Fonte: New York Post
A piece of Manhattan history tied to the Underground Railroad may come crumbling down — but not without a fight. A proposal to build a 100-foot-high commercial building next door to the Merchant’s House Museum, where a secret passageway used to smuggle slaves to freedom was discovered last month, is causing outrage in NoHo. Experts say construction of the planned building will cause irreparable damage to the adjacent three-and-a-half-story site — listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the earliest known location of Underground Railroad activity in NYC.
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