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Skip to the contentSearchThe Bowery Boys: New York City HistoryMenuOur PodcastThe Bowery Boys History PodcastHow to ListenRecent Shows“The First” PodcastCategoriesAmusements and ThrillsBowery BoysBowery Boys BookshelfLandmarksMysterious StoriesNeighborhoodsOur PodcastsPop CultureThose Were The Days— See all categoriesAbout UsAbout UsOur BookContact UsThe Bowery Boys Podcast In The PressSubscribe to our newsletterWalking ToursBecome a PatronSearchClose searchClose MenuOur PodcastShow sub menuThe Bowery Boys History PodcastHow to ListenRecent Shows“The First” PodcastCategoriesShow sub menuAmusements and ThrillsBowery BoysBowery Boys BookshelfLandmarksMysterious StoriesNeighborhoodsOur PodcastsPop CultureThose Were The Days— See all categoriesAbout UsShow sub menuAbout UsOur BookContact UsThe Bowery Boys Podcast In The PressSubscribe to our newsletterWalking ToursBecome a PatronCategoriesHudson Valley Podcasts Politics and ProtestThe Roosevelts of Hyde Park: American History on the HudsonPost authorBy Greg YoungPost dateMay 6, 2022No Comments on The Roosevelts of Hyde Park: American History on the HudsonCourtesy Acroterion/Wikimedia CommonsPODCAST Hyde Park, New York was the home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States. He was born here, he lived here throughout his life, and he’s buried here — alongside his wife Eleanor Roosevelt. But it was more than simply a home. The Hyde Park presence of the Roosevelts expands […]CategoriesMuseums Women's HistoryThe Origin of Met Gala and its Surprising Roots in the Lower East SidePost authorBy Greg YoungPost dateMay 1, 2022No Comments on The Origin of Met Gala and its Surprising Roots in the Lower East Side1884-1887 Costume Institute Fashion Plates. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art LibraryTheMet Galais the most outrageously glamorous event in New York City, a fundraising benefit for theMetropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institutethat also serves as a kickoff party for the museum’s annual costume exhibition. This year’s theme is “Gilded Glamour” so expect some genuine throwback costumery and lots of expensive baubles. (The Gilded Gentleman, sadly, will […]CategoriesLandmarks PodcastsThe Story of Grant’s Tomb: Upper Manhattan’s Magnificent MausoleumPost authorBy Bowery BoysPost dateApril 27, 20222 Comments on The Story of Grant’s Tomb: Upper Manhattan’s Magnificent MausoleumCourtesy the Library of CongressThe fascinating story of Grant’s Tomb — and a quirky history that includes an ambitious architect, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, lots of ugly raspberry paint, and strange charges of animal sacrifice. The history of Grant’s Tomb plays an important role in the story of Riverside Park (released in 2018). Listen […]TagsCivil War, Grant's Tomb, PodcastsCategoriesHudson Valley PodcastsOn the Trail of the Old Croton Aqueduct: Walking Along an Engineering MarvelPost authorBy Greg YoungPost dateApril 21, 20225 Comments on On the Trail of the Old Croton Aqueduct: Walking Along an Engineering MarvelWhat 19th century American engineering landmark invites you through nature, past historic sites and into people’s backyards? Where can you experience the grandeur of the Hudson Valley in (mostly) secluded peace and tranquility — while learning something about Old New York? Welcome to the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail, 26.5 miles of dusty pathway through some […]CategoriesHudson ValleyThe Curious Names of Westchester County’s Villages and TownsPost authorBy Greg YoungPost dateApril 20, 202210 Comments on The Curious Names of Westchester County’s Villages and TownsWestchester County contains some of the most interesting and historic sites in New York State — from Glen Island and Rye Playland along the Long Island Sound to the charming belt of villages nestled along the banks of the Hudson River. Until the late 19th century, Westchester was most often defined by its rural charms, […]CategoriesRevolutionary HistoryTheodore Burr built the first Hudson River bridge – in the same year his cousin shot Alexander HamiltonPost authorBy Bowery BoysPost dateApril 18, 20221 Comment on Theodore Burr built the first Hudson River bridge – in the same year his cousin shot Alexander HamiltonHudson River Bridge near Waterford, New York, 1832. Courtesy New-York Historical SocietyPeople have schemed to put a bridge over the Hudson River for well over two hundred years. That task would prove most difficult to those in Manhattan, given the distance between its shores and those of New Jersey. After several failed proposals, the two were linked with the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnels (1910), the Holland Tunnel […]TagsAaron Burr, Alexander Hamilton, bridges, Hudson RiverCategoriesOn The Waterfront PodcastsRoad Trip to the Hudson Valley: A new three-part podcast seriesPost authorBy Greg YoungPost dateApril 17, 2022No Comments on Road Trip to the Hudson Valley: A new three-part podcast seriesLoad up the cooler and crank up the tunes, because the Bowery Boys Podcast is heading back on the road! Presenting a NEW three part podcast series, exploring three historic places outside of New York City. Last year we hit the expressway to visit three spots on Long Island — the Gold Coast, Jones Beach […]CategoriesAmerican HistoryThe doctor, the heiress and the accidental nanny: New York women who survived the TitanicPost authorBy Bowery BoysPost dateApril 15, 20224 Comments on The doctor, the heiress and the accidental nanny: New York women who survived the TitanicThe Waiting Game: Down at the White Star Line's Broadway offices near Bowling Green, anxious New Yorkers line the streets waiting for news about the sunken vessel. 