Before Manhattan, there was Mannahatta. Immersive soundscapes compare today's urban cacophony to the island Henry Hudson encountered in 1609. History unearths wonder in the green heart of New York.

CREDITS

Created by David Al-Ibrahim

Soundscapes by Bill McQuay with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Informed by Eric Sanderson and the Welikia Project with the Wildlife Conservation Society

Narrated by Emily Kron

Supported in part by A+E Networks and the NYC Media Lab

Sounds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library

Aerial model of Mannahatta provided by Dr. Eric Sanderson and The Wildlife Conservation Society

360 media, design, and development by David Al-Ibrahim

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