I wish I had a time machine, to be able to go back in the past and see how cities were before they were massive...
@chops64166 жыл бұрын
I'd go back even further and spend a day as the only human on earth. The biodiversity would be mind boggling. Not one piece of litter, every natural rescource untouched, truely the most beautiful planet in existence.
@QueenBee-gx4rp5 жыл бұрын
Mick Hill And very large animals that think you look like a tasty morsel......
@bcad24385 жыл бұрын
So many frogs. They keep you up at night. How is that swamp and pond across the street now City Hall? But that's Manhattan for you, if you wanted less wildlife you would've stayed in Amsterdam.
@RC.415 жыл бұрын
They were all trees lol
@davearonow655 жыл бұрын
@@chops6416 right, because you've seen so many other planets to be able to make that determination.
@noahbaxter45764 жыл бұрын
1:16 Bro really pulled out the minecraft paintings
@DaysiPerez-rw9xc4 жыл бұрын
Oh I thought it was just me ... haha so true though
@innovatecoin99904 жыл бұрын
It got censored if you see the time stamp it looks different then, so strange
@EdouardPicard02244 жыл бұрын
He pulled a compressed jpg from his floppy disk
@diogodavid35574 жыл бұрын
@@innovatecoin9990 look at the sky in the time stamp. It's still pixelated images, you jsut can't notice that very well because of the size and compression
@blankblank54093 жыл бұрын
0:40
@Rickyrab6 жыл бұрын
If NYC weren't a city it could've been the site of a great national Park.
@hanoitripper18095 жыл бұрын
It can be reverted
@rubina18685 жыл бұрын
Richard Rabinowitz yeah instead we have two gigantic airports on migratory paths
@rubina18685 жыл бұрын
Hanoi Tripper how???
@tracydrennan32965 жыл бұрын
Hanoi Tripper Because I love agenda 21 and human bondage .
@miscsb5 жыл бұрын
@@hanoitripper1809 lmao don't worry that's covered by north korea
@bluedancelilly6 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting to post some signs around NYC showing pictures of what the area looked like 500 years ago. A few select.locations and intersections around the city. People would find it very interesting. Could generate some buzz and help promote more environmental consciousness (ie. recycling) which is lacking in the city.
@sajithamk10656 жыл бұрын
That's great
@spanishstudiolanguagecente47515 жыл бұрын
pictures from 500 years ago?
@sabatino19775 жыл бұрын
@@spanishstudiolanguagecente4751 - no, pictures of what the area looked like is not the same as a photo from 500 years ago.
@ant6975 жыл бұрын
Great idea 👍
@peekaboo39685 жыл бұрын
They do this If u look everywhere is a landmark
@nickbanks10344 жыл бұрын
I've always been in awe of the idea of what the US looked like before European settlers. How otherworldly it must have felt. For example in the state of Indiana...the climate used to be similar to Canada. The entire state was covered by a glacier for thousands of years which then melted away into a huge forest expanding the entire midwest full of evergreens and deciduous trees. Moose, wolves, bears, elk, deer, mountain lions, etc etc used to roam freely and in abundance. Trees 400-500 years old were commonplace. It was almost completely wiped out of trees by the 1800's. The wildlife was driven out and had to be slowly introduced back. Its a sad reality
@shinkibigami910 ай бұрын
Yup the whole thing was like east of Bloomington, Indiana trees, rolling hills and water
@LB-uo7xy6 ай бұрын
Didn't YOUR PEOPLE do that?
@davidbarfield34895 жыл бұрын
The Dutch claimed it was the best natural harbor they've ever seen.
@garyp34724 жыл бұрын
Texas Guy that sure beats the internet. Count me in if you wanna jump in a hot tub and see what happens. And don’t go getting any funny ideas, I do not believe in time travel.
@garyp34724 жыл бұрын
And the Dutch say that about every natural harbour. For 150 years every Dutch captains log book was half filled with joyous exclamations upon each new and weirdly, each already known natural harbour. Most every Dutch sailor learned to write or paid a shipmate so he could bore to teens loved ones with excited news of the latest natural harbour they came upon. In Dutch homes it would take well into the 19th century before people stopped letting mail pile to overflowing in the mailbox until the day before their loved one was due back when they would spend a mad 24 hours reading them all. People always ask, in times of such slow communication and unreliable schedules to say the least, how could anyone know within 24 hours when their loved ones came back. Truth is after hundreds of letters with no money but multiple pages on natural harbour they didn’t much care.
