The New York City Evolution Animation

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MUSIC: "The Language of Cities" by Maserati
This animation illustrates the development of NYC’s street grid and infrastructure systems from 1609 to the present-day, using geo-referenced road network data and historic maps. The resulting short film presents a series of “cartographic snapshots” of NYC’s built-up urban area at intervals of every 20-30 years history.
#HereGrowsNewYork

[@juliusdrastrup2045]

Imagine deciding "I wanna build a house by the park", and then later have that property be worth hundreds of millions

[@mdeborah827]

They drove out a Black settlement where Irish & Germans later came out of area to build Central Park. It was Seneca Village. The Blacks bought the land b/c in order to vote you had to have $250 worth of property.

[@NaturallyMe2011]

@I it was a good idea to drive out black people who legally owned the land?

[@xDTHx]

@@NaturallyMe2011 I dont think it was good to target them, however even if it were white people or any other race I believe they wouldnt have pushed them out.

[@davidvollenweider3315]

@@mdeborah827 äää

[@mdeborah827]

@@davidvollenweider3315 What is this answer supposed to mean? You need to elaborate. If you disapprove of my answer I don't mind, I'm not emotional I can cut you with words, or uplift.

[@igiveup12]

"The land is the finest for cultivation that I ever in my life set foot upon." 300 years later: "Yeah, let's cover this in concrete."

[@ceqski5]

what a waste of grass 😔

[@Cherry_and_Peach]

So sad

[@M1tjakaramazov]

They discovered there was endless amounts of the same further away. All they had to do was get rid of those already living there...

[@halfvolley11]

Cause technology moved out of farming. We are a rich nation now. We need tall office buildings and apartments for living.

[@adenathar3562]

@@halfvolley11 no. Every nations needs farming idk if ur being sarcastic

[@proftobes]

This is not "greater" New York City. This is just New York City. The "greater" area is much larger

[@ACGreyhound04]

proftobes - The census defines “Greater New York City” or the “Northeast Corridor” as a megalopolis that extends all the way from DC in the south up to Boston in the north, and extends as far west as Central Massachusetts and most of the state of New Jersey.

[@pyrotechnic96]

The city's official name is 'The City of Greater New York'. New York, as it is historically defined is confined to Manhattan. Everything else is the 'greater' part. Brooklyn is Brooklyn and the city is the city.

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

so jersey island and hoboken are literally 500 meters away from manhattan, but they are not new york ? really ?

[@pyrotechnic96]

@@itsMe_TheHerpes All I'm saying is that historically New York is Manhattan and that the current city ("The City of Greater New York" - officially) doesn't extend across the Hudson. North Jersey is 1000% a part of the New York metro area and should have greater transit access and governmental integration with New York.

[@itsMe_TheHerpes]

@@pyrotechnic96 ah i see. so New York is just Manhattan. BUT ! new york is not a city, it's a megalopolis. a megalopolis is a conglomerate of cities, that came under one name (usually the financial dominant one) so, present day new york includes all of it, from staten islannd to queens, to bronx to newark. so yes, north jersey is a part of new york. it's the nature of a megalopolis, it takes the cities around it, and turns them into neighborhoods. (i lived in Paris, in Mairie de Clichy. Clichy was a suburb of Paris in 1800, but today it's a central neighborhood, and i lived 100 meters away from the global headquarters of the cosmetic giant L'oreal, it's a nice dark building in Mairie de Clichy) same with Tokyo (which is another megalopolis)

[@mootpoint7053]

This is pretty dope. But we need an animated version of the city being built. How sick would that be!?

[@dkuiv]

You gotta ride the elevator to the top of the World Trade. It’s amazing!

[@Scottocaster6668]

I was waiting for that. Suddenly, all these buildings start popping up... That would be cool.

[@dmark1922]

I don't know how accurate it is, but the movie "Time Machine" (New York version, from some years back) does a pretty good rendition of that.

[@edwindyap1616]

Animated version of lower Manhattan kzbin.info/www/bejne/qF6bh2eapp2dhqs

[@topherdean1024]

There's a diorama of Manhattan island as it looked when Henry Hudson sailed up the river, a pristine and gorgeous paradise.

[@Vallonism]

The internet is a weird place. Just last night I was wondering to myself how long it took New York to grow to it's current state, and this morning I get this video in the recommended section

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

They implanted a chip to read your thoughts at your last dentist appointment.

[@zetazeus6810]

Say hello to google, he know everything about you!

[@ericshepherd7786]

FBI 👁_👁

[@JustinLodes]

ALRIGHTY THEN makes me glad my teeth are rotting out from not going to the dentist 😳

[@bittu2507]

We live in *MATRIX*

[@Borneoart]

FYI... Many years ago I listened to BBC radio in which was mentioned that the DNA of most cats living in New York have more similarities with the DNA of cats living in Holland than the DNA of cats anywhere else in the US.

[@Toniboi]

@Fmono • 39 years ago • edited Gezellig

[@josephleonard6695]

i wouldn't complain. i bet dutch cats are as nice and warm as actual dutchies

[@kchmyy]

New York was called New Amsterdam. NY belong to dutch!!!

