Weekend Explorer

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Weekend Explorer is a feature that appears occasionally in the Weekend section. A series of walking tours through areas of New York, in which a reporter, John Strausbaugh, seeks out still-visible traces of the city's layers of history.

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Episodes(8)

Turf of Gangs and Gangsters

Dec 1, 200915 min

Hell's Kitchen has a history that's rich with gangsters and ghosts, streetwalkers and speakeasies, mysterious disappearances and gruesome murders. Published: August 17, 2007

In the Mansion Land of the 'Fifth Avenoodles'

Dec 1, 200921 min

The Upper East Side (from 59th to 96th Streets and Fifth Avenue to the East River) contains the city's most exclusive residences, private schools and social clubs. Published: December 14, 2007

Paths of Resistance in the East Village

Dec 1, 200924 min

For a long time the East Village was an urban frontier. It was a toehold in America for generations of new immigrants, but it was also an area of intense cultural activity that changed the world. Published: September 14, 2007

When Barnum Took Manhattan

Dec 1, 200918 min

Today New Yorkers may think of Phineas Taylor Barnum only when the circus comes to town. But for almost 60 years he was one of the most celebrated figures in the city. Published: November 9, 2007

Manhattan's Photobooths

Dec 1, 20092h 2m

The original photobooth may now be a relic of 20th century pop Americana but our love affair with it continues. And it began in New York City  in Times Square. Published: March 14, 2008