@the4thindustrialrevolution2254 жыл бұрын
@@garyp3472 what the fack are you talking about
@joeyzwier4 жыл бұрын
@@the4thindustrialrevolution225 Drugs
@madyjules4 жыл бұрын
Amerigo Vespucci said the same and he predated the arrival of the Dutch by several decades. Vespucci also admired the beauty and fertility of the land and wrote respectfully of the Lenape people living there. How different Vespucci was from the horrible and cruel Columbus. I am Italian -> ever since I read a well-researched and thorough biography of Columbus I have been horrified and deeply ashamed that he is so honored in America. 😞He does not deserve any honor! He was a buffoon; thought he reached India!!
@yllenhoj3 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the 60s and 70s in southeastern Queens, my friends and I played often in the salt marshes near JFK airport. For miles , nothing but swamp and tidal creeks. We explored much of it on foot and by canoe. And the Manhattan skyline was just a few miles away.
@marb39092 жыл бұрын
Whenever I walk around the city, it’s always a trip to think that centuries ago it looked nothing like this and that everything I see had to be built over the years. Especially walking around lower Manhattan because I know the street pattern is basically as old as the city itself so these streets have basically seen the entire growth of the city from when it was a village with dirt trails to how it is now
@YouCanCallMeReTro11 ай бұрын
Its funny you say that because I do the same when I visit the city (in this case boston), but I feel like those who live in the city don't really think of it because for them everything there is just part of their day-to-day commutes or whatever else. You kind of have to take a step back to appreciate it.
@matthewmann89693 жыл бұрын
Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, And Statan Island are all amazing in there own ways
@jordank59576 жыл бұрын
Sometimes I wish I could have a time machine to go back and see these type of things
@MiranUT15 жыл бұрын
Let me help you imagine: I work in Tokyo. I ride my bicycle (or jump on a bus if it's raining) to the train station. I park my bike in an efficient, city-sponsored underground garage right next to the station. It costs 100 yen (90 cents) a day and is free on Sundays and holidays. On my days off, it's not unusually for me to ride my bicycle 30 or 40 minutes to my desired destination. A favorite route is along a river bike path. I've never owned a car. It's possible - and fun.
@zacotb7 жыл бұрын
I just chill at the grassy hills in yoyogi park.
@Juleye7 жыл бұрын
I live in Sacramento, California. For the past year and a half, I've ridden to college which is about a 20 minute ride on a bicycle. For me the problem though is that often here in Sacramento it reaches 100 degrees fahrenheit and is even more often up in the 90s for a good half of the year which makes riding a bicycle not only uncomfortable but actually unhealthy. I would love to ride my bike year round but for 5 or 6 months it's just too hot.
@appimoefi45197 жыл бұрын
Belgium
@xSpArTaNGoDzx7 жыл бұрын
DEATH GRIIIIPS
@jeeveey7 жыл бұрын
Crime in America is much more prevalent then in Tokyo though
@218maryland4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the most interesting videos i have ever watched on youtube
@benparker3844 жыл бұрын
you should check out the elevator video from One World Trade. seeing it in person is awesome but its also on youtube
@218maryland4 жыл бұрын
@@benparker384 I will check this out!
@Adam-rm5cm4 жыл бұрын
totally
@eagander Жыл бұрын
@@benparker384 YES!! Was there last fall. Fascinating ride up to the top (or down).
@mmedefarge15 жыл бұрын
There already exists a map of the natural topography of all Manhattan called the Viele map of 1865. It also included all the changes to the land made since Europeans first set foot on Manhattan island. It is still used by builders today. Also, lower Manhattan was primarily used as a summer hunting ground for the Leni Lenape. There permanent settlement was up in Inwood, where there are many protective caves.
@eagander Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the resource.
@suef.53227 жыл бұрын
Excellent and awe inspiring!! Thank you Eric Sanderson.
@jiyounglee257111 жыл бұрын
Eric Anderson talked about pictures New York's natural history. I was interested in New York , so I was impressed to listen to this lecture. He said “we need a future that has the same diversity and abundance and dynamism of Manhattan.” Someday, I eager to visit New York!
