The Bowery Boys: New York City History

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#412 The New York Parking Wars

Long-term and overnight parking used to be illegal in the early 20th century. But in 1950, street parking was legalized with the advent of alternate-side parking rules, and soon parking meters and 'meter maids' were attempting to keep a handle on the chaotic situation. Eventually the car took over. Will it always be this way?

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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