Manhattan’s topography—real and artificial—reentered public consciousness late last year, after Hurricane Sandy submerged parts of Lower Manhattan. Some engineers think it’s time to expand ...

“A lot of the history of Manhattan is the destruction of its hills,” Rumsey says. “Basically that topography was obliterated, except for Central Park.” The park wasn’t in the original ...

Simply, private streets are streets that are not officially mapped by the City of New York, according to Hector Rivera, Topographic Associate at the Manhattan Borough President’s office.

In addition to seeing what the topography of Manhattan was like 400 years ago, you can also zero in on specific blocks to see what wildlife you would probably find there. Some, like squirrels ...

Guests will also be offered a virtual recreation of 500 years of Manhattan topography, complete with a journey through replicated bedrock. “We use technology to make your visit here that much ...

They used interferometric synthetic aperture radar to study the land's topography ... with the sea level at The Battery, a park in Manhattan, rising 0.12 inches per year in the 1900s.

and sites across the Manhattan.” Little Island’s rollicking topography would present a formidable challenge to even the most talented landscape architect, and it is to MNLA’s credit that the ...

Manhattan had a very different topography than the concrete jungle we know today Natasha Geiling and Esri The following map comes from the David Rumsey Map Collection. We recently asked David ...