@geepadoodle2 жыл бұрын
Did you visit yet?
@j.mclouth49684 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this mans work! Phenomenal job, I wish he was in charge of our environmental procedures in the U.S.
@RebekahCurielAlessi3 жыл бұрын
Aach. Me too!!🌿
@bennyboiart77816 жыл бұрын
For everyone saying, “NYC sucks, cities suck, humans suck,” just keep in mind that without the creation of permanent settlements we wouldn’t have the modern conveniences that we enjoy, such as indoor heating/cooling, plumbing and electricity. Just saying.🤷🏻♂️
@tickingtimebomb41395 жыл бұрын
True
@chops64165 жыл бұрын
No doubt about it, the current crop of humans suck
@kenmcnutt25 жыл бұрын
Permanent settlements resulted from agriculture. Before then, a hunting-gathering society shared their resources in order to survive. Agriculture allowed division of labor which resulted in the first unequal division of resources. Now we have 500 billionaires and 500,000 homeless people, but the life of the average person is more "convenient". I'm hoping we figure out a way to evolve society to something that's a little more logical.
@chops64165 жыл бұрын
@@kenmcnutt2 keep the population no more than 1 billion. Sorted
@kenmcnutt25 жыл бұрын
@@chops6416 That's one solution, just not the one I had in mind. How would you decide which billion to save?
@kr636 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful place. NY is just as diverse today with people.
@brento28906 жыл бұрын
I agree. We need to grow while still allowing the natural earth to exist.
@bennyboiart77816 жыл бұрын
Brent Ten FIRST comment I’ve found with an opinion other than, “We should destroy NYC,” or, “Eh, nature’s dumb anyway.” Btw, I wholeheartedly agree with you.
@randomuploadsism3 жыл бұрын
We don't need to grow though.
@SuAva6 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Much respect to all of the people working on these kinds of projects.
@ianerixon5 жыл бұрын
I always thought that cool 50/50 split of present Manhattan and natural manhattan was just a clever photoshop of a generic tree line composited onto present day. Awesome to learn how much effort and passion actually went into this whole project to truly discover the island as it was.
@dianaallaham28014 жыл бұрын
There’s an amazing clip in the movie ‘Lucy’ that shows a time-lapse of I think New York from what it is now and back to the dinosaur age
@duasyed61164 жыл бұрын
Yes!! believe it or not, I actually came here from that scene. I was so mesmerized by it...
@Staboogie7774 жыл бұрын
Ha! I was going to say the same thing!
@Staboogie7774 жыл бұрын
Devs is on Netflix, they also show some really cool scenes of history! Jesus on the cross, cavemen it’s really good show too.
@slavicastepanovic2593 жыл бұрын
Great team work! Thank you. This should be done around the globe for all of us to see what impact on nature do we have now and what should we do.
@jillianfaith51724 жыл бұрын
I'm a native New Yorker, born in Queens. I moved to North Carolina as a kid, but have always had a deep love and appreciation for the place I was born. As an artist, specifically landscape, I have always wondered what present day NYC looked like hundreds of years ago. I've done lots of research but still feel there is a lack of information. This is a great video!!! Well done!! 👍
@on-the-pitch-p3w3 жыл бұрын
See Russel Shorto’s book...
@chicaloca53076 жыл бұрын
This was very interesting. It actually made me sad in a way that all that beautiful nature what once was is lost now.
@jamesr17034 жыл бұрын
I don't know how any nature loving human being could live in NYC or any city like it for that matter. Central Park is not enough. I'll take living on the shores of Lake Michigan as I do now. Nature is healing, replenishing and calming.
@e4t6624 жыл бұрын
Absolutely right.
@Siglojunior13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the gratefulness that we founded New York... Greetz from the Netherlands
@sonnylatchstring6 жыл бұрын
Then you started the decay
@kabatake6 жыл бұрын
NYC was not founded by anyone; finding something assumes that it did not exist. there were people who lived there before it was "founded"
@bartobruintjes70564 жыл бұрын
@@kabatake No Kwak. Otherwise all the city's on this earth never have been founded so they don't exist.
