Podcast Episodes

The Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue

At the heart of New York’s Gilded Age — the late 19th-century era of unprecedented American wealth and excess — were families with the names Astor, Waldorf, Schermerhorn, and Vanderbilt, alongside po…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

#461 The Story of Inwood and Marble Hill

People who live in Inwood know how truly special it is. Manhattan's northernmost neighborhood (aside from Marble Hill) feels like it's outside of the city -- and in some places, even outside of time …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Children of the Gilded Age

The children of the Gilded Age were seen but not heard. Until now!

Listener favorite Esther Crain, author and creator of Ephemeral New York joins The Gilded Gentleman for a look at the world of childr…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

#460 The Brooklyn Museum and the Birth of a New City

While you may know the Brooklyn Museum for its wildly popular cutting-edge exhibitions, the borough's premier art institution can actually trace its origins back to a more rustic era -- and to the bi…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

#459 Moses vs. Bard: The Battle for Castle Clinton

In 1939, Robert Moses sprung his latest project upon the world -- the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge, connecting the tip of Manhattan to the Brooklyn waterfront, slicing through New York Harbor just to the …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

The Trial of John Peter Zenger (Rewind)

A long, long time ago in New York — in the 1730s, back when the city was a holding of the British, with a little over 10,000 inhabitants — a German printer named John Peter Zenger decided to print a …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

#458 Parkways and the Transformation of Brooklyn

When Prospect Park was first opened to the public in the late 1860s, the City of Brooklyn was proud to claim a landmark as beautiful and as peaceful as New York’s Central Park. But the superstar land…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

#457 FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD

On October 29, 1975, President Gerald Ford walked into a press conference at the National Press Club and, using more precise, more eloquent words than legend remembers, but in no uncertain terms, tol…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

#456 Walking New York: Manhattan History on Foot with Keith Taillon

Join us for an interview with Instagram historian Keith Taillon (@keithyorkcity), whose detailed posts about New York's history have earned him nearly 60,000 followers and launched a successful tour …

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

#455 House of Beauty: The Story of the Frick Collection

We invite you to come with us inside one of America’s most interesting art museums – an institution that is BOTH an art gallery and a historic home.

This is The Frick Collection, located at 1 East 70t…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago