Why Is New York The City That Never Sleeps? | The Greatest Cities in the World

Why Is New York The City That Never Sleeps? | The Greatest Cities in the World | TRACKS

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5 жыл бұрын

New York: The city of the greatest migration in human history and a melting pot of languages, religions, races, and cultural traditions.
Griff Rhys Jones explores this metropolis of the new world through the lives lived by the New Yorkers. Cab-drivers, Gospel singers, prison inmates, window cleaners and the Carlisle hotel manager all guide us to previously unseen heights and lows in this must-see city guide.
British comedian Griff Rhys Jones visits six important metropolises of the world, including New York, London, Rome, Paris, Sydney and Hong Kong. He looks into oddities, traditions and hidden secrets, discovering what makes these cities the greatest in the world.
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@nazeerabdul-salaam1567 2 жыл бұрын

I am a New Yorker watching this video…and i still get goose bumps. You can never get enough of this city. There’s always a new place to discover. To everyone out there, come visit!

@puffpuffpass3214 Жыл бұрын

I flew out in the summer and I'm coming back now in less than 6 months because a week wasn't enough for me

@sksk-bd7yv Жыл бұрын

I would love to! Please tell me how to afford that trip. A vacation in such a metropolis, ab fab!🤩🥳😸

@mariusmatei2946 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, and not only Manhattan, but Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island (all the way to East Hampton), Bronx (and beyond, all the way to White Plains), and New Jersey, too; all-in-all, the Urban Area of New York has a Population of ~19,426,000 inhabitants (that extends in two States: New York, and New Jersey).

@velvetfaerie 9 ай бұрын

It's on top of my bucket list. I live on the absolute opposite side of the world. 30hrs to get there. 😂 I'm a nervous traveller 😬 One day. 👌

@rhythmaddict808 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in Manhattan and my Hawaiian father played music in the Hawaiian Band at the Lexington Hotel. My Irish Mom met his gaze, they were married and my father moved us back to his home, l was 2 yrs old. I have a fascination with New York and learned so much more! I gotta say it's on my bucket list! No relatives left there that l know of, l'm 72 now🤣Mahalo from Maui!

@somchitleang1001 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the lovely story. The Bigg Apple is also on my bucket list.

@dakotamilly2310 2 жыл бұрын

That’s such an amazing story!!

@dakotamilly2310 2 жыл бұрын

I also wanna go to New York someday

@AmandaAlexandra47 2 жыл бұрын

Hawaii is the top of my bucket list! New York second! I’m from Scotland :) Also my beautiful mother is called Sandra :) lovely name! :) x

@spicytrinirice 2 жыл бұрын

now you have to come. joes pizza on Bedford ave, in Brooklyn. magnolia bakery

@harifoctavio 2 жыл бұрын

i've lived in new york for the last 9yrs. pandemic, crime, trash and more, nothing makes me feel as secure and safe as this amazing city does. i've traveled the world (85 countries to this day) and when am asked where i visit from, the wow effect never ceases. in other words, more than a few people wish they were as lucky as i am. fabulous work (video). bravo and a huge thank you. 🏆⭐️🍎

@khall187 2 жыл бұрын

Your blind eyes don't even see how much your great city has been getting trashed since a certain political party took over.

@MihaiACaravan Жыл бұрын

Lovely city but secure and safe? Really😂

@miguelamaya6246 3 жыл бұрын

We would like to thank you for taking us to the most beautiful city in the UNITED STATES... We aren't able to travel very well but, having you as our guide... It's our biggest pride and joy amoung us... We thank you from the bottom of our hearts... May New York City Live For Ever...

@miketd11 2 жыл бұрын

I’m from New York and this by far 1 of the best video stories about this city. The people make the city, and you captured the most important elements.

@dumitrulangham1721 2 жыл бұрын

I love every inch of your amazing city!!!!!!

@geoffreyrose1620 3 жыл бұрын

What a privilege to sit in with the Gospel Singers !!!

