Exploring Staten Island's Role in American History

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 11

Another installment of the Summer in the City series, this time, on Staten Island! John Kilcullen, a South Shore Parks administrator and member of the Preservation League of Staten Island, discusses the best things to do in the Borough of Parks, and listeners weigh in with their own suggestions. 

1989 Clifton Press Photograph courtesy of the Staten Island Museum: Girls jumping rope at Park Hill apartments

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