This summer take a break from the busy world by diving into a new podcast mini-series from the Gilded Gentleman. Two episodes are already available — the Vanderbilt Mansion and the Adirondacks/Great Camp Sagamore. Follow and subscribe to the Gilded Gentleman podcast to listen in to the whole summer adventure.
On our final day in the Netherlands, we visit Haarlem, the old Dutch city which gives the New York neighborhood of Harlem its name (minus a vowel).
Have you ever been inside an actual operating windmill? For our Dutch adventure, we headed to Haarlem and to the Molen de Adriaan, originally built in 1779 and used over the years to produce cement, paint and even tobacco. Follow us inside the windmill on this week’s podcast — episode 437 Haarlem, Breukelen, Utrecht: Exploring New York’s Dutch Roots.
The Vanderbilts ruled over New York City in the 19th century. Cornelius Vanderbilt and his family were the richest family in America. But their origin story begins in the Netherlands, and Tom and Kieran head to their ancestral home of De Bilt to look for clues to their lineage. Tom reveals his discoveries in the new Bowery Boys podcast (Episode 437) Haarlem, Breukelen, Utrecht: Exploring New York’s Dutch Roots
The Bowery Boys podcast turns 17 years old today. The first episode was released in 2007. It sounds terrible but you still want to hear it right? Thank you for listening!
Listen to the first episode of our Amsterdam/New Amsterdam mini-series today. The next part is released this Friday featuring a trip to Leiden.
The extraordinary story of how the old Dutch records of New Amsterdam and New Netherland survived, told by The Island at the Center of the World author Russell Shorto (from our recent podcast interview with him). Listen to the full interview today. It’s fascinating!
Why celebrate the 400th anniversary of Dutch settlement in New York? We continue to live with many versions of their place names. Most were corrupted by the English after they booted out the Dutch from this region in 1664 but remarkably they still linger, a reminder of the interesting connection New York has to the Netherlands. This post contains only a sample. This Friday listen to episode one of our mini-series Adventures in the Netherlands — The New Amsterdam Man!
Before we begin celebrating the Dutch connections to America this month, we have to also pay tribute to Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Italian explorer who first sailed into New York harbor 500 years ago this year.
Announcing an epic new Bowery Boys mini series — The Bowery Boys Adventures in the Netherlands. Exploring the connections between New York City and that fascinating European country. Over the course of several weekly shows, we’ll dig deeper into the history of those Dutch settlements in New Amsterdam and New Netherland — from the first Walloon settlers to the arrival of Peter Stuyvesant.
From our latest episode — The Story of Flushing. Man vs bear!
Listen to our new show The New York Game for further details.
In the new Bowery Boys podcast, visit the most fashionable church in mid 19th century New York City, a destination for the most sensational weddings and funerals of the Gilded Age.
This year combine your Thanksgiving celebration with the regional tradition known as Evacuation Day, the moment when the British finally left New York after several agonizing years of war and occupation.Listen to the new Bowery Boys podcast for more details. And more videos to come about how to mark the ‘great British send off’ in desserts.
New show — Evacuation Day!
Two moving sites on Rossville, Staten Island which mark the passage of history. #ghosts #cemeteriesofinstagram #graveyards #statenisland #rossville #boatgraveyard #nyc #newyorkhistory #statenislandhistory
