An interactive ecological time machine takes you to New York City in 1609

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“Hey, I’m grazin’ heah!”
-1609 Deer, probably

Seriously though, this is cool! Really shows how development takes a toll, but also how it’s all still there, underneath.

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Today I learned that Mannahatta is not just a funny name Lazlo calls Manhattan

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It’s funny how we kept so many names of the places, but not the people…

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Well, that’s so white people could feel like they were honoring the sacrifice made by indigenous people who so graciously died in vast numbers to free up the land for them, as god intended… /s

Mad Rainn Wilson GIF by T-Mobile

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“Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.” – Bill Vaughan

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Okay. Now do Berlin.

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