@budgetking2591 3 жыл бұрын

that pianomaker was such an interesting figure

@ninja_tony 4 жыл бұрын

This was a phenomenal video. I'm from a small town in the southern US, and I am getting ready to move to New York in a few months. The way you captured the heart of this great city - which to me has always been the people in it - brought tears to my eyes. I can't thank you enough for this incredible look at the lives and stories that make up the greatest city in the world.

@wardharrah55 3 жыл бұрын

How about an update? How are things going in NYC?

@sebastiannolse2008 3 жыл бұрын

@@wardharrah55 yes

@skog8171 2 жыл бұрын

RIP to this persons choice to move to NYC in 2021!

@andreww3621 2 жыл бұрын

@@skog8171 LMAO🤣

@DMWBN3 2 жыл бұрын

How's the floods, muggings and general well being?

@NoteAndroid 2 жыл бұрын

As a Manhattanite, I enjoyed the short version of my beloved city. Thank you.

@4ztfr 2 жыл бұрын

This was such a good video. I am from NYC and this gave me a warm sort of nostalgia. I have a warm and fuzzy feeling about the way you presented my favorite city on planet earth. Thank you. (I am eleven years old and I moved to North Carolina in 2011.)

@William_sJazzLoft 3 жыл бұрын

I lost it with the window washer's assistant, Pull your finger hear an' play, play 😂😂😂

@d.3998 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoyable to see NYC before the pandemic when life was normal. Refreshing and bittersweet.

@Robin-mq2fd 8 ай бұрын

And before the skyline was distorted with buildings that don't fit it and American became a political mess mainly because of Obama/Biden.

@3peckeredgoat735 2 жыл бұрын

The Chrysler building to this day is still my favorite piece of architecture.

@DMWBN3 2 жыл бұрын

Do not build them as used to. Quality isn't what it was either. New builds look weathered in couple of years. There are some amazing feats of architecture, I'm English & live in a great regency city Brighton, Sussex & spoilt for architecture.

@nathanbradleyf777 2 жыл бұрын

Those old buildings are still the prettiest in the world. They just don't build stuff like they used to. Now everything is all glass and steel.

@3peckeredgoat735 2 жыл бұрын

@@nathanbradleyf777 agreed, I've been a carpenter for 30 years building custom homes, I've dabbled in commercial carpentry and it's not very interesting, it's bland and boring.

@guydreamr 2 жыл бұрын

Right? For sheer style, out does even the Empire State Building.

@JLeoni96 2 жыл бұрын

@@DMWBN3 I was born in Brighton, when did it reach city status, I've not been back for 40 years?

@soniatriana9091 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Griff Rhys Jones has such a phenomenal presentation style - I never heard of him before this series. Obviously, I’ve been missing out!! Anyway, I’ve watched 2 of these shows so far, Paris & NYC, and they are fantastic, Bc they just keep you in a state of awe! Thank you for uploading this series!!!

@ashotofmercury 2 жыл бұрын

He was in a Comedy Sketch Show in the 70s called 'Not The Nine O'clock News' that was brilliantly funny, if a little un-PC by today's standards. Might be some of here on KZfaq...... 👌🏻☺️

@Robin-mq2fd 8 ай бұрын

Accent is annoying.

@frabjousexistence9421 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't help but watch this with tears in my eyes. My city no doubt will rise once again :) Thank you for this beautiful tribute to NYC.

@nathanbradleyf777 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think anybody doubts that.

@murdelabop 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Never count NYC out!

@vyvienvp3413 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. This is probably the best video of NY I have ever seen. Made me want to visit!

@brentsarazin4346 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done and 'stepping' into the shoes of the different jobs performed by New Yorkers was a 'brilliant' idea to make them and us, the viewer, feel part of this City and this incredible 'Journey', we call LIFE!

@anamariab9772 2 жыл бұрын

What a lovely, interesting and personalized documentary. Big congrats 👏 Thank you 😍

@rogersledz6793 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!

@azlanameer4912 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly done video. Salutes. America is great.

@cjboac9864 3 жыл бұрын

This the very best video I have ever seen exploring & explaining New York in it’s reality!!! Absolutely loved 🥰 it! Thank you so very much!!!👍❣️🇺🇸

@ericdudley4169 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this wonderful documentary.

@larryherrera 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video.

