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ella fitzgerald's husband tried to steal the article. it was very restrained design and these are the first skyscrapers built for permanent living. they do this by selling something we all know about today and people didn't know about then because it's new. they sold the air rights to developers. he said with the revenue plucked from the air, we can create a vary tabl city. he called it terminal. the city around the terminal. we is build a beautiful section of the city. there is big happening on fifth off. this is before the war when it's called vanderbilt avenue. it is lined from 41st street to central park with vanderbilt mansions. some of them a block wide, a block sized mansions all the way down here. here it is on easter sunday 1913. a lot of the commanding influences and a lot of older vanderbilt his died. they couldn't keep them up. some of them had the money to do it, but it's hard to hire irish maids. a group of aggressive young real estate agents from the lower east side come in and buy these mansions and the day after they bou

. -- ella fitzgerald. i could hear words in these syllables that seemed to not say anything.. i was trying to interpret that. in this dance i see all those things i talked about. i see martial arts, i see the influence of michael jackson. i see the influence of singing. sometimes, the mouth or eyes are moving. that was the inspiration. >> much success to you. >> thank you. >> we have had much association with alvin ailey the alvin ailey american dance theater. it is sad that alvin ailey didn't see his medal of honor. thanks for joining us. ♪ >> i am just green. >> i'm john heilemann. with all respect to john harbaugh, everyday we work is just like being back in college. >> it is our year in review part one. we will be running through our list. today is our six to his political stories of the year. obama and the good economy. the establishment party the po-po, and the world of flame.

the one accolades and her tribute to another jazz legend, ella fitzgerald. >> you've talked about your >> why france? >> she's always dreamed of france. like i think a lot of black musicians. we have a thing about frarns france because in the '30s and '40s and '50s you couldn't be considered a human being even. you were in france going through front door, you were part of the party just as much as everybody. the list ever black musicians who -- list of black musicians in europe is extremely long. >> that history started when millions of american soldiers were sent across the atlantic ohelp france defeat germany in world war i. 200,000 african americans segregated, accompanied by their own jazz bands. the war weary french the sound of early jazz was a revelation and an instant hit. many black musicians tired of prejudice they still faced at home, jumped at the chance to stay and dazzle a city where the color lines were more fluid. >> found out there was a lot of gigs and a lot of playing they could do they would come over and get stuck. >> in the shadow of the sacre koeur, turned a he s

it also reminded me of ella fitzgerald. i love jazz. and scanning--scatting.hese syllables that seemed to not say anything. i see all of those things that i have talked about in the stands, i see martial arts and the influence of michael jackson. i see the influence of thinking, sometimes the mouth is moving or the a's. sometimes that was the inspiration. >> much success to you. >> thank you very much. >> we have had a long relationship in terms of out an and dance. it is a great pleasure. i am sorry that he did not live to see the idea that the president of the united states an african-american, would put around his neck. the highest honor this country can give. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ >> here's johnny. >> from the moment he stepped on stage to the day he said goodbye -- the king of late night was johnny carson. >> he went right into the homes across america. >> mom, i am on tv.

my father during that time, he had billie holiday appeared, he had ella fitzgerald, all the big nameschanged? has it changed? >> i think tremendously. gay lifestyle is much more accepted. well, just look at this setting. do you have the ring? oh, helzberg diamonds. another beautiful setting. i'm not crying. i've just got a bit of sand in my eyes, that's all. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> over a century ago, provincetown was a hard-working fishing village with multigenerational families of fishermen. >> my name's bo gribbon. my father fished, and i was pretty much raised here my whole life. where i'm from. this is who i am. but it used to be like two out of three families in this town, this community, were fishing families. most of them are now gone. and we're really like a minority. used to be a fishing community with a homosexual problem. now it's a homosexual community with a fishing problem. >> the first portuguese fishermen arrived here in 1840. the main families created a community built around fishing, and this town lived off

listening to this also reminded me of ella fitzgerald. i love jazz and ella and scatting. scatting syllables. i can hear words in these syllables that seemed to not say anything. i could hear it, you know, so i was trying to interpret that. but in this dance, i see all of those things i talked about. i see the martial arts. i see the influence of michael jackson. you know, i see the influence of singing. sometimes the mouth is moving or the eyes. so that was the inspiration for that dance. >> charlie: much success to you. >> thank you very much. >> charlie: we've had on this program a long association with alvin ailey and the theater company in terms of shows we've done and judith being here. it's a great pleasure. i'm sorry alvin ailey didn't live to see the idea that the president of the united states, an african-american, would put around his neck the highest honor that this country can give. >> yes. >> charlie: so thank you. thank you. >> charlie: thank you for joining us. see you next time. for more about this program and earlier episodes, visit us online at pbs.org a

my father during that time, he had billie holiday appeared, he had ella fitzgerald, all the big nameschanged? has it changed? >> i think tremendously. gay lifestyle is much more accepted. >> okay, 1972, my feeling was that this was a gay town and that i was here at the pleasure of, you know, somebody else. which is sort of the opposite of everywhere outside of here at that time. >> oh, yes. >> this was a largely catholic, portuguese, conservative community fishing town, but it was also known as hell town. >> hell town, this is where the puritans sent their rejects. >> yeah. >> provincetown had the mixture really of the bohemian people and the fishermen, pirates, writers, drunks, all that. >> the lifestyle outside of mainstream was welcome here pretty much. >> whatever floats your boat. you know. it's all good. ♪ ♪ oh how i wish we could both go back to that summer ♪ ring ring! progresso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress uh-huh... you don't love the dress? i love my sister..