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all right hello everyone
today is December 29th 2018 only two
more days left until we have a brand new
year
and I just got off then train at the
49th Street and 7th Avenue station the W
& R trains also run on this station as
well and I'm going to do a walk down
Broadway from Times Square to 14th
Street if you don't like my narration
I've done other videos where I've walked
Broadway without any narration at all
but here's this video so right now I'm
on 49th and 7th Avenue and in front of
me is the Barclays building it used to
be the home of Lehman Brothers before
collapsed in 2008
and Broadway is only one block away that
way
now Broadway when it gets the Time
Square they crisscross the 7th Avenue
so right now we are in Times Square even
though the subway stations official
times we're stop is 42nd Street Times
Square but I would recommend if you're
coming down on the subway to get off at
49th Street or 50th Street or 53rd
Street and walk down because it's a much
better view
getting off at 42nd and coming
here's a lot of tour buses
a lot of tourists coming to New York
M&Ms store
this M&M store is very busy during
Christmas time a play I'm alright thank
you
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and now this is four th Street and 7th
Avenue just a quick word of warning
about people asking you for money or
donations in Time Square not a lot of
them not all of them are up to good some
of them they may use the donations for
some selfish reasons and you never
really know where their causes go so I
mean it's your choice if you want to
help or not but I'd rather much donate
to a reputable organization that's where
I know where my money is going and so
I'll support that way but now we're
getting to 47th Street
Times Square is a big area where it's
called like the advertisement capital of
the world the cross walls of the world
it's known for the Broadway theatres
lots of tourists and people everywhere
looks like they're getting ready for New
Year's right now
it's a shame because I really wanted to
go on top of this Tiki TKTS staircase
and show you a panorama of Times Square
from the top
but that's not happening today
now this TKTS booth it's very very
useful if you want to get discount
Broadway shows and a lot of last-minute
tickets they'll usually discount them at
the foot of the booth not all the shows
will be available but usually the ones
that are left they're not not really bad
seats you are at the mercy of the supply
of what they have and they'll price the
tickets accordingly so looks like this
whole section of time squared
disposed off
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and all these people here now are lined
up for the TKTS poof which isn't even
open yet ready to buy tickets to shows
and plays along Broadway and
off-broadway
this hmm tower in front of me is the
tallest building in Times Square
no thank you now those costume
characters are very aggressive
once you interact with them they'll try
to have a picture with you and then
they'll ask you for donations or a tip
you do not require to give them the tip
but they'll give you intense pressure to
do so and it does make you feel a little
bit uncomfortable
now this is 46 Street CBGB's
now when they say Broadway plays and
Broadway shows most of them aren't
actually on Broadway they're on the side
streets surrounding it like 4060 and
45th and 42nd
looks like Planet Fitness has their
stage up or stages there's two of them
and these costume characters are all out
to get money
now the city does have designated areas
for them to be in those green spaces but
right now it's taken off by this by the
New Year's Eve preparation so they kind
of forced to get away
now these people to my left are CD
hustlers they'll come up to you try to
give you a CD say is for free
but once you take it once again they'll
also have you for money and I find them
to be even more aggressive than the
costume characters
here's a Minskoff theater
The Lion King and there's
right here is a Japanese company the
line friend store
and directly in front of me is one Time
Square where the New Year's Eve Ball is
going to drop in a few days
right
now there aren't any actual tenants
inside one Time Square it's just mainly
a building for advertisements finally
funnily enough the only tenant is on the
ground floor which is a Walgreens
now when New Year's Eve come it comes if
you want to come to Times Square you
have to be here really ordered really
early to secure a very good spot or else
you'll be locked out and the city will
just start closing off sections of Times
Square going uptown
I remember one year I came at 6 o'clock
p.m. and already the streets were closed
up to I believe 50th Street and the view
wasn't even that good from where I was
so if you're here early you have to be
here at least at noontime to get a very
good spot in Times Square or else you'll
be you know force way back
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who is Bubba Gump shrimp
it's a very tasty restaurant
here's the really cool must or it's also
related to the line friend store
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almost ran into that character just now
have some photographers here now I'm on
seventh Avenue and Broadway crosses over
to the left so I'm going that way
is the Midtown police precinct in Times
Square
now normally you're able to walk right
into this area here but the city has
closed it off
they really want to prepare early and I
