When New York looked like Ancient Rome

This video explores how Roman architecture and city planning shaped Manhattan.

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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:34 Streets of Manhattan
1:36 the Croton aqueduct
2:05 City Beautiful Neoclassicism
3:29 Mckim, Mead, and White
4:25 Classical infrastructure
5:11 Monuments
5:40 The anxiety of influence
6:40 Trade Coffee

[rockutron]

The demolition of the original Penn Station is insanity.

[actoraa]

I can't believe a building such as Penn Station was torn down.

[Littlegoatpaws]

When New York was truly at its peak. Maybe not in size but in splendor, relevance, and innovation.

[kutter_ttl]

If anyone wants to get an idea of how it's like to walk in the waiting area of the old Penn Station, visit Ottawa in Canada. The Senate of Canada building was the former central train station, and the main waiting room was also inspired by the Baths of Caracalla. It looks almost exactly the same as the old Penn Station's, but in 3/4 scale.

[Thxsober]

My dad took me to NYC in 1964 at age 6. While there, he took to a huge hole in the ground ringed in plywood and said, "Son, you are looking at one of the greatest crimes of the 20th century."

[yesfredfredburger]

Misread the title as “What New York Looked Like In Ancient Rome” and thought I needed a little more sleep

[antichristhater]

The US literally had an open canvas to make our country beautiful with elegant architecture and instead we defaulted to shit.

[leos-redline]

This is why I love Washington DC so much, its like being in a neoclassical dreamland, its stunning.

[paulkoza]

Nice job. Classical architecture abounds in New York. You just scratched the surface.

[RonPauldidnothingwrong]

The Manhattan Municipal Building is absolutely stunning in person. Me and a friend admittedly got very stoned in Thomas Pain Park/Foley Square in May 2022, and turned the corner to face the MMB with the setting sun gazing down on it indirectly from the west and it was the most grand looking building I've ever seen in my life at the moment. The bottom Roman-esque pillars with its Golden statue peak reflecting the sun were magnificent. Despite its faults NYC is an amazing megapolis worth exploring indepth.

[timdella]

I’m still mad about the demolition of Penn Station.

[aalexander]

Thank you so very much for this short and excellent video of neo-classical architecture in Manhattan.
As a New Yorker I mourn the loss of so many of the exquisite structures depicted.
It remained a beautiful city through the 1950's.

[matthewroth]

Your videos are always 10/10--not terribly long, extremely interesting, well-edited, and of course educational.

[andersonklein]

The brutalist designs that became more popular around 30-80 were pretty bad, but the Art Deco was not a downgrade, the Chrysler Building is still one of the most beautiful edifices in the entire world. Just saying.

[jbug]

You can still visit the Croton Aqueduct. Parts of it have been preserved as historic sites and greenways for walking and biking. It's a pretty nice day trip, if you live close by.

[BLACCRAINBOW]

The US had many beautiful building, these were all taken down and replaced with "modern" architecture. Early architecture in the states was amazing and an inspiration to the ppl making America.

[jaby]

The kindness here is so inspiring. Blessings to everyone!

[subnormality]

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[Rice_BaL]

I recently visited New York for a school trip and was amazed by the neoclassical architecture mostly around Times Square and the fashion district but it was pretty pretty much everywhere i went in manhattan