Dovecote - Dispatches from the Forests of NYC - A City Between Podcast

In this episode of the City Between podcast we go on a walk in Greenwich Village in the cold winter of 1864 with two men - one who was contemplating the worst treachery - as they took a walk around the neighborhood, stopping to drink for the courage to lay bare the plan. Music provided by the amazing Dylan Thurston - check him out at www.dylanthurston.com. Find more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

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Announcing The Anti-Revolutionary War Walking Tour

Sunday, AUGUST 25! Tour starts at 11am. Tickets here!

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It is rare to hear the whole truth about New York City’s role in the Revolutionary War. It’s embarrassing. It’s problematic. It’s mostly forgotten—and for good reason. Even when it is mentioned by the occasional tour guide or random sign, it is still glossed over, finessed, and given the best possible spin, which isn’t much. The truth is that many, many New Yorkers supported the losing side. They didn’t necessarily approve of the way things had been going in the colony, but definitely didn’t want a revolution... and they were prepared to give everything to stop it. Join Bruce for a walking tour on Sunday, August 25 (just days before the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn Anniversary) through lower Manhattan of the Revolutionary War--from the Loyalist perspective: an Anti-Revolutionary War Tour.

It will tell the story of those who signed up to fight against Washington and the Rebels, of those who hoped for change through other means, of those who found their freedom by siding with the British. We will also tell the story of New York’s role as the as the Headquarters for British forces for the seven long years of the War and as the center of Loyalist support in America. We will walk through lower Manhattan and talk about the sites and people and stories from this often untold or hurried-over perspective and understand how precarious and precious the eventual rebel victory actually was.

This is the City Between Podcast where we find and explore unusual stories about New York City that gives us fresh and unexpected perspective on this amazing town.

In this episode we go looking for a forgotten factory that once made an iconic Italian spirit: Fernet Branca. We uncover the wild story of how the company managed to make an alcoholic beverage in the middle of Manhattan during Prohibition and also how they got busted. Find more information at www.citybetween.com. Join us!

SEASON 1 - ESSAYS ABOUT NEW YORK HISTORY AND CULTURE

In this episode of the City Between we continue our exploration of New York in war time, as the city’s residents endured seven long years of war against Rebel forces from 1776-1783. We are going in search of a disembodied voice, that called out to a soldier in barrack on Water Street in 1781, giving a vision of Americans rising up to fight George Washington and his rebel armies... for their freedom.

The music for the episode was composed by the talented Dylan Thurston.

SEASON 1 - ESSAYS ABOUT NEW YORK HISTORY AND CULTURE

In this episode of City Between – the podcast of New York History’s forgotten and mysterious corners – we go on a slightly Quixotic hunt in Brooklyn for a remanent of the farm of Anthony Jansen van Sale, New York’s first documented Muslim. This farm dates from 1639 and to make our journey 400 years into the past we follow old Indian and colonial roads whose ghosts can be traced in the modern city. We begin in New Utrecht – once a Dutch Village – and head south in search of the old bowery. For more information, references and images of the maps referenced in the episode, go to www.citybetween.com.

SEASON 1 - ESSAYS ABOUT NEW YORK HISTORY AND CULTURE