@godofthisshit3 жыл бұрын
@Rinderend A Black Dominican actually.
@on-the-pitch-p3w3 жыл бұрын
@@kabatake New Amsterdam was founded by Peter Stuyvesant.
@mariecolette90662 жыл бұрын
This is fascinating. Reminds me of a school trip they took us to Inwood Park at the top of Manhattan, the last wild area never developed. They showed us caves where the Indians lived, listed all the animals that once lived here. Just amazing i never thought of my city like that
@arcturussirius71397 жыл бұрын
Bikes run on fat and save you money. Cars run on money and make you fat.
@wolfpak82287 жыл бұрын
Arcturus Sirius - so you walk and I'll drive, fat and happy
@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv5 жыл бұрын
@@wolfpak8228 As a real car guy.i take the bike to the center of a city. I wil see you turning rounds in the center,to find a parking place. While i am ready,and drinking a coffee on a terras.
@darkwoodmovies4 жыл бұрын
Ford and GM ruined the American city by congesting them with smelly, dangerous cars, removed public transit, and created the abomination that is the modern suburb.
@fntime4 жыл бұрын
Only problem is that bike riders are weird and for the most part are assholes.
@CaliforniaGuy884 жыл бұрын
@@darkwoodmovies Agreed we should be way more dense and walkable.
@ezrabeyman31964 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the history of this great city. Thanks for sharing!
@Fatavocado882 жыл бұрын
This is amazing. The work and research that went into recreating New York. More cities should need this. Thank you!
@robert101977 жыл бұрын
I appreciate this type of stuff so much... it's incredible to see what was, and what now is...
@scangazi4 жыл бұрын
wow. what did I just watch? somebody give this man a nobel prize or something
@pradeepnaidu9874 жыл бұрын
This is what i call , a real TED talk !!
@lazystonedmonk4383 жыл бұрын
This thing always amazed me every time im stoned, I always wonder how one place became what it is today, how the place looks like in the past.
@mmedefarge15 жыл бұрын
Where I live, all new high risers have to be green buildings. The entire skins of these buildings are solar collectors, they treat their own waste & reuse water for cooling & heating. These buildings are giant solar collectors which put all unused energy collected back into the electric grid. Using a panoply of renewable energy sources, wind, solar, algae, hydrogen fuels could virtually eliminate the impact of the internal combustion engine & greatly lessen the need for polluting energy plants
@icecoldos4 жыл бұрын
10 years ago?
@mmedefarge4 жыл бұрын
@@icecoldos Longer than that.
@icecoldos4 жыл бұрын
MmeDefarge (Expose NYC Meth Labs) bruh you responded after 10 years
@mmedefarge4 жыл бұрын
@@icecoldos My original post was from about the same time the vid came out....and you responded to it 10 yrs. later. So what?
@icecoldos4 жыл бұрын
MmeDefarge (Expose NYC Meth Labs) that’s a real long time ago, I just don’t think I’ve ever seen a YT comment this old
@JoseMartinez-df2db6 жыл бұрын
Please do this project for Chicago and including the settlements of the Miami, Algonquin, Potawatomi and Milwaukee.
@inkyguy6 жыл бұрын
Jose Martinez, and Los Angeles County.
@robertb18935 жыл бұрын
That's not as interesting because those haven't been as terraformed as manhattan.
@michaelcarroll51705 жыл бұрын
xcrunner trackrunner well Chicago used to be a wetland. Same as Milwaukee.
@Lioness_Es5 жыл бұрын
If everyone up and left LA it would revert back to be the large, sprawling desert it once was.
@calebhightower66765 жыл бұрын
And Atlanta as well.
@jiggermast7 жыл бұрын
Whenever I'm unfortunate enough to be in a city, any city, a line Clint Eastwood came out with in a film while looking over San Francisco or New York (not sure which), always now springs to mind, it went something like this...."Must have been truly beautiful before man came along and loused it all up!"
@sniffglue69006 жыл бұрын
then stay out of the city, self righteous douche
@Stampy20776 жыл бұрын
I feel like I’m the only one that thinks cities are prettier and better than nature
@watcherob6 жыл бұрын
Than go live in the forest you hippie. Big cities are the best thing in the world. Mankind did an awesome job.
