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Radio 4,24 Mar 1989,15 mins

The New York City Board of Estimate

Letter from America by Alistair Cooke

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The nightlife in New York City before the Second World War, and the 1989 ruling that the city's Board of Estimate is unconstitutional, as explored by Alistair Cooke.

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