Great American Railroad Journeys

Season 1 Episode 2: Manhattan: Lower East Side to World Trade Center

Michael continues his American journey in Manhattan's Lower East Side, where he narrowly avoids a scrap with an historic gang of New York and visits the grim tenement buildings where thousands of the city's immigrants lived and worked. In the West Side, Michael discovers how a once lethal run of track has been transformed into a public park, raised above the city streets. Forsaking the rails for a ferry, Michael heads for Ellis Island, where some 12 million immigrants entered America. Michael is given a privileged tour of the gleaming new transport hub under construction close to the site of Ground Zero.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

4

Episodes:

75

Cast:

Michael Portillo

Quality:

HD

Duration:

29 min

First Air:

2016

Rating:

8.3