Public squares, parks, and places in the City of New York
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Title
Public squares, parks, and places in the City of New York
Collection
Maps of New York City and State
New York City
Manhattan
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1852
Place: New York
Library Location
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 14-1446
Subjects
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Maps
New York (N.Y.)--Maps
Battery Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Duane Street Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
City Hall Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Columbus Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Washington Square (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Tompkins Square (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Abingdon Square (New York, N.Y.)
Union Square (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Stuyvesant Square (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Gramercy Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Madison Square Park (New York, N.Y.) -- Maps.
Parks -- New York (State) -- New York -- Maps.
Genres
Notes
Content: Scales differ. (W 74°01ʹ--W 73°56ʹ/N 40°49ʹ--N 40°42ʹ).
Content: Compass orientations vary. Scales also vary.
Content: Park maps covering various locales south of 125th Street in Manhattan, New York (N.Y.) Placenames given include Battery, Duane Park, The Park [at City Hall], Hudson Square, Five P[oin]ts Park, Washington Square, Tompkins Square, Union Place, Stuyvesant Square, Bloomingdale Square, Gramercy Park, Madison Square, Hamilton Square, Manhattan Square, Observatory Place and Mount Morris. Each map gives dimensions and acreage, shows layout of surrounding streets. No interior detail of parks are shown.
Content: Includes text.
Physical Description
Extent: 17 maps on 1 sheet : col ; 9 x 13 or smaller, sheet 51 x 62 cm
Identifiers
Barcode: 33433087457986
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20285105
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 575ac300-ed72-0130-3980-58d385a7bbd0
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Public squares, parks, and places in the City of New York" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/575ac300-ed72-0130-3980-58d385a7bbd0
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1852). Public squares, parks, and places in the City of New York Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/575ac300-ed72-0130-3980-58d385a7bbd0
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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Public squares, parks, and places in the City of New York" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 4, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/575ac300-ed72-0130-3980-58d385a7bbd0
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