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GoGaslightYerself t1_j4qrqzh wrote

Reply to comment by ClamatoDiver in TIL The oldest known map of New York City, the Manatus Map, is lost; however, two 17th century copies of the map exist with slight differences. by wil540_

Lots of old history on the island. It's wild to imagine there once being farmland on Manhattan!

https://www.businessinsider.com/manhattan-nyc-farmland-photos-2017-6?op=1

So much has changed...my grandfather had his office in Manhattan, and my Dad said that when he was a kid, he used to take his 22 rifle with him on city buses to get from his home in north Jersey to a shooting range in Manhattan, and he said nobody really batted an eye ... can you imagine that happening today?

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