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.
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.
I don't understand why Staten Island is a part of New York. It's clearly on the New Jersey side of the river. If Staten Island is in New York then surely Jersey city should be a part of New York. But I'm from the UK so I probably don't know what I'm talking about
I find that most companies that pay TH-camrs to advertise for them usually are scams and they try to get around false advertising by letting a TH-camr do it.
@@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
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
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.
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!!
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.
The world’s greatest city smells like rotting garbage on every street, has homeless people screaming at you on the subway, and costs a fortune for you to live in a closet.
@@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
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!
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!
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.
There are alpha++ cities in the world. London is superior to nyc because it has history/heritage, is THE cultural hub of UK whereas nyc shares this with La and others, and is the political hub and de facto centre of everything else
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!
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....... ??
New York is the greatest city in the world because it has the highest GDP of any city with $1.4 trillion. It’s the economic center of the world. The New York Stock Exchange is four times the size of the London Stock Exchange in terms of capitalization. New York is also home to the United Nations. New York and London are the only Alpha++ cities in the world rankings. And it was the worlds first mega City New York did all this in 400 years something that took London what 1700 years to do ? When it comes to scenery, architecture, food, and restaurants, etc., that's all subjective, and people are entitled to their own opinion about which city they believe is the best in the world.
Yes, it took London longer - but you’re forgetting London (and it has to be said, also Amsterdam), literally invented New York). It’s even named after an English town! It’s a spin-off! Of course it took New York less time. You speak English in New York! Just exactly where do you think that came from. London literally gave you the head start! They say New York and London are brothers. The closer truth is New York is London’s son. You’ve been a global capital for about 70 years. Wake me up when you’ve been a global city for 300.
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
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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.
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 😊
Fantastic production. Thank you. Really great!!
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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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
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.
😂😂
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 ?
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!
A well done whistle stop tour. I'd also recommend viewing Nic Burns' series New York: A Documentary Film also available on YT
Good Job
Great video, you forgot to mention the Verizano also had the bridge named after him crossing the Hudson River
She finally understood that grief was her love with no place for it to go.
NYC❤
Bigger is usually not better when it comes to cities
Everybody is leaving.
@@WillMellquistthat’s not true
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!
Incredible - very professional -Thank you
As a New York resident, I say,
HA!
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.
No mention of the Erie Canal?
AMAZING!!!!!
how do I find great mill stone brothers from nyc
Yoooo bro cooked with this one 🔥
thanks 😊
Thanks 😊
The East river isn’t a river. It’s an estuary.
I don't understand why Staten Island is a part of New York. It's clearly on the New Jersey side of the river. If Staten Island is in New York then surely Jersey city should be a part of New York. But I'm from the UK so I probably don't know what I'm talking about
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
I love new and old yorks
Love my city. NEW YORK
Your name is ahmed bruh you’re not from US I guarantee 😂
@ I am an American, are you? If so, you are not from US too unless you are a Native American.
@@afifahmed1183 you’re not. Be proud of your heritage not what you became. I’m proud European
@ I am proud. I’m a New Yorker, and my ancestors are from South Asia. Asian American like so many people in here in NY. Love this about NY, diverse
Better help is a scam
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You scam 😂😂😂
I find that most companies that pay TH-camrs to advertise for them usually are scams and they try to get around false advertising by letting a TH-camr do it.
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
@3:00 how can you claim land that rightfully never belonged to you?
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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
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.
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
ENGLAND made it NEW YORK facts
No not even close.
New York is named after the english town York. New York was New Amsterdam the british went to war with the dutch and won.
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
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.
HEY STOP THAT I KNOW THOSE 2 SQUARES AT 11:25
Who proclaimed that
4 rivers moment , They kinda forgot about the bronx river
1:30 shouldnt the title card for this video start from 8000 years ago till now? Why 1624 onwards?
Thumbnail reminds me of Saint Denis
Don’t take better help sponsorship 😳
Literally my least favorite city 🤷🏼♂️
You didn't mention how central park was an African American neighborhood. They were removed...
The world’s greatest city smells like rotting garbage on every street, has homeless people screaming at you on the subway, and costs a fortune for you to live in a closet.
Nice
No 1624-2024 if any you guys can't
Define….. greatest
I love NYC but it is the 2nd greatest city in the world, Tokyo is absolute number one!
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
The world's greatest city? Ya ok lol. Curious what metrics they used to determine that.
When will Indian cities be like this ?
As a Irish American, the fact I speak English and not Gaelic is your answer
You only see the excitement, oh yes I was one of those to growing up just 21/2 hours a way, but I woke up, so why can’t you.
Imagine native americans coming to europe and just claiming it for themselves.
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?
I liked it when I went there in 1992
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 😅
The Goat City
Wish it was the way it was in the 1600s again. Fresh n clean, and beautiful
life expectancy: 36 years
nasty, brutish and short
The greatest city in the world (work, work!)
Hamilton!
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
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.
Definitely not the best city.
Please do the history of Germany.
Well, Germany is about a 150 years old...so that's a short clip 😂
"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.
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.
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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
😂 i get it! NYC landlords need more tenants to be drawn in
go to bed grandpa thats enough fox news
@@makomerlin4250 absolutely, pay your taxes, Mr Euro
Greatest city? Don’t make me laugh
That's a matter of opinion.
Not "slaves"!!! "Enslaved melanited people from Africa "!!! Correct your terminology and usage of language!!!
New yorrrrrrk, concrete jungle where dreams are made of, there’s nothing you can’t do - MLK
😂
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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2024 NYC is probably on the short list for worst cities
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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
Best city? Have you ever been there?
YEAH NYC kind of sucks anymore ! 😢
There are alpha++ cities in the world. London is superior to nyc because it has history/heritage, is THE cultural hub of UK whereas nyc shares this with La and others, and is the political hub and de facto centre of everything else
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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it’s only as great as the people that run it
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....... ??
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been there lately?it's a dump
You mean “the dirtiest city”
@@jesskis1163 which is london
Nyc use to be the greatest city
The Dutch came and literally bought Manhattan from $24 smh off the Native Americans smh
1K in today's money. SMH
I think that someone was fcked over, there!...🤑🤑
New York is the greatest city in the world because it has the highest GDP of any city with $1.4 trillion. It’s the economic center of the world. The New York Stock Exchange is four times the size of the London Stock Exchange in terms of capitalization. New York is also home to the United Nations. New York and London are the only Alpha++ cities in the world rankings. And it was the worlds first mega City New York did all this in 400 years something that took London what 1700 years to do ? When it comes to scenery, architecture, food, and restaurants, etc., that's all subjective, and people are entitled to their own opinion about which city they believe is the best in the world.
I agree with you
Yes, it took London longer - but you’re forgetting London (and it has to be said, also Amsterdam), literally invented New York). It’s even named after an English town! It’s a spin-off! Of course it took New York less time. You speak English in New York! Just exactly where do you think that came from. London literally gave you the head start! They say New York and London are brothers. The closer truth is New York is London’s son. You’ve been a global capital for about 70 years. Wake me up when you’ve been a global city for 300.
London is the greatest city in the world, and London is the economic and banking center of the world, so you actually do any research?
@@illyaedwards7188 it’s New York not London
@@c.f.okonta8815 it's definitely London, and London has more to offer
New York is the greatest city? “Laughs in London.”
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
Is NY the greatest city? 😂😂😂
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