because it is the oldest sport in the country. itself saw just about every racehorse that ever lived. not all of them, but most of them. the new york times magazine said that the battles for saratoga were the most important battles ever fought in the entire world in the last 1000 years because they resulted in surrender. it was the first time ever in world history that a british army surrendered. welcome to saratoga springs, on american history tv. healing mineral waters, revolutionary war battles, and world-renowned horseracing are all part of the city s history. it is located about four hours north of new york city, and has a population of about 27,000. with the help of our spectrum cable partners, for the next 75 minutes we will learn about the city s history, including its connection to civil war and american president ulysses s. grant. we begin our special feature on the battlefield that changed the tide in the revolutionary war. the new york times magazine said
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, let s give barry lewis a warm welcome. [applause] barry: i don t 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 mo
graduatean and harvard school of architecture. we always like to ask everyone off cell phones and beepers and now let s give barry lewis a warm welcome. you. don t need wis: i that. you know me. i m all over the stage. interesting i had people talking to me about the lecture. about theally talking whreubrooklyn bridge ands as brooklyn. new york would never admit it needed rooklyn but it it. again, just in case people were series of three lectures i did the first one bout a month ago and in recouping that remember new york and staten island becomes a by the 1820 s and 180 s. in phafrpblt and 1875 one manhattan island. that is called growth. 1860 s upper left is an print of the built up part of manhattan and new york. those days new york city feels manhattan island and when river you ross the were in the independent city of brooklyn. by the time you get to the 1860 s the bridge will begin in 1869. reason it was needed by the ime you get to the late 1860 s downtown new york is t
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 let s give barry lewis a warm welcome. thank you. [applause] professor lewis: i don t need that. you know me. i m all over the stage. actually it is interesting there it i had people talking to me about the lecture. i m 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, it s 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 1820 s and 180 s. 1830 s. 60,000
you were dreaming last night. i thought my roof was going to cave in. we both came in, pounding on the roof. skyline. there you go. for some up north, you re like hey we haven t had that much rain. you will get some later on. i think the thunderstorm activity will pop up more north. santa cruz mountains, wet and cool. 46. moderate to heavy rain overnight with an inch and two thirds. some reports of two day totals over three. watch how that stays lit up. also there s very heavy rain coming in around saar towing a campbell and san jose. in the lexington hills, around willow glenn, evergreen and santa clara, that is some of the strongest cells right there. the key is the low is getting closer to us and enhancing the rainfall rates. a little isolated areas continue to move there. this is two forecasts. one south of san francisco. the other to the north. walnut creek getting good rain. that stretches back over to bay point, concord and also pleasant hill. it s been going, go