Broadway the Street

michelle young bookWith Michelle Young, the founder of “Untapped Cities” and a professor at Columbia University.

This illustrated lecture features vintage photographs chronicling the history of Broadway, along with contemporary photographs.

From its origins as a Native American trail to its iconic status in global culture today, Broadway tells the story of New York as it grew from a Dutch colony into a world-class city. Broadway has been the site of many firsts and many superlatives: the first subway line in the city, the tallest buildings and one of the longest streets in the world. Beginning along the winding streets of the original settlements amid the skyscrapers of the Financial District, Broadway heads north through the neighborhoods of SoHo and Greenwich Village. It then traverses some of the citys most famous plazas, including Flatiron, Herald Square, Times Square and Columbus Circle, before entering Upper Manhattan and passing institutions like Lincoln Center, Columbia University and City College.











When: Thu., Aug. 6, 2015 at 6:30 pm
Where: New York Public Library—Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library
476 Fifth Ave. (42nd St. Entrance)
212-340-0863
Price: Free
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michelle young bookWith Michelle Young, the founder of “Untapped Cities” and a professor at Columbia University.

This illustrated lecture features vintage photographs chronicling the history of Broadway, along with contemporary photographs.

From its origins as a Native American trail to its iconic status in global culture today, Broadway tells the story of New York as it grew from a Dutch colony into a world-class city. Broadway has been the site of many firsts and many superlatives: the first subway line in the city, the tallest buildings and one of the longest streets in the world. Beginning along the winding streets of the original settlements amid the skyscrapers of the Financial District, Broadway heads north through the neighborhoods of SoHo and Greenwich Village. It then traverses some of the citys most famous plazas, including Flatiron, Herald Square, Times Square and Columbus Circle, before entering Upper Manhattan and passing institutions like Lincoln Center, Columbia University and City College.

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