The Bowery Boys: New York City History

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#405 Mona Lisa at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci's stoic portrait and one of the most valuable paintings on earth, came to America during the winter of 1963 and was received as though she were a rock star. At the Met, thousands lined up outside in the freezing cold to catch a glimpse of the painting.

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  #431 Park Avenue: History with a Penthouse View

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  #430 The Story of Flushing: Queens History, Old and New

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  #429 The Moores: A Black Family in 1860s New York

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  The Age of Innocence: Inside Edith Wharton's Classic Novel

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  #428 The New York Game: Baseball in the Early Years

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  #427 The Chrysler Building and the Great Skyscraper Race

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  #426 Behind the Domino Sign: Brooklyn's Bittersweet Empire

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  #425 It Happened at Madison Square Park

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  Rewind: Truman Capote and the Black and White Ball

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  #424 Kosciuszko! The Man. The Bridge. The Legend.

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  #423 Leonard Bernstein's New York, New York

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  #422 Grace Church: A Most Fashionable History

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  Christmas in Old New York: Holiday History

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  #421 Evacuation Day: Forgotten Holiday of the American Revolution

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  #420 Garbo Walks: Old Hollywood in New York

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  The Official Gilded Age Podcast: S2 E1 with Lord Julian Fellowes