Has anyone caught this series about the history of the NYC neighborhoods/streets! if you are a NYC-phile this series is "must see". The latest installment was of Central Park. The two hosts, who's name's escape me at this momement, are very informative. I should say "one" is iformative, the other just acts as the 'interviewer'!

JOHN

"Hosts" is David Hartman,(of earlier "Good Morning America" fame)and historian Barry Lewis. Earlier shows were about Broadway (which spans all of Manhattan) and Brooklyn (2 parts)

They also did 42nd Street, river to river.

When are they on?

They also did one on Greenwich Village.
To answer Lisa, check your local PBS station listings. The latest one on Central Park is currently making the rounds on PBS stations. They are not a regularly scheduled series, but one appears every few months.

There are now six episodes in the series -- the one not mentioned above is on Harlem.

There are video clips, links and other stuff about these shows at the WNET web site. Go to
http://www.thirteen.org/centralpark/

And while you're there, why not join WNET? One way that NYC is not "back to normal" is that some people who don't have cable television still aren't getting various broadcast stations. WNET (Channel 13) lost its transmitter -- and the transmitter's operator/engineer -- on 9/11. Here's a link to a membership option whereby you get all six walking tours!

http://www.thirteen.org/cgi-bin/join/order.html?mv_arg=6193001

I suppose that's "advertising," but since it's for a non-commercial station perhaps it won't offend anyone here.

And out-of-towners, remember the advice posted elsewhere on this board: when walking in Manhattan, please observe the traffic lights! Don't act like the German tourists, who can't seem to get it in their kopfs that FLASHING "Don't Walk" means walk fast, and SOLID "Don't Walk" means run!

And either Barry Lewis or the producer of the series said the next one they're working on will be on Newark, New Jersey! Loved the Broadway show, Harlem show and especially Central Park. I missed the others and must catch them sometime.

I liked this series too, particularly the Greenwich Village and Harlem episodes. There was another great series on PBS in the last year or so that covered the entire history of New York City, that I also thought was excellent.