I am Eight Generations from my direct ancestor Richard Pittenger who arrived in New Amsterdam aboard the Dutch ship , “ The Phillip “ in 1665! Thank you for this informative history!
I'm 12th generation Dutch. Three sisters came in 1627 with their husbands. Two are my great grandparents as well as some of the Roosevelts. The 3rd sister was married to Jan Aertsen van der Bilt. WE never got a dime from any of them nor a cup of tea at the White House. I'm 11th generation French Huguenots who came in 1653 on the Bonte Coe. (Spotted Cow). I left the city 50 years ago because I couldn't stand what it had become. Filthy, crime ridden and no better than the Tammany Hall days.
@@billcook4768 it was not considered a borough of NY until 1898 .Prior to that it was considered an unincorporated area of the city. In 1895 the East Bronx was transferred to NYC. But it was not a borough. When what we now call NYC came into existence happened on Jan 1, 1898 the City of Brooklyn ( and yes it was its own city ) became on of the 5 boroughs. Only the. Did the Bronx become a borough.
@@dubrob210 go touch grass, pipsqueak, I grew up watching Spider-Man and I have never been to New York to have a different perspective, I know about the aesthetics of New York quite literally because of the Spider Man movies, so don't get your knickers in a twist.
When I walk thru Wall Street, the Bowery, Broadway, cross the river to Brooklyn , I imagine what it was like when Five Points teamed with gang violence, where George Washington was inaugurated, when the British occupied, when the Dutch took over settlers, tried to tax the natives, started the slave trade. I always go back back to when the Lenape and other Natives lived here for thousands of years, their forest home. They couldn’t have imagined what this land is like present day.
@@charlieordaniel6914 We must be reading different articles, and London has everything, the best theaters, the best parks, Tower bridge is the worlds greatest bridge, London has the best food markets in the world and the best museums, and the Tower of London is over a thousand years old, New York is just a city of Skyscrapers just like a lot of other cities.
@@tirrere7509 it's all down to what that particular person likes, there is no right or wrong answer, I prefer London to New York and some people will prefer Paris to New York or London, and some people hate big cities and would just rather live in a small town
New York existed a lot loger that it says here. A lot longer. Without the current modern buildings, of course but with older highly impressive buildings.
For all those saying it's not the greatest, I agree. Every time I have to go there I hate it. It is however the greatest city from a financial perspective. It has the largest economy in the world almost a trillion higher than Tokyo which has the second largest economy. Also, it's the most well known city in the world.
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
I have been all over the world, over 45 years!!! New York was great for about 10yrs in the late 80s/ early 90s!! I has been the ashtray of the world, especially for the last 6yrs!! We pulled our family business from it in July! It had been there for 102yrs!! It's a dump, and any of my European business associates agree!!
I was a little surprised to see photos of the original and new World Trade Center without a single mention of 9/11....a major historial event in NYC history.
The west is proud of its colonial past but now they are like bad bad Russia and bad bad China. Thyre proud they invaded the continent of America but now they condemn Russias invasion of Ukraine
@@nick12586 Well, if you're writing it on an envelope it's probably County, State, because other parts of NYC put Bronx or Bklyn, Brooklyn was a separate city once. But NY, NY means Manhattan.
I mean when people say NY they do usually mean Manhattan or "the city". But no, factually speaking you list city and state. Everything else besides street adress is indicated by your zip code
Never stop trying, that way even when you fail you won’t feel that it was your fault, and can take the L with grace. Have the tenacity and open mindedness to find other routes to success, whatever that means for you.
So have I, and I have been to 38 countries around the world and 44 states and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
Remote work has ruined nyc some what, people work from home, so the city feels desolate compared to pre remote work days. That feeling of hustle & bustle is gone, and may never come back.
