The Bowery Boys: New York City History

A podcast by Tom Meyers, Greg Young - Fridays

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508 Episodes

  1. #327 Listener Stories: At Home In New York Part Two

    Published: 5/18/2020
  2. #326 Listener Stories: At Home in New York Part One

    Published: 5/15/2020
  3. #325 The Staten Island Quarantine War

    Published: 5/8/2020
  4. #324 Moving Day! Madness and Mayhem in Old New York

    Published: 5/1/2020
  5. #323 The Bowery Wizards: A History of Tattooed New York

    Published: 4/28/2020
  6. #322 Nickelodeons and Movie Palaces: New York and the Film Industry 1893-1920

    Published: 4/24/2020
  7. #321 Lauren Bacall ... At Home At The Dakota Apartments

    Published: 4/21/2020
  8. #320 Hart Island: The Loneliest Place in New York

    Published: 4/17/2020
  9. #319 The Tale of Charging Bull and Fearless Girl

    Published: 4/14/2020
  10. #318 Moonstruck: That's Amore!

    Published: 4/10/2020
  11. #317 Vaccinated: New York and the Polio Outbreak

    Published: 4/7/2020
  12. #316 Jenny Lind at Castle Garden

    Published: 4/3/2020
  13. #315 Abandoned Pantheon: The Hall of Fame for Great Americans

    Published: 3/31/2020
  14. #314 Tillie Hart - The Holdout of London Terrace

    Published: 3/27/2020
  15. #313 The Straw Hat Riots of 1922

    Published: 3/24/2020
  16. #312 Has Jack the Ripper Come to Town? A Gilded Age Hysteria

    Published: 3/20/2020
  17. #311 Uprising: The Shirtwaist Strike of 1909

    Published: 3/6/2020
  18. #310 1918: The Harlem Hellfighters

    Published: 2/21/2020
  19. #309 What Gets Saved? Landmarks & Historic Districts Explained

    Published: 2/7/2020
  20. #308 Andrew Carnegie and New York's Public Libraries

    Published: 1/23/2020

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The tides of American history lead through the streets of New York City — from the huddled masses on Ellis Island to the sleazy theaters of 1970s Times Square. The elevated railroad to the Underground Railroad. Hamilton to Hammerstein! Greg and Tom explore more than 400 years of action-packed stories, featuring both classic and forgotten figures who have shaped the world.