Fall 2026 OLLI Digital Catalog

MAKING MANHATTAN: ORIGINS OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST CITY (G582)

G – History

Though built on the displacement of indigenous people and once a center of slave trade, Manhattan has provided opportunities for people of many cultures, becoming the most diverse city in the world. We explore the island’s origins, early settlers and the breakthroughs that made it the world’s first modern metropolis.

This offering meets for a total of 5 session(s).

INSTRUCTOR: Peter Harrigan

HARRIGAN, PETER — B.S., finance, Siena College; executive leadership program, University of Maryland. Retired Lockheed Martin Corporation, communications executive. Former reporter, editor with the Staten Island Advance, where assignments included state government correspondent.

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