The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers, Greg Young

EN569 episodes

historysocietycultureplacestraveldocumentary

The tides of American history lead through the streets of New York City — from the huddled masses on Ellis Island to the sleazy theaters of 1970s Times Square. The elevated railroad to the Underground Railroad. Hamilton to Hammerstein! Greg and Tom explore more than 400 years of action-packed stories, featuring both classic and forgotten figures who have shaped the world.

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Episodes (569)

#492 How Mamie Fish Partied Her Way to Gilded Age Power

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The World Trade Center in the 1970s (Rewind)

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Little Italy: From Immigrant Enclave To Italian Theme Park (Rewind)

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Sep 4, 202654:50pending

What's Up With Downtown Brooklyn? (Rewind)

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The Story of SoHo: A Lofty History (Rewind)

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Aug 21, 202655:40pending

The Gossip Game: The Man Who Blackmailed the Gilded Age

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Aug 14, 202659:36pending

#491 Adventures in Old New York

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#490 The Murder of Bill the Butcher

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#489 Heated Rivalries from American History (Live at City Winery)

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Jul 3, 20261:15:08pending

Tearing Down King George: Revolutionary Summer 1776 (Rewind)

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Jun 26, 202637:01pending

#488 Party Like It's 1976!

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Jun 19, 20261:18:14pending

#487 The Knicks and the Knickerbockers: The Story of a Name

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Jun 5, 20261:04:48pending

Marilyn Monroe at 100: Her Life in New York City (Rewind)

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May 29, 20261:18:50pending

#486 The Many Intrigues of Eliza Jumel

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May 22, 20261:03:59pending

The Real Historical Figures from Broadway's 'Ragtime'

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May 15, 202648:47pending

#485 The Painter Who Brought The World To New York

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May 8, 202650:43pending

The Garment District: Where New York Fashion Is Made (Rewind)

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#484 The Phrenology Craze

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#483 The Treasures of Carnegie Hall

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The Pushcarts of the Lower East Side (Rewind)

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The Scandalous Hamiltons: Sex, Lies and Blackmail (The Gilded Gentleman)

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#482 Pride and Preservation (The Streets of the West Village Part 3)

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Mar 27, 20261:25:22failed

#481 How The West Village Became A Neighborhood (The Streets of the West Village...

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#480 The Streets of the West Village: Creating the Village (Part 1)

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Frozen in Time: The Great Blizzard of 1888

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Feb 22, 202647:48pending

How To Dig a Train Tunnel Under the Hudson River (from HISTORY This Week)

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Feb 20, 202634:40pending

#479 NYC '84: The Case of the 'Subway Vigilante'

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Feb 13, 202654:18pending

#478 The Disappearance of Judge Crater

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Jan 30, 20261:04:40pending

The History of Brooklyn Heights and the Promenade

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Jan 16, 20261:41:58pending

#477 Chester A. Arthur: The Gentleman Boss

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#476 Hot Victorian Holiday: Bowery Boys History Live! at City Winery

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Dec 23, 20251:15:43pending

#475 Subway Tokens, MetroCards and Other Historic Fare

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Dec 19, 20251:16:40pending

The Great Fire That Transformed New York

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Dec 12, 202534:56pending

#474 Made in France: The Statue of Liberty’s Forgotten Origin Story

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Dec 5, 20251:21:33pending

The Last Ships From Hamburg: An Immigration Story

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#473 The Other Side of Ellis Island

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Nov 21, 20251:25:54pending

The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree: A History in Lights

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Nov 14, 202547:18pending

#472 The Many Mysteries of Amelia Earhart

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Nov 7, 20251:09:36pending

Rodgers and Hammerstein: Some Enchanted Broadway History

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Oct 24, 202557:15pending

#471 Ghost Stories of Long Island

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#470 The Grand Tale of the Erie Canal

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Sep 26, 20251:22:02pending

#469 Dominican New York: A History In The Heights

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19th Century NoHo: Glamour, Greed, Money, and Murder

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The Boy Mayor of New York

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#468 Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue": A Jazz-Age Drama

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Aug 29, 20251:06:27pending

History Daily: Pirate Tales!

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#467 The Brooklyn Theatre Fire: The Forgotten Gilded Age Tragedy

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#466 Pete's Tavern and McSorley's Old Ale House

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#465 The Oldest Bars in New York City

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#464 New York: The City of Oysters

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