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The music you hear at the beginning and end of this episode is Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata performed by Hans Goldstein and Clinton Adams, provided by an EFF Open Audio License. Thank you to Jeff Kowalski for his assistance with audio editing.

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Correction: The name of Eric Sanderson, author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City, is given as Brian Sanderson in the audio version of this post. I regret the error.

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The music you hear at the beginning and end of this episode is Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata performed by Hans Goldstein and Clinton Adams, provided by an EFF Open Audio License. Thank you to Jeff Kowalski for his assistance with audio editing.

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The music you hear at the beginning of this episode is Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata performed by Hans Goldstein and Clinton Adams, provided by an EFF Open Audio License. Thank you to Jeff Kowalski for his assistance with audio editing.

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Hello, my name is Sam Hightower, and I am a blueprint wrangler, building detective, and the Director of the Office for Metropolitan History.

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