The Empire State Building stands on Lenape homeland. Explore Mannahatta’s Indigenous past, the contested 1626 ‘sale,’ wampum diplomacy, and the tower’s 1931 rise.
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Developing the Empire State Building
Discover how the Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Erie Canal and Chesapeake crossings rose on Lenape, Haudenosaunee and Powhatan homelands — and the Mohawk ironworkers behind the steel.