Views of Manhattan Prior to European Settlement

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May 30

As reported by John Hills on May 28, 2009, at his Daily Dose of Architecture blog (http://archidose.blogspot.com/), the Museum of the City of New York is presenting an exhibit called Mannahattan/Manhattan: A Natural History of New York City. The exhibit, prepared in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Society, features simulated views of New York City as it would have appeared just prior to the arrival of the first European settlers in 1609.

The dates for the exhibit are from May 20 to October 12, 2009. The Museum of the City of New York is located at 1220 5th Avenue at 103rd St., New York, NY 10029 -- www.mcny.org . For more information about the Mannahatta Project, visit www.wcs.org/mannahatta .

ENVIRO - 2009-05-20 - Mannahatta Project

H. Pike Oliver

Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, H. Pike Oliver has worked on real estate development strategies and master-planned communities since the early 1970s, including nearly eight years at the Irvine Company. He resided in the City of Irvine for five years in the 1980s and nine years in the 1990s.

As the founder and sole proprietor of URBANEXUS, Oliver works on advancing equitable and sustainable real estate development and natural lands management. He is also an affiliate instructor at the Runstad Department of Real Estate at the University of Washington.

Early in his career, Oliver worked for public agencies, including the California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research where he was a principal contributor to An Urban Strategy for California. Prior to relocating to Seattle in 2013, Oliver taught real estate development at Cornell University and directed the undergraduate program in urban and regional studies. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, the American Planning Association and a founder and emeritus member of the California Planning Roundtable.

Oliver is a graduate of the urban studies and planning program at San Francisco State University and earned a master’s degree in urban planning at UCLA.

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Views of Manhattan Prior to European Settlement

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