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November 1, 2018

Elizabeth Albert, editor of Silent Beaches, Untold Stories: New York City's Forgotten Waterfront​, sits down with Kurt Schlichting to discuss his new book, Waterfront Manhattan, the first comprehensive history of the asset which arguably "made" NYC. Nature provided Gotham with a sheltered harbor, which allowed early republic New York to grow dramatically as other cities struggled to compete. But the government handed ownership and control of the priceless asset to businesses, until neglect and conflict between the various companies forced the city to resume management during the mid-1800s — a situation that lasted until the post-WWII era of jet transport and containerization destroyed the old industrial waterfront, opening the door to its contemporary revival, in which private interests have again dominated.