Brian there on WNYC, and yes, it's the final day of the membership drive, and so the final installment in our tour of less well-known but significant pieces of New York's history with tour guide Tommy Silk.

You might know him from his Instagram account, the very popular at Landmarks of NY, or his brand new book,

Hidden Landmarks of New York, a tour of the city's most overlooked buildings, just came out this week, Hidden Landmarks of New York, a tour of the city's most overlooked buildings, just came out this week, hidden

landmarks of New York, a tour of the city's most overlooked buildings, and we're going through

a few of them. Hey, again, Tommy, thanks for coming on one more time.

Hey, Brian, happy Friday.

So we're going to do something a little different for this last session and talk about some

landmarks where there's no edifice in one instance,

no building at all, at least in one instance, because that's the flaw with preserving history

through buildings that stayed standing. Usually they were put up by rich people or companies for

rich people or rich companies. And you acknowledge that in your book, and you've

come up with a few ways to be more inclusive with whose stories you're telling. So let's start

way back with a site on Staten Island that goes back over 8,000 years, really? Yeah, so this site

is in, or directly adjacent to the conference house park in Tottenville,

on the south shore of Staten Island.

It's officially known as Akawahung-Manahunang, which translates roughly to island sheltered

from the wind.

And this is the only landmark in New York City that is dedicated to the indigenous population that was here

prior to the European arrival.

And what this site is, is it's the location of a seasonal village that we have evidence

of human activity dating back to around the year 6,000 BCE.

So some of the things that have been found here include you have pottery hunting equipment,

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