don't know if you saw it back there but
this section was had a letter on at
letter H I'm assuming that's they're
going to label the pens different
letters so it will be easier for the
city to organize like we'll have section
a they'll close off section a at a
certain time or or when it gets too
filled up
I'm expecting a lot more visitors than
usual to Times Square on New Year's Eve
mainly because the weather is warmer
this year
and if you do plan on coming I wish you
the best of luck because it's a long
long wait for the ball drop and it's
very very difficult to go out and come
back in to get something to eat or use
the restroom now this is 42nd Street it
is one of the largest widest cross town
streets cross town streets in New York
City
and as I was saying if you're coming out
for times where many people they wear
diapers because it's almost impossible
to get a restroom
here's 7 times square the time square
tower they still have holiday reefs up
from the lobby
to
now what i'm doing here is crossing
against the walk signal it is illegal to
do so but it's almost never enforced and
everybody does it anyway because it's
the social norm in new york city as long
as you don't get hit by a traffic you're
free to cross the street against the
light
I definitely would not recommend it if
you're not accustomed to it
here is Joe's pizza original Joe's
future
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I'm not sure if it's the original Joe's
pizza because everybody says they're the
original Joe's or original raise or
something
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today isn't really that cold it's about
I believe 45 degrees Fahrenheit so I'm
not even wearing gloves right now
here's some food vendors on the sidewalk
here
they're pretty tasty the food vendor is
depending on which one you go to or just
keep in mind that I'm sometimes I'm a
little bit skeptical of them because you
don't really know how good their
sanitary cleanliness is and they're now
required to post ratings of their health
grades unlike the brick-and-mortar
stores
so I'm coming up on 38th Street now
this area were would still be considered
Midtown
Manhattan's districts are very loosely
interpreted some people consider a Time
Square from 47th Street to 42nd or they
can consider it from 50th Street it's a
forty second or it can even go as low as
40 of three
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but in general there are little
subsections of neighborhoods within the
bigger the bigger category I guess you
would say
to be safe most people will consider
Midtown anywhere between 59th Street and
34th Street but if you go on Google Maps
and click on midtown Manhattan
you'll see it extends from 59th Street
to 14th Street so it's a very loose
interpretation of where the boundaries
of different neighborhoods are or
different sections of the city
here's another pizza shop
one thing I highly recommend if you're
coming to New York is to grab a slice of
pizza because it's really really
different and really good depending on
where you're coming from it's one of
those things which defines New York a
pizza slice
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now cross for me is the higher building
I don't really know the history of the
building itself but it looks like a very
classical building a lot of history
this is a this is a time where I don't
want to cross against the light
here's a Shake Shack Shake Shack has
been exploding over the city of over the
past couple of years
it's pricier than most of the other
fast-food options around here like
McDonald's or Dunkin Donuts but they do
have good food
I don't think their prices are consists
in from storage store and I do have to
turn the camera to the left and look up
because right there is the Empire State
Building it's the second tallest
building in New York City after the
excuse me one Sweden town
I'm fine thank you it's the second
tallest building in New York City after
the World Trade Center so one World
Trade Center also called the Freedom
Tower that building the Empire State
Building is located on 5th Avenue and
34th Street
right now I am on 35th Street and
Broadway and this in front of me is the
RH Macy and Company Store or simply
known more commonly as Macy's
it's the largest department store in the
world
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the store still has their holiday
decorations up now is a good time to see
it because not too many people are in
New York to see this they're here to see
New Year's
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some little history about this corner
here which has these sign up that says
the world largest store Macy's this
store actually isn't owned by Macy's
this corner and it's called the million
dollar corner back in the day Macy's
offered to buy this corner for 1 million
dollars but the property owners at that
time refused to sell until this day is
still not part of Macy's but they have
the sign up on top of the store saying
it's the world larger store Macy's
through a lease agreement so this is
34th Street
in front of me is a pedestrian Plaza the
city's been making more of these over
the last couple of years it's just some
places to sit around and do some work
have a coffee chat with people
I think it's a very neat addition to the
city the city does need more pedestrian
space because I feel like there isn't
enough
and I don't know if this camera is
picking it up or if we can see it but in
front of me is the One World Trade
