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The Bowery Boys 2010: A Year of Podcasts In Review

Here’s the whole menu of our 2010 podcasts. As always, you can download them all for free from iTunes and or your favorite podcast aggregator. The original blog page for each is listed below, along with a link to download directly from our satellite site. See you in 2011!

TRINITY CHURCH
Blog page / Trinity Church: Anchor of Wall Street, New York’s Landlord
Download here

MANHATTAN BRIDGE
Blog page / Manhattan Bridge: New York City’s dysfunctional classic
Download here

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Blog page / Madison Square Garden, World’s Most Famous Arena(s)
Download here

ROBERT MOSES
Blog page / Robert Moses: Did he save New York — or destroy it?
Download here

BRONX ZOO
Blog page / The Bronx Zoo: the tale of NYC’s biggest animal house
Download here

BRIGHTON BEACH AND MANHATTAN BEACH
Blog page / Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, at your leisure
Download here


CASE FILES OF THE NYPD
Blog page / Case Files of the New York Police Department 1800-1915
Download here

CBGB & OMFUG
Blog page / CBGB & OMFUG: Punk music history on the Bowery
Download here

THE NEWSBOYS STRIKE OF 1899
Blog page / Newsies vs. The World! The Newsboys Strike of 1899
Download here

STATEN ISLAND FERRY
Blog page / The Staten Island Ferry: its story, from sail to steam
Download here

NEW YORK’S ELEVATED RAILROADS
Blog page / New York City’s Elevated Railroads: Journey to a spectacular world of steam trains along the avenues
Download here

CABLE CARS, TROLLEYS AND MONORAILS
Blog page / Cable cars, trolleys and monorails: Moving around on New York’s forgotten transit options
Download here

NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY, PART 1
Blog page / The New York City Subway and the creation of the IRT
Download here

NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY, PART 2
Blog page / Modern history of the New York Subway: Expansion from the 1-2-3, A-B-C, Second Avenue and beyond
Download here

SUBWAY GRAFFITI 1970-1989
Blog page / The wild times of the subway graffiti era 1970-1989
Download here

ARCHIBALD GRACIE AND HIS MANSION
Blog page / Gracie Mansion: How a bucolic summer home survived a couple wars, a society feud and a few live-in mayors
Download here

NIBLO’S GARDEN
Blog page / Niblo’s Garden: New York’s entertainment complex and home to the first (bizarre) Broadway musical
Download here

SUPERNATURAL STORIES OF NEW YORK
Blog page / Supernatural Stories of New York: spooky seances, violent Jazz Ages ghosts and an island of despair
Download here

AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND
Blog page / African Burial Ground: History from underneath the city, and the secret tale of New Yorkers once forgotten
Download here

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Blog page / American Museum of Natural History: Digging up the past
Download here

MARK TWAIN’S NEW YORK
Blog page / Mark Twain In New York, or His Adventures on Fifth Avenue
Download here

TIMES SQUARE

Blog page/ Times Square: History in stages, chronicled in lights
Download here

Top picture courtesy NYPL; courtesy lines for all other pics can be found on original blog pages

1 reply on “The Bowery Boys 2010: A Year of Podcasts In Review”

I found your blog only a couple of months back and love it so much, I’ve been stopping by as often as I can to enjoy your posts and the inspiration you offer! Hope you have a fantastic 2011!

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