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BookwormMG
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 Posted - August 18 2009 : 9:15:09 PM
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The September issue of National Geographic has a cover article entitled "Before New York: Rediscovering the Wilderness of 1609." For the past ten years or so the Wildlife Conservation Society has conducted what they call the Mannahatta Project, an effort to envision what Manhattan Island would have looked like when Henry Hudson first laid eyes on it. ("Mannahatta" is Lenape for "island of many hills.")
Key to this effort is the "British Headquarters Map," printed in 1782 or 1783, more than ten feet long and three feet wide, and drawn by British military cartographers during the Revolution. Because its purpose was to assist Brisith officers in planning a defense of the island, the map is unusually detailed, including not only topographic features such as hills and streams, but also farms, orchards, and roads. Thus, the HQ map can be overlaid on a map of present-day Manhattan, and you can see what Times Square, for instance, used to be (a red maple swamp). Once the features of the landscape were laid out, the plants and animals that would likely have been part of a particular habitat could be added -- turkey, elk, black bears, and beavers, to name a few.
The author adds that in the winter of 2007, to the amazement of ecologists, a beaver appeared on a riverbank in the Bronx Zoo, where it proceeded to build a lodge. Apparently the Bronx River has been cleaned up considerably! I guess we could even say that Mannahatta hasn't been entirely "trapped out."
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Seamus
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Posted - August 18 2009 : 9:25:03 PM
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http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/featurehub
If you do not get NatGeo.
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - August 19 2009 : 12:38:26 AM
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| And I thought this had something to do with truckers in the '70's, don't ya know. |
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richfed
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Posted - August 19 2009 : 07:09:17 AM
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| Incredible! That issue is a must buy for me! |
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BookwormMG
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Posted - August 19 2009 : 07:46:45 AM
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| Fitz, as I was typing the name of this post I thought, "There could be a problem with this . . . " |
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richfed
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Posted - August 19 2009 : 5:59:36 PM
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See, Miss Bookworm? Republicans and Democrats DO have common ground!!! When I saw the post's title, I thought, "Oh NO!!!! .... ????"  |
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Monadnock Guide
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Posted - August 19 2009 : 6:30:41 PM
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| Geez, - yes indeed, 70's memories alright, ...;) |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 12:38:27 AM
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| Yeah, I remember walking down 54th one night back in the mid 1970's and seeing this young lady in a transparent plastic mini skirt. She was a working girl. Ah Manhattan!!! |
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BookwormMG
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 06:27:19 AM
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| I should have said "elk." |
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Seamus
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 06:30:45 AM
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| I was at an Elks convention there once....and in the International Lions Club Convention parade, too. |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 08:03:33 AM
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| Did you ever walk around the intersection of 7th and 54th? |
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Seamus
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 08:06:59 AM
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| Not that I can recall........ |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 10:15:25 AM
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Tsk, tsk, tsk... poor Bookworm. I entice her back onto the boards, she posts a most interesting and serious thread, and what happens? It gets hijacked! By truckers!
Miss-Yer Lay-Fran-say! You should be quite ashamed of yourself! Although I must say I am not at all surprised, for we all know the true nature of the French, do we not? You have, yet again, upheld that opinion quite nicely.
Bookworm, I am glad that you posted about this most interesting article, even if some people choose to turn it into something entirely different. ~ sniff ~ [WW turns and flounces away with petticoats swishing in disgust.] See-through skirts, indeed. ~ sniff ~ |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 11:07:56 AM
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| Well . . . you won't see that in Binghamton!!! |
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 12:09:48 PM
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Well, not in the neighborhoods I frequent, anyway!
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 9:51:47 PM
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| I bet beavers still roam Manhattan Sorry, I just couldn't resist! |
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BookwormMG
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Posted - August 20 2009 : 9:54:41 PM
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| Cue the Brad Paisley song, "Oh Thank God I'm Still a Guy"! |
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Posted - August 21 2009 : 06:46:39 AM
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Seriously, where can one purchase a single issue of National Geographic. On their site, I can't see any option for that. The newstands - or, lack of - here in Marion - are an unlikely source.
And Fitz - Times Square is a vastly different place now!! |
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - August 21 2009 : 07:44:16 AM
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And Fitz - Times Square is a vastly different place now!!
Sorry to hear that. |
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richfed
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Posted - August 23 2009 : 10:06:33 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by richfed
Seriously, where can one purchase a single issue of National Geographic. On their site, I can't see any option for that. The newstands - or, lack of - here in Marion - are an unlikely source.
Found!!! I am now the proud owner!!  |
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Irishgirl
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Wilderness Woman
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Posted - August 23 2009 : 7:52:43 PM
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Poor Bookworm. Tsk, tsk, tsk. I think she learned a good lesson here. Didn't you, Mary??
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BookwormMG
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Posted - August 24 2009 : 05:55:45 AM
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I will not write about b******.
I will not write about b******.
I will not write about b******.
I will not write about b******.
I will not write about b******. |
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Seamus
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Posted - August 24 2009 : 08:03:41 AM
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| b*t*h*s???????? |
Life's journey is not to
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but rather to skid in sideways,
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'...holy sh*t ...what a ride!'
~~Mavis Leyrer, Seattle
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Monadnock Guide
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Posted - August 24 2009 : 1:21:45 PM
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| Perhaps B***** |
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BookwormMG
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Posted - August 24 2009 : 9:45:54 PM
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| Perhaps the reason I didn't anticipate the hilarity that would greet this post is that I lived in the town of Beaver, county seat of Beaver County, PA, for eight years. Believe it or not, people in that area don't laugh and point, or even smirk knowingly, when you tell them where you live. (Maybe because they're envious, as Beaver is definitely the nicest town in that depressed county.) Anyway, I just took the word for granted, with disastrous consequences as you can see! |
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