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Due to a planned New York Harbor closure and planned street closures in Lower Manhattan, Governors Island will close at 3PM on Friday, July 4, 2025. More info.

Due to a planned New York Harbor closure and planned street closures in Lower Manhattan, Governors Island will close at 3PM on Friday, July 4, 2025. More info.

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Meet the bril­liant cre­ator of ​“Man­na­hat­ta Project”

Sep 18, 2009 3:20 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_2082” align=“aligncenter” width=“461” caption=“Image: Markley Boy­er, Man­na­hat­ta Project/​Wildlife Con­ser­va­tion Soci­ety”]Image: Markley Boyer, Mannahatta Project/Wildlife Conservation Society[/​caption] Ever won­dered what Man­hat­tan was like before the accre­tion of asphalt, tall build­ings, mil­lions of set­tlers and all their stuff? Accord­ing to Dr. Eric Sander­son, the island was once a nat­ur­al land­scape of forests, fields, beach­es and marsh­es sup­port­ing a rich and abun­dant plant and ani­mal com­mu­ni­ty includ­ing bears, wolves, song­birds, and sala­man­ders. His book, ​“Man­na­hat­ta: A Nat­ur­al His­to­ry of New York City”, explains the fas­ci­nat­ing detec­tive and ana­lyt­ic process of under­stand­ing the geol­o­gy and eco-sys­tems of 1609 Man­hat­tan and how he came to illus­trate it in vivid detail. Come hear Dr. Eric Sander­son, speak about this amaz­ing project on Sat­ur­day, Sep­tem­ber 19th. ​“Man­na­hat­ta — A Look at the Nat­ur­al His­to­ry of New York City, 1609” 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM Per­sh­ing Hall, Gov­er­nors Island Spon­sored by the Nation­al Park Ser­vice Fer­ry infor­ma­tion: www​.gov​is​land​.com Copies of New York Times best­seller, ​“Man­na­hat­ta: A Nat­ur­al His­to­ry of New York City” are avail­able for pur­chase in the NPS Gov­er­nors Island bookstores.
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