To build Central Park, the city had to disband Seneca Village, a squatter’s town far north of the city limits comprised of African Americans and Irish immigrants.  The village was in existence until the late 1850s and was a thriving community for those that were considered to be on the fringes of society.  This 90-minute tour will teach you what it took to survive in rural Manhattan; Sarah Lohman will be doing a presentation on food-ways, with samples of heirloom vegetables and heritage pork.