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Mayor William Paulding, the very respectable brother
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EventsGreg Young’s PBS Debut: Watch ‘Citizen Hearst’ on American Experience (Sept. 27)
September 27, 2021
So remember last year when we did a two part show on Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst? Here are the shows to refresh your memory: Part of the reason for that two-part episode last summer was because I was preparing to film my…
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The New York Monkey Fad of 1907
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New York City loves the Olympics — despite never hosting them
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Meet The Mayors Who First Invited Tammany Hall to City Hall
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