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What was here before?
This was once the site of Colonel George Gibbs’s (1776-1833) estate which included a mansion and farmlands overlooking the East River. Gibbs was a mineralogist whose collection can be found at the Yale Peabody Museum. Originally from Newport, Rhode Island, he bought property in this area in 1814 that was once called Sunswick, which is believed to be the Algonquin word for “woman chief” or “Sachem’s wife”. After Gibbs died in 1833, three developers divided his land into nine estates.
How did this site become a playground?
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