Greg Young

1 week ago | boweryboyshistory.com | Greg Young

It’s a Bowery Boys Podcast/Marvel Comics Podcast crossover for the ages! Greg was a guest on this week’s episode of the Official Marvel Comics Podcast, talking about the New York City origins of Daredevil. The character first appeared in Marvel Comics in April 1964 and has always been rooted in the Manhattan neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen.

3 weeks ago | boweryboyshistory.com | Greg Young |Penn Station

The history of the United States Postal Service as it plays out in the streets of New York City — from the first post road to the first postage stamps. From the most beautiful post office in the country to the forgotten Gilded Age landmark that was once considered the ugliest post office.

1 month ago | boweryboyshistory.com | Greg Young

A special bonus episode! Two years ago we featured Patrick Bringley on the show, the author of All The Beauty In The World, regarding his experiences as a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the life lessons he learned strolling silently past priceless works of art. The book has become a massive best-seller worldwide and has even become a cultural phenomenon in South Korea, selling more than a quarter million copies in that country alone.

1 month ago | boweryboyshistory.com | Greg Young |New Amsterdam |Peter Stuyvesant |Russell Shorto

It’s one of the most foundational questions we could ever ask on this show — how did New York City get its name? You may know that the English conquered the Dutch settlement of New Netherland (and its port town of New Amsterdam) in 1664, but the details of this history-making day have remained hazy — until now. Russell Shorto brought the world of New Amsterdam and the early years before New York to life in his classic history The Island At The Center of The World.

1 month ago | boweryboyshistory.com | Greg Young

The New Yorker turns one century old — and hasn’t aged a day! The witty, cosmopolitan magazine published its first issue on February 21, 1925. And even though present-day issues are often quite contemporary in content, the magazine’s tone and style still recall its glamorous Jazz Age origins. The New Yorker traces itself to members of that legendary group of wits known as the  Algonquin Round Table — renowned artists, critics and playwrights who met every day for lunch at the Algonquin Hotel.