Before New York:

A Traveling Pop-Up Exhibition

Discover Brooklyn as you have never seen it. In this public lecture, Dr. Eric W. Sanderson uncovers the borough’s historical ecology and shows how its original forests, wetlands, and waterways inform today’s challenges related to flooding, climate resilience, and environmental justice. Presented as part of the Before New York lecture tour.

A sweeping historical tour of the great island of Manhattan and other music for uplifting gormandizers.

New York City is constantly changing, for better and for worse. What was once a forested island of streams, wetlands, and meadows teeming with...