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#461 The Story of Inwood and Marble Hill
People who live in Inwood know how truly special it is. Manhattan's northernmost neighborhood (aside from Marble Hill) feels like it's outside of the city -- and in some places, even outside of time and space. Unlike the lower Manhattan's f
Children of the Gilded Age
The children of the Gilded Age were seen but not heard. Until now! Listener favorite Esther Crain (https://www.boweryboyswalks.com/guides/tour-guide-esther-crain/), author and creator of Ephemeral New York (https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpres
#460 The Brooklyn Museum and the Birth of a New City
While you may know the Brooklyn Museum (https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/) for its wildly popular cutting-edge exhibitions, the borough's premier art institution can actually trace its origins back to a more rustic era -- and to the birth of
#459 Moses vs. Bard: The Battle for Castle Clinton
In 1939, Robert Moses (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2021/05/the-sunny-saga-of-jones-beach-sand-surf-and-robert-moses.html) sprung his latest project upon the world -- the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge, connecting the tip of Manhattan to the
The Trial of John Peter Zenger (Rewind)
A long, long time ago in New York — in the 1730s, back when the city was a holding of the British, with a little over 10,000 inhabitants — a German printer named John Peter Zenger decided to print a four-page newspaper called the New York W
#458 Parkways and the Transformation of Brooklyn
When Prospect Park (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2009/06/prospect-park-and-return-of-olmsted-and.html) was first opened to the public in the late 1860s, the City of Brooklyn was proud to claim a landmark as beautiful and as peaceful as
#457 FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD
On October 29, 1975, President Gerald Ford walked into a press conference at the National Press Club and, using more precise, more eloquent words than legend remembers, but in no uncertain terms, told New York City that the federal governme
#456 Walking New York: Manhattan History on Foot with Keith Taillon
Join us for an interview with Instagram historian Keith Taillon (@keithyorkcity (https://www.instagram.com/keithyorkcity/)), whose detailed posts about New York's history have earned him nearly 60,000 followers and launched a successful tou
#455 House of Beauty: The Story of the Frick Collection
We invite you to come with us inside one of America’s most interesting art museums – an institution that is BOTH an art gallery and a historic home. This is The Frick Collection (https://www.frick.org/), located at 1 East 70th Street, withi
#454 Special Delivery: A History of the Post Office
The history of the United States Postal Service as it plays out in the streets of New York City -- from the first post road to the first postage stamps. From the most beautiful post office in the country to the forgotten Gilded Age landmark
#453 All The Beauty In The World: Guarding the Met with Patrick Bringley
A special bonus episode! Two years ago we featured Patrick Bringley (https://www.patrickbringley.com)on the show, the author of All The Beauty In The World (https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/All-the-Beauty-in-the-World/Patrick-Bringley
#452 How New York Got Its Name
It's one of the most foundational questions we could ever ask on this show -- how did New York City get its name? You may know that the English conquered the Dutch settlement of New Netherland (and its port town of New Amsterdam) in 1664, b
#451 The New Yorker Magazine: Talk of the Town for 100 Years
The New Yorker (https://www.newyorker.com) turns one century old -- and it hasn't aged a day! The witty, cosmopolitan magazine was first published on February 21, 1925. And even though present-day issues are often quite contemporary in cont
At The Movies with Meyers and Young (Side Streets)
Greg and Tom have taken off their historian hats and have become -- movie critics? Close but not quite! This week we're giving you a 'sneak preview' of their Patreon podcast called Side Streets, (https://www.patreon.com/c/boweryboys) a conv
#450 Harlem in the Jazz Age: A Renaissance in New York
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Alain Locke's classic essay "The New Negro" and the literary anthology featuring the work of Langston Hughes (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2012/02/langston-hughes-few-harlem-stops-on-his.html),
#449 Italian Harlem: New York's Forgotten Little Italy
One of America's first great Italian neighborhoods was once in East Harlem, once filled with more southern Italians than Sicily itself, a neighborhood almost entirely gone today except for a couple restaurants, a church and a long-standing
The Return of the Waldorf Astoria (Rewind)
A star of the New York City skyline is reborn -- the Waldorf Astoria is reopening in 2025! And so we thought we'd again raise a toast to one of the world's most famous hotels, an Art Deco classic attached to the Gilded Age's most prestigiou
#448 Inside the Memory Palace with Nate DiMeo
There were very few history podcasts around back in the year 2008, but the Bowery Boys Podcast was certainly here ... and so was The Memory Palace, hosted by Nate DiMeo, presenting small, often forgotten vignettes from history in a descript
The World of Tiffany Glass: Lighting the Gilded Age
Just the name "Tiffany" evokes the glamour and elegance of the Gilded Age. But there is much more to the story than just the eponymous retailer who continues to sell fine jewelry and decorative objects today. In this episode of the Gilded G
#447 Bob Dylan's Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village is one of America's great music capitals, an extraordinary distinction for an old neighborhood of tenements, townhouses, dive bars and a college campus. So many musical titans of jazz, folk, pop and rock and roll got their
#446 Mr. Morgan and His Magnificent Library
Does your personal library overwhelm your home? Are there too many books in your life -- but you'll never get rid of them? Then you have a lot in common with Gilded Age mogul J.P. Morgan! Morgan was a defining figure of the late 19th centur
The Radio City Rockettes: New York's Dancing Queens (Rewind)
The Rockettes are America’s best known dance troupe — and a staple of the holiday season — but you may not know the origin of this iconic New York City symbol. For one, they’re not even from the Big Apple! Formerly the Missouri Rockets, the
#445 The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: A Century of Cheer
What is Thanksgiving without the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? The annual march through Manhattan -- terminating at Macy's Department Store -- has delighted New Yorkers for a century and been a part of the American tradition of Thanksgivi
#444 New York's Classic Mom-and-Pop Shops (with New York Nico)
The energy and personality of New York City runs through its local businesses -- mom-and-pop shops, independently run stores and restaurants, often family run operations. We live in a world of chain stores, franchises, corporate run operati
Whatever Happened to Dorothy Arnold? (Rewind)
The young socialite Dorothy Arnold seemingly led a charmed and privileged life. The niece of a Supreme Court justice, Dorothy was the belle of 1900s New York, an attractive and vibrant young woman living on the Upper East Side with her fami
#443 Ghost Stories of the Five Boroughs
On January 1, 1898, Greater New York was formed from the union of two cities – New York and Brooklyn, along with other towns and villages of the region, creating the five boroughs we know and love today. But each of those five boroughs brin
#442 Urban Legends of New York City
New York City has its fair share of famous 'urban legends' -- persistent rumors, too good to be true, often macabre and dark. No, we're not talking about just about ghost stories. (Those arrive next episode.) We mean far fetched, reality de
#441 The Recluse of Herald Square: The Ida Wood Mystery
Ida Wood had a secret. Born Ida Mayfield in New Orleans, Ida moved to New York in the 1850s and through her marriage to Benjamin Wood, publisher of the New York Daily News, she entered society. By the 1870s, Ida’s name was regularly found i
The Ghosty Men: Inside the Collyer Mansion (Rewind)
In 2022, Greg received a large box in the mail, containing hundreds of news clippings and documents related to the Collyer Brothers. This expanded, newly edited version of his 2019 show on the Collyer Brothers includes some of this research
#440 When Longacre Square Became Times Square
What was Times Square (https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2010/12/times-square-history-in-stages.html) before the electric billboards, before the Broadway theaters and theme restaurants, before the thousands and thousands of tourists? What w