[@mdeborah827]

@@kchmyy It was Lenapehoking of the Lenni Lenape and Africans were forced to build it fof free. Dutch & English should've stayed in their frozen European tundra. Ya'll destroy EVERYTHING.

[@handlotion8244]

mdeborah827 i feel sorry for your history teacher

[@linkpeet8413]

New York in 1889: over one million inhabitants. Meanwhile in Amsterdam (2020): *still waiting...*

[@flaviusbelisarius932]

Change the name into York. Might work..

[@flaviusbelisarius932]

@ChoppedBlade r/woooosh

[@kasperverheij8101]

Greater Amsterdam (the metropolitan area) already has over 1 million inhabitants, but you’re right though, we’re still waiting😂

[@user-yw4fz6xk2j]

Yes but it's a paradise comparing to a concrete jungle full of rats and cockroaches

[@robbiefreeman5649]

@ChoppedBlade hundreds of years? it was like 25-35 years, really crucial part of dutch history right there!

[@mrpotential11]

Anyone else think the music is just really peaceful and relaxing?

[@dancegregorydance6933]

I found it unsettling 🤷‍♀️

[@morallybankrupt7132]

Henry Hudson :"The land is the finest for cultivation that I ever in my life set foot upon" Others: lets make a concrete jungle right here.

[@brinstarmedia1411]

hahaha

[@Buisness1]

HAHAHAHA!

[@elisekrentzel27]

Others: let’s wipe the indigenous people off the face of this island

[@trajan75]

Everybody's so negative. Granted we have a terrible mayor now, but in 1920 my father aged 17 came here from Italy, alone. Like hundreds of thousands of others he decided to stay, because the Americans had built the greatest city in the world. Be proud of that and try to keep it that way. .

[@dvchel]

@@trajan75 The greatest city with the greatest buildings and greatest story.

[@dynamite1647]

1:17 “The land is the finest for cultivation that I ever in my life set foot upon.” -Henry Hudson 2:37 The Commissioners’ Plan then proceeds to build an entire urban city on top of said fertile land. Great meme

[@cleopatravii2385]

Table-Country pinxing Do you know that New York is America’s largest city? And Millions or perhaps Billions of dollars are being made from that city. Think about that, nature loving kid😆😂

[@David-lr2vi]

Dynamite16. This is the story of nearly every major city in the world. Ironically the most fertile land for farming is permanently locked away under concrete. The people who were the founders of these old cities always had to settle somewhere that they could grow crops reliably as they all had a subsistence existence back at that time and people would congregate where the food was grown. I bet none of them could foresee that all that arable farming land would eventually be encased in concrete with millions of people living on top of it!

[@cleopatravii2385]

Table-Country pinxing THRYM Firearms 27 *Hey, don’t cover your stupidness with a simple phrase “It was a joke bro.” Just don’t, stop it.* 😂

[@cleopatravii2385]

Table-Country pinxing THRYM Firearms 27 *You only say it now...* *Why did you say “Honestly they should of left it for cultivation” before? Stop trying to cover up dude.*

[@bernicchi5349]

Сергей Колегов yo chill he obviously was being sarcastic ur just being a twat now

[@Cassxowary]

*hope everyone who sees this has a nice day and stays safe, and if not, it will get better*

[@bobthebuilder2922]

Hey you too👍... thank you

[@bullettube9863]

It would be interesting to do an animated map of the entire area showing the small villages that existed that today that are now neighborhoods. Broadway was a road leading north from the very beginning and should also be shown. Many villages in what is now Manhattan and the Bronx that formed along this road are now neighborhoods. Brooklyn boasted many small villages and on Long Island farming communities supplied the city with food such as potatoes and wheat, plus, many fishing villages and cattle ranches.

[@topherdean1024]

My Father was born in Douglaston in 1923. He died last year, but we listened to stories of him walking through the woods to Alley Pond and the farms. When he was born, the world population was just over one billion, when he died it was nearly 8. Millions of years of evolution to get to one billion and 100 years to make 8 billion.

[@ethanverdersa2520]

My home town of Bethpage was originally a farming community for potatoes on Long Island! Now it’s a very wealthy and condensed town! I wish I could move back :(

[@bullettube9863]

@@ethanverdersa2520 I had in-laws living in that area until the 1990s, and I remember traveling on the LIE and seeing the fields and chicken and duck farms. I don't think there are any farms on Long Island now until you get past MacArthur airport.

[@madans19]

EVOLUTION of New York City 1524 - 2023 | 3D Animation kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWa5Y4SchNqtm5I Your wish came true :)

[@BM-xx5vk]

The reason Wall Street has its name is that was where the fortification wall was during the original settlement.

[@ginogeus2970]

Originally called Waalstraat since many street names still had a Dutch meaning. The English didn’t capture the city of “New Amsterdam” the Dutch traded it before any damage could be done to the beautiful city they started.

[@Delta-nl7pi]

The Waal is a Dutch river. Waalstraat > wallstreet

[@Michael_in_Vt]

Sorry this is not correct.

