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Reddit mentions of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City

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We found 7 Reddit mentions of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City. Here are the top ones.

Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City
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Found 7 comments on Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City:

u/XenonOfArcticus · 146 pointsr/pics

That was done with my software, Visual Nature Studio:
http://www.3dnworld.com/gallery.php?user=MBoyer

by Mark Boyer and the folks at Wildlife Conservation Society, for a project/book called "Manhatta":
http://www.amazon.com/Mannahatta-Natural-History-York-City/dp/0810996332

u/rawrgyle · 30 pointsr/pics

If anyone is wondering this is from Mannahatta: A natural History of New York City. Rather interesting book, lots of good maps and details of how this clump of islands changed as it became the city that's there today. It's not purely natural history, it gets into a lot of the political/cultural background stuff too, and is overall probably worth the read.

u/[deleted] · 9 pointsr/CityPorn

Mannahatta is the book this came from.

u/Yearsnowlost · 2 pointsr/nyc

I have quite an extensive library of historical non-fiction books, many of which are both informative and written well. Here is a selection: Island at the Center of the World by Russell Shorto (a wonderful history of New Netherland and New Amsterdam), A Description of New Netherland (The Iroquoians and their World) by Adriaen Van Der Donck (a stellar account of the flora, fauna of New Netherland and a fascinating sociological look at the Native Americans), The Measure of Manhattan by Marguerite Holloway (the story of John Randel Jr., who surveyed the 1811 Commissioners Map), Manahatta by Eric Sanderson (an amazing look at the natural landscape of Manhattan; he is currently undergoing the same process for the rest of the city, called the Welikia Project), Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America by Sam Roberts (how Grand Central changed not only the city, but the nation) and The Restless City by Joanne Reitano (this historical snapshot of the city goes at a great pace). The standard of excellence, of course, is Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Mike Wallace and Edwin Burrows; they are currently working on the second volume.

If you like memoirs, Pete Hamill's Downtown: My Manhattan, which I am reading now, is great.

Fiction-wise, City of Dreams: A Novel of Niew Amsterdam and Early Manhattan by Beverly Swerling painted quite a vivid picture (and, to my delight, had innumerable references to historical figures and events). And everyone needs to read/borrow/torrent Winter's Tale because it is just fucking amazing.

u/dazzford · 2 pointsr/pics

This is from a book called Manhatta. It's an amazing book with more great pictures and maps.

u/astralusion · 1 pointr/pics

I believe it's from this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Mannahatta-Natural-History-York-City/dp/0810996332

The discipline in general is called historical ecology