Tompkins Square Park
Gallery
1873
Description of Tompkins Square as the Poor People's Park in a 1873 newspaper. Proletariat masses used Tompkins Square Park for various reasons such as poor children playing, workers' meetings, and political organizing
NYPL Digital Collections
1938
Descriptions of Art Classes offered in 1938 within the Tompkins Square Park neighborhood
Hathitrust Organization
1852
Map from 1852 of the Public Parks across Manhattan. Tompkins Square Park is located on the bottom lef-handed corner of the map.
NYPL Digital Collections
1874
On July 5, 1874, sevent thousand individuals including Communist workingmen were protesting in Tompkins Square Park against the lack of relief programs provided and they were met with police repression and riot.
The Financial Times
2021
Photograph of Tompkins Square Park which depicts people reading books on park benches under large trees.
The Financial Times
