12 episodes
Weekend Explorer The New York Times
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Weekend Explorer is a feature that appears occasionally in the Weekend section. A series of walking tours through areas of New York, in which a reporter, John Strausbaugh, seeks out still-visible traces of the city's layers of history.
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Brooklyn Heights's Gilded Age
More has gone on in Brooklyn Heights than its quiet streets and patrician houses will profess. Published: October 3, 2008
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Floyd Bennett Field
Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, formerly New York City's first municipal airport, is a place New Yorkers go to camp out under the stars, put kayaks and canoes in the water, hike nature trails, and go bird-watching and rock-climbing. Published: July 10, 2009
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In the Mansion Land of the 'Fifth Avenoodles'
The Upper East Side (from 59th to 96th Streets and Fifth Avenue to the East River) contains the city's most exclusive residences, private schools and social clubs. Published: December 14, 2007
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Lowest Manhattan/Wall St.
Lowest Manhattan, home to Wall Street and the nation's first Congress, has endured a history plagued by massive fires, terrorist attacks and a string of stock market crashes dating back to the 1700s. Published: January 2, 2009
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Manhattan's Photobooths
The original photobooth may now be a relic of 20th century pop Americana but our love affair with it continues. And it began in New York City in Times Square. Published: March 14, 2008
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On the Trail of Brooklyn's Underground Railroad
The City of New York gave Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn an alternate name: Abolitionist Place. It's an acknowledgment that long before Brooklyn was veined with subway lines, it was a hub of the Underground Railroad. Published: October 12, 2007