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Planting for Pollinators and Native Plant Gardening | Episode 133

Learn how Prospect Park restores and manages habitat for pollinator conservation, why invertebrates are so important to Brooklyn, how managers choose plants, why native plants are critical to pollinator survival, and how …

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From Arizona to Missouri: Bookends of World War II | Episode 130

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are looking back at the remarkable careers of the ships where the war began and ended for …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Waterfront
World War II

Lighting the Way: Staten Island’s National Lighthouse Museum | Episode 129

From the Civil War through the 1960’s, a site next to the Staten Island Ferry terminal served as the central depot supplying America’s lighthouses and Aids to Navigation. Join us …

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Waterfront

White Sauce, Hot Sauce: Film Screening & Conversation to support the Street Vendor Project

‘White Sauce Hot Sauce‘ is a 20-minute documentary film that follows the lives of two food vendors originally from Egypt, who have migrated to NYC and set up shop as Halal …

Street Vending
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Images d’Épinal: Paper Models from the Turn of the Century | Episode 127

Papercraft modeling and dolls are as old as paper, but the art form exploded in the 19th century with new innovations in printing technology, and tiny French city of Épinal …

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World War I

The Trees of Prospect Park with Howard Goldstein | Episode 126

Get to know the trees of Prospect Park! Prospect Park Alliance forest ecologist Howard Goldstein joins us again for a discussion about the 30,000 trees of the park. We will look at …

Prospect Park
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Voices of World War II: Brooklyn Navy Yard Oral Histories | Episode 124

To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, we are listening to the voices of men and women who lived through the war in Brooklyn. We …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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World War II

Boatbuilding History with the City Island Nautical Museum | Episode 122

For well over a century, City Island in western Long Island Sound was an important maritime community, not only as a destination for tourists — which it still is — …

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Waterfront

Coney Island Cats with Rev. Jen Miller | Episode 120

We are excited to welcome back artist, author and local legend Rev. Jen Miller. We last joined her for a behind-the-scenes look at her extensive collection of Troll Dolls, once the …

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U-Boats, Bootleggers, and Buoys: The History of the Coast Guard in New York Harbor | Episode 119

To mark the 230th birthday of the United States Coast Guard, we’re looking back at the history of the “always ready” service. Due to New York’s position as one of …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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The Melvilles and Sailors’ Snug Harbor: A Story of New York | Episode 118

By the time he published Moby-Dick in 1851, Herman Melville’s career as a popular prose writer was almost over. While Melville was working on the docks as a customs inspector …

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Waterfront

Preserving the Fleet of the South Street Seaport Museum | Episode 117

Since its founding over 52 years ago, South Street Seaport Museum has faced the daunting job of preserving its historic fleet. Join us for a photographic voyage with Director of Historic Ships …

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Waterfront

A Brief History of NYC Street Vending with the Street Vendor Project | Episode 115

Street vending has been a part of New York City’s public life for hundreds of years, often taken up by newcomers to the country and New Yorkers excluded from the …

Street Vending
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The Marx Brothers in NYC with Noah Diamond | Episode 114

Noah Diamond is a man of many hats, including a Groucho Marx painted mustache and cigar. In addition to being a New York City tour guide, writer, performer, and designer, he …

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Shipbuilding in the US Navy Today | Episode 113

One of the most frequent questions from visitors on our Brooklyn Navy Yard Tours is, where are the ships of the US Navy built today? At its height in 1966, the US …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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Progressivism and Purified Air: Frederick Law Olmsted’s Living Machines | Episode 112

Join our conversation with Sara Carr, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscape at Northeastern University, who will discuss Frederick Law Olmsted’s origins in public health, and how his background in …

Prospect Park
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From Fufu to Cheb: Enjoying West African Cuisines in NYC with Dave Cook | Episode 111

We are pleased to welcome back food photographer and writer Dave Cook of Eating In Translation to discuss a family of fascinating cuisines. Many of us might not have had the opportunity …

Street Vending
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Bowne & Co.: Letterpress Printing in 19th-Century New York | Episode 110

Bowne & Co., Stationers opened their doors at the South Street Seaport Museum in 1975, 200 years after Robert Bowne founded his shop across the street on Queen Lane. Today Bowne & Co., …

Inside Industry
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