In the summer of 1999 a crew of archaeologists for the Landmarks Preservation Commission delineated the "First Almshouse" cemetery human remains in City Hall Park, under renovation and improvement. I personally found a double burial where the location of one of the drinking water fountains was planned and I am under the impression the plans were changed out of respect for the early poor once buried in the Commons, where I have worked a number of times before.
I also volunteered to help after 9/11/01 and was never called asked, informed or any other info. The City Hall Park excavation was supervised by Marilyn London a physical and forensic anthropologists at the Smithsonian Institution. The whole event has been politicized is my only conclusion, almost to get back at the new National Monument next to City Hall, the African Burial Ground.
Source: 2 bones in WTC manhole first remains recoveries in weeks
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