Treasures of New York

Hearst Tower

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of Hearst's world headquarters, New York City's first completed "green" office building. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Lord Norman Foster, the Tower redefined the modern skyscraper and pioneered a sustainable architectural vision for the 21st century. Paula Zahn hosts.

Park Avenue Armory

This documentary explores how the once endangered, crumbling, Park Avenue Armory, one of New York's hidden jewels from a bygone era is being restored and being reinvented, rapidly becoming a new performing arts center. Hosted by Morley Safer.

The New-York Historical Society

Hosted and narrated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, this film follows the renovation and reinvention of the New-York Historical Society, New York's oldest museum and one of the nation's most important American history research institutions. The film goes behind the scenes for an inside look at the days leading up to the grand reopening to reveal the dramatic restoration of its landmark building on Central Park West.

Building Stories

Lincoln Center

Pratt Institute

Discover the prestigious art and design college's vibrant Brooklyn history through the eyes of the two men who "built" it: industrialist Charles Pratt, who founded the school in 1887, and Dr. Thomas F. Schutte, who has been articulating Pratt's vision since he became the school's President in 1993. Hosted by former Pratt student and celebrated writer Pete Hamill, the film explores Pratt's architectural and cultural impact.