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Upper West Side

Wartime New York 

“To the memory of the Brave Soldiers and Sailors Who Saved the Union”

May 26, 2019July 1, 2019 Bowery Boys 4667 Views 0 Comments Civil War, Grand Army Plaza, Riverside Drive, Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Upper West Side

This Monday (May 27, 2019), a Memorial Day observance will be held from 10 a.m to noon at the Soldiers

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Landmarks Podcasts 

The Origin of Broadway: The Story of a Street

July 13, 2018May 19, 2019 Bowery Boys 9345 Views 0 Comments Bloomingdale Road, Broadway, Canal Street, Commissioners Plan, Union Square, Upper West Side

PODCAST What makes a street so extraordinary that it becomes a destination in itself? What makes it Broadway? This is the

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Bowery Boys Bookshelf Wartime New York 

The marks of World War I, scattered throughout the five boroughs

May 24, 2017 Bowery Boys 1916 Views 0 Comments Governor's Island, Red Hook, Upper West Side, World War I

Echoes of the first World War, one hundred years behind us, can still be found in virtually every neighborhood of

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Parks and Recreation 

Where was Manhattan Square? The Gilded Age remaking of a neglected park

February 8, 2017February 8, 2017 Bowery Boys 3069 Views 0 Comments American Museum of Natural History, parks, Seneca Village, Upper West Side

Theodore Roosevelt Park (77th and 81st Streets, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue), which contains the beloved American Museum of Natural History,

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Landmarks 

A celebration of New York City and the Leonard Nimoy Thalia

March 3, 2015March 3, 2015 Bowery Boys 1849 Views 1 Comment Bowery Boys, Classic Theaters, Leonard Nimoy, Upper West Side

Last night the Guides Association of New York City (GANYC) presented their first-ever GANYC Apple Awards at the Leonard Nimoy

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Why not? Let’s build this outlandish Manhattan airport!

May 12, 2011January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 2233 Views 1 Comment JFK Airport, Upper West Side

The ultimate terminal for air and sea, if you don’t mind eliminating a few neighborhoods. Goodbye Hell’s Kitchen! (Click image

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Mysterious Stories Podcasts 

Supernatural Stories of New York: spooky seances, violent Jazz Age ghosts and an island of despair

October 22, 2010May 10, 2019 Bowery Boys 2715 Views 1 Comment Hart Island, midtown, Upper West Side

PODCAST It’s our fourth annual Halloween history special, and we’ve got four bloodcurdling stories for the season. The first three

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Uncategorized 

Ah, the bad ole days of Needle Park

November 27, 2007June 7, 2019 Bowery Boys 8233 Views 3 Comments Bowery Boys Recommend, museum of natural history, Upper West Side

BOWERY BOYS RECOMMEND is an occasional feature whereby we find an unusual movie or TV show that — whether by

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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

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