Cityscape

It’s the kind of story that keeps moviegoers on the edge of their seats -- a lethal pandemic quickly spreads through a crowded city as the medical community races to stop it.  But, throughout history, health officials in New York City have had their own real-life dramas dealing with disease, including bouts with smallpox.  

On this week’s Cityscape, host George Bodarky's conversation with author Steven Schrader, whose dad was known as a "king of 7^th Avenue fashion."

A hundred years ago this weekend, the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic as it made its way from Southampton to New York City.  It was the ship’s maiden voyage, and a century later the story of the tragedy still captures people’s imaginations. 

We’re all familiar with the phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle.”  But, for some people, that goes far beyond just separating their trash into paper, plastic and glass.