SoHo and Greenwich Village, New York

[@brendadrew834]

Thanks for the great tour of one of the most beautiful neighborhoods of Manhattan! Used to live and study in NYC in the late 1960s/early 70s but lived on the Upper East Side and worked in mid town as a fashion artist. I met my husband in the Village though and he had also gone to NYU and worked at the Village Gate owned by the late Art D'Lugoff. We met at the New School for Social Research, now New School University in a psyche class. We last took our three daughters to the Village to see the longest running hit show, "The Fantastiks"! I remember before we got married hanging out at all the great old trattorias and side walk cafes! When I was growing up in NJ I remember a famous bakery in the Village called Sutter's I believe that had huge windows where one could look in from the sidewalk and watch the pastry chefs with their tall white chef hats decorating wedding cakes and such. Used to walk through Washington Square in my long Hippie dress back in the day, too. Many fond memories and going to the Provincetown Playhouse as well. We were married in 1974 in Provincetown, MA, which used to be called " Helltown" in the late 1800s and "Greenwich Village North" in the 1920s and 30s! Writer Norman Mailer and his wife are buried there as well. Never went to Soho that much and not surprised that the artists there got squeezed out since they probably couldn't afford the escalating rents! My apt in an old brownstone on the Upper East side went for 90 dollars a month, rent controlled, a one bedroom/one bath , large kitchen, living room. Today that same apt goes for "$2500 a month! And we thought the inflation was bad in the 1970s? Ha, shows one the level of greed since then! "New York, New York, it's a hell of a town, the Bronx is up and the Batteries down" ..a wonderful town and one of the most beautiful cities in the world next to Boston, Paris, Rome, London and others! Miss NYC, left part of my heart there many moons ago!

[@denniscallan]

What a wonderful comment, hope all will read it, thanks...I share a few of those experiences, hanging out in the Village in the 60s as a kid from Long Island, embracing the beat, pre-hippie, culture but never quite getting in to it...just another suburbanite wandering around and hitting some bars.

[@seeingyouontube]

I would like to know where you settled to raise your three daughters?

[@beboplady1542]

Come visit San Diego,California and later admit it also is one of the world's finest cities. :)

[@beboplady1542]

I lived on Sullivan street in Soho,NYC in the mid 1970s.

[@Hborn]

What's the rent there

[@MrLuvOldies]

Thanks. I went down to Greenwich Village in the '50s and '60s,for the Jazz.Mmmmmmmm

[@teachersparker]

jay capp can you suggest some good jazz clubs? I’m going for my first time and this is my priority. Thanks! ❤️

[@ritarewards]

Great job with this video👏... very concise and informative for visitors and native NYers.

[@mountainous_port]

I just love looking at those fire ladders, they look so New York. The cast irons.

[@zoeynguyen7078]

love your videos about New York! Very informative!! Thank you so much!

[@mrsmitchell27]

Wow, I like the way you spoke about the places. I just subbed.

[@barbaragray1468]

thankyou for sharing your knowledge..great vid

[@richardmiami1159]

Great video of these utterly gorgeous areas!!!

[@ed_architecture]

You have a bit of Rick Steves vibe to your voice. Nice video, thanks for sharing.

[@fox39forever]

I stayed with a friend in Harrison Street, last year. It was early March and very cold!

[@isunlloaoll]

These lower Manhattan districts are the best.

[@denniscallan]

amen to that...you astutely call it "lower Manhattan" which fits most definitions, everything below 14th St. My next movie is about the big chunk 14th - 34th streets, which doesn't seem to have a single label, except "midtown south" but many say that goes north to 42nd. ????

[@isunlloaoll]

Yea i'm new yorker, and i don't even know what to call that whole area right south of the dense high rise central midtown, but north of the villages. hmm. Good videos, thumbs up!

[@blissfularrogance3529]

I grew up in the Village . Went to school 4th generation at St. Alphonsus on Thompson Street in Soho and graduated from St.Anthony’s on MacDougal .I’ve moved away but my heart will be there forever ❤️

[@andrewjenkinson8948]

It won't be long before they're gentrified of any soul that remains in them.

