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Bushwick

It's Showtime Podcasts 

Diamond Girl: How Mae West Brought ‘Sex’ and Scandal to Broadway

May 15, 2015October 19, 2018 Bowery Boys 3439 Views 4 Comments Broadway, Bushwick, gay New York, Mae West

PODCAST Mae West (star of I’m No Angel and She Done Him Wrong) would come to revolutionize the idea of American sexuality,

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Brooklyn History 

Ungentrified: Brooklyn in the 1970s

April 30, 2015April 30, 2015 Bowery Boys 5747 Views 5 Comments Bed-Stuy, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Bushwick, Clinton Hill, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene, Fulton Ferry, gentrification, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Williamsburg

The new Bowery Boys podcast that comes out this Friday will be about Brooklyn. So let’s get in the mood

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Mysterious Stories Podcasts 

Haunted Hipsters: Four Ghost Stories of Brooklyn

October 16, 2014January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 3006 Views 0 Comments Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Bushwick, Clinton Hill, Coney Island, Ghost Stories, Mapleton

Dark skies over the Brooklyn Bridge, from a 1905 postcard (courtesy MCNY) PODCAST  Brooklyn is the setting for this quartet

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Podcasts 

Notes from the podcast: (#141) New York Beer History

July 31, 2012November 13, 2018 Bowery Boys 1081 Views 3 Comments beer, Brooklyn Bridge, Bushwick, College Point, New York Historical Society, Stapleton, Steinway

Year-Round Brews: This calendar from 1895 celebrates the Harlem breweries of James Everard. An older Everard brewery building on W. 28th

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Podcasts 

On The House: A history of New York City beer brewing

July 27, 2012November 13, 2018 Bowery Boys 4818 Views 10 Comments beer, Bushwick, Collect Pond, industry, Jacob Ruppert, New York Yankees, Yorkville

Behold the lager: A German variety of beer revolutionized American drinking, inspiring a new kind of drinking establishment (Courtesy the

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Blackout ’77! Still frightening, thirty-five years later

July 13, 2012January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 2900 Views 0 Comments blackout, Bushwick

Here’s a few images — many of them quite well-known — of the New York City blackout, which occurred 35

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Watch out for those naked Brooklyn lady ghosts!

October 30, 2011January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 818 Views 1 Comment Bushwick, Ghost Stories

Above: The unusual weather this weekend left my pumpkin with an unfortunate new hairstyle. We hope you all have a

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Mysterious Stories Podcasts 

Notes from the Podcast (#130) Haunted Histories of NYC

October 25, 2011November 21, 2018 Bowery Boys 996 Views 1 Comment Bushwick, Lower East Side, Statue of Liberty

We had a terrific time recording this year’s ghost-story show — Haunted Histories of New York. Here’s some extra details

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Bowery-Boys-Book-Cover-R6--revised Our first-ever Bowery Boys book, "Adventures in Old New York" is now out in bookstores! A time-traveling journey into a past that lives simultaneously besides the modern city.

Bowery Boys Walking Tours

Are you ready to walk through time? We’re excited to announce Bowery Boys Walks, our new walking tours developed around our podcast. Join us in the streets — beginning in October 2018!

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