Rediscovering the New Yorker Hotel's Underground Tunnel to Penn Station
Thanks to a special tour from New Yorker Hotel employee Joseph Kinney, Untapped Cities was able to check out the forgotten underground tunnels to Penn Station.
Timescales at the Museum of the City of New York (Clip 2)
The U.S. Capitol Subway System Beneath Capitol Hill
The United States Capitol Subway System, open only to members of Congress and staffers on Capitol Hill (and some lucky visitors), is also one of the world’s shortest. Read more about it on Untapped Cities:
New York Photowalk 1- Arrival - Grand Central Station and more..
This is the first video inn the short 'New York Photowalk' series.
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PBS American Experience: The Race Underground – Testing the First Electric Subway Motor
The Race Underground traces the transformative ideas of 29-year old American naval officer, Frank Sprague, who envisioned a subway system that would run on electric power instead of the coal of the London Underground. Sprague was primed for the role, having worked initially with Thomas Edison after naval service. He launched a venture under his name, the Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Company, and looked for investors among the Gilded Age barons of the time.
On a short track in on an alley between two brick buildings near the Durant Sugar Factory off East 24th Street near the East River, Sprague met Jay Gould to give a test run. Sprague puts Gould at the front of a flatbed train car as a showman's move, giving the industrialist a literal front row seat. But Sprague became a little overzealous, says Doug Most, the author of The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America’s First Subway in which the documentary is partly based on.
Abandoned New York City: The 'haunted' mental asylums, boat graveyards and castles
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Abandoned New York City: The 'haunted' mental asylums, boat graveyards and castles of the Big Apple
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After years of photographing and telling the stories of some of New York's longest abandoned sites, a photographer has put his photographs, research, and experiences into a book.
For the last three years, photographer Will Ellis has traveled around the five boroughs of New York City 'obsessively exploring' the city's abandoned places and taking photographs along the way, according to his blog Abandoned NYC.
And now,the Brooklyn-based photographer and videographer has published his findings in a book, 'Abandoned NYC.'
'I made it a goal pretty quickly to do a book soon after starting the blog; it was always part of the plan,' Ellis told Untapped Cities.
Since he began the blog in 2012, Ellis has photographed dozens of abandoned places from castles and cemeteries to mental institutions and diners.
The book includes 200 eerie images of 'urban decay,' according to Amazon, and Ellis said he spent a lot of time doing research on the locations he photographed.
'It's one thing to write up an article for the internet, but having it in print meant there was a lot of pressure to get things right,' Ellis told Untapped.
He said the book has been in the works for the last two years and he is excited to 'finally get it into people's hands.'
NEW YORK CITY IS MORPHING: BAAL ARCHES???
Found an article online that led me to a total of 8 ARCHES now in New York City with one in Brooklyn just over the bridge!!! You'll be amazed at where these arches are located and how well some of them blend into their surrounding environments!
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Abandoned Art Deco Bathhouse | Aerial Film
Enjoy this short film I created which highlights the #architecture of the Jacob Riis Bathhouse located in NYC! This was shot on the DJI Mavic Pro using an ND 32 filter.
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Jacob Riis Park, also called Jacob A. Riis Park[2] or Jacob Riis State Park,[3] is a seaside park at the southwestern end the Rockaway Peninsula in the New York City borough of Queens. It lies at the foot of the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, adjacent to the east of Fort Tilden, and west of Neponsit and Rockaway Beach. Originally a city-run park under the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, it is currently part of the Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, and is managed by the National Park Service (NPS).
Plans emerged for a coastal park located in the Rockaways in the early 20th Century, with the property acquired by the city in 1912. Initially called Seaside Park and later Telawana Park, the park was named in 1914 for social journalist Jacob Riis, who advocated for the creation of the park. During World War I, the site was used as the Rockaway Naval Air Station, one of the first naval air stations in the United States. Riis Park was largely constructed between 1936 and 1937 by NYC Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, who envisioned Riis Park as a getaway for New York City residents comparable to Jones Beach State Park on Long Island. The park was built along with the Marine Parkway Bridge and the Belt Parkway in nearby Brooklyn, which provided access to the park.
