'That city will, in the course of time, X become the granary of the world, the emporium of commerce, the seat of manufactures, the focus of great monied operations," predicted DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York in 1824. He was speaking about the effects of the Erie Canal, which connected the Great Lakes to the Hudson River. Originally derided as "Clinton's folly", the canal helped to open up the west, allowing New York to benefit enormously from an explosion of trade. Within 15 years of the opening, New York was the busiest port in America, moving more than Boston, Baltimore and New Orleans combined. The plan to open an applied sciences university campus in New York City, reckons Seth Pinsky, who heads New York's Economic Development Corporation, is an "Erie Canal moment". The city's embrace of high-tech has already begun. Tech clusters have emerged in Manhattan's Flatiron District and Brooklyn's Dumbo, home to firms like stellaService and Etsy. Venture-capital firms and angel investors have been looking at New York more seriously than they once did. Henry Blodget, of Business Insider, notes "the financing ecosystem has also gotten very well developed, from late-stage private equity right down to angel investing." Some $1.2 billion was invested by venturecapital firms in New York in 2010.
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机译：“随着时间的流逝，这座城市将成为世界的粮仓，商业商场，制成品所在地，庞大的经营重点。” 1824年纽约州州长DeWitt Clinton预测说。谈到伊利运河的影响，伊利运河将大湖区与哈得逊河连接起来，最初被誉为“克林顿的愚蠢”，它有助于向西部开放，使纽约从贸易爆炸中受益匪浅。15开馆多年以来，纽约是美国最繁忙的港口，搬家数量超过了波士顿，巴尔的摩和新奥尔良的总和。纽约经济发展公司负责人塞斯·平斯基（Seth Pinsky）估计，在纽约市开设一所应用科学大学校园的计划是“伊利运河时刻”，这座城市对高科技的拥抱已经开始，在曼哈顿的Flatiron区和布鲁克林的Dumbo都涌现出了技术集群，stellaService和Etsy等公司都坐落在这里，风险投资公司和天使投资ors一直比以往更认真地看待纽约。 Business Insider的亨利·布洛杰特（Henry Blodget）指出：“从后期的私募股权到天使投资，融资生态系统也得到了很好的发展。” 2010年，风险投资公司在纽约投资了约12亿美元。
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