in the exhibit recreates the house of a fictional Seneca Village resident as it may have existed at the time, but also how their descendants may have lived in the present and future, as if the settlement had not been destroyed. The latter parts are influenced by Afrofuturism, an art genre, aesthetic, and philosophy which imagines possible futures through the lens of the African diaspora, touching on themes of imagination, self-determination, technology, and liberation. In popular culture Central Park (2020) references Seneca Village, though unnamed, in the first episode of the animated musical sitcom, with the ensemble referring to it as a 'dark history'. See also Allensworth, California Bruce's Beach Greenwood District, Tulsa Hayti, Durham, North Carolina Hogan's Alley, Vancouver Mound Bayou, Mississippi Rosewood, Florida Weeksville, Brooklyn Wilmington, North Carolina References Notes Bibliography External links , Central Park Conservancy Seneca Village Unearthed, Digital Exhibitions, NYC Archaeological Repository, 2020 Seneca Village, A Forgotten Community: Report on the 2011 Excavations, 2018 Central Park Condemnation Map, 1856 The Naturalist Podcast on Seneca Village, November 2011 Uncovering the history of Seneca Village in New York City, February 6, 2022 - CBS Sunday Morning (Video) Central Park History of New York City Populated places in New York established by African Americans African-American history in New York City Former New York City neighborhoods Squats in the United States Evicted squats 1825 establishments in New York (state) 1857 disestablishments in New York (state) Underground Railroad in New York (state) Forcibly depopulated communities in the United States