Manhattan an Urban Enviroment Analysis

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Manhattan:An Urban Environmental Analysis

By

Jacob Bunting

AAE 460 / AAE 480

Instructor:Richard Beckman


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The growth of a Symbol

Manhattan truly reflects the name that the Native Americans gave it, Manna-

Hatta. It is an island of corporate hills. It is an island of grand commerce and

businesses. Giant skyscrapers cut into the sky, showing off individual companys power

and prestige to each other and to the world. The introduction of public transportation

made it so that many people could navigate the city with ease all at the same time. This

made it possible to build more large buildings as workplaces. New York has not always

been like this. In the 17th century, the majority of the island was farmland, Harlem was

the home of 91 very wealthy estates, and the city was small and new.

New York has always been a city of commerce. This is mostly due to its location,

harbored behind Long Island; it is a great natural port for ships. In 1825, the Erie Canal

was completed, locking in New York as the place for trade and commerce. The New

York Stock Exchange was originally formed by 24 people with 5 stocks under a

sycamore tree on Wall Street. Now it drives the economy of the entire United States and

has a large influence on the worlds economy. This is evident in the stock market crash

in 1929.

In 2001, New York was attacked by terrorists for the very same reason New York

stands out from other cities in the world. New York is the symbol of American freedom.

It is proof of the American dream, that with a little hard work, the average person can

make it to the big time.


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Statement from the Jury

Manhattan was a really great place for my urban analysis because of the vast

amount of information available at my fingertips. I have never been in New York, but

after doing this research I would love to go visit. I am not completely satisfied by the

content of my boards because they dont communicate what I learned from this exercise.

During the jury, it was brought to my attention that on my boards I display the facts that I

gathered from various places, but I dont graphically display the underlying compilation

of these facts. If I had a chance, I would design another board that would show that

Manhattan is the symbol of American freedom and commerce. I would show how all the

facts I presented on the original four boards can be summarized into a unified conclusion.

I would display a map that shows how the growth of the island correlates with the events

that took place there. I would also show how these events made this city unique.


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Bibliography and web links

I present this information in a format that is easy to read and so I will be able to find the

information again easily.

The following websites are the citys websites:

New York Cityhttp://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/portal/index.jsp?pageID=nyc_home

NY Fire Dept.http://nyc.gov/html/fdny/html/home2.shtml

NY Police Dept.http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/home.html

The following websites provided me with the following demographic information:

General demographic information

http://www.ci.manhattan-

beach.ca.us/home/demographic_profile_of_manhattan_beach.html

pop growth

http://schools.nycenet.edu/csd1/museums/facts/byward2.html

transportation times

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/incomeCommute.php?locIndex=1101

labor force

http://socds.huduser.org/scripts/odbic.exe/BLS_LAUS/SCREEN1.htm

incomehttp://www.bls.gov/oes/2000/oes_5600.htm

crimehttp://www.fedstats.gov/mapstats/crime/county/36061.html


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The following websites provided me with historical information about Manhattan andNew York:

http://tlc.discovery.com/convergence/newyork/1626.htmlhttp://www.forgotten-ny.com/index.html

http://home.nyc.gov/html/nyc100/html/historical/index.html

http://www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/

http://www.nytimes.com/specials/nyc100/nyc100-1-quinn.htmlhttp://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/Harlem/timex/timeline.html

If you are interested in seeing interactive information about Manhattan, I highly

encourage you to visit the following website:

http://www.skyscraper.org/timeformations/intro.html

http://www.lowermanhattan.info/around/

http://skyscrapers.com/re/en/wm/bo/zm/100001-4/

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/ny-skyflash.flash

The following websites provided pictures and maps of New York:

http://www.greatbuildings.com (great collection of buildings)

http://www.astorialic.org/photo/queensborough/qbridge_index.htmhttp://www.sunysb.edu/libmap/nypath1.htm

http://www.homsonline.com/SatelliteImages.htmhttp://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dcp/html/zone/mn_zonedex.html

This site lists key locations within Manhattan:

http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/dcp/html/dcptd/sites.html

This website provided me with prices on houses in Manhattan

http://www.liveinnyc.com

The following websites gave me important general information about New York:

http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/educLevel.php?locIndex=1101http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=1101

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/


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The following is a bibliography of books that I used:Greene, Liza MNew York for New Yorkers : a historical treasury and guide to thebuildings and monuments of Manhattan New York : W.W. Norton, 1995

This is an excellent book. It provides a historical view of the architecture of Manhattan

Wolfe, Gerard R., New York, 15 walking tours : an architectural guide to the metropolisNew York : McGraw-Hill, c2003 3rd ed

This book provides walking tours and describes the architecture in those tours

Stern, Robert A. M New York 1900 : metropolitan architecture and urbanism, 1890-1915/ by Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, John Montague MassengaleNew York :Rizzoli, 1983

I used this book to get historical photos

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