SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE CITY
Neighborhoods:
NYC TV 25 on Demand: Cool in Your Code
http://nyc.gov/html/nycmg/nyctvod/html/home/home.html
Meet Philadelphia:
http://www.pbs.org/philadiary/interviews/index.html
Cities & Towns on About.com:
http://video.about.com/citiestowns.htm
Majora Carter discusses greening the ghetto:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/majora_carter_s_tale_of_urban_renewal.html
The Story of Brooklyn:
http://pbskids.org/bigapplehistory/media_players/building15.html
Public Housing:
Click on La Guardia Radio Programs:
Mayor La Guardia The Dreamer and the Doer: Health and Housing
http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu/defaultc.htm
CUNY Radio Podcasts: The Dreamer and the Doer: Health and Housing
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=37
Mass Protest:
Voices of the Civil Rights Movement:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/getupstandup/flash_labor.html
1963 March on Washington:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/08_washington.html#video
1960 Non-Violent Protests:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/04_nonviolence.html#video
Riots in Detroit:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/13_detroit.html#video
Conflict in Chicago:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/24_housing.html#video
Labor Songs at labor-studies.org
http://www.labor-studies.org/laborsongs.php
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/getupstandup/flash_labor.html
“Union Maid”
http://www.labor-studies.org/Music/Union_Made.mp3
“Talking Union”
http://www.labor-studies.org/Music/talking_union.mp3
New York Times: A Video Report on Gay and Lesbian homeless youth
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/khtml/2007/05/17/us/20070517
_GAY_FEATURE.html
Queer Cultural Center Presents Audio and Video of GLBTQ Academics,
Performers and Activists
http://www.queerculturalcenter.org/Pages/Mad/MadIndex.html
Arts:
From the Top at Carnegie Hall:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/fromthetop/pages/
Live from Lincoln Center:
http://www.lincolncenter.org/asc_load_screen.asp?screen=lflc_video_vignettes
CUNY Radio Podcasts: Louis Armstrong: At Home in Corona
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/
CUNY Radio Podcasts: Peter Gelb: Take Risks to Succeed
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=8
Markets:
Take a tour of the Pike Place Market, Seattle
http://www.pikeplacemarket.org/frameset.asp?flash=true
Government:
CUNY Radio Podcasts: The Dreamer and the Doer:
The Rise of a Reformer
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=37
CUNY Radio Podcasts: The Dreamer and the Doer:
LaGuardia and the Physical City
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=37
Skyscrapers:
NYC TV on Demand: Secrets of New York; Blueprint
http://nyc.gov/html/nycmg/nyctvod/html/home/home.html
Parks:
CUNY Radio Podcasts: Civic Leader Diana Taylor Stresses the Importance of Parks
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=12
It’s my Park: NYC Dept. Of parks and Recreation:
http://nycgovparks.org/sub_newsroom/video/
NYC TV 25 on Demand: Blueprint: Central Park
http://nyc.gov/html/nycmg/nyctvod/html/home/home.html
Transportation:
CUNY Radio Podcasts: Transportation Expert Provides a View of the City in 2030
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=12
CUNY Radio Podcasts: Next Security Step in Subways
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=14
The Airport 1948:
http://www.archive.org/details/AirportT1948
A Great Railroad at Work, (Part III) 1942:
http://www.archive.org/details/GreatRai1942_3
Ken Burns on the Brooklyn Bridge:
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/brooklynbridge/film/
World’s Fairs:
To The Fair (Pt 1) 1965:
http://www.archive.org/details/ToTheFairA
1964 New York World's Fair Report: Robert Moses Construction:
http://www.archive.org/details/1964NewY1961
Education: (Fiorello H. La Guardia: Urban Reformer)
CUNY Radio Podcasts:
CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein Talks Education Reform
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=12
CUNY Radio Podcasts: Education Consultant Assesses City
Schools Reorganization
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=12
CUNY Radio Podcasts: Crime Scene Experience
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/
Workers:
CUNY Radio Podcasts:
The Dreamer and the Doer: LaGuardia and Organized Labor
http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?cat=37