[@BM-xx5vk]

@@Michael_in_Vt care to explain or provide citation in any way whatsoever? or do you just go around telling people they're right or wrong as though your opinion is the word of god

[@Mybpeterson]

There was indeed a wall there. It was 12 feet tall and was built to keep the natives out of the settlement. ny.curbed.com/2013/5/6/10246784/when-wall-street-was-a-wall-a-1660-map-of-manhattan

[@Rayza82]

crazy how all the neighborhoods that seem real historic in Manhattan, Brooklyn especially. Didn't even exist 1850s-1920.

[@thetigerking2613]

The oldest parts of the city are covered in skyscrapers. In 2100 people will consider Westchester and Rockland counties to be “the historic part of NYC”

[@itsad7194]

Yea, when you compare in France most of the building exist since the middle age

[@garlandstrife]

@@itsad7194 Paris is 90% post-Napoléon.

[@itsad7194]

@@garlandstrife bro you know that France isn't only Paris lmfao, there's tons of medieval castle, medieval church in every single town, cathedral etc...

[@mrbrainbob5320]

@@itsad7194 we are taking about cities not cities to countries

[@aifeme]

One of my favourite videos on the internet. Myles, thanks for the effort! This is an amazing work, and the music fits just perfectly.

[@RubenCastilloGomez]

"Dutch traders first settle the region" and the great relentless rythm begins. Fantastic video.

[@scp106a3]

Imagine if this was made in Cities: Skylines. 2/10 "Too Many Grids"

[@Sevenclock]

This was exactly my thinking😂

[@grahamdelacey5779]

imagine this with out TM:PE ! wow.

[@6k911Channel]

1/10 Uses to many default roads, to much noise pulloution. Like who gives a shit IRL? So what if theres 42 wind turbines outside, silence is a necessary sacrifice! And not even that, tourism specialty too!

[@MGstaR17]

But lots of highways.

[@fluffyshabba6423]

0/10 too much traffic, the citizens are sick because of industry, at least the 4 lane road with trees looks nice though.

[@TheCelticTiger32]

1962 - First spotting of spiderman

[@696969640]

and don't forget j Jonna jameson lol

[@AudioGardenSlave123]

The game... has changed.

[@patrickliterallymebateman9892]

Spider-Man is not the only superhero character based in NYC.. most of the popular superhero characters are based in there you got Captain America, Batman (called Gotham for some reason but it is NYC) and many more

[@mattfinleylive]

Gotham has long been a nickname for New York. (-Like, 1840's or something..maybe older, maybe even Dutch...)

[@kingcookiecutter8137]

TheCelticTyger no, he is actually Spoderman.

[@paulosojunior]

In the case of my city, Rio de Janeiro, the pre-colonial fort was also constructed in a different area of where the city really started being build. It was near the Sugar Loaf, but Rio grew from where is the downtown, today.

[@SeamusMartin1]

This video is a work of art. Thank you for all the hard work you put into every aspect of it.

[@jimmonaghan5745]

At 0:58 next to Moonache Nj. You'll see a place called Oudwater. The family name aka outwater, have a family burial plot still there. It's a bit hidden and I grew up minutes from there never hearing the name nor the history. I stumbled upon the plot one day while getting gas on route 120. Its between a warehouse and a shell station. It's amazing that it ws never built over considering the ridiculous amount of construction that has occurred in that area. I believe the original settler is buried there having come from the Netherlands and the last to be buried was a ww2 veteran. There's also family that served in the revolution, the great war, civil war. Amazing bit of history all learned from one trip to a gas station.

[@mlsss6672]

Peter Stuyvesant settled land in what was then called Bergen, now Jersey City. Stuvestant's water well is under the pavement on the intersection of Bergen Avenue and Academy Street. My ancestors, the Van Camps, located in Stuvestant's settlement near what is now Garrison Avenue, so named because they had a garrison outpost built there to protect themselves from hostile native tribes. The Van Camps were congregants at the Old Bergen Dutch Reformed Church on Bergen Avenue. It is the oldest congregation in NJ in continuing use today.

[@jimmonaghan5745]

@@mlsss6672 fascinating. We seem to bury a lot of our own history here only to be fascinated by things a world away. And those things are great too. I just wish people were more aware of the struggles and achievements that happened here despite the displacing of people here already which in itself is lost and people equally dont care about that.

[@fionnmccueil]

I... tracked it down via Google maps! The "Captain John Outwater Cemetery"! It's just south of a Quick Check gas station (March, 2020) at the southwest corner of Commerce and Washington Avenue in Carlstadt, New Jersey! (My wife photographs cemeteries as a very serious hobby, and I'm a fan of stonecarving and old fonts, and we visit New York and the surrounding area from California each fall, and I was compelled to track it down!) Cool!

[@orangemac]

@@mlsss6672 no hate, but it fascinates me - phrases like 'to protect themselves from hostile natives'. Can't really blame them for being hostile when their land was just stolen. Just an interesting choice of words...

[@NEMO-NEMO]

ML Sss Wasn’t there a Van Camps bakery? I remember as a young woman, these delicious cookies that were boxed in the white and blue delft tiles colors like I saw on my visits to Holland?

[@11LK]

What a smart minds of the planners of NY way back in 1811.. I mean the grid system.

[@grantorino2325]

Yeah, and (though it has changed quite a bit, since then) they simply lettered and numbered the thoroughfares, rather than name them after elite, wealthy families!

