NO. 1877ERA VII · BUILDERS · MANHATTAN

The First Marathon

1970, one hundred twenty seven runners looping the park for a race nobody had heard of. Safety pin numbers and canvas sneakers, the modest seed of two million spectators

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The First Marathon
Number1877
EraERA VII · The Deep City
FamilyBuilders
BoroughManhattan
LocationCentral Park
States1 finished state

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, an art census of New York City: 7,542 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.

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