[@Chris-hp9be]

Not any more. The rich have taken over all of West V, SOHO, NOHO and Tribeca. Now Hells Kitchen, Fidi and East village are rising.

[@yasmineneal]

Love this...Thank you!!!

[@ephemeral783]

I’ve never managed to make it through one of these videos but I’m so glad i did with this one! I live in Texas and pretty much know absolutely nothing about NY so this was a nice video to watch :)

[@kchan3679]

@09:22 Gay & Christopher Street The Stonewall Inn is on Christopher Street.

[@deannahaworth7666]

I've never been to NYC but you make me want to go

[@nelsonrivera1655]

This area. The food are good. Comedy clubs. Shopping for unique shoes and clothes. Chess players in the parks. NYU university area. Live jazz club. Kind of hipster. Plenty nice restaurants. Good food. Tattoo shops. If not tattoo person. It's ok. Still can't go wrong. Good to visit.

[@michellemarie1197]

All i want is a greenwhich village brownstone, its my favorite area

[@supaspydamn]

I live in the village and never take the same route home twice. 😊

[@teachersparker]

Raph Reyes any suggestions for jazz clubs, speakeasies, theaters, or comedy shows?

[@billie44]

I sang in Washington square park, I just sit in with a trio playing there.

[@willbergie55]

It was in March 2002 that I had the pleasure of visiting Manhattan with a tour group. What was surprising to me was how safe and clean Manhattan was. One of the pictures I took was a man playing a guitar in Times Square. He was wearing only underwear and a straw hat. It appears to me that if you lived in New York City you really would not need a car.

[@juanquintana118]

REALLY AAZING VIDEO IENJOYED WHATHING YOUR VLOG THANK YOU

[@michellemarie1197]

Love greenwhich village

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

I miss NYC

[@carowells1607]

Grove Court is a charming place.

[@leonhenry4861]

great video man

[@robertewalt7789]

In the mid 1970’s, I lived on W 21 Street, to be in an affordable area, near the Village. Soho then really was empty. My neighborhood, Chelsea, also became fashionable and expensive.

[@yolandamontalvo3557]

ILOVE NY THE BEST

[@dxmxo9427]

Looks good I wanna live there

[@Hborn]

What's the weather

[@brentroney8447]

Did that guy steal a olive 2:52 😂

[@nikitaupadhyay2089]

hahahaahhahaha

[@susuilu]

True

[@halstellini]

FYI no public bathrooms in Dean & Deluca

[@denniscallan]

If you are in Zabars, there is one behind an unmarked door in the cafe, but not in the market.

[@halstellini]

Thanks!

[@robertadinolfi4217]

Do an episode on "The Go Club"

[@fangrider007]

i saw grove street in the video. Does that mean our beloved CJ lives there....... XD

[@elizabethguzman9914]

There are buildings for section 8 too

[@helenmurphy3143]

i will have my funeral here in the village i love the village

[@helenmurphy3143]

THERE WAS A SONG CALLED WASHINGTON SQUARE GOOGLE IT ITS BY THE VILLAGE STOMPERS

[@summertea545]

I got a tattoo in Greenwich Village by a cute Native American guy....did a great job.

[@TheSilentWhales]

You showed Grove St and Perry St without mentioning Friends or Sex and the City. How did you manage to do that? ;)

[@TechVHD]

Is east village different from both of these? new to new york

[@denniscallan]

Yes, quite different. See my East Village movie here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epawgXabmMmYjtU

[@helenmurphy3143]

love all of this bring it on but do add chelsea pleasssse

[@denniscallan]

yes, got Chelsea: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3W1pqppfd-tbZI and I combined the short movies into two longer videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gHzQc52GgJtql5o and kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqe0kIytZr2VhqM

[@Yu_mi1]

New York City is probably the greatest city in the world. It has everything. The greatest talent of the world comes to New York. You’ll find everyone here. But New York is too expensive. After moving from my parents house because they sold it to developers I finally see that to have a great place to live is too much money. Great place to visit though.

[@reyjusuf]

I need to send a message back in time to my grandparents and ask them to buy property there

[@lancerussellesmale1155]

Soho, Turf of the Hi-Hats

[@chrisdrummond8893]

Washington Square the famous reference in the song Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez with a hard driven adaptation by Judas Priest.

