The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast - EP007: Spanning The Narrows

In The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast episode 7 we pick up our chats with some of the influential women of Bay Ridge, and go back in time to highlight the beginning of the destruction of Bay Ridge for the construction of the Verrazzano Bridge. Highlights:• New Year’s Day 1959: The Narrows Bridge Approach is Approved• Jan Rideout in Dallas and Mississippi• Bay Ridge Homes to Be Destroyed: Progress or Tyranny?• Jordan Gass-Pooré on The Gowanus Canal• Catherine O’Rourke of Cellary on Opening up the Shop• January Jokes from Freddie Friday• Erica Stavrou of Owl’s Head Yoga on Opening up the Shop and Beyond• The Fight to Call the Narrows Bridge the Verrazano Bridge• Michelle Perricone of Anthony’s Butcher & Deli on Growing as a Business Owner and January Offerings• The End of January 1959• Sal and Daymein Forte on Who is the Better Dancer• Looking Ahead to Bay Ridge’s Food and DrinkThe reading material used in today’s episode included articles from: • The New York Daily News• The New York TimesBe on the lookout for walking tours I’m leading. Jordan Gass-Pooré and I are launching a new tour of Gowanus called “Gowanus: From Revolutionary Battlefront to Toxic Wonderland" on Sunday February 8th, and Sunday February 22nd. Both tours will be at 1PM. For tickets and more info, please go to Linktr.ee/TheWallBreakers. You can also find ticket links through @thewallbreakers on Instagram or the tours and events tab at TheWallBreakers.com. Subscribe to The Bay Ridge Digest Podcast everywhere you get your podcasts.To submit a story lead, please go to BayRidgeDigest.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bayridgedigest/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bayridgedigest