@watcherob6 жыл бұрын
TheFlamingOreo Nope, i agree.
@onee6 жыл бұрын
watcherob I wouldn't call it "the best thing in the world". But they were a necessity after the industrial revolution.
@sumantkumar92624 жыл бұрын
We need more of such research and more involvement of people (giving them meaning to live). Love from Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India.
@leekovalskyj92185 жыл бұрын
Important work, and wonderful presentation. This affords New Yorkers more of a 'sense of place' than that available to any other non-Indigenous inhabitants of North or South America.
@kekoproduction44397 жыл бұрын
England is the biggest city in America
@Bandstand7 жыл бұрын
This meme has no bounds. It's in every video haha
@burnsmybritches58577 жыл бұрын
KEKO Production England was. Now Mexico is the biggest city in the U.S. now.
@AS-zr6iw7 жыл бұрын
KEKO Production are you an idiot? NYC is the biggest city in America, not england
@alexbleks7 жыл бұрын
Just as stupid as Americans thinks Norway is the capital of Sweden; LOOOOOOL xD
@Bandstand7 жыл бұрын
KEKO Production makes a obvious joke, Free Dom calls him an idiot even though he IS the idiot. Then Alexbleks calls Americans stupid when he acting dumber than Americans. I love KZfaq. haha
@rebelreloading52655 жыл бұрын
In 2409 that city will be unrecognizable
@danielgolus46004 жыл бұрын
In which way? Bigger and taller buildings? If so, we're seeing that already. It's a good sign of economic vibrancy. Definitely NOT static.
@FastCarsNoRules2204 жыл бұрын
It would probably look like that movie Fifth Element by then.
@brys5554 жыл бұрын
In 2409 that city will be deep under water.
@RebekahCurielAlessi3 жыл бұрын
This was, frankly, unbelievably stunning. Thank you thank you thank you!!!🌞🌿🏞️🌲🌳🌴🏣🏢
@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork6 жыл бұрын
I live 90 miles north of NYC... I despise this city... I have visited it about 10 times in my life... and never really enjoyed it... but this video makes me wish I could go back in time and explore this when it was natural. Great video and talk!
@DementedCaver5 жыл бұрын
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot." Joni Mitchell
@whatevtube15 жыл бұрын
Well done, a true visualization of the network of nature.
@LibraBlue19624 жыл бұрын
In the book “Five Points,” it tells you that The Collect was a beautiful lake, that people would go there to relax. Then, they built tanneries and all kinds of production and slaughter houses. The Collect became so toxic, from all the dumping, it became “a putrid nuisance.” By 1802, The Common Council ordered The Collect filled with rock and soil from the then “Bunker Hill.” By 1813, The Collect was filled in and Bunker Hill was gone.
@hajinka98_4 жыл бұрын
In Sweden and Norway almost all of the landscape and trees are completely untouched. its pretty amazing actually.
@strafrag17 жыл бұрын
A super project. Thank you.
@madmatmp5 жыл бұрын
It’s funny I’ve been to New York but never York and I live in the UK.
@pashvonderc3815 жыл бұрын
Same here, also I've been to Plymouth Mass. but never to Plymouth UK, even though it was just along the coast..
@avega27925 жыл бұрын
You're right, that's hilarious!
@GoonOnFire5 жыл бұрын
@@avega2792 I laughed for hours at this joke. I will frame this comment and pass it down to my grand children one day, and the children before them.
@virvisquevir33204 жыл бұрын
GoonOnFire - So let me in on the joke. They both went to somewhere far away but not to somewhere close by their home. I don't see what's so funny about that.
@on-the-pitch-p3w3 жыл бұрын
New York was not called after the city of York, but after the Duke of York. I live in Old Amsterdam and I have been several times to New Amsterdam. Love them both!
@mariocisneros9112 жыл бұрын
Thank god Vancouver stopped tearing down all its natural beauty before it was too late . Stanley Park is a forest next to / in the city
@lcrain78402 жыл бұрын
we should be doing this mapping everywhere and then restoring the habitats for our own health too.
@Regicide199015 жыл бұрын
Canadian population is one of the most diverse populations in the world, yet its crime rate is pretty low.