In 1972, Jacob Riis Park was transferred to the control of the National Park Service. The Jacob Riis Park Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. It features an extensive sand beach along the Atlantic Ocean coastline and several historic Art Deco structures, including a bathhouse built in 1932 and reconfigured in 1937. Today, the park's sand, surf, and seaside recreation areas and famous Art Deco bathhouse make it a popular summer destination. Facilities available in season include a pitch and putt golf course and food concessions. -
Cities Using Naturalization Initiatives To Harness Immigrants' Full Economic Potential
A recent study by the Urban Institute found cities reap significant economic benefits when eligible residents become naturalized US citizens. But each year, only 10% of those eligible do so.
108 about to be US citizens from all over the world gathered at the Las Cruces convention center taking an oath of loyalty as part of a ceremony to become a US citizen.
Raksmey Chan came to the US from Cambodia 3 years ago to live with her husband and son in Artesia, New Mexico.
“It is great! I am happy to be one of the people, to be an American citizen.” Chan said.
New US Citizen Raksmey Chan came from Cambodia three years ago.
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Now a US citizen. Chan has the right to vote, can get federal student loans, hold on to her retirement income and petition for family members to come to the US. But the benefits of naturalization go much further.
“Legal immigrants are a tremendous boon for the US economy” said New Mexico State University professor Doctor Chris Erickson.
He said naturalization is a mechanism cities can use to harness immigrants’ full potential and promote local economic development.
study by the Urban Institute found increased naturalization could increase employment by 2.2 percent, home ownership by 6.3 percent and the naturalized individuals’ earnings by almost 9%.
“lf you earn more… you are going to pay more in taxes, you are going to pay more in income tax, you are going to pay more in sales taxes. Your buying more stuff and you are probably paying more in property taxes. If incomes are higher it tends to boost up properties. Overall in promoting income growth is a benefit to government in terms of generating additional revenue.” Erickson said.
Erickson said new citizens’ resulting sense of security and willingness to make long-term investments can reap even broader economic benefits.
“They have more of a stake in society so they invest more in society” Erickson said.
Especially if those investments are in starting new businesses, innovating technologies or working in high-skill jobs.
It is not high tech and it is a far cry from the Silicon Valley, but Chan and her husband did open a donut shop in Artesia, and are working towards opening another store.
“We can open a couple of more kind of expanding our business and get more income to support the family.” Chan said.
But what about claims that immigration will increase costs to government? New citizens are eligible for more government support programs. But the Urban Institute study found while naturalization can sometimes result in higher use of government assistance those costs are heavily outweighed by increased tax contributions through higher earnings and spending.
“The net contribution of immigrants is positive” Erickson said.
Nationally there are about 8.8 million immigrants eligible to become U.S. citizens. But less than 10 percent of those eligible do so each year.
Recognizing this untapped economic potential, at least 20 US cities including Denver, New York and Los Angeles have initiatives aimed at increasing citizenship.
“We work hard, and that is what everybody dream of coming to this free land and get opportunity to do what they want and feel free.” Chan said.
Chan says the process took her three years, but otherwise she didn’t have too much trouble navigating the naturalization process by herself.
According to The University of California Santa Cruz between 2006 and 2010, there were 11,440 new immigrant business owners in New Mexico. And the potential is high in Dona Ana County where 1 in 5 residents are foreign born.
The state of New York plans to spend up to $400 million buying out and knocking down homes in Sandy-
The forces of nature had been threatening the Staten Island's Oakwood Beach neighborhood for years, flooding the streets every time it rained, sending crabs skittering into bungalows and swamping basements so regularly that it was just accepted as part of life.
But after Superstorm Sandy swept in with 20-foot waves that crashed over roofs and killed three people, those who have lived here for generations decided it was time to go. Soon, the state will buy some 400 homes, bulldoze them and never again allow anything to be built here.
Oakwood Beach will finally surrender to the sea.
It's depressing. It's heartbreaking. To even just drive down to the neighborhood to see what the neighborhood looks like, said Joe Monte, a construction worker who had built his dream house overlooking the ocean.
The neighborhood is the first _ and so far only _ New York City community to be totally bought out under a state program that promises to turn wrecked neighborhoods into perpetual green space.
The state of New York plans to spend up to $400 million buying out and knocking down homes in Sandy-affected communities in the city and on Long Island, offering residents the pre-storm value of their houses. In New Jersey, the state is planning to spend about $300 million to buy about 1,000 damaged homes.
