TL;DR: Prominent, established voices inform us that Biddy Mason — besides making her famous 1866 purchase of two contiguous lots (three blocks away from Pershing Square), which became the site of her Spring Street home/commercial structure, and where the current Biddy Mason Park is located — also bought and held an extensive array of properties adjacent to what is now Pershing Square. The evidence, however, indicates this is false, as it appears Mason’s only stake remotely near the park was a single lot purchased in 1868, on which she made no improvements, and divested herself of it afte
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