@clashmasterx32534 жыл бұрын
I wish I could just see what the entire country looked like throughout time
@metro25production2 жыл бұрын
"I wish I could just see what the entire country looked like before we stole it from the natives" I just fixed it to look more logical 😉
@richardbarry045534 жыл бұрын
It would be super-cool to restore some of these amazing natural habitats in NYC wherever possible. Some of these habitats are much easier than others to put back.
@puviyarasu_10 ай бұрын
I am so glad I got this video on my feed. This gives such a unique perspective on how cities came to be how they are now
@benjamin_markus7 жыл бұрын
the 'frogs, birds, bees, fish, beavers, bears and indians' moment killed me :DDD
@drmarkaron7 жыл бұрын
came here looking for this!:)) It killed me too.
@hemiedwards2176 жыл бұрын
I noted that too.
@p0llenp0ny5 жыл бұрын
@Sabrina Dugan Found the communist.
@shamicentertainment12624 жыл бұрын
@@p0llenp0ny environmentalist more like.
@covenantoflegions68256 жыл бұрын
Woah! Ive never liked much in school but this was really interesting!
@reidl40224 жыл бұрын
I want a ted talk just about how that map was made, its remarkable!
@smithmcsmith92187 жыл бұрын
This is so amazing I wish I could see this for places all over the world.
@TS_Mind_Swept7 жыл бұрын
So what you're saying is that New York actually used to be a nice place until man came along
@redskins1656 жыл бұрын
0MindSwept0 exactly
@redskins1656 жыл бұрын
I seen a documentary a long time ago..a native tribe story..and it said that today's Broadway street is the exact trail that the tribe would use to go get fresh water and fish..from the river and the coast.so yea it's crazy how it is..
@thomaspayne68666 жыл бұрын
Go live in the woods then you animal. Oh, you don’t want that do you?
@_JellyDonut_6 жыл бұрын
Sabrina Dugan By "turned it into a crap hole" I think maybe you mean "built it into one of the affluent and important cities in human history." There's still plenty of nature upstate if that's what you're into
@arathcazares13266 жыл бұрын
Sabrina Dugan you wanted to move to Chicago area, who are very grassy and weed of grass with concrete, who are filled with poverty with poor people and not renovate buildings? I’m Confused
@lancelotkillz6 жыл бұрын
Some of the pictures were so pixelated they could be considered radio☺️
@muscleman12511 ай бұрын
Manhattan may just be the most perfect spot to have built a city in the whole word. A large island with a uniform shape, protected by long island and staten island, with rivers that would one day be able to connect the Atlantic ocean to the Great Lakes, close access to natural resources and incredible water from the Catskills, and it is smack in the middle of Boston and D.C. Manhattan was destined to be a population hub from the start of time
@tudorjason4 жыл бұрын
3:20 - That would be an awesome map to have painted on a wall in one's home. It could be large and even 3D.
@shadowsinmymind93 жыл бұрын
Him: I didnt grow up in New York, I grew up out west in the Sierra Nevada mountains like you see here: *shows pixelated mess Me: Wow, what a gorgeous place
@youngillinoisan42705 жыл бұрын
It's sad this amazing area was just covered in concrete and just completely ruined
@larswara21244 жыл бұрын
Well, it`s done, big time...
@gepe71764 жыл бұрын
So he basically envisions Hong Kong. Very densely populated neighbourhoods, separated by hills and forests. Best place on Earth.
@h0ckeyd5 жыл бұрын
You know, this is more interesting than you think. I work for Ordnance Survey in the UK; Our nation's mapping agency and as the name suggests, it was created for military purposes and it was actually founded in 1791 but can trace itself back to 1745 and looking at that map....yep, I reckon some of the company's founders drew it up as it's got all the hallmarks of an OS map.
@Abcflc7 жыл бұрын
RIP natural world
@wanderer68137 жыл бұрын
There still plenty of natural land. The whole world isn't one big city
@Abcflc7 жыл бұрын
actually most of the world has been intervened in one way or another by humans (roads/rail/plastic pollution/fertilized runoff/mining/deforestation/agriculture/settlements)
@nigelio37 жыл бұрын
You sure about that? Most of the world huh?
@darrenpat1826 жыл бұрын
definitely has, no question, we are all fucked, the CO2 wont stop rising, nobody is willing to change.