@whitrobinson 3 жыл бұрын

I'm only 8 minutes in and I'm so impressed with this video. Well done! Boy, NYC is a beautiful treasure! ❤ p.s. your American accent isn't half bad! 😄

@DMWBN3 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up on Grif Rhys-Jones, in England as a child/teen. He was a very popular comedian & his intro on to the main stream TV was on 'Not the Nine O'clock News' was also the start for Rowan Atkinson AKA Mr Bean. 🙂👍🏼

@drivenhome3257 2 жыл бұрын

Love NYC. This was an wonderful video. The Jazz at the end was lovely.

@WinstonSmith1997 2 жыл бұрын

And the Gershwin in the intro

@2eleven48 2 жыл бұрын

Well, the combination of the jazz and gospel singing. A remarkable piece of music. Well done, whoever put that together.

@spideyschaf9489 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Fantastic…equally charming as it was interesting and informative. Well done!

@ivana106102 2 жыл бұрын

thank you Griff Rhys Jones for this beautiful documentary. I enjoyed every minute of it. I'm from Croatia and I dream of one day living in this extraordinary city.

@blond_slut Жыл бұрын

Ohhh same susjedo,kad idemo 🙌🏻

@ivana106102 Жыл бұрын

@@blond_slut sljedece ljeto :)

@DSupremeLounge 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing. You captured it well. Thanks

@Mbuzisana 2 жыл бұрын

Been to New York, but you've shown I had never knew existed. Well done.

@carlosfigueroa790 2 жыл бұрын

I gave New York 10 years of my life!!! what can I say? Chers from Central America.Guatemala city.

@William_sJazzLoft 3 жыл бұрын

City of my childhood - how i miss you!

@SuperLuckyCat7 2 жыл бұрын

Very nice Vid. Openminded, quirky and had a Good Vibe to it 👍

@nathanbradleyf777 2 жыл бұрын

What a great video! Bravo! New York is truly a special place.

@mgunny05 2 жыл бұрын

THIS…..was superb interesting documentary/video/episode - well done -

@helderalmeida3417 2 жыл бұрын

I actually enjoyed immensely this video. Thank you.

@2TalentedCats Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great documentary! I lived in New York for 5 years from 1989 and it brings back memories of those years. I am also making my own documentary about New York City, so it was very interesting to watch.

@William_sJazzLoft 3 жыл бұрын

I was glad that they took a visit to Queens. I was especially glad that they visited the Steinway showroom.

@qaiserstarqaiser7691 3 жыл бұрын

naice

@velvetfaerie 9 ай бұрын

agreed!

@MountainChristian45 3 жыл бұрын

This was pure excellence.

@dario6253 2 жыл бұрын

A great documentary. And what a brave host.

@paleamigo8575 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@josephturner6440 2 жыл бұрын

Great documentary! 👍

@astridlynden4589 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Thank you.

@jw9939 4 жыл бұрын

Even tho there are some stragen Griff scenes in most of your videos the quality is phenomenal and I love all the information you guys put in there! this makes you really outstanding most of the other films and documentaries. Its like a private city tour! thanks for that! I have to add something: NY got its own central heater? thats one of an amazing bit of information. wowww!

@neotsikram6454 Жыл бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you🙏🏾 from South Africa

@jambutty2218 2 жыл бұрын

Must be the same Woolworths we used to buy pick and mix sweets ( candy ) as children. Unfortunately doesn’t exist anymore in the UK. 🇬🇧

@LaurenOliviArt 2 жыл бұрын

I love New York!! Even it’s grittiness!!!! I lived there for a bit of time

@thejerseyj9422 2 жыл бұрын

Talk about ever changing NY. 30 years ago I knew Manhattan like the back of my hand. I went there not long ago and didn't know where the hell I was !

@alwayslive7460 2 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC PROGRAM, THANK YOU FOR SHARING

@benblumenstein7656 2 жыл бұрын

That was GREAT!!!!! Thank YOU!!!!!

@davidhollingsworth1723 2 жыл бұрын

WOW!!!!!! What a refreshing change after watching the two previous films!!!! NYC is still the magic place.

