How The Upper West Side Revolutionized NYC Apartments | Walking Tour | Architectural Digest

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  • @TheZenguitarguy
    @TheZenguitarguy ปีที่แล้ว +171

    My friend grew up in the Dakota and we used to go there as kids and play and watch the Thanksgiving parade. It was an amazing building. It's nice to learn a little bit more about the history. Thank you

    • @yvr2002rtw
      @yvr2002rtw ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @TheZenguitarguy Was your friend Sean Lennon by any chance?

    • @TheZenguitarguy
      @TheZenguitarguy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@yvr2002rtw nope

    • @larsstougaard7097
      @larsstougaard7097 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      was that friend Judy Garland ??

    • @maryroberts2099
      @maryroberts2099 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I read the history of the Dakota, very interesting

    • @maryroberts2099
      @maryroberts2099 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love the Ansonia

  • @christinejalandoni5919
    @christinejalandoni5919 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    I absolutely love New York architecture! It's varied, storied and most of all gorgeous 😍

    • @sapereaude5476
      @sapereaude5476 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      От Нью-Йорка мало осталось красоты, многое снесли

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@sapereaude5476 mas volta a ser bonito esse lugar DEUS E TODO PODEROSO DEUS Amém

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original
      Residents sim no edifício dacota
      Eu Maria Fátima
      Doutora

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original e legítima Esposa do jolenon edifício dacota certo
      Maria Fátima
      Mãe dos bebês gêmeos
      Doutora E Dona

  • @mattmayo3539
    @mattmayo3539 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    Love these. Please do more major cities. It’s fascinating.

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Sisteryoda1440
    @Sisteryoda1440 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I lived in NYC for a few years and loved the different styles of architecture. Thank you for explaining it! There is definitely a difference between today’s upper middle class and that of the early 1900’s.

  • @Esbbbb
    @Esbbbb ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Nick Potts always nails it!

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original 😢

  • @williamhernandez3561
    @williamhernandez3561 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Ummm okay! Native Manhattanite here,attended LaGuardia HS for Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, in the 90s. This is, you are, pure joy.

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa orig

  • @RebDalmas
    @RebDalmas ปีที่แล้ว +12

    lol, in the late seventies in high school, I snuck into the Asonia and looked out the rounded windows on the top. It was empty and dusty, that upper floor with the rounded windows.

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sim verdade Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original

  • @uncledmsr
    @uncledmsr ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Nick Pots is so eloquent & seems to care about what he is sharing - more Nick please

    • @marcellcordova7414
      @marcellcordova7414 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep

    • @GreatGooglieWooglie
      @GreatGooglieWooglie ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes AND he apparently doesn't understand the meaning of "on the make," a phrase he used three times. :/

    • @websitemartian
      @websitemartian 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@GreatGooglieWoogliethis ☝🏻

  • @DiannaPowell-e8x
    @DiannaPowell-e8x ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My favorite series!! Nick Potts nails it again . This was so informative and well-presented, thank you! Really loved it..

  • @moonwalker091000
    @moonwalker091000 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    The Ansonia is absolutely gorgeous!! So much class and elegance in all of these buildings. What a great piece of history. Thanks for the post :o)

    • @GordonLF
      @GordonLF ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I had a friend who lived at The Ansonia during the late 60s. She was a catwalk model. It´s amazing that 60 years ago she could afford it. Unthinkable today.

  • @rkm237
    @rkm237 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Seems we got cut off a bit at the end going into the San Remo... hopefully this is a part one and will be followed up by what happened next!!

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Gig76
    @Gig76 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    As a New Yorker and Upper West Sider, I couldn't love more this documentary! Of course the buildings discussed are SO expensive...

    • @natalieeis9284
      @natalieeis9284 ปีที่แล้ว

      Surely money is not an obstacle when you already live on the Upper West Side. 😅

  • @carolinejohnson22
    @carolinejohnson22 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful classical buildings, and i hope they are never knocked down 😍🇬🇧

  • @mrvk39
    @mrvk39 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    What really surprised me about the Dakota is that they put "service" quarters with the best view of the Central Park - one of the two is facing CPW and has the best views. While all tenants have big, corner units, but they don't get the same unobstructed views. Obviously, when it was built, there was nothing tall around it, so they had open views, but I figure it was a much nicer view of the park vs. rooftops of buildings that you get facing West or South or North.

    • @ayindestevens6152
      @ayindestevens6152 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hmmmm that’s an interesting observation.

    • @yvr2002rtw
      @yvr2002rtw ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I believe nowadays, what used to be the "service" quarters that face Central Park are now actually regular apartments that are the most expensive in the building.

    • @mrvk39
      @mrvk39 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@yvr2002rtw oh yeah, of course. And they added kitchens too.

