Episode #101: NOHO: Gilded Age Origins of an Iconic New York Neighborhood
New York’s NOHO neighborhood, wedged between Greenwich Village and the East Village, holds the stories of many people and places that then went on to become deeply associated with the great Gilded Age. The Astor family began their dynasty here in both investment and real estate as did the well-known Dutch-American merchant family the Schermerhorns.
Caroline Schermerhorn, who became the famed Mrs. Astor, grew up right here on Bond Street along with many members of her family. NOHO today still contains many remnants of its early 19th-century glamorous past and sites where the tensions between the wealthy residents of the Lafayette Place neighborhood clashed with the growing immigrant population just one street away on the Bowery.
Master Bowery Boys Walks tour guide Aaron Schielke joins Carl for a look at this fascinating neighborhood, which includes stories of the rich and famous as well as the macabre details of a dramatic and grisly 19th-century murder that took place on Bond Street in the heart of NOHO that remains unsolved to this day.
Carl is joined by special guest:
Aaron Schielke, city expert and tour guide for Bowery Boys Walks.
LISTEN NOW: NOHO: Gilded Age Origins of an Iconic New York Neighborhood
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