10 That Changed America

10 Streets That Changed America

A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list.

10 Streets That Changed America

54m 56s

A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list.

Previews + Extras

  • Woodward Was One of the First Streets to Adapt to the Car: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Woodward Was One of the First Streets to Adapt to the Car

    S2 E1 - 6m 32s

    Woodward Avenue in Detroit was one of the first streets to fully adapt to the automobile. It featured the first modern stoplight, the first mile-long stretch of road to be paved with concrete, and a modern, eight lane, “superhighway."

  • Extended Trailer | Streets: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Extended Trailer | Streets

    S2 E1 - 1m 9s

    It’s a whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around. 10 Streets that Changed America begins and ends on Broadway in New York. We’ll trace the street’s 400-year evolution: from Native American road, to Dutch trading route, to the home of America’s earliest public transit, to an electrically-lighted theater district known as the “Great White Way."

  • 10 Streets That Changed America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    10 Streets That Changed America

    S2 E1 - 1m 13s

    A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list!

  • Episode 1 Preview | 10 Streets That Changed America: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Episode 1 Preview | 10 Streets That Changed America

    S2 E1 - 31s

    A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list.

  • Web Extra: Segregation on Streetcars: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Extra: Segregation on Streetcars

    S2 E1 - 3m 25s

    Richard Campanella, professor of architecture and geography at Tulane University, talks about segregation in New Orleans, and how “separate but equal” accommodations came to be institutionalized.

  • Web Extra: Van Buren vs. Horse: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Web Extra: Van Buren vs. Horse

    S2 E1 - 1m 16s

    Road historian Dan Marriott recounts the story of a gaffe for the ages, in which former President Martin Van Buren fell from his horse-drawn carriage in Indiana, delighting supporters of the National Road. During his presidency, Van Buren had opposed appropriations for the highway.

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