@GhostofTradition6 жыл бұрын
get out of the city and you'll see
@ittdust5 жыл бұрын
2:45 Went to NYC a few months ago for the first time and in wandering about I happened upon nearly this exact location
@on-the-pitch-p3w3 жыл бұрын
Russel Shorto described it in his books about New Amsterdam.
@rainappleby3 жыл бұрын
Rome was a swamp, before the Romans built their city. Imagine the diversity of flora and fauna before humans moved in.
@jesp9994 жыл бұрын
Manhattan comes from the Munsi language of the Lenni Lenape meaning island of many hills. a lot of the rolling hills were flattened but in some areas you will notice as you walk down the street you go up for a few blocks and then down hill for a few blocks.
@xit12546 жыл бұрын
New York is a beautiful city, in spite of all these smug, holier than thou comments.
@saiyangod96406 жыл бұрын
rd f true
@scasey19606 жыл бұрын
NYC is a sewer compared to London. Disgusting and filthy.
@BlackKettleRanch5 жыл бұрын
Planet Earth is a beautiful planet, in spite of all these destructive, superioristic, capitalist money quests.
@MrPatt19835 жыл бұрын
@@scasey1960 I've been to London and enjoyed it very much. But I did not find it to be clean.
@Amateur_Pianist_4725 жыл бұрын
rd f it’s a concrete jungle, no traditional architecture
@Ragnarok1825 жыл бұрын
Watching this, actually makes me sad, this place could have been a really incredable National Park if they didn't build New York City there and built it else where.
@daveforz5 жыл бұрын
There's definitely thousands of destroyed national parks around the work
@Thellbro5 жыл бұрын
And then that ”elsewhere” would ”destroy” the nature in the same way. With that logic, mankind has to erase it self from the face of the earth...which make no sense at all.
@tracydrennan32965 жыл бұрын
Ahh... Did you know that particular areas were inhabited due to deep water ports and access to the seas . I know that sounds like some evil “ white Patriarchy “ agenda , and all . But that’s how civilization was created , that how your cellphone and you’re over priced fancy coffee shops made it into existence . Isn’t that fascinating .
@danielgolus46004 жыл бұрын
You don't "build" cities. They develop over time, and are usually founded for economic purposes.
@catchison867110 ай бұрын
This is amazing!! Thank you for sharing this informational video!!☺️👏🏼
@joshuaburbulys65324 жыл бұрын
This would be a cool thing to render into VR
@bcad24385 жыл бұрын
The split image is inaccurate. The natural shore should line up with Pearl Street which is several blocks inland.
@bojack404 жыл бұрын
Bc Ad what’s your qualification for saying that. This guy seems more than qualified and reliable academically and through experience
@quack96944 жыл бұрын
@@bojack40 this video is 10 years old, more recent findings and more modern computer models back up his claim
@Atoyota15 жыл бұрын
All for it here, although some form of mass transit for both people and product needs to be a part of this. There are a lot of systems that need to work in concert with natural ones, but the sentiment is on target.
@benmossad20735 жыл бұрын
WOW, just WOW, GREAT material !!!
@eduardorojas58734 жыл бұрын
This is the coolest thing I have seen for a better NYC and world. Awesome!!
@CB34747 жыл бұрын
I can't believe it. In one city block, there could've been 100 trees, thousands of animals and insects, millions of succulents and flowers, and a large group of Native American Indians all in that one section.
@scasey19606 жыл бұрын
CB3474 I think what you can’t believe is the monumental destruction of the eco-system by mankind within several hundred years. Do you also fail to conceive of climate change?
@inkyguy6 жыл бұрын
It's the suburbs where few ppl live and displace and destroy both flora and fauna that are destroying the environment. Cities concentrate people leaving much more open land to cultivate or grow wild.
@Rao6655 жыл бұрын
@@inkyguy nah. its the cities. Lol funny how the rich urban fucks tturn up their noses at rural people and "suburbia" "its not us its THEM!" The area of New York was an ecological goldmine. now its just one giant mass of concrete, glass, plastic, rubber and money.
@Rao6655 жыл бұрын
@@inkyguy and you forget the suburbs of today are just the "urban" areas of tomorrow, just lile the urban areas of today were the "suburbs" of the past.
