The latest episode of the Bowery Boys podcast looks at the history of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree and its annual lighting tradition -- through good times and bad.

Have a good weekend. Go shop at Zabar’s.

Moon over NYC!

New walking tour…if you dare! A partnership between @boweryboys.bsky.social & @nyctourism.bsky.social. www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tour...

US Open!

Lower Manhattan Streets That Are Also Good Names for Cats: • Baxter • Delancey • Carlisle • Mosco • Murray • Monroe • Catherine Lane

Vacation.

You don’t see this very often!

The story of Newport’s Gilded Age Black residents is even more fascinating that what you see on television. On the Gilded Gentleman podcast, Carl is joined by Rhode Island historian laureate Keith Stokes, who shares his own ancestry as it relates to the tides of Newport’s own remarkable story.

Coke or…

What lurked along the Jersey Shore during the summer of 1916? A series of shark attacks shook the region, sending beachgoers into a ‘shark panic’ and frightening a country on the verge of entering a world war. Hear the entire terrifying tale on the latest Bowery Boys Podcast:

Apizza.

Some pics of my Sunday in Brooklyn.

Finally we’re doing a boat party! Join Tom and Greg from the Bowery Boys for a three-hour dinner cruise around lower Manhattan through New York Harbor and up to the Statue of Liberty. Tickets and more details here: likemindstravel.com

Today there were 3 jazz bands playing in Washington Square Park. You can never have too much jazz. Happy May!

Southern Oregon on Earth Day.

Explore in the city.

On the new Bowery Boys podcast, we get a sneak preview of the newly renovated Frick Collection. And we reveal the story of the museum's namesake Henry Clay Frick, a rather divisive figure who nonetheless left the city's one of its most interesting museums.

Strolling the bridle path.

Yep. We really did it! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/m...

A view of the New York City Marble on 2nd Street in the East Village… the landmarked property dates to 1831.

Last night’s view.

Spring is springing!

In the new Bowery Boys podcast, Russell Shorto returns to the show to reveal all new details of a critical moment in New York history -- when New York got its name! In the year 1664, England conquered the Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam. But who was the first to call it New York? Listen today:

Roy Ayers, a vibraphonist who in the 1970s helped pioneer a new, funkier strain of jazz, becoming a touchstone for many artists who followed and one of the most sampled musicians by hip-hop artists, died on Tuesday. He was 84. nyti.ms/3QRiGSg

All day long... www.wwoz.org

Moment of Monday zen

Ferdinando’s Focacceria, on Columbia Street in Brooklyn, has announced its closure after 121 years in business. According to Eater, the restaurant was the oldest operating Sicilian restaurant in New York City.

Up north in Central Park.

Please enjoy this animation of evening rush subway service in NYC (by u/mtdfan)

In the 450th episode of the Bowery Boys podcast, join us for a tour through the different worlds of Harlem in the 1920s -- the salons of the Harlem Renaissance, the nightclubs and ballrooms, the churches and apartments within America's first great black neighborhood. Listen today: bit.ly/42XIpQq

Don’t forget to look up.

In its long history, the building now occupied by Symphony Space has been a food hall, a restaurant, and an ice skating rink. www.westsiderag.com/2025/02/11/a...

Winter Wonderland today!

For @nygroove.nyc I wrote about why we still love physical media jukeboxes in NYC bars (down with TouchTunes!) along with a map of all the ones I could find. nygroove.nyc/nyc-physical...

Announcing a brand new Bowery Boys live event -- an ongoing storytelling cabaret night at City Vineyard, on March 13 at 7:30. A night for history lovers right along the Hudson River. Get your tickets here:

When the C train doors open at 14th Street on a Saturday night.

Official mascot of NYC

The MTA comms team has been really good at sharing good news about where congestion relief funds are going... now we just need everyone, especially our elected officials, to keep amplifying them!

I recently received a rave review from @hcrichardson.bsky.social for my Gilded Age Mansions tour written for Bowery Boys Walks @boweryboys.bsky.social I’m kind of proud of it ☺️🙏🏻🥰 Tickets are still available for my Feb. 2 and 16 tour! #gildedage #walkingtours www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tour...

Long live Ray! evgrieve.com/2025/01/an-a...

A frozen Central Park.

#academicsky I had so much fun talking about Gilded Age hairstyling on The Gilded Gentleman podcast. Listen in! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Fabulous.

The Bowery Boys meet the Memory Palace: A conversation between Greg Young and Nate DiMeo about history, memory and fake elephants.

Current view. @nycparks.bsky.social

The term “Gilded Age” is used to refer to the period of booming economic growth in the USA in the second half of the 19th century, when wealth was concentrated at the very top. Sound familiar…? 🤨 💰 www.boweryboyswalks.com/walking-tour...

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Last-minute gift idea -- a New York @boweryboys.bsky.social walking tour! www.boweryboyswalks.com/bowery-boys-...