    • @wgreenbaum
      @wgreenbaum ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He actually has his info wrong here, as well as misleading coloring on that floor plan. The servants quarters only faced the courtyard. They did NOT have their own apartment. The bedrooms facing the street were for the main tenants of the apartment. Google “the Dakota floor pan” which is not colorized, and you will be able to scrutinize how the apartments were really laid out. I haven’t a clue how he came up with this misinformation. I know these apartments very well.

    • @mrvk39
      @mrvk39 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@wgreenbaum interesting! I was perplexed why they would reserve the best views for services. I guess, it was just mislabeling.

  • @LinouGertz
    @LinouGertz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow! So very interesting to see how the city "grew up" and became electrified. A special kind of history lesson I didn't think I needed!

  • @BellaCroyda
    @BellaCroyda ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've ALWAYS loved the upper west side. I spend the majority of my time in Manhattan on the upper west side. Plus it's a VERY VERY diverse area.

  • @richoneplanet7561
    @richoneplanet7561 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The hisorical settings he provides along with the architecture is just fascinating - love it! 👍🏼

  • @fuzzylon
    @fuzzylon ปีที่แล้ว +37

    This is so interesting !
    I've been to New York several times, but didn't realise that there was all this to see on the Upper West Side.

  • @hailstorm13
    @hailstorm13 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For someone whose dream it is to visit New York, these videos are so awesome. Visiting in 2024 and it’s so cool to know this information and history

  • @guygalt1102
    @guygalt1102 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Surprisingly interesting! I started this on a whim and got hooked. Who knew this type of history could be so engaging? Thanks, Nick.

  • @tocsa120ls
    @tocsa120ls ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can I just say how much I appreciate these "Architect explains..." videos :)

  • @citibear57
    @citibear57 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I really enjoyed this brief look at a few of Manhattan's iconic residential buildings. I hope that AD can team up with Nick Potts to create additional videos of the incredible high rise residences.

  • @valarya
    @valarya ปีที่แล้ว +21

    My favorite series!! Nick Potts nails it again 🙌

  • @michelle.173
    @michelle.173 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This series is so interesting and informative!

  • @jamesstaal673
    @jamesstaal673 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have always associated the Upper East Side as the birthplace of the penthouse in Manhattan. Famously, Condé Nast had a duplex penthouse at 1040 Park Avenue in 1925, and Fred French had a 14-room triplex penthouse at 1010 Fifth Avenue, complete with a suburban yard, in 1928.

  • @LuisMorales-if4hu
    @LuisMorales-if4hu ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Excellent show. I miss those buildings; especially the ones on the UWS of Manhattan.

  • @fannycraddock99
    @fannycraddock99 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Most enjoyable. NYC is my fav place in the world. Love the UWS best. Thanks.

  • @maseraticc2834
    @maseraticc2834 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What a fascinating documentary, I have always found the Upper West Side an incredibly beautiful NYC skyline, so great to learn about the buildings. Thank you!

  • @TheChizznut
    @TheChizznut ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay nick!!!! Thanks for your knowledge and the awesome cameraman & editors! Appreciate the historical photos

  • @nikitaakindinov3545
    @nikitaakindinov3545 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    More walks like this, it's so interesting !

  • @pyrodoll2422
    @pyrodoll2422 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These walking tours are simply wonderful xx

  • @davidl9781
    @davidl9781 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've lived on the UWS for 33 years in one of those "apartment hotels." This was so well put together and fascinating. Great local history brought to life.

  • @davidkoenig8592
    @davidkoenig8592 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One of my favorite parts of Manhattan. While walking it, you get some great visuals. The Dakota is a favorite, one of my many photos I took of it is on my office wall.

  • @TheSushmaHomeSellingTeam
    @TheSushmaHomeSellingTeam ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There's a lot of learning in here. You get to be informed about the architectural history while traveling around the city at the same time, 😍😍

  • @a.j.kourabi5468
    @a.j.kourabi5468 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lived on the upper west side this summer and it was lovely ❤
    Thank you for taking me back to it

  • @mattbonanza9032
    @mattbonanza9032 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love him ❤...Beautiful topic also. Congratulations AD and Mr. Potts 😘

  • @luis_zuniga
    @luis_zuniga ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The Upper West Side it’s so interesting architecturally, please do more videos about it.

  • @Blublod
    @Blublod ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Native New Yorker and current Manhattan resident here who has seen the city’s ebb and flow over decades. Although currently NYC is in one of its low points, I can tell you that this town is very resilient and the Upper West Side especially so. It’s interesting that many of these buildings were developed for the up and coming middle class, but of course today middle class people need not apply. Great video tour.

  • @halitosis75
    @halitosis75 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Your beautifully spoken and knowledgeable. I live in Australia however find these videos interesting ❤

  • @ed_architecture
    @ed_architecture ปีที่แล้ว +10

    They should restore the little towers / pinnacles on the Ansonia!

