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The Bowery Boys: New York City History

The Gilded Age Mansions of Fifth Avenue

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

The saga of Fifth Avenue's Gilded Age mansions, those that once stood in Midtown Manhattan and those survivors which still decorate the Upper East Side today.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi everyone, Tom here from the Bowery Boys. I haven't disappeared. I have just been

0:06.6

spending all of my time up at 61st Street and 5th Avenue, taking in the high drama

0:12.4

that is swirling about our two favorite families, the Russells and the Van Rines.

0:18.0

That's right, the Gilded Age is back for season three on HBO,

0:22.8

and I'm co-hosting the official Guilded Age podcast, along with Alicia Malone from TCM.

0:29.0

Every week, we examine the history that is packed into every TV episode,

0:33.6

and we interview the actors and the artists who bring the show to life.

0:36.6

You can find new podcasts every Sunday night after the TV show airs, wherever you get your podcasts,

0:43.9

and this season you can also watch us, too, on HBO Max, on YouTube, or wherever you watch videos.

0:51.2

We'll see you at the official Gilded Age podcast.

0:56.0

And this week on the Bowery Boys podcast, Greg and I thought that we would present one of our all-time favorite shows, our

1:02.1

re-edited, remastered version of the rise and fall of Fifth Avenue Mansions, which tells the

1:08.4

whole story of Fifth Avenue from its initial development in the 1820s

1:13.2

to its transformation into the country's most stylish residential address. We hope you enjoy the show.

1:20.4

And if you'd actually like to see some of those surviving mansions for yourself,

1:25.1

join us on our most popular walking tour, the Gilded Age

1:29.3

mansions of Fifth Avenue, which is offered multiple times a week by Bowery Boys Walks.

1:34.8

Go to Bowery Boyswalks.com to join us on Fifth Avenue. And now, enjoy the show.

1:50.0

Thank you. now, enjoy the show. Hi there, welcome to the Bowry Boys.

1:52.2

This is Greg Young.

1:53.2

And this is Tom Myers.

1:54.5

And today, we're taking you on a journey down the riteous street in New York City, Fifth Avenue, known better today for department stores

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