Odds–and Ends

Kim Rancourt is a veteran licensed New York City tour guide. He tells me he has led 2,500 tours of Rockefeller Center and now leads tours of Lincoln Center. He also is a big fan of Coney Island. And now of Green-Wood, which he discovered a few years ago. So, Kim, armed with the map … Read more

New York’s Last Slave

Mark Daly, administrator and senior researcher in Green-Wood’s Green-ealogy program, was recently contacted by an individual inquiring about a Margaret Pine. Mark gets many inquiries, dozens a week, but this one was different: Margaret was described in the inquiry as the last slave in New York State. That caught Mark’s attention! Mark worked with Frank … Read more