Getting a buyout is the equivalent of winning the lottery for homeowners who lost everything during the storm, although not all residents want to be bought out. On New York City's Rockaway peninsula, for example, homeowners are determined to stay put and rebuild.
Much of the clamor for buyouts is coming from Staten Island, where waves slammed against third-floor windows and 23 people drowned, most of them trapped inside their own homes.
It's a slow process when you consider there's close to 200 people who have no homes at all, said Borough President James Molinaro.
Although Oakwood Beach's buyout push has been a success, the future is far less certain for hundreds of people who have signed petitions demanding the same deal in nearly every other devastated shorefront community on Staten Island: New Dorp Beach, Midland Beach, Ocean Breeze and Tottenville, among others.
Right now, those areas are only eligible for a city program that buys individual properties for redevelopment _ a program that so far has purchased only one home. But because many have yet to receive a dime from the city's Sandy aid programs, they're skeptical.
In Ocean Breeze, a neighborhood that remains mostly deserted since the storm, about half of the 120 homeowners have signed a petition requesting a buyout from the governor's office.
Eleven people died, that's too much. That's a sign right there and it tells people, it's a dangerous area, said Frank Moszczynski, who lives on a creekfront block where one house floated across the street and several others were demolished.
Most homeowners in Oakwood Beach have already applied and are proceeding toward the state's offer to purchase, with closings set to begin this month.
State officials say they chose to buy out Oakwood Beach after analyzing historical flooding data and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's scientific flood maps. The other crucial factor was quick mobilization: residents began marshaling resources for a buyout the day after Sandy hit.
Monte was standing in the middle of his flooded home the day after Sandy, ankle-deep in toxic sludge, when he realized his house was beyond saving. He walked out and hasn't gone back in since.
Now the swimming pool that he worked so hard to afford has been overtaken by nature. Minnows dart among seaweed and algae in the murky water. Halloween decorations that adorned the house last fall are still lying on the patio.
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Top 10 towns devastated by a single employer or industry.
Top 10 towns devastated by a single employer or industry.
Have you ever wondered how a town gets abandoned? There is a bunch of reasons why one does but most of the time it is the loss of a single employer. Company towns have failed over and over and that is what this video is all about, towns that collapsed when the main employer left town or closed down.
Many of these towns have a few residents still hanging on but there is no Airbnb, timeshare, or new mortgages to help revitalize these towns. I'm not sure you could get a home loan for most of these towns and I doubt homeowners insurance is reasonable either.
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Touring Ellis Island Abandoned Hospital
Enter the depths of abandoned hospital on Ellis Island. Today Ken chaperones a tour of the haunted facility accompanying ghosts and tourists. Courtesy of untappedcities.com.
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The Rise and Fall of Penn Station - Trailer
From PBS - In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad, led by the company's president, Alexander Cassatt, successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East Rivers, connecting the railroad to New York and eventually, via the Hell Gate Bridge, to New England, knitting together the entire eastern half of the United States. The tunnels terminated in what was one of the greatest architectural achievements of its time, Pennsylvania Station. Designed by renowned architect Charles McKim, and inspired by the Roman baths of Caracalla, Pennsylvania Station covered nearly eight acres, extended two city blocks, and housed one of the largest public spaces in the world. Neither Cassatt nor McKim lived to see their masterpiece completed, but many of the one hundred thousand attendees of Penn Station's grand opening proclaimed it to be one of the wonders of the world. But just fifty-three years after the station's opening, the unthinkable happened. What was supposed to last forever, to herald and represent the American Empire, was slated to be destroyed. The financially-strapped Pennsylvania Railroad announced it had sold the air rights above Penn Station, and would tear down what had once been its crowning jewel to build Madison Square Garden, a high rise office building and sports complex
E-Bikes and E-Scooter Rentals Won’t Be Allowed in N.Y. Anytime Soon
