City Between - A New York History Podcast

  We wonder about the missing herds of cattle in New York City and praise milk.  Dispatches from the forests of New York City.  For the written verion and images go to dovecote.substack.com

Re-Enchantment of the Hudson Valley - Origins of Central Park  We go in search of the mystical project behind Central Park. Also hamburgers.  Dispatch from the forests of New York City.  For the written version and images head to dovecote.substack.com

The Lost Sheep of Prospect Park.  We go in search of the missing Dairy in Propect Park, Brooklyn.  Dispatches from the forests of New York City.  For the written version, images of the Dairy and more go to dovecote.substack.com 

The Lost Sheep of Prospect Park.  We go in search of the missing Dairy in Propect Park, Brooklyn.  Dispatches from the desk of the Chief Forester of NYC.  For the written version, images of the Dairy and more go to dovecote.substack.com   

Horses have been and should be a timeless feature of NYC. Join us as we review the horses at the dawn of the skyscraper age, their disappearance, and the future of our hood today. Read the article and find images at https://dovecote.substack.com/p/horses-make-nyc-beautiful

Join us as we reveal an on-going 200-year-old milk war in New York City, from the loss of our country milk to the current skim-milk law for our school children. To read this piece and see photos, etc, head over to dovecote.substack.com and subscribe. 

Come on a journey as we spot the goats in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, remember the sheep of Central Park, and contemplate beauty, pasture, health, and the future of our world. Find images and morea at the post for this episode at https://dovecote.substack.com/p/bring-the-sheep-back-to-central-park

In which we introduce a new season of City Between: Dovecote. New York City history, culture, animals, health and adventure. 

In this episode we go deep into a pressing issue of our time: Was the Brooklyn Bridge a Mistake?  This is the audio version of the article featured on the new Substack page Ever On from the creator of City Between. It is all about New York City travel, adventure, history and more. You can subscribe at everon.substack.com - lots more coming soon. 

In this episode of City Between we watch 1971's "The French Connection" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam dig deep Popeye, 1970s Locations, Sea Lemons, shabby pizza, NYPD, the French and more - Join us! Find out more information at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurston.com.

In this episode of City Between we watch 1998's "The Siege" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam dig deep on deep on the Deep State, on Denzel Washington, FBI, Greenpoint, martial law in NYC, CIA working with the NYPD's "demographic unit", eating oranges and more. Join us! Find out more information at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurston.com. 

In this episode of City Between we unpack 1975's "Three Days of the Condor" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam discuss a *true* NY alley, CIA fronts in the city, sexy Max von Sydow, Robert Redford as "bookish", KGB's reaction to the film, the Faye Dunaway kidnapping and more... join us! This is the first film in the trilogy of this month's theme: The Deep State. Find out more at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurson.com. 

In Season 2 of City Between we are watching films about New York City each month to talk about its history and culture. Each month we pick a theme and the next one is the "Deep State". We will be watching "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), "The Siege" (1998), and "The Art of War" (2000). Join us! More info at www.citybetween.com and music by www.dylanthurston.com. 

This week we watch 1972's "The Godfather" to complete our theme of "Legendary Gangsters". Each week City Between uses a film to talk about the history and culture of NYC. Bruce and Sam dive in on the absence of the word "mafia", Marlon Brando, Andrew and Chris Cuomo's antagonistic relationship to the film, Frank Sinatra, Little Italy demographics, the America Italian Anti-Defamation League's mob problem, and more - join us! Our theme music is by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and you can find our more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

Join us in Season 2 as we watch NY films to explore the city's culture and history. This week we are in the middle of our Legendary Gangster theme and watched 1989's "Harlem Nights". It remains the only time Eddie Murphy directed a film. For this one Bruce and Sam dig in on gangsters in 1930s Harlem, alley ways, Richard Pryor, Red Fox, Eddie Murphy's crazy career high at this time, the many strange and fascinating scenes in this idiosyncratic film, "The Cotton Club", and more - join us! Music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and find our more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Next week we will watch "The Godfather". 

In Season 2 of City Between we take on a film each episode to talk about NYC's history and culture. In this episode we discuss Walter Hill's 1979 classic "The Warriors". Bruce and Sam talk Michael Jackson's "Bad" video, gang names in NY in the 1970s, the failing subway system, Xenophon, Greek themes, production trouble, the Furies, Riverside Park, Hoyt-Schermerhorn, cemeteries and more in our "Legendary Gang Stories" theme.  Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com). 

At the City Between podcast we discuss the films set in NYC to talk about NY's culture and history. In this episode we announce our next trilogy of films - Legendary Gang Stories - as well as some updates from NYC's reopening. We discuss what happened to the Raymond Street Jail, give a tip on the "The Great Gatsby" swimming pool and a report from Montero's Bar. Our new trilogy will begin next week. Find our more at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston www.dylanthurston.com.

