Public park in Manhattan, New York
Septuagesimo Uno is a 0.04-acre (160 m2) park in the
Upper West Side of the
New York City
borough of Manhattan. It is located on 71st Street between
West End Avenue to the west and the intersection of Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue to the east. The park's name is Latin for "seventy-first". The park is operated and maintained by the
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
In the 1960s, Mayor
John Lindsay started the Vest
Pocket Park campaign to acquire vacant land for use as small parks. New York City acquired this property through condemnation on March 28, 1969. In May 1981, the Department of General Services transferred jurisdiction of the property to the
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Originally named "71st Street Plot", in 2000 it was renamed by Parks Commissioner
Henry Stern to improve its appeal.
[1] It was also featured in the 2005 movie
Little Manhattan starring
Josh Hutcherson and
Charlie Ray.
[2]
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40°46′43.2″N 73°59′03.5″W / 40.778667°N 73.984306°W / 40.778667; -73.984306
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