Uploaded March 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How Roman architecture and city planning shaped Manhattan.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Streets of Manhattan
1:36 the Croton aqueduct
2:05 City Beautiful Neoclassicism
3:29 Mckim, Mead, and White
4:25 Classical infrastructure
5:11 Monuments
5:40 The anxiety of influence
6:40 Trade Coffee