Season 1 (1999)

The Country and the City (1609–1825)
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November 14, 1999 • 2h

The series begins by identifying the key themes that shaped New York's history: commerce and capitalism, diversity and democracy, ...Read more

Order and Disorder (1825–1865)
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November 15, 1999 • 2h

Already established as America's premier port, New York City swelled into the nation's greatest industrial metropolis as a massive...Read more

Sunshine and Shadow (1865–1898)
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November 16, 1999 • 2h

Now the spotlight shines on the growth, glamour and grief of New York during America's giddy postwar "Gilded Age." Exploring the i...Read more

The Power and the People (1898–1918)
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November 17, 1999 • 2h

As New York spilled into the new century, the extraordinary interplay of capitalism, democracy and transformation surged to a clim...Read more

Cosmopolis (1919–1931)
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November 18, 1999 • 2h

In this short but dazzling period, New York became the focal point of an extraordinary array of human and cultural energies, reach...Read more

City of Tomorrow (1929–1941)
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September 30, 2001 • 2h

In little more than ten years, immense new forces were unleashed in New York, from the Depression itself to the New Deal, which pe...Read more

The City and the World (1945–2000)
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October 1, 2001 • 2h

In exploring the social, economic and physical forces that swept through the city in the post-war period, Episode Seven examines t...Read more

The Center of the World (1946–2003)
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September 8, 2003 • 2h

Examines the rise and fall of the World Trade Center -- from its conception in the post-World War II economic boom, through its co...Read more