American Experience
Season 14 Episode 2 - New York (7): The City and the World
6.6 ?
1988
Documentary
Conclusion. "The City and the World" begins in 1945, with New York "at the pinnacle," says historian David McCullough. By 1975 it was: "Ford to City: Drop Dead," as a Daily News headline put it. The program charts the city's decline as it follows what narrator David Ogden Stiers calls "a maelstrom of destruction in the name of urban renewal." Part and parcel of it were the highways Robert Moses built, many through vibrant neighborhoods. The city rebounded in the '80s.
Episodes in Season 14
1
New York (6): The City of Tomorrow
55 min
2
New York (7): The City and the World
55 min
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3
War Letters
55 min
4
Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man
55 min
5
Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World
55 min
6
Mount Rushmore
55 min
7
Miss America
55 min
8
Zoot Suit Riots
55 min
9
Monkey Trial
55 min
10
Public Enemy #1
55 min
11
Ansel Adams
55 min
12
A Brilliant Madness
55 min
13
Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior
55 min
14
Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President
55 min