[@bradthompsonuk2011]

That N-S/E-W layout is very common, with one or two major highways or avenues also cutting across at 45 degrees. Euro metro cities like London, Paris, Rome have a similar ring road that surrounds the city. Hopefully, to encourage people to circle the hub and not tie up and traffic jam the city center.(Usually doesn't work...)

[@azul8811]

@LK Agreed! The grid system is north of Houston St. What really blows my mind was the foresight to build Central Park... even before the Civil War. Although I live in an another borough, I can't imagine Manhattan without it.

[@JamesBrown-godfather]

Some people criticize the grid and think nice curved roads may have been more humanistic and beautiful🤔

[@ryhanzfx1641]

@@JamesBrown-godfather Curve road takes more space and time

[@elled10024]

Thank you for your meticulous work. For 20 years now, I have wanted to see a progression of the city like this irl (as opposed to only in my mind). Kudos; and again, thank you!

[@GT_Racer347]

That was incredible, absolutely mesmerizing! Thanks!

[@AneudiD78]

This is exactly how one feels when playing Sim City or Cities Skyline. Hit pause, then lay the basic foundation of your sewers, electricity and water supplies, then unpause to watch your city grow.

[@xofox_studio]

100th likes

[@darkHairedSlavGirl14]

Oh my God.

[@alexrosario6967]

As a Brooklyn born, Brooklyn bred New York native, this was like watching the birth & childhood of my grandfather for the first time. And yes, it brought tears to my eyes. Something incredibly special about this city. Great concept animation, unlike any other.

[@MylesZhang]

Thank you, Alex!

[@madyjules]

I second that as another born and bred Brooklynite I was so psyched to see that Canarsie was around since it was all First Nation people!! And did you notice Cortelyou was there too? that’s crazy!

[@csumner9134]

I want Ken Burns to do a documentary on Brooklyn.

[@BeeBee-pl9ly]

Brooklyn all day! Fuck the hipsters!!

[@Weezy10580]

@@csumner9134 I’m sure that cuck would make it all about racism

[@franksulka3346]

This is sensational and very well done. Thank you very much for putting this together.

[@onlyoneamong300]

Loved it! Very educational and the birds and the ships in the background made it meditative and melancholic! Thanks for sharing!

[@Luboman411]

As a New Yorker who spotted the street where I've lived over the past 5 years--it appears it was first built in 1766--I approve this video! Fascinating! (Every single time I come home from work, and I see the Brooklyn Bridge soaring over the East River as I round the corner to my apartment, I realize just how old my neighborhood is.)

[@echotainted9234]

My street was built mid 1920's along with the schools.

[@angelbuttaro1447]

Chicago vs New York which city is better vote here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJaUoJ19astgecU

[@scottishgirl8259]

And all the brilliant minds who contributed to your neighborhood area too, pretty awesome!

[@scottishgirl8259]

Angel Buttaro NY, Boston, Chicago. Everywhere else is where you go if you need something easier.

[@mysteriousDSF]

Luboman you're such an egotistical, ubermensch, fascistic asshole. What will happen to all the worms in the soil? The moles? Tunnels are seriously gonna disturb the natural habitat of vermins and such. You need to lay low on eating meat, dude. Your chakra's are all blocked. You're probably a male, only males speak such bull-issh.

[@Dangic23]

1850....NYC had the same population the entire state of Wyoming has in 2019.

[@ObamaFromKenya]

Star Lord by shit hole you mean the financial capital of the world

[@willr.5583]

@@ObamaFromKenya Nah it's London, neo liberal socialist shit city too by the way.

[@hypn0298]

Dangic23 Wyoming has a lot of dinosaur fossils.

[@antiSnaky]

@Star Lord agreed

[@robrussell5329]

Yet Wyoming still gets two Senators, and thus possess a gross disproportionate degree of power in choosing judges, as well as other political issues of the day.

[@noahp7546]

Love how you used one of my favorite songs, Cities by Maserati, as the background music

[@Skarfp]

Thrilling, one of the most interesting videos I've seen in ages.

[@otaviooliveira9454]

This is crazy. Less than 2 centuries ago, New York was so small. Things change so fast.

[@gipsymelody1268]

because the whole american states is a non natural thing! also there was no antoher countries and any historical things like europe and asia! in antiquity age the peoples live in citites but in the middle age they lived in the farms and every city like rome was empty! in the new world age they had the best solution and technology also big lands what was empty without anything! (of course native amarican tribes but still they was barbaric tribes in the bronze age...)

[@m0z188]

And at one point it was more dense and urban than it is today.

[@JenniferTrika]

am i the only one hypnotized by the music?

[@KrisWustrow]

Hey. Look up the soundtrack/music to Sim City 4. You'll find similar sounds. :)

[@JenniferTrika]

** i'll look it up. Thanks!

[@taxivation]

No you are not ;)

[@charleschauffe4350]

I really liked the music, going to have to track down who did it!

[@mfreund1000]

That's a great animation. I really appreciate the sound clips to help picture life in those long ago times.

[@yukongoatslayer7383]

Thanks for sharing this mate! It was beautiful and mesmerizing! Great work!

