Mannahatta

Quintet of the Americas - Mannahatta music

eric — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:35:28 +0000

Premiere of a composition inspired by Mannahatta: Earth Day, April 22, 2010. Join us at 7 pm at the Bayside Historical Society, 208 Totten Avenue, Fort Totten, Bayside, Queens. For more information on this concert and others, click here.

Eric Sanderson at Colby College, Maine

danielle — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:33:43 +0000

Dr. Eric Sanderson will discuss “Geographic Approaches to Nature Conservation: Wildlife, Wild Places and Mannahatta” in the Ostrove Auditorium, Colby College on Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 7 pm. Courtesy of the Environmental Studies Program, Colby College, Waterville, Maine. For more information, click here.

Get to know “The Original Forests of Manhattan”

danielle — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:32:08 +0000

Eric Sanderson will give an evening talk about “The Original Forests of Manhattan” on behalf of the New York Restoration Project and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Part of the Mondays in May Lecture Series, MillionTreesNYC. Location to be announced (somewhere in Manhattan), Monday, May 10, 2010, 6:30 pm.

The Ecological Transformation of Manhattan During the Past 400 Years

danielle — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:31:46 +0000

Dive into the wetside of Mannahatta at this year’s annual New York State Marine Education Association Annual Conference, Saturday June 12, 2010 at Stony Brook Southhampton College, Southhampton, NY. Dr. Eric Sanderson will take “A Look at the Ecological Transformation of Manhattan during the Past 400 Years.” For more information, click here.

Walking Tour: Wildlife of Lower Manhattan

danielle — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:28:42 +0000

Take a walk with Dr. Eric Sanderson around lower Manhattan and discover how wildlife once moved about the island of Mannahatta. In association with the MTA Transit Museum exhibition, “Where New York Began: Archaeological Excavations at South Ferry.” Thursday June 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm. For more information, click here.

Friends of the Pleistocene - thinking about time

eric — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:11:29 +0000

Read an interview between Mannahatta Project and Friends of the Pleistocene

What people are saying about Mannahatta…

eric — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:26:02 +0000

Click here to read more about what people are writing and thinking about the Mannahatta Project. Also read about source materials and related art, science, architecture and education projects.

New York Times Best Seller!

eric — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:12:55 +0000

Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York (Abrams, 2009) was included on The New York Times Best Seller List for Non-fiction / Hardcover on June 5, 2009.

New York Times Book Review

eric — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:03:31 +0000

Robert Sullivan reviews “Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City” in the New York Times book review. Read the review or listen to podcast.

Mannahatta on WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show

eric — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:59:58 +0000

Dr. Eric Sanderson talks about Manhattan in 1609 and today with Leonard Lopate on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. Listen to the podcast here.