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 […]
Ep 16 – Rip Van Winkle and the Little Church Around the Corner
Ep 15 – Bethesda Terrace – A Moorish Paradise in Central Park
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 […]
Ep 14 – Matilda Hoffman and the Tomb of Washington Irving’s Fiancé – St. Mark’s in the Bowery
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 […]
Ep 13 – In Search of New York’s Pompeii – Communipaw
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 […]
Ottoman New York
In 2017 I had a chance to serve as a guest host on the excellent Ottoman History Podcast alongside Sam Dolbee. While their normal focus is in the former Ottoman lands of […]
Ep 12 – A Hanging on the Lower East Side – Betrayal in the Rebel Ranks
In this episode we are going in search of the execution ground of one of George Washington’s personal guards—Thomas Hickey—tried, convicted and executed for mutiny and sedition just one day before […]
Ep 9 -To Kidnap a Prince – Hanover Square
In this episode of the City Between we travel to the heart of the Anti-Revolutionary War – New York City in 1781. This city teeming with Loyalists and the headquarters of the British […]
Ep 8 – Conspiracy Afoot – A Walk in the Village
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 […]
Ep 6 – A Pirate Farm in Brooklyn – The Turk’s Plantation
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 […]
Ep 4 – A Vanished Mohawk Village in Brooklyn
In this episode of the City Between Podcast–a show where we explore New York City’s uncommon history–we seek out the lost village of the Mohawk Indians near downtown Brooklyn. We search for […]
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