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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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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 …

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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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An Unfree Fleet: Slavery and the Brooklyn Navy Yard | Episode 106

When the Brooklyn Navy Yard was founded in 1801, more than a quarter of the inhabitants of Kings County were enslaved, and 60% of households included an enslaved person. This …

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A Conversation with Think!Chinatown | Episode 105

Manhattan’s Chinatown has been a destination for visitors from around the world seeking exotic food and curiosities for more than 100 years. Think!Chinatown works to demystify this neighborhood, while connecting people and …

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In Service to Seafarers from Titanic to Today: Seamen’s Church Institute | Episode 103

The day that news of the Titanic’s sinking reached New York, dignitaries assembled at 25 South Street on the tip of Lower Manhattan to lay the cornerstone. That building would …

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Lighter Life with David Sharps of the Waterfront Museum | Episode 102

The Lehigh Valley No. 79 covered barge shuttled cargo around New York Harbor from 1914 until sometime around the mid-1970s. David Sharps rescued this wooden barge in 1985, digging it …

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COVID-19 and Food Access: An Ongoing Crisis | Episode 98

During the pandemic, as many as two million New Yorkers are struggling with food insecurity, a longstanding challenge that has been exacerbated by the crisis. In this virtual program, we …

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Rocking The Boat: Changing Lives on the Bronx River | Episode 93

The Whitehall skiff, a style of boat developed in New York 200 years ago, has been changing the lives of teens in the Bronx for the last 20 years at …

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A Rose in Spanish Harlem: Gardening with Urban Garden Center | Episode 86

Join us for a gardening demonstration and conversation with Dimitri Gatanas of the Urban Garden Center at La Marqueta, a third generation family-owned business in East Harlem. We’ll hear the …

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Flash and Clang: Aids to Navigation with the Historic Lighthouse Tender Lilac | Episode 85

Unlock the mystery of maritime navigation with Mary Habstritt of the Lilac Preservation Project. At night many of our waterways become constellations of flashing lights. These Aids to Navigation (or …

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Virtual Accessibility: Challenges and Opportunities | Episode 84

During the pandemic, our daily routines have largely shifted from the physical world to virtual platforms, from school and work to social gatherings and religious ceremonies. This virtual program will …

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Struggle and Resilience on Manhattan’s Lower East Side | Episode 83

In celebration of Lower East Side History Month, this virtual program will explore how the neighborhood has weathered difficult times, including stories of mutual aid, charity, and resilience shared from …

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Exploring the Erie Canal with Will Van Dorp | Episode 78

Two hundred years ago New York State was in the midst of digging a canal to connect the Hudson River with Lake Erie, a civil engineering project that would transform …

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Voices of Essex Market with Feed Me A Story | Episode 75

In celebration of Lower East Side History Month, join us for a conversation with Theresa Loong, Laura Nova, and Sarah Kramer about Feed Me A Story’s video and audio documentation …

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“Mind the Light, Kate”: New York’s Most Famous Lighthouse Keeper with the Noble Maritime Collection | Episode 70

“Mind the Light, Kate.” From 1890 to 1919, Kate Walker honored this request from her dying husband as he was taken from their home, the lighthouse on Robbins Reef just …

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Chaos and Control: On Painting and Toys with Paul Campbell | Episode 67

Brooklyn Navy Yard-based artist Paul Campbell started to experiment with painting with his children’s toys in 1998 and has since explored the tension and balance between chaos and control. His …

Brooklyn Navy Yard
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From Orchard to Essex: Street Peddlers and Market Vendors with the Tenement Museum

When Essex Street Market opened in 1940, it was heralded as a new era for commerce, as the city promised to clear the streets of pushcart peddlers and provide a …

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