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#294 That Daredevil Steve Brodie, 'King of the Bowery'
EPISODE 294: A tale of the 'sporting life' of the Bowery from the 1870s and 80s. A former newsboy named Steve Brodie grabs the country's attention by…
6 years, 8 months ago
#293 Secret Places of Upper Manhattan
EPISODE 293: In Washington Heights and Inwood, the two Manhattan neighborhoods above West 155th Street, the New York grid plan begins to become irrel…
6 years, 9 months ago
Sip-In At Julius': Gay New York In The 1960s
EPISODE 292: This month New York City (and the world) celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, a combative altercation between poli…
6 years, 9 months ago
The Tombs: Five Points' Notorious House of Detention
EPISODE 291: Some might find it strange that the Manhattan Detention Complex -- one of New York City's municipal jails -- should be located next to t…
6 years, 10 months ago
#290 Bagels: A New York Story
EPISODE 290: The most iconic New York City foods -- bagels, pizza, hot dogs -- are portable, adaptable and closely associated with the city's history…
6 years, 10 months ago
Blood and Shakespeare: The Astor Place Riot of 1849
EPISODE 289: In old New York, one hundred and seventy years ago, a theatrical rivalry between two leading actors of the day sparked a terrible night …
6 years, 11 months ago
#288 The World of Tomorrow: The New York World's Fair of 1939
EPISODE 288: Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, the fourth largest park in New York City and the pride of northern Queens, has twice been the gateway to t…
6 years, 11 months ago
Greenwich Village in the 1960s
EPISODE 287: This is the story of Greenwich Village as a character -- an eccentric character maybe, but one that changed American life -- and how the…
7 years ago
Uncovering Hudson Yards
EPISODE 286: Hudson Yards is America's largest private real estate development, a gleaming collection of office towers and apartments overlooking a s…
7 years ago
#285 Boss Tweed's House of Corruption
EPISODE 285: The roots of modern American corruption traces themselves back to a handsome -- but not necessarily revolutionary -- historic structure …
7 years ago