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This feed is specifically devoted to our older episodes (2007-2009), remixed and better sounding than ever. And specially illustrated with pictures of the people and places we're talking abo...
Arguably New York's least conventional hotel, the Chelsea Hotel (or rather, the Hotel Chelsea) is the one of New York's counter-culture cent...
For millions of Americans, Ellis Island is the symbol of introduction, the immigrant depot that processed their ancestors and offered an ope...
New Yorkers are serious about their pizza, and it all started with a tiny grocery store in today's Little Italy and a group of young men who...
You cannot understand New York without understanding its most corrupt politician -- William 'Boss' Tweed, a larger than life personality wit...
What started in a tiny East Village basement grew to become one of New York's most enduring summer traditions, Shakespeare in the Park, feat...
Prospect Park, Brooklyn's biggest public space and home to the borough's only natural forest, was a sequel for Olmsted and Vaux after their...
We turn the clock back to the very beginnings of New York history — to the European discovery of Mannahatta and the voyages of Henry Hudson....
Originally a quiet island of orchards and stone quarries, the place we call Roosevelt Island today was once New York's 'city of asylums', th...
A 6-foot plump gold impish figure stares down at you as you look up to observe the gorgeous red-brick design of the Puck Building, built for...
The story of Pennsylvania Station involves more than just nostalgia for the long-gone temple of transportation as designed by the great McKi...
The Whyos (pronounced Why-Ohs) were New York's most notorious gang after the Civil War, organizing their criminal activities and terrorizing...
The Great Fire of 1835 devastated the city during one freezing December evening, destroying hundreds of buildings and changing the face of M...
What is Freedomland U.S.A.? An unusual theme park in the Bronx, only in existence for less than five years, Freedomland has become the objec...
F.W. Woolworth was the self-made king of retail’s newfangled ‘five and dime’ store and his pockets were overflowing with cash. Meanwhile, in...
Williamsburg used to have an H at the end of its name, not to mention dozens of major industries that once made it the tenth wealthiest plac...
Cue the dancing girls, lower the props, raise the curtain -- it's the Bowery Boys and we're taking on Broadway's most famous producer, Flore...
Webster Hall, as beautifully worn and rough-hewn as it was during its heyday in the 1910s and 20s, disguises a very surprising past, a signi...
PODCAST REWIND JD Rockefeller Sr. may have earned his money is some rather unscrupulous ways, but his son Junior made good by giving midtown...
PODCAST REWIND A podcast that's "very Saks Fifth Avenue," we get to the origins of the famous upscale retailer, follow its path from Washing...
PODCAST REWIND This is our "potpourri" episode with a little bit of everything in it. We open up some of our favorite readers mail, we take...
It got off to a rocky start, but the Plaza Hotel has become one of the most recognizable landmarks in New York City. We take a look at its k...
A true five-borough episode! The New York City Marathon hosts thousands of runners from all over the world, the dream project of the New Yor...
The spiral-ramped wonder that is the Guggenheim Museum began as the dream of two colorful characters -- a severe German artist and her rich...
The most desirable woman in downtown Manhattan -- the 'beautiful cigar girl' Mary Rogers -- is found horribly murdered along the Hoboken sho...
By popular demand, we return to the creepier tales of New York City history, ghost tales and stories of murder and mayhem, all of them at so...
Green-wood Cemetery is one of New York's oldest burial grounds, but its development reaches back all the way to the beginning of Brooklyn it...
We tackle the rich history of the New York Stock Exchange in this episode, beginning with Alexander Hamilton, some pushy auctioneers, a coff...
The New York Mets are nice and comfortable Citi Field, but we can't overlook the great stories contained in their old home, Shea Stadium, a...
Special Illustrated Edition! Today it's the Met Life Building. It's been called the ugliest building in New York City. It sits like a monoli...
In our second podcast on the notorious Five Points neighborhood, we see how the district changed with the influx of new immigrants and the v...
You've heard the legend of New York's most notorious neighborhood, heard the story of the seedy gangs of New York. Now come with us as we hi...
Before Delmonico's, New Yorkers ate in taverns or oyster houses. But the city caught the fine dining bug at this family-owned business, Delm...
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Well, we can at least show you the way through its tumultuous history, from a fortunate meeting on a Norweg...
The smaller islands of the East River reveal fascinating secrets of the city's past, and Randall's and Ward's Islands are no exceptions. Fou...
When last we left Central Park, it was the embodiment of Olmstead and Vaux's naturalistic Greensward Plan. Then the skyscrapers came. Also,...
Come with us to the beginnings of New York's most popular and most ambitious park -- from the inkling of an idea to the arduous construction...
How did the land surrounding an old 19th century fortress develop into the city's mainline distributor for produce and meat? And how did it...
Meet former mayor, governor, senator and privileged son DeWitt Clinton, one of New York's most successful politicians and champion of the Er...
Grab yourself a couple mugs of dark ale and learn about the history of one of New York City's oldest bars, serving everyone from Abraham Lin...
We celebrate a year of New York City history podcasting by re-visiting the topic of our very first show. Downtown Civic Center used to have...
We embark on the tale of the birth of New York City flight -- featuring a Wright brother on Governor's Island, the site of a glue factory tu...
It's the summer of 1969, and the police have raided the Stonewall, a popular gay bar in the West Village. Join us as we look at the raid, th...
What's buried in Grant's Tomb? A quirky history that includes an ambitious architect, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, lots of...
You know PT Barnum from his circus, but he was bringing the freakshow to New York long before then. Come take a tour with us of the craziest...
Join the Bowery Boys for a commute through the history of Grand Central -- the depot, the station, and the terminal. www.boweryboyspodcast.c...
What do Salvador Dali, John Jacob Astor, Peter Stuyvesant, the Civil War, and a big pile of trash have to do with the world's biggest penal...
You don't have to be a beautiful celebrity to enjoy the history of New York's greatest disco, from its early days as an opera and television...
Come listen to the strange and shocking facts of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, of a workplace tragedy that changed how New Yorkers l...
EXTRA! EXTRA! Origins of New York Scandal Sheet Revealed! Post May Be Responsible For Central Park! Rupert Murdoch Property Was Once A Nest...
New York's most hectic park has been the stage for massive Civil War rallies, somber funerals, passionate workers gatherings and both premie...