The Bowery Boys: New York City History
A podcast by Tom Meyers, Greg Young - Fridays

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510 Episodes
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#250 The Empire State Building: Story of an Icon
Published: 1/12/2018 -
#249 Madam C.J. Walker: Harlem's Hair Care Millionaire
Published: 1/4/2018 -
#248 Sitting Down with Roz Chast of the New Yorker
Published: 12/22/2017 -
#247 Rodgers and Hammerstein: The Golden Age of Broadway
Published: 12/15/2017 -
#246 Tales from a Tenement: Three Families on the Lower East Side
Published: 12/7/2017 -
#245 The Fall of the Fifth Avenue Mansions
Published: 12/1/2017 -
#244 The Rise of the Fifth Avenue Mansions
Published: 11/24/2017 -
#243 New York In Neon: Signs of the City
Published: 11/17/2017 -
#242 New York and the Dawn of Photography
Published: 11/10/2017 -
#241 Edgar Allan Poe in New York
Published: 10/26/2017 -
#240 The Ghosts of Greenwich Village
Published: 10/20/2017 -
#239 Murder at the Manhattan Well
Published: 10/13/2017 -
#238 Astoria and Long Island City
Published: 9/29/2017 -
#237 Columbus Circle: A Century of Controversy
Published: 9/15/2017 -
#236 Times Square in the '70s
Published: 9/8/2017 -
The Crash of 1929: New York In Crisis
Published: 9/1/2017 -
Queen of the Speakeasies: A Tale of Prohibition New York
Published: 8/18/2017 -
#233 The Roaring '20s: King of the Jazz Age
Published: 8/4/2017 -
#232 The Story of SoHo
Published: 7/20/2017 -
The Bowery Boys Present: The First Broadway Musical
Published: 7/6/2017
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.