Oct 24th, 2004 · When it opened on Oct. 27, 1904, the New York City subway was not America's first underground transit system. But it transformed the nation's largest city and how the world viewed it. In a series of reports, NPR celebrates the subway's centennial.
Oct 18th, 2004 · The new multi-million-dollar headquarters of jazz at New York City's Lincoln Center opens Monday night. Artistic director Wynton Marsalis calls it the "house of swing." But some question whether vast concert halls will encourage the same creativity that once sprung from smoky jazz joints. Howard Mandel reports.