The tourist traps, and college student hung outs still give the illusion that nyc is back. But nyc's population have declined by half a million in the past couple of years, and also couple of million less commuters that used to come into Manhattan pre-remote work, everyday, who now stay at home. People used to commute into Manhattan, not only from nyc boroughs, but NJ & outer areas like Westchester, Long island etc. So that's a lot of people missing from the city, and it's vibe.
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
Oh No.....! Surely not ?? I thought Native Americans sat around their campfires chilling with some weed and having the neighbouring tribes round to hold hands and sing Kumbayah....... ??
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
@@c.f.okonta8815 maybe if you're an illegal or criminal, then yes, NY is a paradise. But for everyone else it's just a overpriced dirty disgusting city with no morals and no support for the average taxpayer
@@c.f.okonta8815 I'm right, I can give you a list if you want me to? New York is just a concrete jungle and London has a lot of great and historical buildings, the tower of London is over a thousand years old, and America is only about 400 years old.
Sure wish there was a tried and proven policy proposal on the table to mitigate car use in NYC, at leeeast below 60th street, one of the most congested areas
Well if by greatest we are referring to is physical size and population... okay sure. But greatest, as in the best of all the places in the world, no, not so much... in fact nowhere near it.
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
@@bikesgoodgasbadI don't think parking costing money is the issue. The fact that Chicago sold the rights to collect on those parking meters to a private company so the city sees 0 benefit from it is the issue.
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I am Eight Generations from my direct ancestor Richard Pittenger who arrived in New Amsterdam aboard the Dutch ship , “ The Phillip “ in 1665!
Thank you for this informative history!
nice..are you from that family?
Nice
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I'm 12th generation Dutch. Three sisters came in 1627 with their husbands. Two are my great grandparents as well as some of the Roosevelts. The 3rd sister was married to Jan Aertsen van der Bilt. WE never got a dime from any of them nor a cup of tea at the White House.
I'm 11th generation French Huguenots who came in 1653 on the Bonte Coe. (Spotted Cow). I left the city 50 years ago because I couldn't stand what it had become. Filthy, crime ridden and no better than the Tammany Hall days.
@@SkbSzd yes our branch went to New Jersey when the British arrived . Then went West to the Northwest Territory and settled in Ohio.
Fantastic production. Thank you. Really great!!
Up until Jan 1, 1898 NYC was only the Island of Manhattan. So NYC as the 5 boroughs only dates from that date.
@@bonniewinograd2356 Just to be annoyingly pedantic, the Bronx had already joined Manhattan before then.
@@billcook4768 it was not considered a borough of NY until 1898 .Prior to that it was considered an unincorporated area of the city.
In 1895 the East Bronx was transferred to NYC. But it was not a borough.
When what we now call NYC came into existence happened on Jan 1, 1898 the City of Brooklyn ( and yes it was its own city ) became on of the 5 boroughs. Only the. Did the Bronx become a borough.
Thanks for the info I love history 😊
Everytime I think of New York I think of Spider Man swinging between those massive buildings.
Nice lmao
😂😂😂 me too
You must be 12 years old.
@@dubrob210 go touch grass, pipsqueak, I grew up watching Spider-Man and I have never been to New York to have a different perspective, I know about the aesthetics of New York quite literally because of the Spider Man movies, so don't get your knickers in a twist.
@@1inchpunisher715 Everytime I think of New York, I think of the twin towers R.I.P 1973-2001.
Very peculiar reference to some "long island" at 15;30.
Perhaps the guy means New York's Lon Gailand.
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When I walk thru Wall Street, the Bowery, Broadway, cross the river to Brooklyn , I imagine what it was like when Five Points teamed with gang violence, where George Washington was inaugurated, when the British occupied, when the Dutch took over settlers, tried to tax the natives, started the slave trade. I always go back back to when the Lenape and other Natives lived here for thousands of years, their forest home. They couldn’t have imagined what this land is like present day.
It’s so cool to try and see it through their eyes!
Amazing video. Would be interesting if you did the same thing for Ancient Rome as being the greatest city of the ancient world
Teotihuacan
👍 🇬🇧 !