[@Junokaii]

I'd love to see videos of this for cities such as Beijing, Dubai, Tokyo, Mumbai, Sao Paulo, etc. What a great video.

[@Moribax85]

Tokyo and Beijing would be particularly interesting for their history as cities, as both are older than all modern countries... Tokyo especially has gone from village, to capital of Japan, to biggest city in the world (the Dai-Tokyo area has over 40 millions inhabitants and a GDP higher than the whole of France)

[@lyes215]

@@Moribax85 what is GDP ? Im french so im trying to figure what is bigger than my entire country 😃

[@Moribax85]

@@lyes215 it's Gross Domestic Product, it's a measure of how much money an area makes

[@NavidIsANoob]

@@lyes215 produit national brut

[@equaius893]

@@lyes215 this isn't a gdp but their surrender limit

[@bighuge1060]

I had always wondered why lower Manhattan was laid out in such a different and more confusing manner than the rest of the island. Thank you for posting this video!

[@craigusselman546]

NYC has changed Manhattan's shape drastically

[@brownie3454]

@@craigusselman546 Manhattan is NYC

[@craigusselman546]

I meant human building has changed it drastically oops

[@judykreuter7149]

First settlements simply followed the shorelines. Houston Street stopped the patchwork construct -- except for Greenwich Village which always had its own stakeout (until 6th Avenue plowed through). Then the 1811 Plan codified streets 1 to 279, avenues 1 to 12 8:01 . Canals were filled, landfill extended and hills leveled... until they ran out of steam at 125 Street. Fortunately, Harlem is still blessed with rolling hills.

[@mikeesernia4281]

This is incredible. Thank you for sharing this!

[@BoMwarriorVlog]

Beautiful video. 👏👏👍 Thank you for all your time and effort to make it, it's like a historical document & art in one.

[@ddd1hhh]

Was Central Park really built “out in the middle of nowhere?”

[@hlcepeda]

Ref: WIKI Not quite. The first site proposed was land owned by "wealthy families"; a bill to acquire the land was "invalidated", as one would expect. The final, second site just happened to be occupied by "free black people and Irish immigrants who had developed a property-owning community there since 1825". Rich 1. Poor 0. What a surprise.

[@madyjules]

Hector Cepeda that’s incredible information thank you (Damn people really suck & they always have & always will, sigh)

[@ddd1hhh]

Well the video is misleading then, because at one point it shows Central Park as if it’s out in the middle of nowhere...

[@bikimbrown1545]

@@ddd1hhh at one time every where was once in tbe middle of no where.

[@ddd1hhh]

But if you have a tiny town, as this place was back then, why would you build a giant park way out in the middle of nowhere which is obviously not convenient to anybody that lives there... why would they do that?

[@babyfartmcgeezax8826]

1. Go back in time year 1728 2. Buy all the useless manhattan soil from the settlers for 2 goats. 3. Freeze yourself for 200 years. 4. ??? 5. Profit

[@nico.ch029]

Lmao wtf with the sliver song

[@MM-vs2et]

People would probably think you're dead, and the land will be up for grabs

[@gobblenater]

1. get back to modern era 2. find out they built on the land any way 3. "apparently the guy that bought it for 2 goats disappeared and never paid any property taxes so it was seized." OR 1. get back to modern era 2. nobody could buy the land so all of the businesses and population went somewhere else 3. you now own a large forested area in a new york that no longer has new york city

[@spacewurm]

That would be one long post-freeze pee. kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5balKWuhLaBrM0

[@regiraver]

@@gobblenater 'Can I please speak to the Property Owner? I'd like to buy their land'. 'Take a number. They'll be back in 200 years'.

[@community1949]

A very beautiful masterpiece and I just love the music.

[@fapmashina1]

Astonishing! Very illustrating! Congrats on great work!

[@almuharrom]

That’s why I’ll always love New York. Their system is amazing. They planned it since 1811.

[@iambagel1792]

Al Sandy clearly you don’t know about the gilded age

[@jmiquelmb]

@@mistamilk4883 Well, I guess you're talking about those old city centres that were build previous to 1700-1800. You can notice how the oldest New York/Boston streets don't follow much of a pattern either. Generally speaking, European cities are better designed and have superior mobility solutions. LA is basically a 20th century city and it's a failure of city planning. By contrast, cities like Amsterdam are on the top of urban efficiency. There's a historical reason why European old towns are the way they are, and they've been adapted and improved over the years. The US, by contrast, doesn't have much of an excuse for being behind Western Europe or Japan in that regard.

[@jmiquelmb]

@@justintyler4693 Somebody has been watching a lot of conservative media lately...

[@angelbuttaro1447]

@@jmiquelmbWell it's true democrats run cities and turn them rundown.

[@kevinhasch3097]

Hopefully this dickhead mayor won't wreck the city

[@FoodStampPhone]

Excuse me, i have to go play simcity now.

[@oleksiiosheka9646]

😂👌👌👌

[@FoodStampPhone]

Cities skylines doesn't feel the same, I grew up on sc4. Both good games, I prefer sc4 tho

[@Malfetron]

"Cities: Skylines," you should've said.