@nevincaulfield 2 жыл бұрын

Born and raised... I’ve been all over the world and I still can’t find somewhere I can leave it for.

@chany9313 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Awesome, thank you💖

@cherylwhite4195 2 жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in New York from Malvern to Yonkers worked on Wall Street from the time I was 19 years old until I was in my late forties then I moved to Michigan and early 50s there's no place like New York in the world

@paulsuprono7225 2 жыл бұрын

40:00 . . . . STEAM, on a grand scale - tp heat/power up, a GREAT CITY ! 😎🖥

@dustindeguire8833 2 жыл бұрын

Great video ! 💙

@harold_Shitmum 2 жыл бұрын

So is so interesting. Fantastic content 👌

@zhanglin3265 2 жыл бұрын

A Cheery Soul. A Free Soul.

@thebookwasbetter3650 2 жыл бұрын

If you do explore Grand Central, be sure to visit the best bar in the City, The Campbell Apartment. You might have to look around but it's in there and it's magnificent.

@davidgray3321 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I enjoyed this, was in NY in the early 80s briefly on my way in and out to America to work there one summer. I really liked the Chrysler building, makes the other buildings look dull ! I would like to take my children there my daughter particularly would love the art, she is at art college in London.

@coldwarsarge7592 2 жыл бұрын

FABULOUS TREK! FUNNY! and "Oh. So. New York!" ❤❤

@philliplyn2692 2 жыл бұрын

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

@chrisWheatley140 Жыл бұрын

Take it with a grain of salt, there's some inconsistencies

@henryhanson505 2 жыл бұрын

There are 13,000 homeless children within New York .. often exploited.. many abandoned by there parents .. drugs mostly... Besides knowing the fact I enjoyed this documentary..

@ek7593 2 жыл бұрын

How very sad, shame on the local politicians...

@ashotofmercury 2 жыл бұрын

Very sweet touch that Griff congratulated the couple at the end in their native language. 👌🏻 It would be nice to have a list of the music used in this doc...... 🤞🏻🤷🏻‍♀️

@ceezv1795 2 жыл бұрын

Six boroughs? The Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island...which is the 6th? As a Brooklyn resident, I have to say I'm a bit confused. (Great video by the way)

@KATE2222100 Ай бұрын

Great documentary ! YOU look like Hugh Grant!

@justinekessner2645 2 жыл бұрын

I lOVE THIS ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@mackennadombroski4332 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a dog walker on the upper east side of manhattan- I totally wish he did a bit as a dog walker, it would’ve been hilarious! we make the city go round

@sonne2351 2 жыл бұрын

Someone pls upload the full version of the song 34 min. into the video "Like a motherless child" from the gospel choir it is phenomenal version. ....and let the rest of us know where to find it!

@chrissangany8106 2 жыл бұрын

remarkable city indeed !

@nalabees 2 жыл бұрын

The Lincoln Correctional facility closed in 2019. Still no word on what will replace it.

@mannybruce8950 2 жыл бұрын

Most likely more overed price apartments . You really thought that they were going to allow property with a Central Park view remain a correctional facility ? This video probably helped with its closing .

@raniasawhney92 3 жыл бұрын

It is very nice

@nasshu_life 2 жыл бұрын

I always dream to come and visit NYC 💖💖💖

@gmicg Жыл бұрын

New York, capital of the World.

@TranscendentaLobo27 8 ай бұрын

Makes me want to move to New York!

@user-wh2ms8ui2f 3 ай бұрын

When I arrived in NYC around 3 A.M approximately six months ago, it was sleeping! In fact, I didn't find people downtown, and I was driving with a few cars only.

@superstar5123 3 ай бұрын

Been like this since 2019

@palmyrafoxy6860 4 ай бұрын

Mr Griff JONES you are a man of exceptio, thus you blend into New York to a 'T"....Thank you for the filter of your fulgurant thinking mind and your many skills. From a grand-ma with kind regards

@justanotherday3969 2 жыл бұрын

00:52 Did anyone else feel that queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach watching him looking down over the side of that building? I physically just can't see that or ever do it myself!! WHY would they even allow anyone up there? The wall is too short!

