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Author and historian Andrea C. Mosterman discusses slavery practices in colonial New York, highlighting that the methods of racialized spatial control held much in common with southern plantation societies. Learn how Dutch communities engaged in a daily struggle with Black New Yorkers, who found ways to claim freedom and resist oppression throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. This event was recorded on June 7, 2022.

In Manhattan Projects: The Rise and Fall of Urban Renewal in Cold War New York, Samuel Zipp sheds new light on the state of New York’s urban renewal after World War II. Focusing on four iconic “Manhattan Projects” – the United Nations headquarters at Turtle Bay, Stuyvesant Town, Lincoln Square and the great swaths of public housing in East Harlem - he unearths forgotten stories and characters that flesh out the conventional history of urban renewal.&nbsp;

Author and historian Jeff Richman shares the captivating story of how the Brooklyn Bridge, a structure of unprecedented size and technology, was built during an age of remarkable innovation and urban development. Spanning the East River, the bridge connected the then-independent cities of Brooklyn and New York by roadway for the first time. People could now travel high above one of the busiest waterways in the world, journeying across by foot, horse-drawn carriage, or railway, getting to where they needed to go while enjoying magnificent views. This event was recorded on January 13, 2022.

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