Eva Reyes

Arch 3522

Date: 9/8/2019

Assignment#1

Short Writing Assignment

Compare New York and Brooklyn Urban Growth and Planning

The Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs of the New York state has changed over the years, from a rural transition to urban. The transformation of these boroughs environment and the geography took several years.  During the 1630s, The Dutch were the first to settle in these regions and others agricultural towns then the British took over them. The lands surroundings were mostly vegetation, animals and the other typical rural features. Indeed, the lands were turned to a more industrialized and civilized environment. Manhattan was growth in a quicker pace than Brooklyn. Based on people needs like for transportation, trade and exchange in the beginning of the project there were canals constructed. In there was a landscape ecology project in Manhattan. The city was built in Lenape Indian Land, in 1664 the building project starts with a small potion then throughout the time, it gets to expand. During 1811, maps were created with a grid plan to show how buildings and green spaces were arrange in Manhattan then Brooklyn adopted the same grid for its development. In comparison to Brooklyn there wasn’t no landscape project, so it was built above the existing property lines. Still in 1840 there was no build concentration and Brooklyn weren’t so developed as Manhattan at this time. In 1842, the downtown and midtown Manhattan railroad was built to be used as another transportation option. Although both were developed under a different pace and times nowadays, the two boroughs have connected through railroad lines, bridges and cars roads.