Tag: Manhattan
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Where One Gathers the Wood to Make Bows (aka, Manhattan)
William Starna (Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the State University of New York College at Oneonta) has a fascinating short article on the Origins of the Name Manhattan: The event is a storied one. In 1626, Peter Minuit purchased a large island at the mouth of the Hudson River from unknown and unnamed although otherwise Munsee-speaking…
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Hispanic/Black/White/Asian
One of our neighbors took data derived from the census.gov 5-year American Community Survey data year ending 2013 and created 4 choropleth maps for Manhattan. Taking a look, can you tell which one represents the density of Black, White, Hispanic, or Asian Manhattanites? Although the map designer did note that some of the data is clearly ‘off’…