@moladiver68176 жыл бұрын
Manhattan with streams, more green and bicycles instead of cars. Just imagine this city today had my Dutch ancestors never lost control over New Amsterdam...
@maximalgamingnl99546 жыл бұрын
Mola Diver it'd have been very similair my dutch friend
@tardiskeeper66 жыл бұрын
Honestly I detest major roads. Traffic is just ugly and messy, Birmingham (UK) centre is overrun with cars in parts.
@terrenceperkins52826 жыл бұрын
Mola Diver . bs if the whites didn't come & Indians keep the land New York was so beautiful so 😔. I'm south Jamaica qns . ...
@lancelotkillz6 жыл бұрын
Dutch slave trade? Whatt opps
@MegaSickcat2 жыл бұрын
Being a native New Yorker, this was pretty cool. Usually the Smithsonian channel has programs about what the city was like BEFORE...
@iloveamerica19666 жыл бұрын
Thank you, for implementing and sharing your passion. IMHO, as amazing as PayPal, Tesla, and Spacex.
@Lioness_Es5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Sir. Please do Los Angeles then Miami.
@johnottr6 жыл бұрын
NYC...the greatest city in the history of the world.
@BlackKettleRanch5 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest examples of greed and human destruction.
@engendex77215 жыл бұрын
Tina Huston One of the greatest examples of stupidity in all of KZfaq’s comment history.
@alvarobuenogarcia31165 жыл бұрын
Hi. Sincerely Dubai
@TheFirstPatriot5 жыл бұрын
Álvaro Bueno García You’re city is nothing but super tall buildings and a desert
@alvarobuenogarcia31165 жыл бұрын
@@TheFirstPatriot not my city (I'm from Spain) but I understand what you mean. I was just trying to be funny.
@relaxmarco6 жыл бұрын
This is a very interesting perspective over one of the most captivating places in the world.
@billmoss28774 жыл бұрын
Eric Sanderson thank you.
@Rickyrab6 жыл бұрын
Guess why the courthouse are on the site of the collect pond. Well, it became a wetland... Which became a low point when drained, prone to disease and mosquitoes... So it turned into a slum, the notorious Five Points. So of course the authorities tore the slum down and built public works. Today's courthouses.
@c.norbertneumann49863 жыл бұрын
Do you mean the Old New York County Courthouse that was built at 52 Chamber Street when notoriously corrupt William ("Boss") Tweed was mayor of New York City? The construction of that courthouse cost the taxpayers 300 million $, which is the equivalent of 7 billion $ in today's currency.
@brookssilber7 жыл бұрын
Now you gotta do England: before the citry
@bennyboiart77816 жыл бұрын
Brooks Silber do you mean London, or are you implying that all of England is just one big city?
@axelfoley14065 жыл бұрын
That would be great. But I think you meant London, lol. London has gone through so many changes since 100 AD.
@shukriwafiq52203 жыл бұрын
I don't even know who's joking anymore.
@RestitutorEuropa11 ай бұрын
It’s insane to think such a massive and dense city now used to be nothing more than a forest and some hills
@flyhead215 жыл бұрын
He did allude to new cities (building in the future, or something similar), but it is a tacit fact, in as much as it is infinately more practical and economiclly viable to build anew.
@TeddyKrimsony7 жыл бұрын
why only in 480p??
@nicktait507 жыл бұрын
2009
@suriname1215 жыл бұрын
It was new Amsterdam before new york
@DiogenesOfCa4 жыл бұрын
@iqbal padilla It was a a glacier before it was Native American land.
@DiogenesOfCa4 жыл бұрын
@@gogol293 Woolly Mammoth picnic, would be a great band name.
@benm52216 жыл бұрын
Great presenter and presentation. Another project for some is to scroll back even further to visualize the geological features and transformations of tge area of Manhattan Island over time.
@2cool04 жыл бұрын
honestly if they kept new york like how it is in the thumbnail where it's half city and half forest, that would be amazing. imagine just being in the city and then being able to just step into a lush forest like that.
@ultrakool6 жыл бұрын
from paradise to babylon
@iangraves12917 жыл бұрын
I love history
@stephenandersen46257 жыл бұрын
Above average number of ecological niches. Even before it was NYC, it was exceptional