Before New York
August 30, 2009 10:23 AM Subscribe
"There are views in this city where you cannot see, except for a person or maybe a dog, another living thing. Not a tree or a plant. How did a place become like that?" Before and after photo gallery
Does not run on my browser... too much Javascript and Flash. Back to the drawing board, National Geographic.
posted by crapmatic at 10:53 AM on August 30, 2009
posted by crapmatic at 10:53 AM on August 30, 2009
So I'm to believe Henry Hudson was a 17th century aviator?
posted by klarck at 11:46 AM on August 30, 2009 [4 favorites]
posted by klarck at 11:46 AM on August 30, 2009 [4 favorites]
> So I'm to believe Henry Hudson was a 17th century aviator?
Tall masts.
posted by nowonmai at 12:27 PM on August 30, 2009
Tall masts.
posted by nowonmai at 12:27 PM on August 30, 2009
The wild images don't look nearly wild enough.
posted by fourcheesemac at 1:59 PM on August 30, 2009
posted by fourcheesemac at 1:59 PM on August 30, 2009
comparing central park in winter to a summer scene seemed kind of dishonest
posted by nomisxid at 3:23 PM on August 30, 2009
posted by nomisxid at 3:23 PM on August 30, 2009
Yes, because everyone knows that Santa Claus is a shill for urban developers and their ilk. Plus the elves like to skate, and you can't do that in the woods.
posted by sneebler at 5:08 PM on August 30, 2009
posted by sneebler at 5:08 PM on August 30, 2009
I'm reminded of this snippet from R Crumb called A Short History of America. (very short YouTube clipzor)
posted by browse at 6:31 PM on August 30, 2009
posted by browse at 6:31 PM on August 30, 2009
I've definitely daydreamed about pre-colonial Manhattan. I figured that Inwood Hill Park and Palisades Interstate Park were good approximations. Early Manhattan looks like it was a beautiful place.
posted by invitapriore at 9:16 PM on August 30, 2009
posted by invitapriore at 9:16 PM on August 30, 2009
I've often done the same in San Francisco, thinking about the brush and sand dunes that were the here before.
posted by alexei at 1:52 AM on August 31, 2009
posted by alexei at 1:52 AM on August 31, 2009
I think the only place in Manhattan the remains untouched by modernity is Inwood Hill Park.
As a born & bred New Yorker, I will always love it to pieces. However seeing these photos made me incredibly sad.
posted by Hickeystudio at 8:18 AM on August 31, 2009
As a born & bred New Yorker, I will always love it to pieces. However seeing these photos made me incredibly sad.
posted by Hickeystudio at 8:18 AM on August 31, 2009
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