by, Jonathan Silverman

Although these Boston and New York City were established around the same time, the means and purposes that they filled were very different. They were both very significant cities in the new world, however, Boston attracted more religious residents while New York City attracted those who wished to be profitable. One major reason for these strong attractions was because of the founders of the cities.

Boston was originally founded as a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which was mainly composed of devout Puritans. These men and women fled England for a land where they might be able to live and worship freely. They were all working together for a common, higher purpose, and this set the major tone for the community. They believed that if they lived their lives in exac it had a different outcome. After New Amsterdam was bought from the Native Americans, it was inhabited by Dutch settlers, who were in fact not even colonists. These men were contracted workers whose only goal was to fulfill their agreements and make money. As time progressed, this colony ownership changed hands a good deal of times, and the only thing that remained constant was the traders that resided in the city. These men, led the city to be powered by money and capitalism. All of the traders were also in competition with each other, and this set the other major precedent for New York.

Despite their large differences, these two independent societies both flourished in the New World. The people that lived in each society were completely different from each other, and had contrary sets of values and morals. These differences led the residents of these two areas to create completely different communities. These opposing characteristics are largely seen through architectural aspects of society such as the structure of parks, the original organizational structures on which the cities were founded, the architectural styles used, and the buildings as they stand today.