[@dexadrinepancake]

and I thought the Washington Square hotel was perfectly ok.

[@stevenj2380]

Dean and DeLucca moved from Prince St. Its OK, so many changes over time. No going back,for any of us.

[@musix2009]

If I ever hit the lottery/win big enough,I’m moving to soho...I love this area,I’m just glad living here in Newark,I’m only a path train away...less than 30 min/I’m there...wait so you mean to tell me,I’ve walked over dead souls allllll these yearsssss sheesh 😬😬😬

[@delstanley1349]

7:30- Bleecker & Macdougal. Only one block away is 225 Sullivan. This was where Vincent (The Chin, aka the Oddfather) Gigante---mob boss of the Genovese crime family held court. Back in the day (1957) he shot and wounded Luciano (now Genovese) family boss Frank Costello. The Chin succeeded the powerful Vito Genovese. Before The Chin's death in 2005 you could see him walking around this area in his robes or pjs mumbling and acting odd, hence the "oddfather." It was all a ruse of course to make it look like he was insane, and incapable of being boss of no criminal organization, so that when he was nabbed by the police for possible crimes he could plead insanity. It didn't work. He almost succeeded in blowing up John Gotti, and would have---- had Gotti kept an appointment. Instead, Gotti's underboss (he was a target too) was blown to bits in a car bomb. Gotti was supposed to have been with his underboss in the car that day. I like a little of the macabre, the dark and nasty history stuff in some of these places too.

[@arnoldstollar5375]

I became enlightened ,and a hippie here.

[@helenmurphy3143]

THEN U LIKE ALICES RESTAURANT / ARLO GUTHRIE

[@scorpion528]

The only thing I miss is the cultural center, The Met, MoMA etc. The rest is overpriced crap including Dean and Deluca. Some Broadway and off Broadway shows are worth it . Little Italy and China town are okay. The soul of Manhattan has long left it.

[@heyjoeyramos]

scorpion528 What was the soul like ?

[@shaggyhascancer8806]

Why do people pronounce it house-tin street?

[@suspiciouswatermelon7639]

Because that's how it's pronounced... Not like the city in Texas.

[@MichaelNaness]

Where are u from ur accent

[@denniscallan]

Ironically the single place I am most "from" is New York, but no accent because I only lived there from age 7-18...If you want to know more see my about: toursbytrain.com/About.html

[@derranlawston4052]

denniscallan no one has time for that, just answer the question

[@denniscallan]

I've been living in Hawaii the past 50 years.

[@richardfabrizio8998]

I ride my bicycle thru those streets on sundays. Beats walking any time

[@ВладиМиррор]

"Friends" forever. Well... you know what i mean

[@tn4474]

Did u see the one shoplifting

[@justallgreen]

I came to watch this just so I can imagine better Jude St. Francis walking there.

I wonder if this is where ruby ruby ruby soho came from, from rancid

[@PaulO-se6nl]

Manhattan looks so much like parts of Manchester uk...

[@DavidByrne85]

There are definitely some echos of Manhattan's warehouse districts in parts of Manchester city centre. Fantastic architecture.

[@jason3216]

ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YORKKKKKKKKKKKKKK LIVES NEW YORK

[@kromedome0101]

At the rate it's going, NYU will take over every building in lower Manhattan.

[@tamiresxy]

4:14

[@Handiman544]

That's the sad part of what's happening in NY today. No one but the wealthy can afford to live there anymore. NY has lost it's soul to the almighty dollar. NYU has become one of the best propaganda schools in the country.

[@inkedhigh]

it's a popular city. the only way for it to go back to middle class affording rent is the popularity sinks. I encourage people to travel to other destinations that are not heard of.

[@Cccc-ky4vq]

Well said you are exactly right the normal born and raised New Yorker is Vanishing I'm really starting to see the big difference even in Little Italy no more true neighborhoods

[@helenmurphy3143]

MISS U DAVID LYNN JONES R I P

[@schinagldaniel7752]

Dude just stolen a little something at 2:52 lol

[@DRACOFURY]

HEY.... NOOOOOOOO SNITCHING... (But it's kinda funny tho)

[@nancysmith2389]

Well, if all the artists were pushed out, what is the point of going there. Doesn't sound too interesting. Just expensive. Would rather visit someplace else.