Center or the Freedom Tower off in the
distance that's all the way in lower
Manhattan and I won't be going there in
this video
so now I'm crossing the street at 33rd
feet
because Broadway crosses over to the
other side
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an interesting fact back in the day when
the Dutch settled New Amsterdam and at
the tip of Manhattan
the Broadway Broadway route used to be
an old Native American trail that
followed a length of
and to this day Broadway more or less
follows that old Native American Trail
from all the way from the bottom of
Manhattan to the top
it's really a shame to see so many
people that need assistance in New York
whether it be homeless or people with
mental issues or need help in general
but you know it's just a reflection of
society we all need to improve together
and only then will the cause be fixed
here's someone who is uh unfortunately
sleeping on the street I mean I don't
really like to see that part of New York
but it is a part of the city
and the city does do a lot to help the
homeless population but
something does need to happen
so I'm approaching 32nd Street it's the
heart of Koreatown this one block here
from 32nd Street from Broadway to Fifth
Avenue there's mostly Korean businesses
you can find a lot of businesses
anywhere ranging from a food hall to the
restaurants to bubble tea to karaoke
bars this area is much more lively at
nighttime
so there it is 32nd Street
looks like there's a building coming up
here on December 31st 2019 the
completion date
one thing about New York is there's a
lot of the scaffolding or a lot of
people tease it and say their quote
unquote sidewalk sheds
the city's required to have the property
owners put them up because of laws
protecting pedestrians and other people
from construction debris there's a big
debate on whether many of them are even
necessary
some of them were just left up for years
because there's been no maintenance done
on the building but because it's already
started it's much cheaper than maintain
the sidewalk shows and to upkeep the
building it's really a shame to see all
of them up but
if they are for a legitimate reason for
pedestrian safety then I'm all for it
here's a new construction going up
it's hard to believe even in this day
and age 2019 coming up that there's
construction in New York City you would
think that Manhattan will be all
developed by now but every day I see
tall buildings go up and more floors
being added maintenance being done it's
just a constant evolving nature of the
city
now that pedestrian signal is twisted to
the side so I have to just be a little
bit careful just like there don't want
to be hit by that cab
we've got NYPD here I'm always happy to
see that
I always feel safe when I see police
around
now I'm approaching the first Street in
the 20s which is 29th Street and the
beginning of the Flatiron District
it's a shame this scaffolding is up or
else you'll be able to see the Flatiron
Building in front of me
but we'll see it soon
here's the 28th Street subway station
the subway is one of the most effective
ways to get around the city it runs 24
hours a day although there are some
times where there are detours and track
work being done and maintenance where
you have to take another train or go
back it runs pretty frequently and it's
really cheap you can go anywhere within
the subway station for the subway system
for a 275 per ride and there are even
unlimited ride options an unlimited ride
MetroCard for one week costs $32 and an
unlimited ride option for the monthly
MetroCard costs a hundred and twenty-one
dollars now keep in mind I'm doing this
video pretty much the last days of 2018
and the MTA are in talks to raise the
fair price so there's stuff they have to
change if you are in New York City for a
week and you plan to travel a lot I'd
highly recommend getting a unlimited
weekly MetroCard because you'll save a
lot of money in the long run
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all right now you you can see the
Flatiron Building in front of me that's
at the intersection of Broadway and 23rd
Street
that building has existed there for
years and years I don't really know how
old it is but it's one of the most
photographed buildings in New York
now you may see a lot of garbage bags
and recycling bags on the curb here and
this is how the city does their trash
collection
is a blind pedestrian I want to be
mindful and be careful of where I'm
walking
Oh finally now we get some Sun
so now this is Broadway and 25th Street
Broadway crosses over at this point to
the left side so I make my way over
there
plus I don't think the Sun is good for
the view of the camera so hopefully this
will fix that a little bit it's even
hard for me to see right now
okay now they've used it a little bit
better you see even the Flatiron
Building has scaffolding and sidewalk
sheds on the knee pit not even that
classic building here avoided
now in front of me is Madison Square
Park it's a very very nice park it's
small quiet if you would even consider
it quiet it's one of the few quiet
spaces inside Manhattan
if you come to New York you'll find out
very quickly it's a very noisy place
there's no really getting around it even
when you're in a store or you're up like
a few floors you'll still hear traffic
and emergency sirens and people shouting
the subway anything
another thing about New York I have to
warn you about is there aren't too many
public restrooms in the city sometimes
it is a little bit challenging to find a