  • @josephsf2452
    @josephsf2452 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MORE Nick Potts PLEASE. Por Favor 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @paulgar8
    @paulgar8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    LOVE all the building analysis.

  • @mousse4444
    @mousse4444 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    New York is such a beautiful city.

  • @gaborjurina2839
    @gaborjurina2839 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you so much for the fantastic video, AD is one of the best channels on YT.

  • @jimmykucera8627
    @jimmykucera8627 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Beautiful buildings, great they weren’t knocked down… Would love to see the insides…

  • @deealex1402
    @deealex1402 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    love nyc. i love the history, buildings, everything.. love these videos and information. thank you

  • @lagritsalammas
    @lagritsalammas ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was so informative and well-presented, thank you! Really loved it.

  • @maurobrunosolavergara5041
    @maurobrunosolavergara5041 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love every video with Nick

  • @sharifchi
    @sharifchi ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm so glad I took the time this summer to go to the UWS and see those buildings, San Remo is my fave because one of my favorite people on the planet lives in one of the towers!

  • @louismaza
    @louismaza ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great pic of the Ansonia.

  • @fjbon1681
    @fjbon1681 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This was very interesting...would love to see more historical buildings in future videos.

  • @BillWoodillustrator
    @BillWoodillustrator ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I thought it could have gone 5-7 mins longer Nick. 🤜🏼👏🏽

  • @YouTube
    @YouTube ปีที่แล้ว +12

    the fact that the dakota has a moat 🤯

    • @fatboyRAY24
      @fatboyRAY24 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ayo its like I found a Unicorn

    • @Zoods_
      @Zoods_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      9 likes???

  • @Andromeda2976
    @Andromeda2976 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Absolutely love this, thankyou for sharing!

  • @tracywilliams7929
    @tracywilliams7929 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for this visit back to the neighborhood I was born, raised and lived in for so long! These buildings were part of my everyday life and served as waypoints as I navigated the streets. My father was a critically acclaimed musician (3X Steinway winner as just a teenager) so I took pictures of him standing in the same lobby Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky once tread for that very reason. Perhaps AD will see fit to cover the Eldorado which is the uppermost twin towers building on CPW with a colorful history all its own. Even some of the private schools have interesting architecture such as Collegiate, Trinity, Allen Stevenson and my alma maters Dwight and Calhoun.

  • @Pictoru2
    @Pictoru2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Goes without saying...fantastic episode, as always!

  • @eddieg6436
    @eddieg6436 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Was the Ansonia the beautiful residential building in the movie Single White Female??

  • @emmanuelventura2044
    @emmanuelventura2044 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was so interesting! More videos like this! 👏🏽🙌🏽

  • @hewitc
    @hewitc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The three towers at the Beresford are triplexes, with the upper tower as a "studio" type "observation" room. There is an internal stair. They are not for mechanical gear or water towers, except on top of the triples. David and Helen Gurley Brown used to be in the SE corner. I believe John McEnroe was or is in the NE.

  • @jeffreyonemu1426
    @jeffreyonemu1426 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these videos. Nick really knows his stuff

  • @Chrissieb.rackett
    @Chrissieb.rackett ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guys, he’s back!!

  • @guzy1971
    @guzy1971 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It reminds me some areas in Buenos Aires
    The separation between the servants part and the bourgeois part is typical for that time
    Every Parisian bourgeois buildings till Ww1 was designed like that

  • @richardg8651
    @richardg8651 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well done . BTW, appreciate that you don't mention you know what at The Dakota .

  • @CircusPeanut
    @CircusPeanut ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We love Nick Potts!! We watch his videos as soon as they come up.

  • @aaronespinoza5598
    @aaronespinoza5598 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yoooooooo I love these tours. Thank you AG gods and goddesses

  • @lupechacon-florez7520
    @lupechacon-florez7520 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is an amazing documentary. A more in depth history of German, New York and French New York would be amazing.

  • @stevemiller7949
    @stevemiller7949 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    If you love these buildings, get ahold of the paperbacks published by Dover and written by Alpern. He wrote related books by other publishers. These buildings are world cultural treasures like Versailles or the Pyramids. Thanks🙂🙂💯✨️

  • @brianemigh9623
    @brianemigh9623 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Fascinating and well done. My only quibble: the presenter keeps using the expression "on the make," which has a more negative connotation than he appears to understand.

    • @sfowler1017
      @sfowler1017 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah that really got repeated a lot.

    • @MrCaku
      @MrCaku ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Drove me nuts!

    • @tracywilliams7929
      @tracywilliams7929 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He was just using period colloquialisms to describe what we call the Upwardly Mobile. It wasn't until later that it took on a more licentious definition.