@@ChrisMo16 he said the ancient world lmao, you guys are not very smart, no wonder your Aztec empire was decimated with ease
Love my city. NEW YORK
Incredible - very professional -Thank you
Y’all needa go to sleep 😅
Shh 🤫
But it's only 7pm...
@@tomz5704 we don’t all live in the same time zone sir, like I said go to sleep🫶
I’m wet, baby gotta change diaper + time zones
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A well done whistle stop tour. I'd also recommend viewing Nic Burns' series New York: A Documentary Film also available on YT
New York: The cultural, economical and political hub of the planet. Truely beautiful and awe inspiring as ever.
That's London not New York
@@illyaedwards7188 New York is the best city of Oxford economics far second is London
@@charlieordaniel6914 We must be reading different articles, and London has everything, the best theaters, the best parks, Tower bridge is the worlds greatest bridge, London has the best food markets in the world and the best museums, and the Tower of London is over a thousand years old, New York is just a city of Skyscrapers just like a lot of other cities.
@@illyaedwards7188 Hi Illy, might be the case, I have been to both cities and just like New York more... ;)
@@tirrere7509 it's all down to what that particular person likes, there is no right or wrong answer, I prefer London to New York and some people will prefer Paris to New York or London, and some people hate big cities and would just rather live in a small town
we all know the land wasn't "purchased"
Native Americans had a totally different concept of land ownership...
then it was “traded”
@@Blaqjaqshellaq but they understood what territory meant - - even animals understand that
Who cares
@@Blaqjaqshellaqthen why did they kill each other for territory ?
So voice make me sleep. good content by the way but I can’t stay at the end
18:56 so you miss the best part of the pre-world buildings
She finally understood that grief was her love with no place for it to go.
As a New York resident, I say,
HA!
Good Job
AMAZING!!!!!
I love new and old yorks
NYC❤
Wish it was the way it was in the 1600s again. Fresh n clean, and beautiful
There were tribes of Algonquins here but this hudson guy just "claimed" it
They did that all over the world! Like a kid licking something and saying my germs!
New York existed a lot loger that it says here. A lot longer. Without the current modern buildings, of course but with older highly impressive buildings.
For all those saying it's not the greatest, I agree. Every time I have to go there I hate it. It is however the greatest city from a financial perspective. It has the largest economy in the world almost a trillion higher than Tokyo which has the second largest economy. Also, it's the most well known city in the world.
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
I have been all over the world, over 45 years!!! New York was great for about 10yrs in the late 80s/ early 90s!! I has been the ashtray of the world, especially for the last 6yrs!! We pulled our family business from it in July! It had been there for 102yrs!! It's a dump, and any of my European business associates agree!!
@@ericdudley4169😂😂
@@ebdo7863lol late 80s? Your tripping - Dinkins was a horrible Mayor. Bloomberg sucked too
@@ebdo7863good for your “European business associates” I thought Paris was a dump when I was there so you can pass that along
Bigger is usually not better when it comes to cities
Everybody is leaving.
@@WillMellquistthat’s not true
The East river isn’t a river. It’s an estuary.
Yoooo bro cooked with this one 🔥
Thanks 😊
I was a little surprised to see photos of the original and new World Trade Center without a single mention of 9/11....a major historial event in NYC history.
NY and world history
thanks 😊
4 rivers moment , They kinda forgot about the bronx river
Thumbnail reminds me of Saint Denis
The greatest city in the world (work, work!)
Hamilton!
@3:00 how can you claim land that rightfully never belonged to you?
💣🔪
By the enforceability of it's claim.
@@ahotdj07 we are all visitors on earth, no land belongs to any humans🫶
The west is proud of its colonial past but now they are like bad bad Russia and bad bad China. Thyre proud they invaded the continent of America but now they condemn Russias invasion of Ukraine
Land belongs to no one
Anybody that thinks New York City is the world’s greatest city has never been to Moscow Russia
What about the Vikings which visited North America around 1000 A.D.?