restroom but if you usually go into a
local business and support them
financially like Starbucks or Dunkin
Donuts you'll find a bathroom there
actually Starbucks you don't even need
to pay anymore but that's probably one
of my last resorts to use it to find a
restaurant in the city of Starbucks
because you never really know how clean
their restrooms are and most of the time
it's only one one person occupancy so
you may be waiting a while I usually
prefer the big department stores like
Macy's or the Manhattan mall or the Time
Warner Center
or simply use the restroom at your
destination or your origin point like
the restaurant or the Broadway theater
wherever your shopping most of the time
they'll be glad to give you a restroom
one of my favorite places to use
restrooms are hospitals because they're
required to keep their restrooms clean
and unsanitary and sometimes you can get
restrooms at police stations like that
Midtown police station and Times Square
I don't think there is a restroom in
there but there are other smaller
precincts in the city where they're
required to give you a restroom if you
ask
so that's another option
now if you've seen through this video
you might wonder what all those blue
bikes are where all those stalls
and that's the city's bike share system
currently it's operated by motivate and
they brand their bright bike share
system as city bike after the city bank
company
the name might change because
lift the operator of the car sharing
service and for higher
car service bought out the company
but the bike share system is pretty
affordable if you buy an annual
membership I believe it's a hundred and
$69 and a daily pass I believe is $12 I
think well maybe that's the three-day
pass I'm not sure and I know a single
ride ticket isn't really Warford because
it's more expensive than the subway I
think it's maybe four dollars
but the way the city bike warps is once
you check out a bike unless you have the
annual membership you have half an hour
so use the bike if you use the single
ride ticket that's all you get just half
an hour once you dock it into a new
terminal when you finish that's it you
can't use it anymore
but if you buy the daily pass with the
unlimited rides you can actually dock
your bike before the 30 minutes mark
wait two minutes because that's the
cooldown time to check out a new bike
and check out another bike for half an
hour 30 minutes
the annual members they get 45 minutes
to dock their bikes
now here's something I'm always a little
bit scary scared about these metal
grates with gaps in them
it's rare for someone to just step
through them and fall down but I've had
heard of that has happened before and
I'd rather not risk it
but these metal grates are also
notorious for losing people's belongings
like rings or change or like iPods well
you won't use iPods anymore but iPhones
and they also get slippery when it when
it's wet so I try not to step on them if
I don't have to
now I'm coming up on 18th Street
this is the beginning of Union Square
on the corner there is the paragon
Sporting Goods company it's a very good
place to get any kind of your sports
equipment it's one of the few niche
stores in New York that just deals with
sporting equipment
now Union Square is a very popular place
especially for NYU students and people
coming here to get fast food or bars and
restaurants is also a very emotional
place Barnes & Noble is here
you have to cut way Whole Foods is
further down there
I believe there's a DSW there and an
awesome rack
Wow that son is very strong
and now I'm entering the Union Square
farmers market
I believe they have this farmers market
every Saturday weather permitting
well maybe they do have it rain or shine
I'm not sure but I've bought many things
from this farmers market and reserve
outside and I'd highly recommend you to
check it out when you if you have time
the produce is very fresh it's local
sometimes you have some interesting
selections I hear we're also you're
gonna get ostrich meat or bison stays
and sit bison steaks in the city
I even saw like bison ice cream and like
heirloom tomatoes organic stuff
there's some honey products and bee
products
as some craft cheese's here are some
bakery products
are there enough apples here huh
if you didn't know New York is known as
the Empire State and it has a very big
has a very big apple farm population in
upstate New York a lot of the harvest
happened here just for the apples so
most of the time when you're buying
apples here it's local and it's usually
pretty good so this is the end of the
farmers market I'm going to head into
Union Square Park right now
that's too bad because I really wanted
to walk down there that used to be the
Union Square Holiday Market I have a
video up of when I walked the Union
Square market when it was open but
unfortunately it looks like it's after
Christmas and they're closing up shop
understandably so because I don't really
see a point for these vendors to be out
here when there isn't any business to
make so instead I'll walk over to the
west side of the park
no excuse me this is the East Side
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here's the 14th Street Union Square
subway station a very busy subway
station with many lines are coming here
and now I'm approaching 14th Street and
this will mark the end of the video I
hope you won't like my walk down
Broadway from Times Square to 14th
Street and hope you stay around for the
next video
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