#119 The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2011

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The longest suspension bridge in the United States, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was one of Robert Moses' most ambitious projects, a commanding structure that would finally link Staten Island with Brooklyn. Today it soars above New York Harbor as one of the finest examples of architecture from the 1960s. But it didn't get built without some serious community outcry, from a neighborhood that would be partially destroyed in its wake -- Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. This is the tale of a 16th century explorer, a 20th century builder and a timeless marvel of the harbor, with a design that takes the curvature of the earth -- and one very, very large boat -- into consideration. ALSO: The bridge's shining moment from a classic 1970s film. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	The Bowry Boys Episode 119. Crossing the Verizano Nero's Bridge.
0:05.5	Hey, it's the Bowry Boys.
0:07.1	Hey.
0:08.1	The Bowry Boys is brought to you by eurochipo.com.
0:12.0	Eurochipo editors personally visit and review the best budget hotels in Europe.
0:16.8	Now with hotels in New York City, on the web at eurochipo.com.
0:21.3	Hello there. Welcome to the Bowry Boys. This is Greg Young.
0:24.0	And this is Tom Myers.
0:25.2	Happy New Year, Tom, and Happy New Year to our listeners.
0:27.9	Happy 2011, Greg.
0:29.5	Now to be specific about this, because people might be listening to the episode,
0:32.8	you know, a year from now.
0:34.0	Or 200 years from now.
0:35.9	200 years from now.
0:36.9	You never know how these things will just penetrate the New York history themselves.
0:40.5	Right.
0:40.8	It might be put in some sort of podcast time capsule.
0:44.8	Tom, last we met.
0:46.4	We did probably the most New York Manhattan centric of subjects
0:51.8	with the history of Times Square.
0:53.8	So I thought to start the New Year,
0:56.0	we would actually take a break from Manhattan for a little bit
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