Nothing developed from their visits. Only after the voyages of Columbus did Europeans take notice of the lands across the Atlantic Ocean to the west.
You didn't mention how central park was an African American neighborhood. They were removed...
New York is the greatest city? “Laughs in London.”
New York, New York refers to the county and city in that order being Manhattan.
Incorrect. City, State
@@nick12586 Well, if you're writing it on an envelope it's probably County, State, because other parts of NYC put Bronx or Bklyn, Brooklyn was a separate city once. But NY, NY means Manhattan.
I mean when people say NY they do usually mean Manhattan or "the city".
But no, factually speaking you list city and state.
Everything else besides street adress is indicated by your zip code
Don’t take better help sponsorship 😳
ENGLAND made it NEW YORK facts
No not even close.
Things didn't go the way I wanted them to go and there is not much I can do about it
Never stop trying, that way even when you fail you won’t feel that it was your fault, and can take the L with grace. Have the tenacity and open mindedness to find other routes to success, whatever that means for you.
That awkward moment when your map of England swallowed up Wales too. 😅
er.......What IS " Wales "....??
Awkward for ONLY the welsh!!!
Whales are the ones who are supposed to swallow people 😅
New yorrrrrrk, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do - MLK
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No 1624-2024 if any you guys can't
The world's greatest city? Ya ok lol. Curious what metrics they used to determine that.
"How New York Became The World's Greatest Symptom of Everything that is Wrong with the World".... Now, that's much better.
Hater
Time square is one big TH-cam Ad and people pay to visit it in droves. I’ve always been shocked by that.
Better help is a scam
??😂😂
You scam 😂😂😂
When will Indian cities be like this ?
As a Irish American, the fact I speak English and not Gaelic is your answer
I studied every major city in the world and i concluded New York is the greatest!
😂😂😂😂😂😂
So have I, and I have been to 38 countries around the world and 44 states and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
London is keep crying
@@ericdudley4169 have you been there?
@AT-vq6nu london never better than New York city.
New York new York the greatest landfill city in the world!
Nice
Literally my least favorite city 🤷🏼♂️
Is NY the greatest city? 😂😂😂
Define….. greatest
400 years later..
Greatest? I don’t know bout that 🤨 (I live in new york)
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
And we lived here for our lives!
The fact that you live there helps to make it
Great....!!!
@@ericdudley4169London is the world's greatest city
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😂 i get it! NYC landlords need more tenants to be drawn in
Remote work has ruined nyc some what, people work from home, so the city feels desolate compared to pre remote work days. That feeling of hustle & bustle is gone, and may never come back.
It will come back with hybrid work when workers work half the week from home and half in the office
Fake news
Been to Time Square lately?
The tourist traps, and college student hung outs still give the illusion that nyc is back.
But nyc's population have declined by half a million in the past couple of years, and also couple of million less commuters that used to come into Manhattan pre-remote work, everyday, who now stay at home. People used to commute into Manhattan, not only from nyc boroughs, but NJ & outer areas like Westchester, Long island etc.
So that's a lot of people missing from the city, and it's vibe.
Please do the history of Germany.
Well, Germany is about a 150 years old...so that's a short clip 😂
New York is far from the worlds greatest city
Then who is it?!
@@juangarcia-gv2jy if you don't know you have a lot of lessons left to learn in life
@@juangarcia-gv2jySingapore, Dubai, Tokyo, even London is better.
@@nygeriunprenceNew York City is the best city by Oxford economics
New York City is the best city by Oxford economics
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Not "slaves"!!! "Enslaved melanited people from Africa "!!! Correct your terminology and usage of language!!!
I liked it when I went there in 1992
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london and tokyo are the best cities now imo
New York City is the best City by Oxford economics
After Brexit for London that is no longer true.
