Ep 1.1 – Bowling Green Park Occupation – Step 1 of the Old New York & New Amsterdam Series
Welcome to the first step of the Old New York & New Amsterdam series! Each episode will be a step through the streets of Old New York & New Amsterdam. We are going to be taking a deep look at some unexpected moments in New York’s oldest history and today we begin with a fence! We are going to topple into a New York in the midst of a city in the middle of a seven-year long military occupation and everyday people trying to make sense of a very uncertain future
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Ep 1.2 – Customs House Secrets – Step 2 of the Old New York & New Amsterdam Series
Welcome to step two of our Old New York & New Amsterdam series. In this episode we explore the Customs House and its open secrets waiting to be read in the very materials and form of the building. We discuss just what messages were meant to be transmitted in to visitors and passersby and just what these strange statues of four giant women out front are trying to tell us. Join us!
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Ep 1.3 – Fraunces Tavern Ghosts – Step 3 of the Old New York & New Amsterdam Series
Welcome to the third step of the Old New York & New Amsterdam series! Each episode is step through the streets of Old New York & New Amsterdam. Today we head to Fraunces Tavern to have a drink and talk about some famous history (George Washington) and some forgotten history (Slaves) as well as try to find out where the canals (yes canals!) once ran in New Amsterdam. Come join us!
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Ep 1.4 – The Lost City Hall – Step 4 of the Old New York & New Amsterdam Series
Welcome friends! Welcome explorers! This is the fourth step in this first series where we step through Old New York and New Amsterdam. In this episode we explore one of the hearts of New Amsterdam, the city’s first town hall, called the Stadthuys. We’ll talk about the drunken characters that stumbled through its doors (it was also a tavern) including the infamous Anthony Jansen van Sale, the “Troublesome Turk”, as well as the efforts and pitfalls in recent decades to search for its ruins of these old buildings beneath the skyscrapers.
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Ep 1.5 -Hanover Square Pirate Haven – Step 5 of the Old New York & New Amsterdam Series
This episode is the fifth step in the series on Old New York and New Amsterdam. Today we are continuing our walk through Old New York and New Amsterdam and are going to delve into the days of New York as a pirate haven and its tony center, Hanover Square. We’ll talk about one of New York City’s most famous pirates, William Kidd, and his bad end.
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Ep 1.6 – Wall Street Slave Market – Step 6 of the Old New York & New Amsterdam Series
This is the sixth and final step in the series. Today we are going to arrive at the edge of New Amsterdam on Wall Street. We will discover what happened to the wall that once stood here, as well as talk about what this street was famous for in the 1700s, though it wasn’t yet finance (we’ll save that for another day), but one of the great evils of history: slavery.
