Here’s the whole menu of our 2010 podcasts. As always, you can download them all for free from iTunes and or your favorite podcast aggregator. The original blog page for each is listed below, along with a link to download directly from our satellite site. See you in 2011!
TRINITY CHURCH
Blog page / Trinity Church: Anchor of Wall Street, New York’s Landlord
Download here
MANHATTAN BRIDGE
Blog page / Manhattan Bridge: New York City’s dysfunctional classic
Download here
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
Blog page / Madison Square Garden, World’s Most Famous Arena(s)
Download here
ROBERT MOSES
Blog page / Robert Moses: Did he save New York — or destroy it?
Download here
BRONX ZOO
Blog page / The Bronx Zoo: the tale of NYC’s biggest animal house
Download here
BRIGHTON BEACH AND MANHATTAN BEACH
Blog page / Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach, at your leisure
Download here
Blog page / Case Files of the New York Police Department 1800-1915Download here
CBGB & OMFUG
Blog page / CBGB & OMFUG: Punk music history on the Bowery
Download here
THE NEWSBOYS STRIKE OF 1899
Blog page / Newsies vs. The World! The Newsboys Strike of 1899
Download here
STATEN ISLAND FERRY
Blog page / The Staten Island Ferry: its story, from sail to steam
Download here
NEW YORK’S ELEVATED RAILROADS
Blog page / New York City’s Elevated Railroads: Journey to a spectacular world of steam trains along the avenues
Download here
CABLE CARS, TROLLEYS AND MONORAILS
Blog page / Cable cars, trolleys and monorails: Moving around on New York’s forgotten transit options
Download here
NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY, PART 1
Blog page / The New York City Subway and the creation of the IRT
Download here
NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY, PART 2
Blog page / Modern history of the New York Subway: Expansion from the 1-2-3, A-B-C, Second Avenue and beyond
Download here
SUBWAY GRAFFITI 1970-1989
Blog page / The wild times of the subway graffiti era 1970-1989
Download here
ARCHIBALD GRACIE AND HIS MANSION
Blog page / Gracie Mansion: How a bucolic summer home survived a couple wars, a society feud and a few live-in mayors
Download here
NIBLO’S GARDEN
Blog page / Niblo’s Garden: New York’s entertainment complex and home to the first (bizarre) Broadway musical
Download here
SUPERNATURAL STORIES OF NEW YORK
Blog page / Supernatural Stories of New York: spooky seances, violent Jazz Ages ghosts and an island of despair
Download here
AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND
Blog page / African Burial Ground: History from underneath the city, and the secret tale of New Yorkers once forgotten
Download here
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
Blog page / American Museum of Natural History: Digging up the past
Download here
MARK TWAIN’S NEW YORK
Blog page / Mark Twain In New York, or His Adventures on Fifth Avenue
Download here
TIMES SQUARE
Blog page/ Times Square: History in stages, chronicled in lights
Download here
Top picture courtesy NYPL; courtesy lines for all other pics can be found on original blog pages
1 reply on “The Bowery Boys 2010: A Year of Podcasts In Review”
I found your blog only a couple of months back and love it so much, I’ve been stopping by as often as I can to enjoy your posts and the inspiration you offer! Hope you have a fantastic 2011!