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E-Bikes and E-Scooter Rentals Won't Be Allowed in N.Y. Anytime SoonGov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed a bill that would have legalized both types of transport, angering supporters of the measure.Electric-scooter rentals will not be coming to New York and the electric bicycles favored by New York City delivery workers will remain illegal after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Thursday vetoed a bill that would have legalized both types of battery-powered transport. The veto was a blow to several constituencies: scooter companies that operate in dozens of cities in the United States and abroad and see New York as a lucrative, untapped market; delivery workers who rely on an illegal form of transportation to earn a living; and those pressing for ways to ease congestion on New York City's traffic-choked streets. In rejecting the legislation, Mr. Cuomo cited safety measures he said that he had sought in his proposed 2019 budget but that had been inexplicably omitted from the bill that cleared both houses of the State Legislature by overwhelming margins. Failure to include these basic measures renders this legislation fatally flawed, the governor said in his veto message. He specifically referred to the lack of a requirement that riders of the battery-powered conveyances wear helmets as one of his main objections. Helmets are a common-sense requirement that should be imposed on operators of these vehicles to protect public safety, Mr. Cuomo said, adding that he looked forward to continuing this discussion in the 2020 legislative session. Supporters of the legislation expressed dismay over the governor's move. Several said it would mean continuing hardship for delivery workers who face the threat of being fined up to $500 and having their bikes - throttle-controlled as opposed to pedal-a
Trump Considers Prolonging Afghan War to Secure $1 Trillion in Untapped Mineral Deposits
- On Wednesday, two U.S. soldiers died in Afghanistan after a suicide car bomber rammed a NATO-led convoy near a major U.S. base in Kandahar. The attack came a day after at least 33 worshipers died when suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in the city of Herat. The self-proclaimed Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack. The latest round of violence comes as The New York Times reports that Trump may have found a reason to prolong the nearly 16-year-old war: Afghanistan's untapped mineral deposits, which could be worth nearly $1 trillion. Trump reportedly discussed Afghanistan's vast deposits of minerals with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and is considering sending an envoy to Afghanistan to meet with mining officials. We speak with Jodi Vittori, senior policy adviser for Global Witness on Afghanistan policy. Jodi spent 20 years in the U.S. military, where she served in several countries, including Afghanistan. She has received numerous military awards, including two Bronze Stars. We also speak with Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, a campaign to end U.S. military and economic warfare.
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About the Young People's Chorus of New York City
The Young People's Chorus of New York City is a multicultural youth chorus internationally renowned not only for its superb virtuosity and brilliant showmanship, but as a model for an inclusive society that is being replicated globally. Founded by Artistic Director Francisco J. Núñez 27 years ago, this groundbreaking program harnesses the power of music to fulfill the potential of every child.
Young People's Chorus of New York CityOver the years YPC has created an awareness of the unlimited potential of a children's chorus to rise to unforeseen levels of artistry and has established the youth chorus as a significant and often untapped instrument for making music.
Almost 1,400 children from ages 7 to 18 participate annually through YPC's core after-school program, its Satellite program in New York City public schools, a national affiliate in Tenafly, New Jersey, and since 2012, its first after-school community chorus located in New York City's Washington Heights.
YPC Repertoire
The repertoire of the Young People's Chorus of New York City ranges from renaissance and classical traditions through gospel, folk, pop, contemporary, and world music. Through its Transient Glory and Radio Radiance new music series, Young People's Chorus of New York CityYPC is particularly well known for commissioning and premiering over 80 pieces of music from many of today’s most distinguished established and emerging composers—many of whom had never before written for young voices. In addition, through its Transmusica series, established in 2012, YPC collaborates with choruses from as far as Indonesia, Australia, Japan, and Israel in cross-cultural performances that build understanding and bridges among other societies and cultures of the world.
YPC Collaborations
Young People's Chorus of New York CityYPC’s commitment to artistic excellence and diversity has inspired frequent invitations for collaborations and performances from a global array of festivals and cultural institutions. Among them are Carnegie Hall, the San Francisco Symphony, the Tokyo Philharmonic, Bang on a Can, and the White House. YPC has accepted invitations to represent the U.S. in Kyoto’s Seventh World Symposium in 2005 and to represent North America at the 2012 World Choral Summit in Beijing. It was the first American youth choir to participate in the Adolf Fredrik Festival in Stockholm, Sweden, and the first American youth choir invited to sing at Polyfollia, the international choral showcase in Normandy, France. In 2013 YPC participated in a month-long tour of Asia, beginning in Hong Kong as artist-in-residence of the Hong Kong International Youth and Children’s Choral Festival before moving on to performances in Shanghai and six Japanese cities. YPC was invited as artist-in-residence at the 2014 European Festival of Youth Choirs in Basel, Switzerland. This season YPC is concentrating on the United States with tours to Minnesota, Florida, and California, but this fall, will again travel abroad to compete in Munich, Germany, as a finalist in the Euroradio Choral Competition.
