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#373 New York Underground: The Story of Cemeteries
The following podcast may look like the history of New York City cemeteries -- from the early churchyards of the Colonial era to the monument-filled …
4 years, 5 months ago
#372 The Shuberts: The Brothers Who Built Broadway
There's no business like show business -- thanks to Lee, Sam and J.J. Shubert, the Syracuse brothers who forever changed the American theatrical busi…
4 years, 6 months ago
Rewind: Revolutionary Fire/The End of Nathan Hale
On the occasion of the 245th anniversary of the Revolutionary War in New York City, we revisit the story of the Great Fire of 1776, the drumbeat of w…
4 years, 6 months ago
#371 A Visit to Little Syria: An Immigrant Story
Just south of the World Trade Center district sits the location of a forgotten Manhattan immigrant community. Curious outsiders called it "Little Syr…
4 years, 6 months ago
#370 Tragic Muse: The Life of Audrey Munson
By the time Audrey Munson turned 25 years old, she had became a muse for some of the most famous artists in America, the busiest artist’s model of he…
4 years, 7 months ago
#369 Last Dance at the Hotel Pennsylvania
When it opened in 1919, the Hotel Pennsylvania was the largest hotel in the world. Over a hundred years later, its fate remains uncertain. Is it too …
4 years, 7 months ago
#368 Henry Bergh's Fight for Animal Rights in Gilded Age New York
Interview with Prof. Ernest Freeberg, author of “A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement”
Today’s show is a…
4 years, 8 months ago
#367 The Ice Craze: How the Ice Business Transformed New York
New York City on ice — a tribute to the forgotten industry which kept the city cool in the age before refrigeration and air conditioning.
Believe it …
4 years, 8 months ago
#366 North Brother Island: New York's Forbidden Place
There are two mysterious islands in the East River with a human population of zero. They are restricted. No human being lives there.
One of these is…
4 years, 9 months ago
Rewind: The Historic New York City Hall
New York City Hall sits majestically inside a nostalgic, well-manicured park, topped with a beautiful old fountain straight out of gaslight-era New Y…
4 years, 9 months ago