Peter Stuyvesant’s Pegleg

Origin
Peter Stuyvesant, amputated of his right leg after a conflict with the Spanish, acted as the last director of New Netherland. Expanding the colony into Native American lands, Stuyvesant hijacked their preexisting routes and farmlands to build his own city. Many of his projects across Manhattan and the surrounding islands thus became locations for future New York landmarks, including Wall Street’s protective palisade, Broad Street’s original canal and the Broadway circuit.

Asides from his management practices, Stuyvesant vehemently opposed other religious practices. As an orthodox member of the Dutch Reformed Church, the idea of allowing other belief systems to establish houses of worship within his microcosm of Dutch utopia was insulting. Lutherans, Jews, Roman Catholics and Quakers commonly found themselves discriminated against and deprived the right of public worship.

Effects
By thinking of a city or town during a specific era, all the original structures and architectural designs to that period will suddenly reappear. Older construction will become vibrant like when it was first erected and temporarily cover the current layout. At locations where the original infrastructure purpose has not been continued, a ghostly reflection will shimmer in its place. Works upon any type of previous work, from ornate glasswork to immense roadways.

While it enjoys reminiscing about the good ole city days, it also actively prevents other locations the user disapproves of from being seen. Examples like religious sites, financial institutions and rival neighborhoods will suddenly evaporate out of existence. It will not only prevent their predecessors from reappearing, but obscure their current incarnations as well.