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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 27 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
Bill Cosby appeared in early episodes of Sesame Street, filmed at a studio on Broadway and 81st Street. He would bring a much-needed hit to New York's television production scene over a decade later ...
Movin' On Up: A skewed history of New York City as depicted by the opening themes of 1970s TV shows 20 Aug 2013 | 11:58 pm
The camera zooms over the New York City skyline as an earnest pop tune -- usually devoid of any rhythm or edginess, but insanely catchy -- descends as though sent from outer space. The next shot focu...
George Opdyke: The mayor during the Civil War Draft Riots and his unsavory connection to New York's fashion industry 16 Aug 2013 | 09:53 pm
KNOW YOUR MAYORS A modest little series about some of the greatest, notorious, most important, even most useless, mayors of New York City. Other entrants in the Bowery Boys mayoral survey can be found...
The Incident at Healy's: Wild nightlife in Columbus Circle, police brutality and spirited protests against 'cafe curfew' 15 Aug 2013 | 12:12 am
Columbus Circle in 1921, looking west. Healy's was a few blocks north of this scene. Many of New York's most popular restaurants and cafes a century ago were located around Columbus Circle, lively ho...
Blackout 2003: Where were you when the lights went out? 14 Aug 2013 | 11:57 pm
Photo above courtesy Drew Dies/Flickr He has a cool set of pictures from that day here. Today is the tenth-year anniversary of the Northeast Blackout of 2003 which shut down power for most of New Yor...
Profound clutter: Photographs of New York artist studios 10 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
The studio of William Merritt Chase in the Tenth Street Studio Building at 51 West 10th Street. Another appears below. [Smithsonian] Take a look at these extraordinary photographs of artist studios i...
Thieves of Book Row: Strange treasure among the stacks inspires New York's most intellectual black market 8 Aug 2013 | 10:26 pm
The used bookstores of Book Row, the above shot from Fourth Avenue and 10th Street, 1938 (courtesy NYPL) BOWERY BOYS BOOK OF THE MONTH Each month I'll pick a book -- either brand new or old, fiction ...
The readers have spoken! A revised list of 50 essential non-fiction books on New York City history 6 Aug 2013 | 10:01 pm
Last week I posted a list via Riffle Books of my personal choices for 25 books on New York City history that I think everybody should read. But it was a far from perfect list, so I solicited your hel...
New York City in the Golden Age of Television: Behind the scenes with nine classic TV shows filmed in the city 2 Aug 2013 | 10:50 pm
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 produc...
Monkey business: This video encapsulates everything you need to know about our new podcast 1 Aug 2013 | 05:19 pm
Make The Connection was a show hosted by Gene Rayburn (later of Match Game fame) that was broadcast on NBC in 1955 and filmed from the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center. Please note all the classic ...
