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Landmarks 

Battle for the New York City Skyline: How Tall Can It Go?

February 22, 2016February 22, 2016 Bowery Boys 2008 Views 1 Comment 1916 Zoning Laws, Construction, Equitable Building, Skyline, Woolworth Building

PODCAST  The story of growing tall in New York City and the two pivotal laws that allowed for the city’s

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Skyscrapers 

Before Woolworth: The early towers of lower Broadway at the birth of the skyscraper boom

April 17, 2013January 15, 2015 Bowery Boys 3241 Views 0 Comments Broadway, Equitable Building, Singer Building, skyscrapers, Trinity Church, Woolworth Building

Next week is the 100th birthday of the opening of the Woolworth Building.  The classic skyscraper designed by Cass Gilbert

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Gilded Age New York 

Before Al Roker and Sam Champion, there was Farmer Dunn, New York’s weather guru of the late 19th century

February 7, 2013January 15, 2015 Bowery Boys 1460 Views 1 Comment Blizzard of 1888, Equitable Building, weather

How did New Yorkers know to panic over the weather in the 19th century? How could they know to run

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Read the book

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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