[@FoodStampPhone]

@@Malfetron fuck off

[@DaMentePraFora]

João Gabriel Sempre tem o Br chatao

[@kateskeys]

Soundtrack is absolutely perfect. Thanks so much. I’ve watched this many times🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@houdinididiit]

Really well done. My grandfather emigrated from Italy to NYC in 1906 as a boy and eventually built a home up in the north Bronx, when it was the country side... I was told. I've always wondered about the topography. Thanks this was great! Subscribed.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

Amazing city. When early sailors and settlers sailed into the NY harbor there are journal pages talking about how clear and beautiful the water was and how there were exotic fish and porpoises amd whales. Now there is only toxic sludge.

[@mlr4524]

Truly a heartbreaking loss of nature.

[@jeffreylombardo782]

Actually, since the Clearwater Revival of the '60's, New Yorks waterways are among the cleanest of any urban area on Earth. Recent news stories, tell of passengers on Staten Island Ferry's (where I live!) observing whales, and even Sharks in the bay! Oh course-this is due to global warming,which forces certain marine life to go where the food is.

[@HoboTango]

@Shufei Iv always imagined Humans to be parasites. Imagine the Universe is an actual living creature and we are microscopic cells inside of that organism. We would be a parasitic disease. For what appears to us as millions of years would be mere seconds for that organism. We are slowly infecting one of its cell ( the earth) and we will soon propagate to other cells. Slowly killing that organism. One day we will see Aliens coming to destroy the humans. They will in fact be his antibody reacting to the disease. Planets by Planets, those antibody will destroy us, until the last living human dies. Or, we will thrive and successfully kill that organism. And then itl be the end of us as well. Our purpose in life achieved. Who was that organism ? What is our name in their world ? Our disease name ? I have a lot of imagination but I imagine this is our purpose in life, I believe we are parasites. But who knows, maybe were not ;-).

[@BamberdittoPingpong]

Shufei Yeah, I’m not American, or North American for that matter, but US cities are so bad in my opinion. Highways cutting through cities and other things, also has some of the worst suburbanism in the world. American suburbs are endless and does not blend in with nature at all. Just look at the north-east and see how grey it looks from space from all the urbanism.

[@ChatGPT1111]

HoboTango I think of humans as the manifestation of the universe seeking to understand itself. We have enough diversity of thought and intent to continue to evolve much like we did during the early industrial era into manufacturing and then technology. The percentage of people employed in manufacturing in NYC for example is only about 2% compared with 35% a century ago. Putting major highways underground like they have in Boston and replacing elevated railways with subways is another example. The US now contributes only 13% of the world’s carbon and NYC sized cities are sprouting up every year in China and they are learning from us and from each other. There will always be enough humans on the planet to keep moving forward and continue looking outward.

[@renzo6490]

The greatest idea: Central Park The worst mistake: Robert Moses

[@renzo6490]

@Think About it. ...What a vastly different and better New York metropolitan area it would be today if, instead of promoting the use of the automobile, city planners had chosen to do what the wise and more experienced Europeans had done...kept and expanded rail service. But Detroit and the oil industry stepped in and suppressed that idea.

[@NEMO-NEMO]

Think About it. Manhattan was the only place in America that had the potential of keeping its history intact by excluding cars all together on the island and keeping the small parcel of land like Europe developed. All walking and underground train service. This would hv kept the feel of the grandeur of colonial times and we would hv been walking through history, everyday, just like they do in Paris. Moses could hv kept developing parks and beaches but he would hv been forbidden to make highways!

[@imaginarystranger1974]

@Think About it. "Cars were inevitable", you are either blind, or ignorant. Look at Europe.

[@imaginarystranger1974]

@Think About it. What the hell are you talking about?

[@imaginarystranger1974]

@Think About it. Reread your first comment, my reply to it, and then try again. You are obviously confused, because your replies aren't making sense.

[@johngraves6878]

Very nice work. The delightful music really nails it!

[@soulinscribed7887]

Excellent video Myles! (I think I was slipping into a trance with the music 😆) Exceptional work!

[@Nickah37]

Damn all these Dutch names at the start.. Wallstreet, Broadway, Harlem, Hudson Bay .. just blatant literal translations.

[@bradthompsonuk2011]

On my last trip to the North Sea Jazz Fest at Den Haag (The Hague), I made it a point to travel to Haarlem. The architecture throughout Holland is very similar to older houses you see in NY.

[@Nickah37]

@@bradthompsonuk2011 Yeah i guess most of those houses were build around the same time, or at least inspired by :)

[@bradthompsonuk2011]

A carry over of the building techniques brought to "New Amsterdam". We're lucky they didn't bring the mode of wearing wooden shoes!

[@Evokyr]

@@bradthompsonuk2011 Only farmers wore those shitty things during those era's luckily...

[@bradthompsonuk2011]

Those muddy fields played havoc with leather boots!

[@Anon21486]

Do you think you can do one for the Boston, Ma area? It will greatly explain why road are the way they are and is fascinating due to all the landfill...

[@NewPaulActs17]

Chicago too for me?

