Old New York Waterfront Back

A rather amazing 360 degree image here, of 19th century New York waterfront, visible down at the Trade Center site, where this week workers also unearthed remains of a wooden sailing ship from the 18th century (see below). Well, blue blistering barnacles, as someone might say!

 

Almost immediately, New Yorkers began wondering "how did those sailors get such a great parking space?" about the ship's origins, with some unnerved by the thought that it may have been a ship that carried slaves. Others have suggested that the ship has a design most commonly used in whaling vessels. The archaeologists (above) are at work, while all around them, the 21st century city continues to evolve.