Special Appearances
Young People's Chorus of New York CityYPC is frequently seen on national television, including an Emmy Award-winning feature on PBS-TV’s “From the Top at Carnegie Hall,” NBC-TV’s Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, ABC-TV's Good Morning America, CNN's New Day, Fox & Friends, and Nickelodeon among many others. They have also appeared on the Thanksgiving Day Parade Special and in a Coca-Cola TV commercial. In spring 2014, YPC participated in the opening of the 9/11 Memorial and Museum before an audience of dignitaries, including President and Mrs. Barack Obama.
Awards and Honors
YPC was named New York's first radio choir by WNYC, New York Public Radio, and is in residence at Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Among its many awards is America’s highest award for youth programs—a National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award—presented to YPC at the White House by First Lady Michelle Obama.
The Second Amendment at the Supreme Court: A Conversation with Nina Totenberg
A discussion on gun reform after the Supreme Court’s first hearing on the Second Amendment in 10 years, State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York (NYSRPA). The case represents the first time the Supreme Court has heard arguments in a Second Amendment case in almost 10 years. NYSRPA concerns a challenge to a New York City regulation that restricted individuals who hold “premises licenses”—those that allow individuals to possess a gun at home—from bringing their firearms to shooting ranges or second homes outside the City. The City changed the regulation after the Supreme Court granted review, and New York State has also since passed legislation that allows the petitioners to bring their guns outside New York City to other shooting ranges and second homes. The panelists discuss what to make of the Supreme Court’s questioning at oral argument and also what other Second Amendment and firearms law cases may soon be coming to the Court.
Speakers include: Nina Totenberg (NPR), Joseph Blocher (Duke Law), Darrell A. H. Miller (Duke Law); moderator: Jake Charles (Duke Law)
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Thomas Abt | Bleeding Out
Urban violence is one of the most divisive and allegedly intractable issues of our time. But as Harvard scholar Thomas Abt shows in Bleeding Out, we actually possess all the tools necessary to stem violence in our cities. A copy of the book can be purchased here:
Coupling the latest social science with firsthand experience as a crime-fighter, Abt proposes a relentless focus on violence itself -- not drugs, gangs, or guns. Because violence is sticky, clustering among small groups of people and places, it can be predicted and prevented using a series of smart-on-crime strategies that do not require new laws or big budgets. Bringing these strategies together, Abt offers a concrete, cost-effective plan to reduce homicides by over 50 percent in eight years, saving more than 12,000 lives nationally. Violence acts as a linchpin for urban poverty, so curbing such crime can unlock the untapped potential of our cities' most disadvantaged communities and help us to bridge the nation's larger economic and social divides.
Urgent yet hopeful, Bleeding Out offers practical solutions to the national emergency of urban violence -- and challenges readers to demand action.
Join us as Thomas Abt discusses this important and timely work with Yale Law professor Tracey L. Meares!
Thomas Abt is a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Both in the United States and globally, he teaches, studies, and writes on the use of evidence-informed approaches to reducing gun, gang, and youth violence, among other topics. Abt is a member of the Campbell Collaboration Criminal Justice Steering Committee and the Advisory Board of the Police Executive Programme at the University of Cambridge. He also serves as a Senior Fellow to the Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School and the Igarapé Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Previously, Abt served as a policymaker in Barack Obama’s Justice Department and worked for New York governor Andrew Cuomo, overseeing all criminal justice and homeland security agencies in the state.
Tracey L. Meares is the Walton Hale Hamilton Professor and a Founding Director of the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. Before joining the faculty at Yale, she was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School from 1995 to 2007, serving as Max Pam Professor and Director of the Center for Studies in Criminal Justice. She was the first African American woman to be granted tenure at both law schools.
Professor Meares is a nationally-recognized expert on policing in urban communities, and her research focuses on understanding how members of the public think about their relationship(s) with legal authorities such as police, prosecutors and judges. She teaches courses on criminal procedure, criminal law, and policy and she has worked extensively with the federal government having served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Law and Justice, a National Research Council standing committee and the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs Science Advisory Board.
In April 2019, Professor Meares was elected as a member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In December 2014, President Obama named her as a member of his Task Force on 21st Century Policing. She has a B.S. in general engineering from the University of Illinois and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Recorded June 25, 2019