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The Bowery Boys: New York City History

#258 Tales from Tribeca History

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Places & Travel, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.73.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

TriBeCa (Triangle Below Canal) is a breathtaking neighborhood of astounding architectural richness. But how much do you know about this trendy destination and its patchwork of different histories? You'll be surprised to learn about the many facets of this unusual place, including: -- Lispenard's Meadow, tracing back to the property's first Dutch settlers; -- St. John's Park, New York's first ritzy residential district;  -- Washington Market, the open-air marvel that fed New Yorkers for 150 years; -- the Ghostbusters Fire House, a pop-culture landmark that witnessed an astonishing architectural shrinkage; -- the AT & T Long Lines Building, an imposing monolith with mysterious secrets contained inside; and the TriBeCa Film Center, bringing a new direction to the neighborhood thanks to its co-founder Robert De Niro PLUS: What are codfish cheeks? Pert nurses? Weekend leathers? Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0

The Bowry Boys Episode 258.

0:02.4

Tales from Trebekah.

0:04.2

Hey, it's The Bowry Boys.

0:05.8

Hey.

0:07.0

Support for The Bowry Boys is provided by our listeners.

0:10.4

Join us for as little as $1 a month

0:13.0

by visiting patreon.com slash Bowry Boys.

0:19.9

Hi there, welcome to The Bowry Boys.

0:21.5

This is Greg Young.

0:22.5

And this is Tom Myers.

0:23.7

Today we're going to spend some time in one of our favorite

0:26.4

Manhattan neighborhoods.

0:27.6

That would be Trebekah.

0:30.0

A goofy name for a very beautiful and historic neighborhood.

0:34.8

Goofy name but not quite as goofy as that other neighborhood show we just completed Greg

0:39.7

on Dumbo.

0:40.8

Yeah, this is kind of a companion show to that as they both have these real estate constructed names

0:48.8

and have similar parallels in their history.

0:52.1

I find Trebekah to be a rather mysterious neighborhood.

0:55.4

A lot of people don't know its history.

0:58.2

You say Soho or Greenwich Village and people have a certain idea that pops into their head.

1:04.1

But there's something hidden about Trebekah.

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