has a black bib (throat) Only 200 years ago, there were no house sparrows on the entire continent of North America Today, it is estimated that there are over 150 million
Sophie Irene Loeb Highlights : NYC Parks Loeb Playground This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park Born in Russia, Sophie Irene Simon Loeb (1876-1929) immigrated with her family to the United States when she was six years old
Underwood Park : NYC Parks - New York City Department of Parks Recreation This park, located in the Clinton Hill Historic District, was the site of the mansion of typewriter manufacturer John Thomas Underwood (1857-1937) In the late 19th and early 20th century, “The Hill” attracted many wealthy industrialists and merchants The stately homes built by the Pratts, the Pfizers, and the Bedfords during this period
Central Park Highlights - Charles Stover Bench : NYC Parks The Charles Stover Memorial Bench stands amidst the floral splendor of Central Park’s Shakespeare Garden, at about 80th Street, west of Belvedere Castle Dedicated in 1936, the bench honors Charles Bunstein Stover (1861-1929), a New Yorker who left a lasting legacy to his adopted city
Phil Scooter Rizzuto Park Highlights : NYC Parks This park is named after Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto, (1917 – 2007) an American Major League Baseball shortstop and announcer with the New York Yankees Rizzuto was born in Brooklyn, NY and attended Richmond Hill High School in Queens where he played both baseball and football
Dunningham Triangle : NYC Parks This map is designed to represent parks as they are used by the public It should not be used to represent the legal boundaries of property under Parks jurisdiction If you would like to view all City property under the jurisdiction of NYC Parks, please visit NYC OpenData
Jacob Riis Triangle - New York City Department of Parks Recreation This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park This tiny park is named in honor of Jacob August Riis (1849-1914), a crusading journalist, author, and photographer who lived in this neighborhood for several decades around the turn of the 20th century
Gustave Hartman Square Highlights : NYC Parks Gustave Hartman Triangle This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park This plot of land, located at Second Street and Avenue C, is named for Gustave Hartman, a municipal court judge and philanthropist who spent most of his life in this neighborhood Gustave Hartman (1880–1936) was born in
Sara D. Roosevelt Park Highlights - NYC Parks The construction of Sara D Roosevelt Park, including his playground in 1934 was the largest park project on the Lower East Side since the acquisition of Tompkins Square Park a century earlier