[@denniscallan]

There is still a lot of art there, in various small galleries, and besides, there is more than art to make an interesting neighborhood, such as in the still-delightful Village and SOHO.

[@mard9802]

@@hd-xc2lz I'm not from NYC but am very interested in art - that is, art that is being produced now. If you could let me know where artists now hang in the city I'd much appreciate it. "hang" as in hang their work... thanks.

[@mard9802]

Thank you for the quick reply. I want my next NYC visit to be in those neighborhoods. You just saved me a ton of time - really appreciate that. THANK YOU! @@hd-xc2lz

[@suspiciouswatermelon7639]

Artists are dirt bags.. you don't want actual artists hanging around, you just want the artsy atmosphere.

[@billie44]

They kill me using the word Hip.

[@lillydejesus9510]

too many people too many tourists difficult to get around

[@malachigomis6090]

That nigga stole a grape 😭😭

[@bubbletea8793]

The cuisines of the world are on display here ranging from ethiopian, egyptian, italian.... faLaFeL KMSADKSJDSDKASDJK

[@bubbletea8793]

im sorry i just thought it was funny ksalsdkal

[@NathanB417]

Idk Norm McDonald gave KZbin tours 😅

[@letsif]

Should now be called , Greenback Village.

[@meredithkurtzman6047]

Soho has become a boring high end shopping district, with few basic amenities for residents who actually live there. The ‘cutting edge’ left 30 years ago,replaced by trust funders and shopping for tourists.

[@denniscallan]

'tis true, like so much of the city, so that's why in my series I reach out to slightly-less gentrified corners along with the familiars. See my 12 Manhattan movies bit.ly/2UlygXZ

[@helenmurphy3143]

LOVE THAT PARK BIGAGLO DRUG STORE ON THE CORNER NYC

[@kimberlymiller4944]

It's so one sided down their if you know what I mean!

[@achill69]

This man said Howston St 😂😂😂

[@denniscallan]

That's how we say it.

[@fredericgoudalle1810]

Soho in France

[@tonirodriguez6649]

I'd like to see what it looks like now after disasterous CV response policy has shuttered our cities..

[@funguy29]

I miss the old grimy seedy new york...

[@helenmurphy3143]

DAVID L JONES WAS A DOG LOVE RIP

[@thorin5591]

Those neiborhoods look like the downtown east side in Vancouver but in the downtown east side has alot of homeless people Drug addiction and is the complete opposite of good to walk through

[@Tryfieldanimas]

[@cmscms123456]

hah.. New York City, where eggs go to die... If you're a single woman, you're going to stay that way.

[@seeingyouontube]

Hah! I lived there in the early 80s during the AIDs crisis. I fortunately fell in love on my way to Cali but true the men were either gay or married.

[@ЏонМастерман]

LOL ! One more reason for me to visit..

[@lillydejesus9510]

I miss my old New York I miss the twin towers

[@seeingyouontube]

You can thank the Bush presidency for that crime.

[@victorjo7918]

Everything has changed after that into worse.

[@helenmurphy3143]

now NYU will be freeadmission

[@carowells1607]

Helen Murphy Actress Paulette Goddard left 25 million bucks to NYU.

[@NPC-nh9ed]

Eww My god !!! Sooo Kewl !! Next time I wanna meet up with Longboard Logan and Vegan Meghan for a Pumpkin Kale Breast Milk Latte' I know where to go !!!

[@goulash64]

Bitter much?

[@levijames96]

Buncha settlers

[@angel_machariel]

No matter how NY and actually most US cities try, even their middle class streets look like a dump compared to west European design. US is slabs slabs slabs, cracks and potholes.

[@sallygreen2085]

overrated.

[@carowells1607]

Sally Green What is?

[@paulybarr]

@@carowells1607 I presume she is referring to New York...

[@billythebully]

Wow I have something named after me..,