Mannahatta Project

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Mannahatta Project

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A follow-up project for 3 years was the '''Welikia Project''' ("my good home" in Lenape), examining the whole [[geography of New York City]], which ran from 2010-2013.{{Cite web |title=The Welikia Project » Overview |url=https://welikia.org/about/overview/ |access-date=2022-04-04}}{{Cite web |title=The Welikia Project » How it All Began |url=https://welikia.org/about/how-it-all-began/ |access-date=2022-04-05}} A planned sequel book is tentatively titled ''The Welikia Atlas: A Natural History of New York’s Five Boroughs''.{{Cite web |title=The New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Announces 2019-2020 Fellows |url=https://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/april-23-2019/new-york-public-librarys-dorothy-and-lewis-b-cullman-center |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=The New York Public Library}}
A follow-up project for 3 years was the '''Welikia Project''' ("my good home" in Lenape), examining the whole [[geography of New York City]], which ran from 2010-2013.{{Cite web |title=The Welikia Project » Overview |url=https://welikia.org/about/overview/ |access-date=2022-04-04}}{{Cite web |title=The Welikia Project » How it All Began |url=https://welikia.org/about/how-it-all-began/ |access-date=2022-04-05}} A planned sequel book is tentatively titled ''The Welikia Atlas: A Natural History of New York’s Five Boroughs''.{{Cite web |title=The New York Public Library's Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers Announces 2019-2020 Fellows |url=https://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/april-23-2019/new-york-public-librarys-dorothy-and-lewis-b-cullman-center |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=The New York Public Library}}


The 2007 book ''[[The World Without Us]]'' includes a chapter "The City Without Us", inspired by the Mannahatta Project, that imagines a future depopulated New York City.
The 2007 book ''[[The World Without Us]]'' includes a chapter "The City Without Us", inspired by the Mannahatta Project, that imagines a future depopulated New York City.


As a benchmark in environmental history, the Mannahatta Project has influenced [[restoration ecology]] initiatives in the region. The [[Billion Oyster Project]] aims to restore the estuary to its state in 1609.{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=LeVay |first2=Tony Perrottet,Gina |title=How New York City Is Rediscovering Its Maritime Spirit |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/new-york-rediscovering-maritime-spirit-180962769/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}
As a benchmark in environmental history, the Mannahatta Project has influenced [[restoration ecology]] initiatives in the region. The [[Billion Oyster Project]] aims to restore the estuary to its state in 1609.{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=LeVay |first2=Tony Perrottet, Gina |title=How New York City Is Rediscovering Its Maritime Spirit |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/new-york-rediscovering-maritime-spirit-180962769/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}


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