In this episode we discuss Howard Hawke's 1940 film "His Girl Friday" to conclude our trilogy on the theme of Women at Work. Bruce and Sam dive deep on fast "natural" dialogue, the last hanging in NYC, rum in coffee, what is a "girl Friday", newspapers, corrupt mayors and more of NY culture and history. Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com). 

In this episode we discuss Darnell Martin's 1994 film "I Like it Like That" about a young woman in the Bronx trying to make sense of a faltering marriage, new career and her place in the world. Bruce and Sam get into the history of stoops, Martin's work for Spike Lee, blackouts, Rita Moreno, and more. Join us at City Between for season 2 where use the films of NY to discuss the city's history and culture. Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and more info about this episode at www.citybetween.com. 

In this episode of City Between we discuss the film "Working Girl" 1988 to dive into NY's history and culture. Bruce and Sam go deep on the Staten Island Ferry, commuter shoes, tequila, chardonnay, secretaries, the Customs House, Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and more - Join us! This is the first film in a trilogy about working women - next up is 1994's "I Like it Like That". Join us!  The amazing theme music is by Dylan Thurston - find out more at www.dylanthurston.com. Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

At the City Between podcast we discuss the films set in NYC to talk about NY's culture and history. In this episode we announce our next trilogy of films as well as some updates from NYC's reopening - bars, museums and more we are excited about returning from the pandemic. Our new trilogy will begin next week. Find our more at www.citybetween.com.

In this episode we discuss Baz Lurhmann's 2013 epic "The Great Gatsby" and talk about NY history and culture. Bruce and Sam get into speakeasies, Jazz and Hip-Hop, Fitzgerald's lost love, Prohibition, 3-D, the Valley of Ashes, Jay Leno, the Plaza, East Egg vs. West Egg and more (they do not discuss the green light). Jump in and join the ride..  The amazing theme music is by Dylan Thurston - find out more at www.dylanthurston.com.  Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

City Between is a podcast about NY history and culture explored through film. In this episode we discuss Whit Stillman's "Metropolitan" (1990) and what the film can tell us about New York history and culture. Bruce and Sam talk about The Plaza, the Urban Haute Bourgeoisie, tuxedos, UES bars, the Fifth Avenue windows, Jane Austen, Debutante Balls, the Aristocracy, late night conversations, Automats, Checker Cabs, and more.  The amazing theme music is by Dylan Thurston - find out more at www.dylanthurston.com 

This is the first episode of Season 2 of City Between. In this episode we discuss the 1993 film Age of Innocence by Martin Scorsese. Bruce and Sam talk about the 1870s in New York, elite New Yorkers, interior decorating, Edith Wharton, Edith’s hatred of Brownstones, old Dutch farmhouses, Roman Punch, Daniel Day Lewis, Troy, Hoboken Terminal, Washington Irving, Powell and Pressburger, Wes Anderson, the opera, Winona Ryder, Thelma Schoonmaker, romance, Black Narcissus, and more!  In the new season of the City Between Podcast we use film to explore the unexpected and interesting corners of New York history and culture. Come join us as we dive deep on the what the films set in and about New York can tell us about its fascinating and endless revealing history and culture. Find images and more related to this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston. Find out more at www.dylanthurston.com. 

The City Between Podcast takes curiosity and adventure as its guiding principles in searching for unexpected corners of New York City history and culture. In today's episode we meet the "Turks of Coney Island", an off-season troupe of performers who worked at the "Streets of Cairo" in Coney Island in 1896 and 1897. This finishes our current series on the Moorish influences in New York. Find more information at www.citybetween.com. You can find our more about Dylan Thurston, who composed our theme music at www.dylanthurson.com. 

This is the City Between podcast where we explore the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City's history. In this episode we go in search of the Sultanah, an Omani ship that reached New York's harbor in 1840 on a mission to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties between the Republic and the (then) expansive Omani Sultanate. It was an unforgettable summer for all in Manhattan and then Brooklyn, where we go visit the (still-standing) house that hosted the Omani guests. More information can be found at www.citybetween.com and more about our amazing theme music from Dylan Thurston at www.dylanthurston.com. 

The City Between Podcast explores the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City history. This is a bonus episode reviewing "King Cuomo Sandwiches", the food required to go without alcoholic beverages in outdoor dining during pandemic and its historic connections. Bon Appetit!  Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and more info and our free Newsletter at (www.citybetween.com). 

This is the City Between Podcast where we explore the hidden and forgotten corners of New York City history. In this episode we travel into Crown Heights Brooklyn in search of a lost civilization devoted to elaborate Moorish fantasy: The Shriners and their beautiful Kismet Temple. Join us as we search for their beginnings from the Arabian Peninsula to the Knickerbocker Cottage in Chelsea. Our excellent theme songs is by Dylan Thurston (more at: www.dylanthurson.com) and you can find more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.  

