Horses have been and should be a timeless feature of NYC. Join us as we review the horses at the dawn of the skyscraper age, their disappearance, and the future of our hood today. Read the article and find images at https://dovecote.substack.com/p/horses-make-nyc-beautiful

Join us as we reveal an on-going 200-year-old milk war in New York City, from the loss of our country milk to the current skim-milk law for our school children. To read this piece and see photos, etc, head over to dovecote.substack.com and subscribe.

Come on a journey as we spot the goats in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, remember the sheep of Central Park, and contemplate beauty, pasture, health, and the future of our world. Find images and morea at the post for this episode at https://dovecote.substack.com/p/bring-the-sheep-back-to-central-park

In which we introduce a new season of City Between: Dovecote. New York City history, culture, animals, health and adventure.

In this episode of City Between we watch 1971's "The French Connection" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam dig deep Popeye, 1970s Locations, Sea Lemons, shabby pizza, NYPD, the French and more - Join us! Find out more information at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurston.com.

In this episode of City Between we watch 1998's "The Siege" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam dig deep on deep on the Deep State, on Denzel Washington, FBI, Greenpoint, martial law in NYC, CIA working with the NYPD's "demographic unit", eating oranges and more. Join us! Find out more information at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurston.com.

In this episode of City Between we unpack 1975's "Three Days of the Condor" to talk about the culture and history of NYC. Bruce and Sam discuss a *true* NY alley, CIA fronts in the city, sexy Max von Sydow, Robert Redford as "bookish", KGB's reaction to the film, the Faye Dunaway kidnapping and more... join us! This is the first film in the trilogy of this month's theme: The Deep State. Find out more at www.citybetween.com and more about our theme music at www.dylanthurson.com.

In Season 2 of City Between we are watching films about New York City each month to talk about its history and culture. Each month we pick a theme and the next one is the "Deep State". We will be watching "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), "The Siege" (1998), and "The Art of War" (2000). Join us! More info at www.citybetween.com and music by www.dylanthurston.com.

This week we watch 1972's "The Godfather" to complete our theme of "Legendary Gangsters". Each week City Between uses a film to talk about the history and culture of NYC. Bruce and Sam dive in on the absence of the word "mafia", Marlon Brando, Andrew and Chris Cuomo's antagonistic relationship to the film, Frank Sinatra, Little Italy demographics, the America Italian Anti-Defamation League's mob problem, and more - join us! Our theme music is by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and you can find our more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

Join us in Season 2 as we watch NY films to explore the city's culture and history. This week we are in the middle of our Legendary Gangster theme and watched 1989's "Harlem Nights". It remains the only time Eddie Murphy directed a film. For this one Bruce and Sam dig in on gangsters in 1930s Harlem, alley ways, Richard Pryor, Red Fox, Eddie Murphy's crazy career high at this time, the many strange and fascinating scenes in this idiosyncratic film, "The Cotton Club", and more - join us! Music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and find our more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Next week we will watch "The Godfather".

In Season 2 of City Between we take on a film each episode to talk about NYC's history and culture. In this episode we discuss Walter Hill's 1979 classic "The Warriors". Bruce and Sam talk Michael Jackson's "Bad" video, gang names in NY in the 1970s, the failing subway system, Xenophon, Greek themes, production trouble, the Furies, Riverside Park, Hoyt-Schermerhorn, cemeteries and more in our "Legendary Gang Stories" theme.  Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com).

At the City Between podcast we discuss the films set in NYC to talk about NY's culture and history. In this episode we announce our next trilogy of films - Legendary Gang Stories - as well as some updates from NYC's reopening. We discuss what happened to the Raymond Street Jail, give a tip on the "The Great Gatsby" swimming pool and a report from Montero's Bar. Our new trilogy will begin next week. Find our more at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston www.dylanthurston.com.

In this episode we discuss Howard Hawke's 1940 film "His Girl Friday" to conclude our trilogy on the theme of Women at Work. Bruce and Sam dive deep on fast "natural" dialogue, the last hanging in NYC, rum in coffee, what is a "girl Friday", newspapers, corrupt mayors and more of NY culture and history. Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com).

In this episode we discuss Darnell Martin's 1994 film "I Like it Like That" about a young woman in the Bronx trying to make sense of a faltering marriage, new career and her place in the world. Bruce and Sam get into the history of stoops, Martin's work for Spike Lee, blackouts, Rita Moreno, and more. Join us at City Between for season 2 where use the films of NY to discuss the city's history and culture. Theme music by Dylan Thurston (www.dylanthurston.com) and more info about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

In this episode of City Between we discuss the film "Working Girl" 1988 to dive into NY's history and culture. Bruce and Sam go deep on the Staten Island Ferry, commuter shoes, tequila, chardonnay, secretaries, the Customs House, Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford and more - Join us! This is the first film in a trilogy about working women - next up is 1994's "I Like it Like That". Join us!  The amazing theme music is by Dylan Thurston - find out more at www.dylanthurston.com. Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

At the City Between podcast we discuss the films set in NYC to talk about NY's culture and history. In this episode we announce our next trilogy of films as well as some updates from NYC's reopening - bars, museums and more we are excited about returning from the pandemic. Our new trilogy will begin next week. Find our more at www.citybetween.com.

In this episode we discuss Baz Lurhmann's 2013 epic "The Great Gatsby" and talk about NY history and culture. Bruce and Sam get into speakeasies, Jazz and Hip-Hop, Fitzgerald's lost love, Prohibition, 3-D, the Valley of Ashes, Jay Leno, the Plaza, East Egg vs. West Egg and more (they do not discuss the green light). Jump in and join the ride..  The amazing theme music is by Dylan Thurston - find out more at www.dylanthurston.com.  Find out more about this episode at www.citybetween.com.

City Between is a podcast about NY history and culture explored through film. In this episode we discuss Whit Stillman's "Metropolitan" (1990) and what the film can tell us about New York history and culture. Bruce and Sam talk about The Plaza, the Urban Haute Bourgeoisie, tuxedos, UES bars, the Fifth Avenue windows, Jane Austen, Debutante Balls, the Aristocracy, late night conversations, Automats, Checker Cabs, and more.  The amazing theme music is by Dylan Thurston - find out more at www.dylanthurston.com

This is the first episode of Season 2 of City Between. In this episode we discuss the 1993 film Age of Innocence by Martin Scorsese. Bruce and Sam talk about the 1870s in New York, elite New Yorkers, interior decorating, Edith Wharton, Edith’s hatred of Brownstones, old Dutch farmhouses, Roman Punch, Daniel Day Lewis, Troy, Hoboken Terminal, Washington Irving, Powell and Pressburger, Wes Anderson, the opera, Winona Ryder, Thelma Schoonmaker, romance, Black Narcissus, and more!  In the new season of the City Between Podcast we use film to explore the unexpected and interesting corners of New York history and culture. Come join us as we dive deep on the what the films set in and about New York can tell us about its fascinating and endless revealing history and culture. Find images and more related to this episode at www.citybetween.com. Theme music by Dylan Thurston. Find out more at www.dylanthurston.com.

The City Between Podcast takes curiosity and adventure as its guiding principles in searching for unexpected corners of New York City history and culture. In today's episode we meet the "Turks of Coney Island", an off-season troupe of performers who worked at the "Streets of Cairo" in Coney Island in 1896 and 1897. This finishes our current series on the Moorish influences in New York. Find more information at www.citybetween.com. You can find our more about Dylan Thurston, who composed our theme music at www.dylanthurson.com.  SEASON 1 - ESSAYS ABOUT NEW YORK HISTORY AND CULTURE