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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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