Sam Roberts is a pro-bono history advisor/writer for Federal Hall. He has been a reporter, columnist, and editor for The New York Times and New York Daily News during a journalism career that spans more than 50 years. He is also the host of The New York Times Close Up, an hour-long weekly news and interview program on cable channel NY1 that he inaugurated in 1992. He is the author of 10 books including The Brother: The Untold Story of the Rosenberg Case, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A native New Yorker, he lives in New York City.

                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                Santiago Calatrava talks about September 11th and how it affected him and the design for the PATH station transportation hub.
                                            
                                        

                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                 Historian Barry Moreno discusses the Arabic immigrant neighborhood Little Syria, which existed from the 1880s through the 1950s near the site of the World Trade Center. 
                                            
                                        

                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                 Daniel Libeskind talks about his experiences on September 11th, about designing Memorials and the Master Plan. 
                                            
                                        

Michael Arad talks about "Reflecting Absence", the memorial at the 9/11 Memorial. 

 On the seventh stop of the tour, Kaplan discusses the history and significance of St. Paul's Church, the oldest private building in NYC, from Benedict Arnold to 9/11. 

                                            
                                            
                                            
                                                David Childs of Skidmore Owings and Merrill talks about his experiences on September 11th and what inspired his design for the Freedom Tower, One World Trade Center.
                                            
                                        

 At the final stop on the tour, Kaplan discusses the historic Fraunces Tavern/Museum, the location of Washington's farewell address to his troops. The tavern remains today, owned by the Sons of the Revolution. 

 Historian Barry Moreno discusses Castle Clinton's varied history, from its years as an immigration station to its decades as a performance space. He describes its brief career as an aquarium, and its near destruction to make room for the Battery Tunnel. 

 At Bowling Green, Kaplan talks about Evacuation Day, the departure of the British from New York City, and Charging Bull, a popular statue representing the spirit of Wall Street and American capitalism. 

 Historian and lawyer James Kaplan retraces the footsteps of the first Jewish immigrants to arrive in the United States, 23 Portuguese Jews whose ships landed at Bowling Green in 1654. 