Pioneer Trail (cont.): New York State Part 1: New York City (New Amsterdam)

https://youtu.be/dVk7XlSJH1c?si=YayfVQehIUdXvYiC

A brief consideration of New York City, formerly New Amsterdam, as part of multipart chapter and video on the 11th state to join the new post-revolutionary war American Union. Features some history and images that convey New York’s unique presence in the world. The former World Trade Center looms as a memory and part of this anecdotal reminiscence of a sliver of US cultural evolution.