American Experience · SEASON 12

New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow

Episode 3 · 1999-11-16

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Episode overview

"Sunshine and Shadow: 1865-1898" During the Gilded Age, New York "was home to the greatest concentration of wealth in human history," says narrator David Ogden Stiers. And, he adds, "the greatest concentration of poverty." This episode surveys that dichotomy, from Fifth Avenue mansions to slums documented by Jacob Riis in "How the Other Half Lives." Also recalled: the fall of William H. "Boss" Tweed ("he took a fall for the system," claims Pete Hamill).

55 minutes

Season 12 episodes

1. New York (1): The Country and the City1999-11-14 2. New York (2): Order and Disorder1999-11-15 3. New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow1999-11-16 4. New York (4): The Power and the People1999-11-17 5. New York (5): Cosmopolis1999-11-18 6. Eleanor Roosevelt2000-01-10 7. Houdini2000-01-24 8. Nixon's China Game2000-01-31 9. The Duel2000-02-14 10. John Brown's Holy War2000-02-28 11. George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1)2000-04-23 12. George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2)2000-04-24 13. Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory2000-05-01 14. Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life2000-05-08 15. The Wizard of Photography2000-05-23