New York City history is America's history. It's the hometown of the world, and most people knows its familiar landmarks, buildings and streets. Why not look a little closer and have fun while doing it? The Bowery Boys, Greg Young and Tom Meyers, have lived in New York for the last fifteen years and have been curious about the city since the day they arrived. Join them for a fun take on history, a "romp down the back alleys of New York City." Every other week, they look into another fascinating aspect of the Big Apple -- the people, the places, its beginnings and effects on American culture. (For our older shows, please check out the podcast 'NYC History: Bowery Boys Archive', also here on iTunes.)

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#197 Danger In The Harbor: The Black Tom Explosion of 1916 2016-01-22
#196 Ready to Wear: A History of the Garment District 2016-01-08
#195 Midnight in Times Square: New Year's Eve in New York City 2015-12-10
#194 Nellie Bly: Undercover in the Madhouse 2015-11-13
#193 St. Mark's Place: Party in the East Village! 2015-10-30
#192 Haunted Landmarks of New York 2015-10-16
#191 The Great Fire of 1776 2015-10-02
#190 The Curious Case of Typhoid Mary 2015-09-18
#189 TAXI: History of the New York City taxicab 2015-09-04
#188: The Murder of Stanford White 2015-08-06
#187: Super City: New York and the History of Comic Books 2015-07-24
#186 Hell's Kitchen: New York's Wild West 2015-07-09
#185 Adventures on Governors Island 2015-06-26
#184 The Flatiron Building: A Story from Three Sides 2015-06-11
#183 Orchard Street: Life in the Lower East Side 2015-05-29
#182 Mae West, "Sex" on Broadway 2015-05-15
#181 Park Slope and the Story of Brownstone Brooklyn 2015-05-01
#180 The Chelsea Piers and the Age of the Ocean Liner 2015-04-17
#179 The Fight for Bryant Park 2015-04-03
#178: The Crystal Palace: America's First World's Fair 2015-03-20
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