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Back in 1788, this was how everyone shared Important News of the day like whether or not to ratify the new constitution. Luckily, with me today i have steve of the american historical bill chrystal and we will have Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton tells about exactly why we should or should not have a bill of rights. Just to set a little context , in 1788 we have successfully revolted from england. We are trying to form a new nation and we have the articles of confederation, which unfortunately are not working very well. We have a government, but it is tenuous and we think what we really need to do is to create a new constitution that will bring us all together. The question is should this constitution be ratified . Is it good enough . Mr. Hamilton, i hear you have some very strong opinions about this . Ther ....
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 s ....