Tale of a city; Part 2 - New York: taking over the world - with Sam Roberts(The New York Times)

This episode is the second part of a two part story - and it features the story of New York City - and how it went from a wilderness island in 1600 to the metropolis that we know it as today. If you havent yet listened to part 1, you can check out the interview I did with historian Russell Shorto on HowThingsGrow.co/episodes My guest today is Sam Roberts. Sam is a journalist who has written for the New York Times since 1983 - and is the host of the NY1 show The New York Times Close Up. Sam is considered one of the foremost authorities on the history of New York City. He is the author of four books - including 'Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America' and 'A History of New York in 101 Objects.' Sam was kind enough to host me in the fabled offices of the New York Times for this interview. In the last episode, we talked about New York's transformation from a wilderness to the trading town of New Amsterdam under the Dutch to the town of New York under the British. This episode picks up from where the last one left off - and talks about the city's history under the British and afterwards. We talk about the devastation New York experienced during the American revolution - and the big engineering project of the early 19th century that led New York to not only overtake Philadelphia, which was the leading city in America at the time, but also become a contender for one of the world's leading cities. We talk about how transportation and immigration fueled some dramatic growth for this city. We talk about New York's transformation from a trading city to an industrial manufacturing city - and then into a financial center and metropolis that it is today. Sam gives some remarkable insights into what drove these tremendous changes - and he manages to distill the key turning points from over 200 years of history in a 30 minute conversation.

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Tale of a city; Part 2 - New York: taking over the world - with Sam Roberts(The New York Times) is an episode from The How Things Grow Podcast by Shamanth Rao.

This episode is 36:33 long.

This episode was published on Feb 26, 2018.

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