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Hancock Park
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Hancock Park

[St. Nicholas Avenue ar 123rd Street: Eighth Avenue Line (IND)]

Negative documents the Hancock Park at 123rd Street and St. nicholas Avenue in preparation for the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line. Photograph also documents the construction of a building on Manhattan Avenue.

IMAGE DATE1925
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Hancock Park was dedicated to war hero Winfield Scott Hancock in 1886 by the New York City Board of Aldermen. The board gained possession of this property the year of Hancock's death and saw fit to celebrate the decorated general.

The Coalition of 100 Black Women has maintained this small park since 1981. Recent plantings have included the introduction of evergreens, tulips, and a perennial garden.

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