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#206 The Lenape: The Real Native New Yorkers
Before New York, before New Amsterdam – there was Lenapehoking, the land of the Lenape, the original inhabitants of the places we call Manhattan, Wes…
9 years, 9 months ago
#205 The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold
The young socialite Dorothy Arnold seemingly led a charmed and privileged life. The niece of a Supreme Court justice, Dorothy was the belle of 1900s …
9 years, 10 months ago
#204 The Cotton Club: The Aristocrat of Harlem
The Cotton Club, Harlem's most prominent nightclub during the Prohibiton era, delivered some of the greatest music legends of the Jazz Age -- Duke El…
9 years, 10 months ago
#203 Nikola Tesla in New York
The Serbian immigrant Nikola Tesla was among the Gilded Age's
brightest minds, a visionary thinker and inventor who gave the
world innovations in elect…
9 years, 11 months ago
#202 The Lower East Side: A Culinary History
Join us as we experience the tastes of another era by visiting some of the oldest culinary institutions of the Lower East Side. From McSorley's to Ka…
9 years, 11 months ago
#201 GOWANUS! Brooklyn's Troubled Waters
This is the dirtiest Bowery Boys podcast ever. Literally.
Brooklyn's Gowanus -- both the creek and the canal -- is one of the most mysterious and hist…
10 years ago
#200 Jane Jacobs: Saving the Village
Washington Square Park torn in two. The West Village erased and re-written. Soho, Little Italy and the Lower East Side ripped asunder by an elevated …
10 years ago
#199.5: Bowery Boys - Behind the Scenes
As we prepare for our #200th episode -- and the release of the first-ever Bowery Boys book -- we've decided to take a look back at our last 100 shows…
10 years ago
#199 Battle For The Skyline: How High Can It Go?
This year is the one hundred anniversary of one of the most important laws ever passed in New York City -- the 1916 Zoning Law which dictated the rul…
10 years, 1 month ago
#198 Greenpoint, Brooklyn: An Industrial-Strength History
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, has a surprising history of bucolic green pastures and rancid oil patches. Before the 19th century this corner of Brooklyn was …
10 years, 2 months ago