Ep 15 -Bethesda Terrace - A Moorish Paradise in Central Park
Dovecote - Dispatches from the Forests of NYC - A City Between Podcast
English - February 08, 2020 17:42 - 29 minutes - 34.1 MB - ★★★★ - 36 ratingsHistory Education history newyork nyc culture film movies Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the City Between podcast explore the unexpected corners of New York City history. In this episode we go in search of traces of the Moorish palace, the Alhambra, in NYC's Central Park. We are on the trail of the iconic American writer Washington Irving who lived in the Alhambra in the 1820s and who would inspire generations of Americans to attempt to recreate that Moorish paradise right here in New York. We uncover the inspiration behind Calvert Vaux's and Jacob Wrey Mould's Bethesda Terrace and Fountain in Central Park. Join us! Find out more about our podcast, tours and more at www.citybetween.com.