We Built This City

New York (1x2)

Fecha de emisión: Oct 12, 2003

A look at the history of New York. The city was originally founded by Dutch settlers in 1624, but then a series of hugely ambitious engineering projects was undertaken, including the Brooklyn Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time. The technology behind skyscrapers is revealed. Featuring a computer simulation of what the unsettled Manhattan Island might have looked like.