{"id":314288,"date":"2026-08-05T13:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314288\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T13:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T13:18:08","slug":"manhattan-3d-timelapse-from-1600-to-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/314288\/","title":{"rendered":"Manhattan 3D Timelapse From 1600 to 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/city_3d_timelapse\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Christian Ivan<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/cw\/City3DTimelapse\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">City 3D Timelapse<\/a> created an enchanting 3D timelapse of <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=Manhattan+Island\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Manhattan Island<\/a> evolving through distinct views and eras of development from 1600 to 2026. This timelapse was made using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nypl.org\/collections\/nypl-recommendations\/guides\/historical-nyc-maps-atlases\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">historical texts and atlases<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=New+York+Public+Library\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">New York Public Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a visual simplification of the evolution of New York through the years, it may not be 100% accurate No AI was used to create this Animation<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The animation includes views of the entire island, <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/manhattan-island-evolution-timelapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Lower Manhattan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=Midtown+Manhattan\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Midtown Manhattan<\/a>, spanning <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=Dutch\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Dutch<\/a> settlement, <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=British\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">British<\/a> rule, the <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=Industrial+Era\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Industrial Era<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=Globalization+Era\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Globalization Era<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbaN6CotK-M\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">       <\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbaOIl_tmd9\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">       <\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DbaNiRRN4Qi\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; padding:0 0; text-align:center; text-decoration:none; width:100%;\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">       <\/p>\n<p>View this post on Instagram<\/p>\n<p>            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other Urban Timelapses<\/p>\n<p>NYC Timelapse From Year 0 through 2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/manhattan-island-evolution-timelapse\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Evolution of Manhattan Island From Year 0 to 2026 in a Captivating Timelapse<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2026\/08\/watch-the-evolution-of-manhattan-unfold-in-a-timelapse-video-from-1600-to-2026.html\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Open Culture<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated Posts\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christian Ivan of City 3D Timelapse created an enchanting 3D timelapse of Manhattan Island evolving through distinct views&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314289,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-314288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}