Historical society. He is an architectural historian who specializes in European Architecture of the 18th and 20th centuries. He is best known throughout new videohrough a series of walking tour is presented by channel 13 including the Emmy Award Nominated shows 42nd street, broadway and harlem. He has lectured at numerous venues, including columbia university, the Smithsonian Institute and the harvard graduate before we begin we would like to ask everyone to turn off cell phones, electronic beepers, lets give barry lewis a warm welcome. [applause] barry i dont need that. Me, i am all over the stage. It is interesting, i had some people talking to me about this lecture. I am not talking about the Brooklyn Bridge as much as brooklyn. Why brooklyn needed the bridge and more so than that, new york. New york would never ever admit that they needed brooklyn but they needed it. Just in case people were not here, it was a series of three lectures. I did the first one about a month ago. In rec
He is best known throughout new york for the series of video walking tours presented by channel 13, including the Emmy Award Nominated shows 42nd street, broadway and harlem. He lectured at numerous vienna venues, including columbia, university of pennsylvania and smithsonian and Harvard Graduate School of planning and architecture. We always like to ask everyone to turn off cell phones and electronic beepers. Now lets give barry lewis a warm welcome. Thank you. [applause] professor lewis i dont need that. You know me. Im all over the stage. Actually it is interesting there it i had people talking to me about the lecture. Im not really talking about the the Brooklyn Bridge as much as brooklyn. New york would never admit it needed brooklyn but it needed it. Again, just in case people were not here, its a series of three lectures. I did the first one about a month ago. Remember new york and Staten Island becomes a premier city by the 1820s and 180s. 1830s. 60,000 in manhattan in 1800 and
Moments after a struggle with an officer ended with Police Shooting the suspect. The police first alerted to the breakin thanks to the owner and her nanny cam. Eyewitness News Reporter jim dolan is in queens with new details about the suspect. This woman has one of those apps on her phone thats hooked up to a camera, lets her see whats going on inside her apartment. She saw the burglary in progress. She called 911. She wasnt worried about cash or jewelry or a big screen tv. She was w her dog. And she may have risked her life to save that dog. Reporter police surrounded the house on 66th street in maspeth today, guns drawn, a tense and dangerous situation, and in to all that, watch this. The woman with the gold purse starts calling for her dog, lisa. Lisa lisa reporter knowing there are police with guns drawn inside, she goes in anyway to get her out. Because moments later [ screaming ] [ gunshots ] reporter you see the suspect run out but he was shot in the groin. He didnt get far. The
Champion of neighborhood policing, rolled out in 51 of precincts this fall. You will see what it means in lives of everyday new yorkers when they actually know the officer who patrols their part of the neighborhood, they know the officers name, they have a sense of approximate arsenal connection. Reporter in addition to improving Community Relations he takes office during a corruption investigation, continued terror threats and Police Officers tarted nationwide. Oneill feels he is ready in mother. To be a sound and moral man and to always do the right thing. And he has. Reporter oneill takes over in mid september. Its not clear where bratton is heading next. Dick, thank you. For many bill bratton has he is leaving amid controversy and dramatic change in how communities view police. Our cbs political reporter is here with that part of the story. Reporter bill bratton is a cops cop. He started walking the beat in boston 45 years ago and has had two terms as head of nypd. He quit the firs
Fled. And in her driveway. Suffering from the laceration to her head. She was transported to elmhurst hospital where she is listed in stable condition. Following a brief surgical procedure, doctors removed an object from underneath her scalp. Preliminary inspection of this object indicates it appears to be a short piece of wire cable about a quarter inch in length. Reporter now police tell us that they are still unsure exactly how that wire ended up in the womans head. The suspect was shot in the groin. s burglar with six prior arrests. Well have much more coming up tonight at 6 00. We are live tonight from maspeth, queens, Tracee Carrasco cbs2 news. Thank you, tracee. Police are closing in on the hitandrun driver who killed two men in brooklyn. Security video shows the speeding car striking the men as they crossed the street. Cbs2 emily smith live with more on the investigation. Emily . Reporter maurice, you can see behind me a sign that is information. Its true, commissioner bradden