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The more one visits the sites where Walt Whitman lived the more new and fascinating things one finds out about them. As I was standing on the Fulton Ferry Landing, looking at the amazing views of the city’s skyline, I was thinking: “How did this place look like 100, 200, or even 300 years ago?”. Well, the answer to my question was literally lying right under my feet. There are ‘manhole’ plates that show the map of the place at a certain period in the past.  It is amazing how we live in such a big city with so many beautiful things to look at and appreciate every single day. At the same time, it is unfortunate that many of us are not as much aware of the greatness of this city’s history and how much this city has to offer as we should be. Visiting New York City could be a dream for many people, a dream that everyone of us that lives here has come true. We should appreciate and pay more attention to the details of this city’s history because we have this opportunity in our hands as Whitman did as well and appreciated it everyday…