The Bowery Boys: New York City History

#44 Rikers Island

Episode Summary

What do Salvador Dali, John Jacob Astor, Peter Stuyvesant, the Civil War, and a big pile of trash have to do with the world's biggest penal colony? We connect the dots in this history of Rikers Island. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

Episode Notes

What do Salvador Dali, John Jacob Astor, Peter Stuyvesant, the Civil War, and a big pile of trash have to do with the world's biggest penal colony? We connect the dots in this history of Rikers Island.
www.boweryboyspodcast.com

Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys