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Recalling when Lower Manhattan was New Amsterdam

The New York Times – April 17, 2026 Megan McCrea

To the untrained eye, the gleaming black skyscraper at the corner of Whitehall and Pearl Street is unremarkable. To Russel Shorto, a historian who has written two books on Manhattan’s Dutch roots, it’s a landmark. English.

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