The Bowery Boys: New York City History
OUR LATEST LIVE APPEARANCEÂ — We’ll be doing a reading and book signing on promotion of our book Adventures In Old New York on Tuesday, August 16 at the Skyscraper Museum in Battery Park City. Here are more details about that event. It’s a free show but you have to RSVP and it’ll fill up fast!… Read More
PODCAST REWIND 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 looking for a passage to Asia, Hudson fell upon New York Harbor and the Lenape inhabitants of lands that would later make up New York City.… Read More
Monday afternoon at 3pm, join us on the Curbed Facebook page for a live chat! It’s in the similar format as a Reddit AMA conversation but on video. We’ll be on there answering questions from our viewers about the podcast and New York City in general. We’re also featured in a new post over at Curbed written by… Read More
Here’s the announcement of our latest live event — at historic Fraunces Tavern. If you’re reading this and interested in attending, you may want to consider getting your tickets now as space will be limited. Here are the details: Fraunces Tavern Museum presents TRIVIA NIGHT Hosted by the Bowery Boys Tuesday, July 26, 2016 Doors… Read More
We would like to thank the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York for hosting us on last Tuesday, June 28, as a part of their lecture series.  The General Society is one of the oldest continually operating institutions in New York City, and they’ve been in their swanky headquarters at 20… Read More
Pictured: The New York Herald newspaper office (in Herald Square, natch) in a flamboyantly colored postcard from 1907. Â The lights of Broadway theaters — many still below 42nd Street — blaze in the background. Well, our book Adventures In Old New York is finally out, and we’ve been blessed to have it featured in several… Read More
We want to offer heartfelt thanks to the many people who came out to our first live book event last Thursday night at the Museum of the City of New York.  It was a packed house that evening to hear us speak about our new book Adventures In Old New York with moderator Donald Albrecht. Afterwards,… Read More
The final edits have been made and The Bowery Boys Adventures In Old New York has finally been sent to press.  We are incredibly excited to share this with you and take you on this journey through the many unique and surprising remnants of New York City history, both great and small. For every grand landmark… Read More