. >> american history tv, authored donald miller explores manhattan's transformation in the 1920's from an urban backwater to the cultural capital of the united states. "supreme author of city: how jazz age manhattan gave birth to modern america." he describes ambitious individuals such as walter chrysler, who oversaw the skies bigger building boom. we also hear about the creat

. >> american history tv, authored donald miller explores manhattan's transformation in the 1920's from an urban backwater to the cultural capital of the united states. "supreme author of city: how jazz age manhattan gave birth to modern america." he describes ambitious individuals such as walter chrysler, who oversaw the skies bigger building boom. we also hear about the creation of cultural and architectural feats that are now a comic symbols of new york city. this event was hosted by the new york public library, and last about 90 minutes. >> thank you, lois. i want to thank the library for organizing this event. can you guys hear me in the back? can you hear me now? no? yes? i will speak loudly. it is great to be in the city, lecturing on the city that he wrote about. in the very place in the city that you wrote about -- midtown manhattan. a couple of preliminaries before we roll into this illustrated talk. i like that better than powerpoint, as a term. i'm not good at powerpoint. luddite, i'm i'm a just a technological idiot. not the book i originally set out to right. the original

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