First of all, both Ken & Ric Burns pretty much rock! The wife and I have watched all 8 discs of this series TWICE! And I would totally watch them again.
The series documents the history of New York starting from it's original founding as a dutch trading outpost all the way through 9/11. If you ever plan on visiting Manhattan, this is required viewing my friends.
For instance, did you know that in the early days the settlers had to build a wall East to West across Manhattan as a defence against the Indians? The road that ran along that fence was and is still known as Wall Street.
Did you also know that George Washington lived in New York while he was President? That the church he attended is still in operation? That the Stock Exchange started as a group of people trading cattle under a particular tree?
It is a great American story of how a small backwater settlement became the unofficial capital of the world.
I wasn't able to find a trailer online but you can get the series on netflix.
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