Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 3

Beyond Burning Gotham: Episode 3

These episodes are the history compendium for the preceding Burning Gotham chapters. They’ll help paint the picture on what was really going on in 1835. Our characters live in a New York rapidly becoming the most important city in the western world.

In this episode we’ll focus on The spoils system, John Jacob Astor, and development up Manhattan island. Burning Gotham Chapter five is called: Irving and Astor. 

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Download Episode Transcript

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Featured interviews:

Daniel Levy
Glen Umberger
Jeff Broxmeyer
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Important Links
New York Landmarks Concervancy
Electoral Capitalism: The Party System in New York's Gilded Age — By Jeff Broxmeyer
Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York — Daniel Levy

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Director & Post-Producer:
James Scully

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