Treasures of New York
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Seasons | 8
Episodes | 57
avg.Runtime | min
First EP | 2012-02-04
Last EP | 2023-11-29
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Treasures of New York is a documentary series exploring New York City's premier cultural establishments, from The New York Botanical Gardens, to the Park Avenue Armory, and beyond.
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season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 2012-02-04
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Hearst Tower
2012-02-04
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Hearst's world headquarters, New York City's first completed "green" office building. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster, the Tower redefined the modern skyscraper and pioneered a sustainable architectural vision for the 21st century. Paula Zahn hosts.
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Park Avenue Armory
2012-04-05
This documentary explores how the once endangered, crumbling, Park Avenue Armory, one of New York's hidden jewels from a bygone era is being restored and being reinvented, rapidly becoming a new performing arts center. Hosted by Morley Safer.
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The New-York Historical Society
2012-04-05
Hosted and narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, this film follows the renovation and reinvention of the New-York Historical Society, New York's oldest museum and one of the nation's most important American history research institutions. The film goes behind the scenes for an inside look at the days leading up to the grand reopening to reveal the dramatic restoration of its landmark building on Central Park West.
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Building Stories
2012-05-02
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Lincoln Center
2012-06-03
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Pratt Institute
2012-06-13
Discover the prestigious art and design college's vibrant Brooklyn history through the eyes of the two men who "built" it: industrialist Charles Pratt, who founded the school in 1887, and Dr. Thomas F. Schutte, who has been articulating Pratt's vision since he became the school's President in 1993. Hosted by former Pratt student and celebrated writer Pete Hamill, the film explores Pratt's architectural and cultural impact.
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Art Underground
2012-06-27
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City Parks
2012-09-05
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Roosevelt House
2012-09-06
Take an intimate look at the Roosevelt House (now owned by Hunter College) where FDR recovered from polio, where he celebrated his election to the Presidency in 1932, and where he planned the New Deal. Hosted by Jon Meacham.
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Ocean Keeper
2012-11-01
History of the Amagansett Life-Saving Station.
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New York State Capitol
2012-12-05
Controversy surrounding the construction of the New York State Capitol building in Albany, N.Y.
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Museum of Natural History
2012-12-10
For nearly 150 years, the American Museum of Natural History, which is comprised of 45 exhibition halls and houses over 32 million specimens and artifacts, has been a venerated enclave of science and natural history and one of the world's leading research and educational institutions. Hosted by Tom Brokaw.
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