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
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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🙂🙂💯✨️
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.
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.
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.
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!)
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!
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!
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.
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!😊)
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.
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.
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
@TheZenguitarguy Was your friend Sean Lennon by any chance?
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was that friend Judy Garland ??
I read the history of the Dakota, very interesting
I love the Ansonia
I absolutely love New York architecture! It's varied, storied and most of all gorgeous 😍
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Love these. Please do more major cities. It’s fascinating.
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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.
Nick Potts always nails it!
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Ummm okay! Native Manhattanite here,attended LaGuardia HS for Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, in the 90s. This is, you are, pure joy.
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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.
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Nick Pots is so eloquent & seems to care about what he is sharing - more Nick please
Yep
Yes AND he apparently doesn't understand the meaning of "on the make," a phrase he used three times. :/
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My favorite series!! Nick Potts nails it again . This was so informative and well-presented, thank you! Really loved it..
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)
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.
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!!
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As a New Yorker and Upper West Sider, I couldn't love more this documentary! Of course the buildings discussed are SO expensive...
Surely money is not an obstacle when you already live on the Upper West Side. 😅
Beautiful classical buildings, and i hope they are never knocked down 😍🇬🇧
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.
Hmmmm that’s an interesting observation.
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.
@@yvr2002rtw oh yeah, of course. And they added kitchens too.
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.
@@wgreenbaum interesting! I was perplexed why they would reserve the best views for services. I guess, it was just mislabeling.
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!
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.
The hisorical settings he provides along with the architecture is just fascinating - love it! 👍🏼
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.
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
Surprisingly interesting! I started this on a whim and got hooked. Who knew this type of history could be so engaging? Thanks, Nick.
Can I just say how much I appreciate these "Architect explains..." videos :)
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.
My favorite series!! Nick Potts nails it again 🙌
This series is so interesting and informative!
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.
Excellent show. I miss those buildings; especially the ones on the UWS of Manhattan.
Most enjoyable. NYC is my fav place in the world. Love the UWS best. Thanks.
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!
Yay nick!!!! Thanks for your knowledge and the awesome cameraman & editors! Appreciate the historical photos
More walks like this, it's so interesting !
These walking tours are simply wonderful xx
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.
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.
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, 😍😍
Lived on the upper west side this summer and it was lovely ❤
Thank you for taking me back to it
I love him ❤...Beautiful topic also. Congratulations AD and Mr. Potts 😘
The Upper West Side it’s so interesting architecturally, please do more videos about it.
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.
Your beautifully spoken and knowledgeable. I live in Australia however find these videos interesting ❤
They should restore the little towers / pinnacles on the Ansonia!
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LOVE all the building analysis.
New York is such a beautiful city.
thank you so much for the fantastic video, AD is one of the best channels on YT.
Beautiful buildings, great they weren’t knocked down… Would love to see the insides…
love nyc. i love the history, buildings, everything.. love these videos and information. thank you
This was so informative and well-presented, thank you! Really loved it.
Love every video with Nick
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!
Great pic of the Ansonia.
This was very interesting...would love to see more historical buildings in future videos.
I thought it could have gone 5-7 mins longer Nick. 🤜🏼👏🏽
the fact that the dakota has a moat 🤯
Ayo its like I found a Unicorn
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Absolutely love this, thankyou for sharing!
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.
Goes without saying...fantastic episode, as always!
Was the Ansonia the beautiful residential building in the movie Single White Female??
This was so interesting! More videos like this! 👏🏽🙌🏽
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.
Love these videos. Nick really knows his stuff
Guys, he’s back!!
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
Well done . BTW, appreciate that you don't mention you know what at The Dakota .
We love Nick Potts!! We watch his videos as soon as they come up.
Yoooooooo I love these tours. Thank you AG gods and goddesses
This is an amazing documentary. A more in depth history of German, New York and French New York would be amazing.
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🙂🙂💯✨️
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.
Yeah that really got repeated a lot.
Drove me nuts!
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.
So interesting! More like this please!
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.
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!)
Love these types of videos!!
Love the UWS of NYC. Lived there for a 6 years and loved it.
So beautiful. And now they’re building thin glass towers.
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Love these videos! I always learn something new
Very interesting!
This is so cool!!
That was great. Really enjoyable
Really informative, thank you. 🇨🇦
What a fascinating story!
As an Upper West Sider, this is fascinating! Especially the artistic legacy of the Ansonia. Had no idea. Thanks for this lovely feature!
Are you "on the make" also? 😂
A true New Yorker is always on the make 🫡😅
Loved these! Amazing 🤩
Brilliant as always. Makes me really want to move to New York.
This is great--so interesting and well presented.
Thank you. So informative.
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!
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!
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.
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!😊)
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.
Interesting. Thank you.
love listening to this dude, Nick Potts is exceptionally intelligent, knows what he's talking about . plus he's eye-candy. A+ 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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.
Wonderful history lesson!
Outstanding.
fantastic! Could you do one about London Terrace in Chelsea?
Fantastic! I need subtitles, you are speaking at such a clip! And I live in the tri state area. 😅 Woah!
So interesting!
He does the best videos!
❤️Penthouse Life 😍