Going Dutch in New York
Published on: Saturday 10 August 2019
Some people travel with a particular objective in mind: to find the past in the present. It's an impossibility, of course — you never truly succeed, because the present is so very present. But in a wayward, fast-moving world, a focus on history can root you and offer perspective. This was my idea on a recent trip when I set out to find New York's origins.