Weekend Explorer

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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.

Episodes

  1. 12/01/2009

    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

    20 min

  2. 12/01/2009

    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

    19 min

  3. 12/01/2009

    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

    21 min

  4. 12/01/2009

    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

    18 min

  5. 12/01/2009

    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

    2h 3m

  6. 12/01/2009

    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

    22 min

  7. 12/01/2009

    Paths of Resistance in the East Village

    For a long time the East Village was an urban frontier. It was a toehold in America for generations of new immigrants, but it was also an area of intense cultural activity that changed the world. Published: September 14, 2007

    25 min

  8. 12/01/2009

    Religious Freedom in Flushing, Queens

    Flushing is a place where immigrants from around the world have been coming for more than 350 years. It has always been a cradle of cultural and religious freedom. Published: May 2, 2008

    2h 23m

  9. 12/01/2009

    The Lively Canyons of San Juan Hill

    Long before Lincoln Center existed, its surrounding neighborhoods, once called Lincoln Square and San Juan Hill, were already part of a thriving arts center. Published: February 1, 2008

    16 min

  10. 12/01/2009

    Turf of Gangs and Gangsters

    Hell's Kitchen has a history that's rich with gangsters and ghosts, streetwalkers and speakeasies, mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders. Published: August 17, 2007

    15 min

  11. 12/01/2009

    Weegee's Naked City

    Weegee, the famed crime and street photographer, shot thousands of images that defined Manhattan as a film noir nightscape in the 1930s and '40s. Published: June 20, 2008

    2h 40m

  12. 12/01/2009

    When Barnum Took Manhattan

    Today New Yorkers may think of Phineas Taylor Barnum only when the circus comes to town. But for almost 60 years he was one of the most celebrated figures in the city. Published: November 9, 2007

    18 min
  • 12 Episodes

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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.

Information

  • Creator
    The New York Times
  • Years Active
    2008 - 2009
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2009 The New York Times Company
  • Show Website
    Weekend Explorer

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