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
Actually is New York city and Tokyo.
Can we just stop the myth that the natives lived peacefully though?
Europeans didn’t live peacefully either nor did Africans or any people group in any continent in the history of mankind
Oh No.....! Surely not ?? I thought Native Americans sat around their campfires
chilling with some weed and having the
neighbouring tribes round to hold hands and sing Kumbayah....... ??
Wales is not England 7.33
Then why are all your castles English then?!? 😂
@@ebdo7863 🥲got me there 😂
@@ebdo7863There are Walsh castles and Scottish castles
If it's so great, why doesn't the whole world live there?
John Lennon chose to live there !!
That tells you something....!!
Have you been to NYC? The whole world lives there.
@@2msvalkyrie529Madonna and Tom Cruise live in London so what’s your point?
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The Dutch came and literally bought Manhattan from $24 smh off the Native Americans smh
I thought Washington was inaugurated on April 30th 1790; not 1789. Washington wore a brown velveteen suit.
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
Yyyyyaaaaaawwwwwnnnnn
New York isn't the greatest maybe 100 years ago. But now it's Tokyo
Tokyo 😅😂😂🤣😂😂
It’s London
NYC’s GDP is higher than Tokyo. So there’s that.
@@gilrosario7224that amount of GDP yet still can’t buy half a decent train network nor actually having a clean, zero crime city
@@jay.andraeI agree……Then there’s corruption. Which is an entirely different discussion.
Who said NYC is the worlds greatest city? stfu.
Oxford economics best city is New York City. Far 2nd is London
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You mean “the dirtiest city”
@@jesskis1163 which is london
I love NYC but it is the 2nd greatest city in the world, Tokyo is absolute number one!
Greatest city, 100 years ago.
Oxford economics best city is New York City. 2 ND London
The Goat City
You think New York is the greatest city....😅
It is the greatest city
@@c.f.okonta8815 maybe if you're an illegal or criminal, then yes, NY is a paradise. But for everyone else it's just a overpriced dirty disgusting city with no morals and no support for the average taxpayer
@@c.f.okonta8815no it's not, that's London
@@illyaedwards7188 you’re wrong
@@c.f.okonta8815 I'm right, I can give you a list if you want me to? New York is just a concrete jungle and London has a lot of great and historical buildings, the tower of London is over a thousand years old, and America is only about 400 years old.
Best city? Have you ever been there?
It would be better if that mf Robert Moses didn’t touch it
Now we have mad fine particle pollution, thanks a lot
Yup, would be 100x better with just half the cars
Sure wish there was a tried and proven policy proposal on the table to mitigate car use in NYC, at leeeast below 60th street, one of the most congested areas
Greatest?!?!
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Definitely not the best city.
You’re dreaming if you think NYC is the best city in the world. Lmao
It is if you know what the primary function of cities is.
San Francisco, CA is the greatest city in the world
been there lately?it's a dump
1K in today's money. SMH
I think that someone was fcked over, there!...🤑🤑
Well if by greatest we are referring to is physical size and population... okay sure. But greatest, as in the best of all the places in the world, no, not so much... in fact nowhere near it.
I have been to 38 countries around the world, 44 states, and countless cities, and let me tell you, New York City is, in fact, the greatest city in the world!
Even in size and population it’s not the greatest
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Trying to sound like Michael Caine?
Settlers a.k.a land grabber...what a shame!
2024 NYC is probably on the short list for worst cities
It's only the greatest city in the US..
Baloney. Chicago is much more impressive. And a lot cleaner.
Lol no. There's like 20 cities in the US better than jewh york
@@LordBuckhouseyour city would've been perfect if it weren't for those damn parking metres.
@@jetfan925free parking is NYC’s worst trait
@@bikesgoodgasbadI don't think parking costing money is the issue. The fact that Chicago sold the rights to collect on those parking meters to a private company so the city sees 0 benefit from it is the issue.
it’s only as great as the people that run it