City Hall Park
City Hall Park is a public park surrounding New York City Hall in the Civic Center of Manhattan. It was the town commons of the nascent city of New York.[1]
This article is about the park in Manhattan, New York. For the park in Aarhus, Denmark, see Rådhusparken. For the park in Seattle, Washington, see City Hall Park (Seattle). For the park in Burlington, Vermont, see City Hall Park Historic District.History[edit]
17th century[edit]
David Provoost was an officer in the Dutch West India Company.[2] His name was on an 1652 list of nine men who governed New Amsterdam. He owned 35 acres (14 ha) around where City Hall Park is now situated.[3]