American presidents and New York City have always had a special bond The 2016 presidential election was momentous for all sorts of reasons. Here?s one reason less likely to cause strife at your family?s Thanksgiving dinner this year: For the first time in 70 years, presidential candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties held their election night events in New York City.
But while it had been quite some time since the City That Never Sleeps captured the national spotlight in this way, New York has a long, wild, wonderfully weird history when it comes to U.S. presidents. Greg Young, a co-host of Bowery Boys podcast, sat down with the Curbed Appeal in the show?s second season finale to give us the details.
Alexander Hamilton fans, there?s something here for you. Delight in the macabre" You?re in luck. Just generally love New York City and want to know its secrets" Young is here for you. Take a listen?or read an interview transcript in full?below. And what to learn more about the Bowery Boys and their new book The Bowery Boys: Adventures In Old New York, head on over to Curbed NY.
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Zoe Rosenberg: I'm Zoe Rosenberg.

Asad Syrkett: And I'm Asad Syrkett.

Zoe: And you're listening to The Appeal, the Curbed podcast.

Asad: Today, the day after a momentous election?which I think is a diplomatic and generous adjective to use to describe everything that's happened in the last bit ...