[@nunyabiznez6381]

I too would find that interesting. I have researched Boston historic geography and I have to say that it is not possible to understand and fully appreciate the history without knowing how things were laid out in different time periods. For example, during the revolution, the British were stationed in Cambridge and there were no bridges connecting that town with Boston at the time. So when officials called upon the British soldiers to come to their aid in what eventually became the Boston massacre, they had to send a messenger all the way around and then the Soldiers had to march all the way around and that took many hours. It wasn't just a protest that took a few minutes or an hour or two, it was several hours from the time the officials begged for help and the time the help arrived which had an impact on the tensions that led to the Boston massacre. That's just one thing. Every aspect of Boston's involvement in the revolution was impacted by the geography that bears no resemblance to what is there to day. There is a reason the Back Bay is called that. That was an area of all water and swamp. Today you'd hardly know you were driving over a river, especially at night. The evolution of Boston is fascinating and so I agree with you that it would make a great topic for one of these videos.

[@mertceylan9099]

Great quality of work, informative and amazing visual analysis!

[@angru5oklok]

Great music! It really fits and builds perfectly!

[@Rocksteady8519]

Love the sound effects and the quotes you have inserted. Gets some kind of super authentic feeling from watching this. Great job!

[@chasbodaniels1744]

It took a long time to expand much beyond the early settlement in the Battery area below Wall St. imagine dealing with the weather, crops, wild animals, disease, shelter, getting supplies from Europe. Some hardy people then.

[@ryhanzfx1641]

@Darrow Au Andromedus Duh, natives wasn't really a serious case in the east coast, NY already "free" from them after some english bought the lands for some couple of bucks

[@ganondorf66]

And then the English claimed it and changed the name.

[@scottishgirl8259]

There were quarantine facilities as well in the Passaic/Clifton area where farm animals brought on boats with immigrants stayed until deemed disease free. NYC accomplished more in it's 400 years than the other world's settlements/cities have over thousands.

[@johndefriee1982]

and no internet no subway !!?? whose idea was it to come on the mayflower anyway??

[@scottishgirl8259]

John De Friee someone with a giant set!

[@michaellittlewood3032]

To live in a world with an absence of a carpeted concrete environment leaves me with a sense of wonderment.

[@sierralvx]

It's incredible how the piers and some of the highways extend over the original land. Parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn are just built right on top of the water! Also it's nice to see Manhattan kept it's name that the natives called it.

[@ImranSahir1]

This is beautiful. Thank you for your incredible work. NYC is the greatest city mankind has ever built and it's not because some king or queen had a throne over there, not because it glorifies some battles or epics; it's because it represents the basics of human spirits - the will to thrive and make one's self better. It represents the sheer odds that we can cohere as human species no matter where we come from, what language we speak, what religion we follow, what color is our skin of.

[@mwdca7810]

Any connection to the energy of NYC is wonderful....those born there, grow up there or live there are so fortunate. The city and surrounding areas are a wonderful, strong beating heart for humanity. Every visit, I feel invigorated and happy...its a unique place.

[@NIGHTMARE8877]

Until a black dude from harlem robs you

[@judykreuter7149]

Beautifully done. I always find the history of my home town fascinating. For good and bad, there's no place like it.

[@kulturfreund6631]

Great animation. Very pleasant music and sounds. Impressive the giddy growth of this city.

[@ChrisBryantVideo]

That was absolutely mesmerizing to watch. Awesome work!

[@ke6nber]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Informative, interesting, fascinating, and very relaxing all at the same time . Kudos and well done!

[@elisabettat4632]

I watched this video today. It made me emotional, really very well made, imo. Bravo!

[@john.wick1]

That was an amazing video! Thank you.

[@big_jim_desu]

You forgot 1989: Seinfeld debuts

[@G1nn3y]

👌🏻

[@Noorsstickersshop]

And 1994: FRIENDS debuts

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

And the rest was history

[@knockshinnoch1950]

A beautifully stylish visual presentation that clearly illustrates the growth of NYC.

[@LightningWing11]

I’ve always imagined a video like this, well done

[@stefaniefournier4117]

Wow great work, beautiful presentation!

[@AsgardStudios]

Brilliant film, Miles! One of the best things I’ve seen on KZbin in ages. Entertainment + Education = #Winner

[@KewhoMin]

I couldn't take me eyes from the video! It's amazing to see just how wide New York City spread. And it all started from the tip of Manhattan. Thanks for sharing!

[@teemuvahanen]

This was a great video. Excellent job

[@rollydoucet8909]

Fascinating lesson in the history of a great city. Thank you.

[@artisticbuilding6852]

So beautiful. Really an amazing, fascinating, captivating, trendsetting, and especially innovative city

[@tommypetraglia4688]

I grew up there and always yearned to have seen the land in the raw before it was scraped and filled to lsy the city grid. Woodlands with wildlife streams ponds and lake and a harbor and river witb species of fish and oysters the sizeof dinner plates What good is a city that destroys everything natural and brings its people to an early death

[@scheichajev]

I guess the youtube-algorithm noticed that other people with similar internet behavior looked this video up and therefore recommended it to you before you do as well.

[@bhagawatchapagain9782]

That's a lot of adjectives

[@11uja]

@@n3wbury physically

[@mirage3rd]

Before being New Amsterdam, the place had be named Nouvelle Angoulême by Verrazano which headed the 1524 French expedition

[@hanshihlinn]

Thank you for sharing. This video is very beautiful.

