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The Bowery Boys: New York City History

#17 New York Public Library

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2008

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The New York Public Library may be one of the most revered libraries in America, but it took a far flung combination of bookworms, millionaires and do-gooders to make it into the institution it is today.

Transcript

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This is episode 17 of the Bowery Boys, the New York Public Library.

0:06.0

Lend us your ears.

0:08.0

Hey, it's the Bowery Boys.

0:25.0

Hello there and welcome to the Bowery Boys. This is Greg Young.

0:28.0

And this is Tom Myers.

0:29.0

And thank you very much for tuning in to another episode of the Bowery Boys.

0:33.0

We are discussing the New York Public Library today before we jump into the stacks, so to speak.

0:39.0

Because we are ready.

0:41.0

We kind of stacked right in front of us.

0:43.0

I want to take a moment actually to mention our sponsor, Eurochipo.

0:46.0

As our show is getting a little bigger, it actually costs more to produce.

0:50.0

And our sponsor really helps to free the cost.

0:52.0

Eurochipo.com is a travel site for booking hotels in Europe.

0:56.0

Not like the big, Hilton hotels, but these independent, off-the-beaten, mad kind of hotels.

1:02.0

The ones that actually give you a better sense of the places that you're visiting.

1:06.0

The reason that they actually sponsor us, because they now also do hotels in New York,

1:10.0

and the same kind of quaint out of the way places.

1:12.0

The staff at Eurochipo visit and review each hotel.

1:15.0

If you're coming here to visit, please visit the website and see if they have anything you like.

1:20.0

And even if you're not, just if you want to fantasize about a big trip in your future, visit the site.

1:24.0

That's Eurochipo.com.

1:26.0

And now up to our podcast, Tom.

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