A 3D reconstruction map of Seneca Village overlaid on a historic street grid of Manhattan, with labeled streets including 82nd Street, 86th Street, and 8th Avenue/Central Park West. The rendering depicts fields, gardens, houses, and roads that made up the 19th-century community. At the top of the image, large black text reads: “Envisioning Seneca Village — Through the tools of archives, archaeology, and virtual reality.”
A digital reconstruction of a 19th-century rural community landscape, depicting Seneca Village. In the foreground, a small stream winds through grassy terrain with wildflowers and wooden fences. A large two-story white house with columns and lit windows stands prominently to the right, with smoke rising from its chimney. Nearby are smaller houses, gardens, and fenced areas with animals, set against a backdrop of dramatic clouds and trees, including willows. The scene evokes a peaceful, lived-in environment. It is a working landscape and the color palette is serene, with yellows, greens, beiges, white-painted homes and a sky with what looks like coal smoke on one side and large cumulus white clouds on other, looming above the horizon.
Envisioning Seneca Village blends historical research w/ #digitalmapping + rendering to present an interactive 3D model of what #SenecaVillage might have looked like in 1855, two yrs before its destruction to build Central Park. Co-Authors: Gergely Baics, Meredith Linn, Leah Meisterlin & Myles Zhang