CUNY Podcasts

When completed in 1913, Cass Gilbert’s Woolworth Building was the world’s tallest skyscraper and the jewel of Manhattan, but today its majestic crown is barely visible behind a maze of glass and steel towers. “I wonder whether, indeed, the new skyline taking shape before us will possess the sa...

The draft riots in New York City, which took place during the summer of 1863, remain to this day the worst civil disturbance in American history. In his 2002 book, “Paradise Alley,” Kevin Baker used the chaotic event as a backdrop for the critically acclaimed historical novel. “This really was...

Barbara Ann Naddeo, associate professor of history at City College, discusses the early city of Naples, the subject of her book in progress, "Birth of a Metropolis: The Open City and Social Sciences of Naples 1650-1800," which was awarded a 2010 Rome Prize and enabled her to study at the American Ac...