center for archaeology, columbia university
“the city must never be confused with the words that describe it, and yet between the one and the other there is a connection” Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
NY waterfront
The New York Times reports on some urban archaeology downtown at the World Trade Center site. Visible right now is the late 19th century stone waterfront running up to 59th street. Strange to imagine that the Hudson river used to flow along here before Battery Park city was constructed...
image: David W. Dunlap/The New York Times
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