Part One. Under water, 1609-1789 : Entrepôt -- George Washington stepped here -- Part Two. The great transformation, 1790-1920 : The reticulation -- Adventures in drainage -- The revenge of Thomas Dongan -- The open loop -- The exploding metropolis -- Two-dimensional Gotham -- Part Three. Night comes to the marshes, 1900-1980 : The road to Hermitville -- The landscapers of Queens -- The wilds of Staten Island -- The massifs of Fresh Kills -- The great Hackensack disappearing act -- Part Four. The green colossus, 1960-2012 : The age of limits -- The Big Apple biome -- The future of New York.
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