The City Between Podcast explores the hidden and unexpected corners (and canals) of New York history. Come with us in search of a rare specimen: the Gowanus oyster as we travel down the filthy canal and back in time... Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and more information about the episode at www.citybetween.com. 

In the City Between Podcast we explore the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City's history. In this bonus episode we visit part of a chapter of Washington Irving's "A History of New York" (read aloud) where the early Dutch settlers are washed ashore in Manhattan for the first time, eat oysters, pass out and dream of St. Nicholas flying over the trees. Our theme music is composed by Dylan Thurston (dylanthurston.com) and you can find out more about what we do at citybetween.com. 

The City Between Podcast explores the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City history. Come join us as we go in search of the secret origin of New York City's night life... the oyster? Of course we mention Washington Irving and even a young partying George Washington and lots more...  Find out more about this episode and others at www.citybetween.com. Our amazing theme music is by Dylan Thurston, find out more at www.dylanthurson.com.   

The City Between Podcast explores the hidden and forgotten corners of New York City history. In this episode we go in search of Sandy Ground, a disappeared oystering community on Staten Island. Settled by Free African Americans it grew into one of the most remarkable villages in the New York bay and owed its long existence to one of our most remarkable co-species: the oyster. You can find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com and more about the composer of this episode's music, Dylan Thurston, at www.dylanthurston.com.  

City Between is the podcast that explores the hidden and forgotten corners of New York City history. In this episode we solve a mystery of the oldest relic of our region's civilization - the ancient oyster. Our amazing music was composed by Dylan Thurston (find our more at dylanthurston.com) and more about the episode at citybetween.com. 

In the City Between Podcast we explore the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City's history. This bonus episode builds on the previous regular episode about Rip Van Winkle and the Little Church Around the Corner. I read Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle aloud for you. Enjoy! Find out more at www.citybetween.com and find out more about the amazing theme music at www.dylanthurston.com.  

Welcome to City Between, a podcast about New York City's history. In this episode we go in search of one of the most beautiful tributes to Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle, hidden away in the Little Church Around the Corner. Join us, won't you for as we search out a magical corner of the English countryside right in the middle of Manhattan. Our theme music is composed by Dylan Thurston (find out more at dylanthurston.com). You can find more episodes and about our walking tours at citybetween.com. 

This is the City Between podcast where we explore the hidden and unexpected corners of New York City history. In this In-between episode today I take on the mailbag and answer listener questions about oysters, our first Moorish pirate, hoodies, dive bars and Melania. We will return with a regular episode soon! Find out more about us at city between.com. 

In the City Between podcast explore the unexpected corners of New York City history. In this episode we go in search of traces of the Moorish palace, the Alhambra, in NYC's Central Park. We are on the trail of the iconic American writer Washington Irving who lived in the Alhambra in the 1820s and who would inspire generations of Americans to attempt to recreate that Moorish paradise right here in New York. We uncover the inspiration behind Calvert Vaux's and Jacob Wrey Mould's Bethesda Terrace and Fountain in Central Park. Join us! Find out more about our podcast, tours and more at www.citybetween.com. 

In this episode we go in search of the tomb of Matilda Hoffman, the fiancé of New York's first great writer, Washington Irving. She died in 1809 at the age of 17 just as Irving was finishing his History of New York. Join us as we search the East Village's St. Mark's in the Bowery church for the source of this tragic turn in a young couple's love. Find more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. As always, our amazing theme music was composed by Dylan Thurston. 

In this episode of City Between we go in search of New York's ur-city, its ancient origin... in New Jersey. Just across the bay once lied the small village of Communipaw where the first Dutch in habitants made their home. Made into a legend 200 years later by Washington Irving, we follow in his footsteps another 200 years along to explore the lost village's legends and look for its remains. The City Between podcast explores the hidden and forgotten corners of New York City history. Find out more about this episode and others at www.citybetween.com. The music for this episode was composed by Dylan Thurston. Learn more about his music at www.dylanthurston.com.

Welcome to the City Between podcast, a podcast about many of the forgotten and neglected corners of New York City history. Today we are going in search of the execution ground of one of George Washington’s personal guards—tried, convicted and executed for mutiny and sedition just one day before the King’s Army’s flotilla arrived in New York City to put down the rebellion of the colonies once and for all in June of 1776.

