Super City: The Secret Origin of Comic Books
PODCAST A history of the comic book industry in New York City, how the energy and diversity of the city influenced the burgeoning medium in the 1930s and 40s and how New York’s history reflects…
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Century of Cheer: A History of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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…
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Garbo Walks: A Tale of Old Hollywood in New York City
Garbo in New York! A story of independence, glamour and melancholy, set at the intersection of classic Hollywood and mid-century New York City. This is the biography of a legendary star who became the city’s…
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Treasures from the World’s Fair: Futuristic Objects from the Past
Flushing-Meadows Corona Park in the borough of Queens is the home of the New York Mets, the U.S. Open, the Queens Zoo, the Hall of Science and many other recreational delights. But it will always…
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NYC in the modern TV age, from Sesame Street to Seinfeld, as the arrival of cable brings new production to the city
PODCAST In the third part of the Bowery Boys Summer TV Mini-Series, I give you a grand tour of the New York City television production world from the 1970s to today, from the debut of…
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New York City in the Golden Age of Television: Behind the scenes with nine classic TV shows filmed in the city
The Beatles in one of their many appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show. [source]PODCAST This is the second part of the Bowery Boys TV Mini-Series, covering the years of New York City television production from the…
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New York City and the birth of the television industry, experimental broadcasts from the city’s greatest landmarks
An illustration from Science & Invention, one of Hugo Gernsback’s many technology journals, demonstrating the possibilities of his ‘telephot’ system. (Courtesy The Verge) PODCAST It’s the beginning of The Bowery Boys Summer TV Mini-Series, three…
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