In 1825, when Cole arrived, steamboats were already taking tourists to hotels in the mountains, and the Erie Canal was completed, opening the river as a thoroughfare for commerce and industry.
But the gallery, she notes, already has a gaping hole after a 50-metre section was removed some years ago to provide access to a boat landing stage and an open view on the river for the 02 World arena, which dominates the land adjacent to the gallery.
Davenport prefers the open access to the river for parks and vistas over having access cut off by dikes and levees.
The Morganza, which is triggered to open when the river is flowing at 1.5 million cubic feet per second past the Red River Landing north of Baton Rouge, was likely to remain open for weeks, ensuring that the river remains below that flow rate downstream.
Word got out in Manhattan that a venue for serious jazz had opened across the river.
Roger's writing and campaigning opened up the woods and the rivers for many others.
In the years since the Magnuses moved to Hastings, two parks have opened on the river: MacEachron Waterfront Park and Kinnally Cove, the latter a favorite launch for kayakers.
In Missouri, another ballot initiative opened the way for extra, gaudier river-boat gambling.
This has helped resolve a long-standing dispute with Bangladesh on sharing river water, and opened the way for Nepal to sell hydroelectric power to India.
David and I spent our last day in Thimpu purchasing bundled prayer flags in the open market by the river, kiras for our wives, and visiting the "zoo" to see Bhutan's national animal, the takin.
