Cityscape: Presidential Politics
With election day inching closer and closer, we’re focusing our attention on presidential politics on this week's Cityscape.
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With election day inching closer and closer, we’re focusing our attention on presidential politics on this week's Cityscape.
New York City’s home to world famous art museums, like the MET, MoMA and the Guggenheim. But, on this week's Cityscape we’re discovering art in the unlikeliest of places – including a hair salon and hospital examination rooms.
People spend a lot of time on the streets of Manhattan looking up at the skyscrapers that surround them. But not many people get to look at the city from above unless it’s from an observatory like the one at the Empire State Building or on Top of the Rock.
ARUP Sound Lab is an acoustics consulting firm in Lower Manhattan. They're working with the MTA on the acoustics of the 2nd Avenue Subway. They're also participating in Open House New York this year, for more info visit OHNY.org.
Click below for a longer interview with Rob Dunn, associate professor of Biology at North Carolina State University -- his team discovered a new species of ant in Manhattan
Every Saturday, WFUV's Cityscape explores the people, places and spirit of New York City in new and unique ways. We journey to fascinating places and meet interesting people, but we wouldn’t be able to do that without support from listeners who appreciate this kind of programming.
As we move from summer to fall -- change is in the air. With that in mind we’re going with a theme of “change” on this week's Cityscape.
New York City’s been home to and has inspired countless musicians over the years, from Bob Dylan to the Doo Wop group, Dion and the Belmonts. Musical history runs deep throughout the five boroughs.
Amateur Night at Harlem's famed Apollo Theater has launched the careers of some of the world’s greatest artists, including Ella Fitzgerald and the Jackson Five. But, not all of them were initially well-received.
Picture it. New York City minus the high-rise buildings. Anyone who wants to get a glimpse of what the city looked like before all of the concrete, should look no further than the New York Botanical Garden.