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The DC Universe on the streets of NYC
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Today we're going to learn a lot of exciting things about one of the biggest publishers in theworld. We're going to talk about DC Comics and the Universe, created by them.Why have we chosen particularly New York as the city for the DC Universe walk? Because it was here,where everything started.The tour written and recorded by studio Audioguides.ruPhoto Superhero mural, DC Comics, NYC, NY 5.JPG by Cory Doctorow is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 _______Podcast based on audio guide The DC Universe on the streets of NYC Author: Entertainment Tours In the podcast format you may enjoy stories remotely; if you go out and experience the audio tour on location it is adviced to use the izi.TRAVEL application that really guides you and plays stories automaticly based on your position
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Episode 23: The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Dec 25, 202000:01:22Tap to summarizeThe Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is one of the largest suspension bridges in the world. Its huge towers can be seen from all the boroughs of the city. The bridge connects two boroughs of New York City - Staten Island and Brooklyn.Photo city-dark-new-york-bridge is licensed under CC0 License
Transcribe →Episode 22: Apartment 3-D, 344 Clinton Street
Dec 25, 202000:01:39Tap to summarizeEven though Superman has superpowers, he needs an accommodation, like ordinary people do. Wheredid Clark Kent live? According to the comic book, most of the time he lived here, on Clinton street.Photo Clark Kent cosplayer.jpg by Flickr_upload_bot is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Transcribe →Episode 21: Morgan's House (the Stock Exchange Building)
Dec 25, 202000:02:07Tap to summarizeDue to its specific shape, Morgan's house is known as "The Corner". In the first half of the 20th century, this was the site of Morgan's bank head office. One day somebody detonated a bomb right in front of the entrance of the bank. A lot of people were injured, but the offenders have never been found. But how is Morgan's house connected with the topic of our tour?Photo 23 Wall Street (1914).jpg by Cropbot is licensed under Public domain
Transcribe →Episode 20: Epilogue
Dec 25, 202000:01:10Tap to summarizeNew York City is an astonishingly beautiful city. No wonder that it inspired the creation of multitudeparallel worlds. Even if Batman and Superman exist in one of the parallel universes, everybody cansurely become a bit of a superhero by helping his neighbors. This is where the main part of our touraround the DC Universe on the streets of New York ends. I hope it inspired you to heroism. If you would like to learn more, we have a few additional locations. You can visit them in person or listen to the audio recording in the app.Photo New York night view from Empire State.JPG by Veryhuman is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Transcribe →Episode 19: The World Trade Center / LexCorp Tower
Dec 25, 202000:01:37Tap to summarizeEverybody in New York knows the World Trade Center, mostly because of bleak events of September 11, 2001. That day Twin Towers were destroyed in terrorist attacks. Those who watched 2016's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" remember its beginning, when people run scared in the streets of Metropolis, and one of them is Bruce Wayne – day alter-ego of Batman.Photo World Trade Center, New York, aerial view March 2001. by Jeffmock Hill is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Transcribe →Episode 18: The place, where Batman's parents were killed
Dec 25, 202000:01:03Tap to summarizeEverybody knew, that the Waynes were the richest family in Gotham, but for some reason, instead of going by car with a personal driver or taking a taxi they decided to walk through a dark alley, where a robber attacked them and killed Bruce's parents right in front of him. This shock made Bruce become Batman – the nightmare of all the gangsters of Gotham. But where did this deplorable episode take place?Photo My Parents Are Deeaaaaaaad!!! by Ian W. Hill is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0
Transcribe →Episode 17: The Multiverse
Dec 25, 202000:01:37Tap to summarizeIt's DC Comics to whom we owe the creation of the Multiverse in the 1960s. The essence of this notion is that there're many parallel universes in the same physical space, separated from each other by a unique resonant vibrational plane.Photo DC Comics Superstore at Warner Bros. Movie World.jpg by File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske) is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Transcribe →Episode 16: Last apartment of Heath Ledger
Dec 25, 202000:01:13Tap to summarizeSometimes an actor plays a role and sometimes a role takes over. 421 Broome Street is notorious toevery Heath Ledger fan. He was found dead here soon after the shooting of 2008 The Dark Knight where he played the Joker was finished.Photo In memory of Heath ledger The Joker In The Dark Knight! by patti is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Transcribe →Episode 15: Where Clark Kent and Lois Lane lived after their wedding
Dec 25, 202000:01:18Tap to summarizeClark Kent and Lois Lane's address after they got married is a peculiar matter. Some sources claim that their apartment was at 1938 Sullivan Street. And this apartment was a wedding gift from... Who would have guessed? From Bruce Wayne himself.Photo Sprawling metropolis cityscape in Singapore. by Lee Aik Soon luiscurse is licensed under Public Domain
Transcribe →Episode 14: The Bronze Age of Comic Books
Dec 25, 202000:01:18Tap to summarizeGenerally, every new generation opposes the rules of the previous one. The Comic Books industry is no exception. The Silver Age with its self-censorship and 'Comics Code Authority' was replaced by theBronze Age, the age of more adult comics.Photo Dc heroes vs villains (14049788777).jpg by Quenhitran luiscurse is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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