[@fapmashina1]

Amazing work about amazing city! Well done! 👍👍👍

[@cant144]

Could I begin life again, knowing what I now know, and had money to invest, I would buy every foot of land on the Island of Manhattan. John Jacob Astor, May 4, 1834, aged 71.

[@misterspray7323]

For twenty four dollars worth of junk jewlery.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Astor had plenty of wealth, and had already exploited the working class to obtain it.

[@stephenjones7844]

@@misterspray7323 who was the appraiser?

[@resin807]

Hindsight is money money

[@dennisminner9997]

@@misterspray7323 Nope, the Dutch paid the Lenape people/indians, 60 guilders for it, $33.24...

[@rafaelfleitas5038]

How great it was for me to watch how my favourite city evolved. Between 1964 and 1970, I was part of it and it was a beautiful part of my life. Congratulations Myles Zhang and thank you.

[@tafatofu6675]

This is the 9th time youtube has recommended me this video and yet I still enjoy it everytime.

[@limeykl]

Amazing and love the music. Thanks;)

[@grumpysorc3744]

Suddenly remembered this scene from Gangs of New York: Bill : You. Whatever your name is... what is your name? Amsterdam Vallon : Amsterdam, sir. Bill : Amsterdam... I'm New York.

[@METALFACEDOOMXXXX]

Love that movie.🗽

[@welfaiewfb8802]

remember when the ships shot cannons at Leo's neighborhood during the riots? Imagine if that happened now LOL

[@Khloe_dancer_model]

That movie is SOO GOOD! And with this video makes even MORE sense ❤️❤️❤️.It helps to connect dots.

[@29subhra]

Yeah also the last scene shows new york skyline changing over the years best scene.

[@neonflashsparkotron5435]

Awesome video!!! Love it

[@tapuout101]

Great job with the overview of history.

[@IamGenoBlack]

Phenomenal job on this. Really interesting great use of sound and visuals. Greatest city of earth. Center of everything.

[@TheMickaelD]

Tremendous work, i can’t imagine how many hours it took!

[@dvchel]

0:58 On the right side of the map is the town of Heemstede. My Grandmother was born in Heemstede, although in the Netherlands of course and not the USA.

[@jaymac27x10]

Haha that’s cool man, it’s now spelled Hempstead here in NY

[@parkypark22]

Wow this is a really awesome and informative video!

[@afam58]

Excellent graphics and info🤝

[@jcb5782]

I, a Dutchman, can’t help but be proud of my ancestors for taking a chance at establishing this settlement in the New World. Little did they know it would become one of the most influential cities in the world. Well, they did name it after an influential city in their time. A hint to what’s to come maybe?

[@rexdilligam6261]

JCB but how can you be proud of they were here not in Dutch land anymore

[@ECMalcolm]

@@rexdilligam6261 Well it started out as a Dutch settlement so I'll let him have this one.

[@rexdilligam6261]

True he can be proud of his roots but ancestors might be a far stretch as most of those Dutch stayed there and became quite on quote “Americans”

[@ryhanzfx1641]

@@rexdilligam6261 Most of New Yorkers in certain areas are actually from Dutch descent, you can see their names are pretty un-saxon for American standard They still retain their roots

[@Truffles413]

Still have many streets and areas in the city with Dutch names. Pretty awesome legacy. Harlem in northern Manhattan, Amsterdam Avenue that runs down Manhattan, Cortlandt Street, New Utrecht in Brooklyn, The Bronx is named after Jonas Bronck, a Dutch farmer/landowner, Coney Island is the English version of rabbit island in Dutch, Spuyten Duyvil an area in the Bronx, etc. I could go on and on. But the Dutch have certainly had a lasting impact.

[@stbrian1861]

Incredibly interesting ..., well done & informative. Please do one for the growth of Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk Counties).

[@KimberlySays...]

This was really cool! BRAVO!

[@JamesMilliganJr]

Enjoyed this greatly!

[@Tom0000]

1:30 This reminds me of Civilization games

[@HBC101TVStudios]

2019: current NYC map 2050: *RIP upstate NY*

[@shabeki]

Upstate NY had been dead for decades, since manufacturing slowly declined. Now much of it is home to meth labs and cults.

[@HBC101TVStudios]

@@shabeki the Upstate is also home to Dixie sympathizers, white supremacists, Republicans (lots of them) and Gypsies - *mostly concentrated in Saratoga Springs and Schenectady* (the exceptions being Albany though). Theoretically anything west of Buffalo is as mid-west as Chicago and Detroit / St. Pauls while anything north of Albany is basically Canada.

[@shabeki]

@@HBC101TVStudios Binghamton and Ithaca seem to be run by hippies, and the area around it is pretty deep red. I had a lot of fun there in college.

[@PeruvianPotato]

@@shabeki I found where I want to go

[@Bobelponge123]

HBC 101 what’s wrong with Republicans

[@curtandoscar]

Thank you. Fascinating to go forward and then backward in time.

[@chezzeduck1105]

I just watched a map and it felt beautiful!