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NON-FICTION
The Gangs of New York
The city of New York has a long history of underworld activity. Joe Bruno gives you the skinny gangland activity in the Apple from its first days to the present.

NEIGHBORHOODS
Historical walking tour of Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill 
Contributing to our expanding Neighborhoods department, Raanan Geberer takes us through the evolution of a venerable section of upper Manhattan.

FACES
The Innocent New Yorker
Sheri Stein explores the initial stereotype of the New Yorker as tough, rude and needing "nothin' from nobody" and how those perceptions shifted after September 11th to expose the "true" New Yorker, one complete with vulnerabilities, courage and kindness.

MONUMENTS
Keeper of the Flame

The Statue of Liberty has always represented freedom, sanctuary and security. Now more than ever, Lady Liberty stands as a beacon of hope and unity. Christina Hamlett takes a lighthearted look at how the statue came to be and the lengths to which two countries went to create the ultimate symbol of America.

NON-FICTION
The Fire of 1835: The Resolve of a City Tested Again

September 11th is not the first time New York has had to deal with tragedy on a grand scale. Christopher Carroll revisits the devastating fire of 1835 that destroyed the city's financial district and how the city bounced back.

MONUMENTS
A Matter of Time
Kate Walter takes you on a nostalgic tour of the various clocks that dot Manhattan's landscape and uncovers the unique history and attachment New York has toward its time-telling devices.

RECOLLECTIONS
The Canarsie Rose

by Michael Lipstock
The search for one young man in an equally young Brooklyn to help his Grandmother bring a piece of her old Russian heritage to the city of New York.

 
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