@randymboyon5401 2 жыл бұрын

Proud to be a born New Yorker

@AmjadAli-vm2yh 2 жыл бұрын

Interested video love u

@shidotanipa7858 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@ninelivecat 2 жыл бұрын

The Carlyle hotel remember that from the Paul Auster novel and movie 'The Music Of Chance'

@piusx8317 2 жыл бұрын

The greatest city on earth. Full of the old and new

@mastermind6065 4 жыл бұрын

2:51 I grew up in New York City and every map I ever saw since the 1700's only labeled five boroughs, not six. Oh Lord, I hope we didn't annex New Jersey!

@onnybody 3 жыл бұрын

Perhaps he means this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_borough#:~:text=The%20term%20sixth%20borough%20is,demographic%20composition%2C%20special%20affiliation%20with

@rudeboyjohn 3 жыл бұрын

@A K He probably didn't grow up in NY

@charlesoconnor2953 3 жыл бұрын

Thats pronounced "joisey."

@ralphwiggum7761 3 жыл бұрын

LMFAO

@Hisloyalservantslistenlove613c 2 жыл бұрын

Remember… lady liberty stands in nj waters

@kentdouglass1001 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Wish I had joined you.

@dinoandes 2 жыл бұрын

I miss New York.

@ft1123 2 жыл бұрын

magnifique gospel

@None-gm4yk 2 жыл бұрын

That was nice

@krumbleme2 2 жыл бұрын

Brings back memories of NYC pre 2020. I miss it.

@295g295 2 жыл бұрын

10:59 - Woolworth Tower .. built by the 'dime-store' company F.W.Woolworth. Many years later, W.T.Grant, another 'dime store' would build their headquarters on Times Square, shortly before W.T.Grant goes out-of-business; more than 20 years before F.W.Woolworth goes out-of-business. W'T'Grant's building is now known as Viacom/CBS's One Astor Plazza.

@edwardlees4585 2 жыл бұрын

When Griff spoke about the car accident I expected him to say 'poop poop'. I remember seeing him playing Mr Toad in The Wind in the Willows when I was younger.

@scottoshea9440 2 жыл бұрын

The host looks like a perfect blend of Hugh Laurie and Hugh Grant

@jeffallinson8089 2 жыл бұрын

No. Gryff is Welsh lol

@scottoshea9440 2 жыл бұрын

@@jeffallinson8089 are you telling me that Welsh people are physically discernible from English people?

@DMWBN3 2 жыл бұрын

Grew up with Griff rowan Atkinson, Mel smith & Pam on not the nine o'clock news, very funny man.

@jeffallinson8089 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottoshea9440 Physically? Of course not. I was just stating a fact.

@295g295 2 жыл бұрын

10:21 - Without coal mining in West Virginia, New York City has nowhere to put it's trash.

@nathanbradleyf777 2 жыл бұрын

I thought that part was very interesting. I didn't know that.

@duhaneyparkclassics7484 2 жыл бұрын

will always love new york its like nowhere else. i view the world by lenses shaped in nyc.

@thegodfather1907 3 жыл бұрын

Did he say it costs $300,000 for 1 year for that hot dog vendor to operate? That's ridiculous!

@ericaugustocerecedaruiz1673 3 жыл бұрын

And that's nothing mate! Los Tacos Número 1 usually paid a 10, 000, 000 (ten million dollars) for their anual rent! I 😅😀🤩

@juanarcila5173 3 жыл бұрын

@@ericaugustocerecedaruiz1673 are you sure? That sounds ludacris

@ericaugustocerecedaruiz1673 3 жыл бұрын

@@juanarcila5173 yes sir, one hundred percent sure! It sounds crazy I know, but remember... it's New York! Check that out on google! Have a nice day! 🤩

@DMWBN3 2 жыл бұрын

Juan Arcila 200k a week, I've worked in commercial property & that sounds inflated.

@margaretsamson9810 2 жыл бұрын

@@DMWBN3 Meaning you have to sell roughly 1,400 hotdogs a day (if they only cost $2.00 as Gryph reports) just to pay the rent. Is that possible?