Manhattan, 2009 and 1609

Posted by Miss Cellania in Architecture on April 30, 2009 at 11:09 am



English explorer Henry Hudson set foot on an island called Mannahatta 400 years ago. The Manhatta Project has recreated the island as it appeared in 1609, with forests, wetlands, and a vast array of wildlife. See views of Manhattan side-by-side with a computer recreation of what it looked like before it became a city. Link -via mental_floss

(Image credit: Markley Boyer, Mannahatta Project/Wildlife Conservation Society)


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18 comments to "Manhattan, 2009 and 1609"

  1. nickolas_warner
    April 30th, 2009 at 11:12 am

    Now they need to make one of my home city Omaha. Oh wait, it hasn't changed at all. Still the same 12 people after 400 years

  2. Kalel
    April 30th, 2009 at 11:40 am

    You had a better chance of getting a cab in 1609.

    And in 1609, 'Cats' had only been running for two years.

  3. Gail Pink
    April 30th, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    Pretty cool.

  4. Gazermo The Magnificent
    April 30th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

    Are the twin plumes a pre-cognizance of 911..

  5. chet
    April 30th, 2009 at 2:35 pm

    @nickolas_warner
    "Still the same 12 people after 400 years"

    Tell us your magical secrets of longevity

  6. Woogie
    April 30th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

    Cloverfield would have been a lot less fun in 1609.

  7. Video Game Dork
    April 30th, 2009 at 4:47 pm

    re: cloverfield

    I dunno, running from a big monster in a giant forest/swampland in the middle of the night with no givilization around would be pretty scary too.

  8. Video Game Dork
    April 30th, 2009 at 4:48 pm

    civilization* (lol, a 'givilization' would be a charitable society?)

  9. Jenny
    April 30th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    shame, it was so much more beautiful then, when will we learn...

  10. Noelegy
    April 30th, 2009 at 8:45 pm

    Yeah, we've really improved the place...

  11. Thebes
    May 1st, 2009 at 12:16 am

    Quite a nasty carbuncle on that left island.

  12. danoso
    May 1st, 2009 at 6:05 am

    Jenny, Noelegy, Thrbus -- Idiots, all

    The majority of earth's surface looks as Manhatten did 400 years ago. Go find yourself a chuck of it and live out your lives if you find it so great. Leave the laptop behind, of course. No sense in clutting up the place with the trappings on modern life.

  13. Jim
    May 1st, 2009 at 7:09 am

    It's cool that they kept a large patch of "green" in Central Park.

  14. Noelegy
    May 1st, 2009 at 7:04 pm

    Danoso, that's a sweeping judgment call based on one innocuous comment I made. I'm neither Luddite nor treehugger, and I was simply commenting upon the differences between the photos. Keep your negative energy to yourself.

  15. JMM
    May 1st, 2009 at 11:26 pm

    The two plumes of smoke reminded me of the attack on September 11, 2001. My uncle was in the WTC at the time but got out ok. I am so thankful that we no longer have to worry about such a tragic event happening anymore with our new President at the helm. If we had only known . . . but now the future will be better.

  16. EQWE
    May 7th, 2009 at 8:48 pm

    Like a virus.

  17. paanta
    May 8th, 2009 at 10:32 am

    A virus that brought us New York City! WOO! WOO!

  18. schnell abnehmen
    September 10th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    The two plumes of smoke prove the Nicks were already there when Hudson arrived...


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