The Bowery Boys: New York City History

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#410 The Roeblings: The Family Who Built The Brooklyn Bridge

The Brooklyn Bridge is not only a symbol of the American Gilded Age, it’s also a family tree of sorts. This episode is arranged as a series of mini biographies of the three family members who gave us the bridge -- John Roebling, his son Washington Roebling and Washington's wife Emily Warren Roebling. Through their stories, we’ll watch as the Brooklyn Bridge is designed, built and opened in 1883.

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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