Announcing The Anti-Revolutionary War Walking Tour  Sunday, AUGUST 25! Tour starts at 11am. Tickets here!  PODCAST PROMO CODE FOR %50 off: citybetween It is rare to hear the whole truth about New York City’s role in the Revolutionary War. It’s embarrassing. It’s problematic. It’s mostly forgotten—and for good reason. Even when it is mentioned by the occasional tour guide or random sign, it is still glossed over, finessed, and given the best possible spin, which isn’t much. The truth is that many, many New Yorkers supported the losing side. They didn’t necessarily approve of the way things had been going in the colony, but definitely didn’t want a revolution… and they were prepared to give everything to stop it. Join Bruce for a walking tour on Sunday, August 25 (just days before the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn Anniversary) through lower Manhattan of the Revolutionary War--from the Loyalist perspective: an Anti-Revolutionary War Tour.  It will tell the story of those who signed up to fight against Washington and the Rebels, of those who hoped for change through other means, of those who found their freedom by siding with the British. We will also tell the story of New York’s role as the as the Headquarters for British forces for the seven long years of the War and as the center of Loyalist support in America. We will walk through lower Manhattan and talk about the sites and people and stories from this often untold or hurried-over perspective and understand how precarious and precious the eventual rebel victory actually was.

Welcome to the City Between Podcast where we explore the unexpected and forgotten corners of New York City's History. In the last few episodes we have explored the Revolutionary War in New York, but from what we might think of as the “other side”, those who supported the King and Crown, the Loyalists. As war arrived, these men in women, for a wide variety of reasons, sided with their King and his army. Convinced they had the most powerful military on earth on their side, they hoped they could help put a swift end to the rebel agitation and chaos and press for reconciliation. Today’s episode tells the story of how this almost came to be, how the King’s Army with a plan from a Loyalist New Yorker, a general in its rank’s, led them into the Revolution’s first real battle and served an almost total- war-ending victory for the Crown. Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

In this episode of the City Between we continue our exploration of New York in war time, as the city’s residents endured seven long years of war against Rebel forces from 1776-1783. We are going in search of a disembodied voice, that called out to a soldier in barrack on Water Street in 1781, giving a vision of Americans rising up to fight George Washington and his rebel armies… for their freedom. You can find more information about this episode at www.citybetween.com. The music for the episode was composed by the talented Dylan Thurston.

In this episode we travel to the heart of the Anti-Revolutionary War - New York City in 1781. A city teeming with Loyalists and the headquarters of the British in their campaign against the Rebels received a visit from the Royal Family, a 16-year old prince looking for a good time in war time. City Between is a podcast about the unusual corners of New York History - Join us! More information is at www.citybetween.com and find more from the excellent music composed for us by Dylan Thurston at www.dylanthurston.com. 

In this episode of the City Between podcast we go on a walk in Greenwich Village in the cold winter of 1864 with two men - one who was contemplating the worst treachery - as they took a walk around the neighborhood, stopping to drink for the courage to lay bare the plan. Music provided by the amazing Dylan Thurston - check him out at www.dylanthurston.com. Find more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. 

City Between is a podcast about the unusual corners and nooks of New York City history. In this episode we go in search of a medieval Moorish tower built on the sands of Coney Island. Find more info at www.citybetween.com. 

In this episode of City Between – the podcast of New York History’s forgotten and mysterious corners – we go on a slightly Quixotic hunt in Brooklyn for a remanent of the farm of Anthony Jansen van Sale, New York’s first documented Muslim. This farm dates from 1639 and to make our journey 400 years into the past we follow old Indian and colonial roads whose ghosts can be traced in the modern city. We begin in New Utrecht – once a Dutch Village – and head south in search of the old bowery. For more information, references and images of the maps referenced in the episode, go to www.citybetween.com. 

This is the City Between Podcast where we find and explore unusual stories about New York City that gives us fresh and unexpected perspective on this amazing town.  In this episode we go looking for a forgotten factory that once made an iconic Italian spirit: Fernet Branca. We uncover the wild story of how the company managed to make an alcoholic beverage in the middle of Manhattan during Prohibition and also how they got busted. Find more information at www.citybetween.com. Join us!  Note: This episode is from our archive. 

In the City Between Podcast we seek after the lost and forgotten stories of New York City's history. Join us!  In this episode we ask what became of a "Downtown Mohawk" - A community of Native Americans in the middle of 20th-century Brooklyn. We visit the descendant of the last Mohawk Bar on Atlantic Avenue and raise a glass to those who have come and gone. Find more information at www.citybetween.com.  Note: This episode is from our archives. 

The City Between Podcast goes in search of the uncommon and forgotten stories of New York City's history.  In this episode we seek out the lost kingdom of ice. We begin on a corner of Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn and wonder at a lost world of crystals and coolness. You can find more information at www.citybetween.com. Join us!  Note: This episode is from our archive. 

The City Between Podcast searches out the hidden corners and forgotten stories of New York City and its history. Join us! In this episode we travel to Queens to visit a bar in exile: Gottscheer Hal and discover a lost country in a bar on a quiet residential street. For more information about this episode go to www.citybetween.com.  Note: this episode is from our archive.