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Well, I heart maps, and New York maps, so that's quite a find.
I think the best historical value is the way it illustrates that that concrete-encrusted island once had a countryside. That's actually quite a thing for the modern mind to wrap around. I myself can't get my mind off the idea than Manhattan Island used to be largely farmland. I've never been to New York, but my conceptions of it have been a part of my reality, apparently, since before I was born.
I also just read an article about how Detroit Michigan is physically contracting. I read up Google Maps and looked over the Detroit neighborhoods that are largely just blocks after blocks of urban grassland now. It made for a nice symmetry, and reminded me that cities have a life cycle too ... we Americans are just too parochial to think that our cities will ever fade away.
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I loved this article!
Posted by Portland Native on the road | January 17, 2011 4:43 AM
Well, I heart maps, and New York maps, so that's quite a find.
I think the best historical value is the way it illustrates that that concrete-encrusted island once had a countryside. That's actually quite a thing for the modern mind to wrap around. I myself can't get my mind off the idea than Manhattan Island used to be largely farmland. I've never been to New York, but my conceptions of it have been a part of my reality, apparently, since before I was born.
I also just read an article about how Detroit Michigan is physically contracting. I read up Google Maps and looked over the Detroit neighborhoods that are largely just blocks after blocks of urban grassland now. It made for a nice symmetry, and reminded me that cities have a life cycle too ... we Americans are just too parochial to think that our cities will ever fade away.
Posted by Samuel John Klein | January 17, 2011 9:04 AM