1912Over fifteen hundred people died the night the Titanic sank, April 14-15, 1912. The early reports from the New York newspapers, of course, spent their time mourning the city’s most connected figures to society. Even from some of the most obsessive sources on the Titanic, the details on the lives of dozens of men and […]TagsBellevue Hospital, Broadway, Riverside Drive, Saks Fifth Avenue, TitanicCategoriesThe Gilded Gentleman Writers and ArtistsA Sprig of Witch Hazel: Edith Wharton’s Secret Love AffairPost authorBy Greg YoungPost dateApril 13, 2022No Comments on A Sprig of Witch Hazel: Edith Wharton’s Secret Love AffairTHE GILDED GENTLEMAN PODCAST As writer Edith Wharton began to spend more and more time in Paris during the early years of the 1900s, she made the acquaintance of the American journalist Morton Fullerton. Their meeting grew into a passionate and complicated love affair combining joy and emotional pain. Still, the affairled Wharton to some of […]CategoriesParks and Recreation Podcasts Staten Island HistoryFrederick Law Olmsted and the Plan for Central ParkPost authorBy Greg YoungPost dateApril 7, 20221 Comment on Frederick Law Olmsted and the Plan for Central ParkPODCAST Frederick Law Olmsted, America’s preeminent landscape architect of the 19th century, designed dozens of parks, parkways and college campuses across the country. With Calvert Vaux, he created two of New York City’s greatest parks — Central Park and Prospect Park. Yet before Central Park, he had never worked on any significant landscape project and […]TagsCalvert Vaux, Central Park, farms, Frederick Law Olmsted, parks, Prospect ParkCategoriesRevolutionary History The FirstThe Unbelievable Life of Benjamin Franklin: A Podcast in Three PartsPost authorBy Bowery BoysPost dateApril 7, 2022No Comments on The Unbelievable Life of Benjamin Franklin: A Podcast in Three PartsBenjamin Franklin helped to create the modern world. His legacy is all around you — from the electricity which powers and illuminates our homes to the ideas that form our system of government. For the past three episodes of The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences (the Bowery Boys spin-off podcast from 2016-2018), Greg […]TagsBenjamin Franklin, The FirstCategoriesBrooklyn History Parks and RecreationThe disappearance and mysterious death of Calvert VauxPost authorBy Bowery BoysPost dateApril 7, 20221 Comment on The disappearance and mysterious death of Calvert VauxOn November 19, 1895, Calvert Vaux went for a morning walk from his son’s home in Brooklyn. He never returned. The 70 year old architect had helped to create the greatest parks in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. His landscape collaborations with Frederick Law Olmsted had given Manhattan its Central Park and Brooklyn […]TagsBath Beach, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Calvert Vaux, parks, piersCategoriesParks and RecreationTen unusual views of Prospect Park and Grand Army PlazaPost authorBy Bowery BoysPost dateApril 6, 20223 Comments on Ten unusual views of Prospect Park and Grand Army PlazaProspect Park ArchivesWhen park designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux regrouped after the success of Central Park to design another great park for Brooklyn — encompassing Prospect Hill and the Revolutionary War site Battle Pass — they preserved a greater amount of natural topography than they had in Manhattan. But that doesn’t mean that Prospect Park […]TagsCalvert Vaux, Central Park, Frederick Law Olmsted, Grand Army Plaza, Prospect ParkCategoriesParks and Recreation Religious HistoryThe Convent of Central Park and a famous Revolutionary War sitePost authorBy Bowery BoysPost dateApril 5, 20222 Comments on The Convent of Central Park and a famous Revolutionary War siteCourtesy New York Public LibraryPictured above is a remarkable structure that once dominated the scenery on the northern side of Central Park. This was the Academy of Saint Vincent on a hill that bore its name. Located on the northern portion of the park, next to the charming Harlem Meer (and nearest 103rd Street), the Academy sat nestled amid a collection […]TagsCentral Park, convents, George Washington, Revolutionary WarCategoriesParks and RecreationWhere was Manhattan Square? The Gilded Age remaking of a neglected parkPost authorBy Bowery BoysPost dateApril 4, 20222 Comments on Where was Manhattan Square? The Gilded Age remaking of a neglected parkTheodore Roosevelt Park(77th and 81st Streets, between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue), which contains thebelovedAmerican Museum of Natural History, is the oldest developed section of the Upper West Side, purchased by the city in 1839as a possible strolling park to be calledManhattan Square. Central Park was but a gleam in the eye back in […]TagsAmerican Museum of Natural History, parks, Seneca Village, Upper West SidePosts navigation← Newer Posts12…149Older Posts →Our PodcastCategoriesAbout UsWalking ToursBecome a PatronSign up for our newsletter!#mc_embed_signup{clear:left; font:14px Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; }Listen to the podcastsLooking for the latest episode of our podcasts? 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