http://themannahattaproject.org Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:21:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dr. Eric Sanderson will speak about tools for living on Manhattan at DWR "Design Within Reach: Tools for Living" in Soho on Wednesday January 27, 2010 at 7:00pm. Because of the high demand, another event has been scheduled for Thursday February 4, 2010 at 7:00 pm.  Both events will be ... http://themannahattaproject.org/news/events/mannahatta-talk-and-book-signing-in-soho/ Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City makes best book lists for urban design, science and obsession Obsessions Small and Mega: Best Books of 2009, New York Magazine, 20 December 2009. The 100 Best Books of 2009, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 December 2009. Best Books of 2009 - Editor's Picks, Barnes & ... http://themannahattaproject.org/news/best-books-lists-include-mannahatta/ Come hear more about Mannahatta during the 2010! at the following venues: Dr. Eric Sanderson will speak about tools for living on Manhattan at Design Within Reach (DWR): Tools for Living" in Soho on Wednesday January 27, 2010 at 7:00pm. Because of the high demand, another event has been scheduled for ... http://themannahattaproject.org/news/upcoming-mannahatta-events-in-new-york-city/ 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. http://themannahattaproject.org/news/what-people-are-writing-about-mannahatta/ 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. http://themannahattaproject.org/news/new-york-times-bestseller/ Saturday, June 6, 2 pm in the Bronx.  Walk and talkwith Dr. Eric Sanderson as he gives a presentation at the Arthur and Janet Ross lecture hall and leads a walk through the NYBG Forest, the only never clear-cut forest in New York City and across the Bronx River, New York ... http://themannahattaproject.org/news/mannahatta-at-new-york-botanical-garden/ Thursday, June 11, 6:30 pm, New-York Historical Society The Hudson Since Henry:  A Natural and Unnatural History Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson's arrival by exploring the eponymous river's history from its pristine days, through its decline during the industrial revolution, to its heartening rebirth as an environmental ... http://themannahattaproject.org/news/mannahatta-at-world-science-festival/ 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. http://themannahattaproject.org/news/new-york-times-book-review/ Dr. Eric Sanderson talks about Manhattan in 1609 and today with Leonard Lopate on Tuesday, May 19, 2009.  Listen to the podcast here. http://themannahattaproject.org/news/mannahatta-on-wnyc-leonard-lopate-show/ A new multi-media exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society finds parallels between the Manhattan landscape 400 years ago and today. Explore the natural history of Mannahatta and consider how the ecological fundamentals of Manhattan still operate in the ... http://themannahattaproject.org/news/mannahattamanhattan-exhibition-opens-may-20/