#142 New York University (NYU)

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2012

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

They once called it the University of the City of New York, an innovative, nondenominational school located in a intellectual castle on the northeast corner of the Washington military parade ground. Today its better known as New York University, one of America's largest private schools of higher education, inhabiting dozens of buildings throughout the city. Find out more about its spectactular and sometimes strange history, from the inventors among its early faculty to some of the more curious customs of its 19th century student body. Featuring: the prisoners of Sing Sing Prison, the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, and the controversial plans of Robert Moses. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Episode 142 of The Bowery Boys. New York University.
0:05.0	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys.
0:07.0	Hey.
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0:22.0	Hi there, welcome to The Bowery Boys. This is Greg Young.
0:25.0	And this is Tom Myers.
0:26.0	With another episode of The Bowery Boys New York City History, welcome back Tom.
0:29.0	Thank you very much. Good to be back after those little travels.
0:32.0	Greg, I would say that this is our Back to School special.
0:35.0	Or rather, this is our second part of our Back to School special.
0:39.0	Oh, no, no, no.
0:40.0	Now, let me explain that.
0:41.0	This is a very exciting time for us on The Bowery Boys.
0:44.0	Because just earlier this week, I released our very first audio walking tour.
0:50.0	Our audio walking tour for sale.
0:52.0	I call out The Bowery Boys audio history tour.
0:55.0	And it is a one hour walking tour of Washington Square Park.
0:59.0	Which is that marvelous park in Greenwich Village.
1:02.0	Over 200 years worth of history.
1:04.0	So when you download the walking tour, is there literally a place to use start
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