  • @Deanna21D
    @Deanna21D ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So interesting! More like this please!

  • @philipulanowsky4661
    @philipulanowsky4661 ปีที่แล้ว

    My dad had a studio apt. in the Ansonia. I remember hearing other musicians when we went into the hall, but those apartments were quiet -- except for the street nose.

  • @Tom_from_Midtown
    @Tom_from_Midtown ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a fantastic video, but it inspired me to do something I've never done on TH-cam before - I changed the playback speed to 0.75.
    At its intended speed, it all was going by too fast! I didn't want to miss a detail - both in terms of what was being said, and what was being shown. (To that effect, this comment is actually a compliment!)

  • @Ana113b
    @Ana113b ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love these types of videos!!

  • @johniii8147
    @johniii8147 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the UWS of NYC. Lived there for a 6 years and loved it.

  • @gemstonesparkle7915
    @gemstonesparkle7915 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    So beautiful. And now they’re building thin glass towers.

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original

    • @AnaFerreira-h4k
      @AnaFerreira-h4k 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Delegada de policia federal Df Doutora FBI Princesa original

  • @JDLS-v8p
    @JDLS-v8p ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these videos! I always learn something new

  • @sarahs.6195
    @sarahs.6195 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting!

  • @caseyfinnegan4139
    @caseyfinnegan4139 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is so cool!!

  • @alexchancock
    @alexchancock 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was great. Really enjoyable

  • @ashleighjaimaosborne3966
    @ashleighjaimaosborne3966 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really informative, thank you. 🇨🇦

  • @aleksandrapopov1676
    @aleksandrapopov1676 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a fascinating story!

  • @jamalajohns
    @jamalajohns ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As an Upper West Sider, this is fascinating! Especially the artistic legacy of the Ansonia. Had no idea. Thanks for this lovely feature!

    • @GreatGooglieWooglie
      @GreatGooglieWooglie ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you "on the make" also? 😂

    • @jamalajohns
      @jamalajohns ปีที่แล้ว +2

      A true New Yorker is always on the make 🫡😅

  • @albertoclonado
    @albertoclonado ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved these! Amazing 🤩

  • @TimothyRobert93
    @TimothyRobert93 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Brilliant as always. Makes me really want to move to New York.

  • @suecox2308
    @suecox2308 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is great--so interesting and well presented.

  • @MichaelMudd-f2x
    @MichaelMudd-f2x ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you. So informative.

  • @nataliabaginski9356
    @nataliabaginski9356 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi AD! I love the walking tour videos. I especially enjoy your choice of background music in the videos. Could you please share the artist’s name who produced the music? Thank you for making these videos!

  • @donaldleider7382
    @donaldleider7382 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Babe Ruth lived in the Ansonia hotel when he first came to the Yankees, and the plan to have the White Sox lose the 1919 World Series was agreed on in a basement apartment of the building!

  • @cross75man75
    @cross75man75 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He is wrong about the Penthouse, Marjorie Merriweather Post Hutton's 54-room apartment at 1107 Fifth Avenue between 91st and 92nd Street, which was built in 1925 was the first penthouse. It was a triplex.

  • @LSTEdD1
    @LSTEdD1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stopping in the middle of video yo say I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!! Thank you. Just found you. Do you give tours inside the buildings? ( Former Newport Breakers guide here!😊)

  • @theoccurrences7833
    @theoccurrences7833 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    it'd be helpful if mr. potts explained what middle class means exactly at that point in history, I'm not sure that's a concept where everyone is on the same page these days.

  • @karenharvey2549
    @karenharvey2549 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting. Thank you.

  • @josephsf2452
    @josephsf2452 ปีที่แล้ว

    love listening to this dude, Nick Potts is exceptionally intelligent, knows what he's talking about . plus he's eye-candy. A+ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @Rasfa
    @Rasfa ปีที่แล้ว

    1929, Martinelli finished the first skyscrapper of São Paulo and built on top of it his own mansion, in order to build people's trust in the building's structure (people at the time were skeptical of such a tall structure). That beats that building by a year.

  • @GrotrianSeiler
    @GrotrianSeiler ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful history lesson!

  • @mattyredrock
    @mattyredrock ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding.

  • @hansruediherger2310
    @hansruediherger2310 ปีที่แล้ว

    fantastic! Could you do one about London Terrace in Chelsea?

  • @NorhernLights1
    @NorhernLights1 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fantastic! I need subtitles, you are speaking at such a clip! And I live in the tri state area. 😅 Woah!

  • @KandeShack
    @KandeShack ปีที่แล้ว

    So interesting!

  • @donnagarner2190
    @donnagarner2190 ปีที่แล้ว

    He does the best videos!

  • @pwilliams2531
    @pwilliams2531 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤️Penthouse Life 😍