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Martha Hodes's avatar

I love this so much! Why have I always loved stories of the parts of New York built on filled-in land (or what you call, much more professionally, "land reclamation")? Something about it is utterly fascinating. And I'd never seen that cool Bristol Basin plaque even though I often walk along the East River promenade quite frequently. I will be looking for it next time.

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Eden's avatar

You forgot about the rat layer, but otherwise this was a fantastic read!

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Matt Choi's avatar

The rat layer permeates all other layers

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Liora's avatar

So interesting.

Thank you

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