What's left of New Amsterdam in Lower Manhattan - 2/4

A few highlights of what's left of New Amsterdam. This is part 2 of a 4-part series, in which best-selling author Russell Shorto gives a tour through what used to be New Amsterdam, and what we now call New York.

This is part 2 in a series of 4.

New Amsterdam Tour

==The biggest thanks goes out to all Cinecrowd funders of this project.==

Music is by permission from the brilliant melodysheep, Benn Jordan and Launchable Socks

Thanks to Carl Sagan's Cosmos for inspiring part of the voiceover for this episode.

This video is with kind thanks to Labrys Reizen in the Netherlands, Russell Shorto, and all people who took the tour.

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[Rickyrab]

one major reason why new Amsterdam's buildings all disappeared: two fires, one in 1776 and the other in the early 19th century. This is why some folks built a Dutch Revival building in the early 20th century- they wanted something tangible and Dutch down there.

[Linda-hslk]

I'm Dutch but I have a forefather who was born in 1665 York. So he was born right after New Amsterdam changed into New York. His name was Jacobus Anthonissen. For some reason he came 'back' to The Netherlands because in 1689 he married in Amsterdam. That's all I know.

[timlambers]

The most important thing what is left of the Dutch influence in New York, are the street names and the names of cityparts. Brooklyn (Breukelen in Holland), Harlem (Haarlem in Holland).

[MDKE]

NY's Dutch Heritage is not forgotten when you consider the MANY Dutch place names in and around NY. There's Spuyten Duyvil, Harlem, several places named for Peter Stuyvesant, Dutch Kills, The Bronx, Coney Island, Flushing, the Van Wyck Expressway, the word "stoop" for the front steps of a building and loads more.

[jayski]

As a native New Yorker (now living in L.A.) I've become fascinated with New York's history since National Geographic published an article in Sept. 2009, with artist's renderings showing Manhattan before Henry Hudson. These videos compliment it nicely.

[peterpupping]

Thank you Russell for your research, books, videos. As a Dutch immigrant and US citizen I
really appreciate understanding my Dutch heritage and it's part in America!

[patton]

My family called the Huyler family came to New Amsterdam in the 1660’s. It’s really cool to learn about this.

[PixiBoii]

Interesting. What a shame so little remained. Most european cities have some buidlings from the 18th century.

[JR-rjnd]

Wall street named after a wall wow im so dumb, never realised that.

[conrad]

Imagine New York literally looking like a Dutch city with bicycles everywhere, trams and canals... I mean ngl that wouldn’t look so bad

[kovko]

These types of tours would be really neat if there were augmented reality headsets.

[bryanfriend]

The Dutch branch of my family (name Klough or Clough, many spellings) landed in New Amsterdam around 1655. They didn't travel far since my grandmother was born in Schenectady in 1900. She eventually made her way to California where my mother was born.

[billlombard]

The Dutch heritage is in the NYC flag, it’s colors is the Dutch flag and it’s seal has symbolism of the Dutch East India company on it

[mt]

I love stuff like this. Any time I go to a big city I try to find the older parts to see what it started as

[jupiter]

I was going through my late great grandmother's paper work and found litigation papers for a land dispute of 61 ave to 63 ave on Manhattan island. My family has never settled the case. In the 50's my grandmother was demanding $250, 000, 000.00 for said property. I have never looked into it further and dont know if the case was ever settled. I had family, the Pangburns who settled there and probably owned said land. Imagine what the land is worth today. Its literally a few blocks from Wall Street. I need to look into it more

[tashmoobabe]

Russell Shorto's book The Island at the Center of the World is a masterpiece, a page-turner, and a great contribution to retrieving the lost history of New Amsterdam. I absolutely loved it and would have loved to be on this tour.

[xxcherrycatsupxx]

2:40 Wall Street runs into Nassau street!! You guys forgot to mention the Dutch House of Oranje-Nassau! Very famous stateholders, including William the Silent!

[virginiabartell]

In 1623, 19 year old Joris Jansen De Rapalje from France, and his 18 year old girlfriend Catelyntje Jeronimus Trico reached the New World married and have birth to Sara one year later.When Sara grew up she married Teunis Bogart; 7th great grandfather of Humphrey Bogart! Aloha😁

[edwiser]

I was stationed in Netherlands when I was in the US Army. I have always had a strong affection for the Dutch. Can no longer speak the language but recognize it when passing Dutch tourists in the US. Wonderful people and a wonderful country. I would live there if it was not so cold. lol.

[carmencortelyou]

In 1652, my ancestor, Jacques Cortelyou, arrived in New Amsterdam as a young man from Utrecht, Netherlands. He was an educated man and a surveyor, among other things. He founded the village of New Utrecht, where he lived, in a section of what is now Brooklyn. Cortelyou Road, in Brooklyn, is named after him.

After Peter Stuyvesant appointed him the official surveyor of New Amsterdam, he produced the map, in 1660, that later became known as the “Costello Plan.”