The Challenge Of Skyscraper Construction In The Most Crowded City In America - NYC Revealed

[@jamesquivey1538]

I am a commercial millwork and cabinet designer. Nothing thrills me more than walking into a place and seeing the finished product. To tell someone that I designed everything that is wood in this building and see their reactions is a joy to behold. People using have no idea who I am or what went into making it, but they like the finished product.

[@ruinedcraft4830]

Wow! So we can reach to the space through those upcoming skyscraper. Very cool: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5XSi4Crp7CEgKM

[@ryanrodriguez4535]

I agree. I’m a designer working on a number of large projects in nyc. Primarily transportation and parks, but we’ve been consulted for some of the high rise buildings being popped up, and it’s nice to see that my design will come to life and I can look at it knowing I did that even if nobody else does.

[@LouisYbarra-g1b]

Yeah, no one understands the countless hours of caulking corners 5 to 10 different dialogue on color, matching for millwork doors, etc. keep putting in the artwork💪🏼💯🤙🏼

[@guille____]

Cheddar aka NewYorkTV

[@jasonbailey9139]

All their in-depth reporting seems to be NYC centric, doesn't it?

[@milesh-r7319]

Yes! This was the video I was waiting for. I love the World Trade Center and other iconic skyscrapers in the city. This video really gives a perspective on what it's like to build them. THX Cheddar News!

[@nguyen3545]

I'm very happy to see a Carol in this video 2:03 as a fan of the Skyscraper Museum channel

[@fty-ys4ni]

So that new high rise in Brooklyn is basically a mini burj

[@zqpcydbfoqbdiehdj]

I love it! It looks so fancy..

[@ameridesign]

Neo Art Deco

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@zqpcydbfoqbdiehdj 9 De-Kalb way is an illusion of luxury. It really isn't that good looking.

[@NICOGIA300]

I LOVE THIS!! I always get so excited when Cheddar posts.

[@markthibault8579]

Great show. So satisfying to hear the engine come to life. It would be great to see it again once it's back on the road.

[@southpuddle]

Love the passion of the iron workers. All of the people in finance and tech make the big bucks, but they don’t leave any sort of physical mark on the city itself.

[@francescos7361]

Grattacieli in vetro e alluminio costano miliardi e bilioni di euro . Grandi torri in vetro e acciaio.

[@AnixCo1990]

All this new construction in nyc, and Chicago is left in the dust. Unfortunately the Chicago Spire was canceled several years ago, as well as other mega tall building projects….

[@AnixCo1990]

@@_the_dude_abides_ yeah r politicians suck ass here, but the “leaders” over at nyc r as bad if not worse.

[@donavannj]

Affordable land to build low-rise is just substantially closer to the Loop for Chicago than it is to Manhattan for NYC. And then also Chicagoland's growth as a whole has slowed substantially so that's further economic disincentive to build more skyscrapers in Chicago.

[@zqpcydbfoqbdiehdj]

Chicago is freaken awesome dude!

[@Reconseal4050]

The Willis Tower is still Chicago's best though.

[@AnixCo1990]

@@Reconseal4050 u misspelled Sears Tower

[@NYCSKYSCRAPERS-hp6pm]

4:39 The Brooklyn Tower is one of my favorites to go up, plus more Supertalls to come here in NYC, thank you for this!

[@Space_Agent23]

The beat in the intro is fire 👀🔥🤯

[@mihirkulkarni2606]

Wow amazing, we also have a lot of skyscrapers in Mumbai which looks amazing, but NYC is another thing, I would say Mumbai took inspiration from NYC. The process in which he explained how they covered the railway line was amazing.

[@imperialkhmer6146]

NYC is something else. Only those that step foot there will realize how massive it is.

[@METALFACEDOOMXXXX]

@@imperialkhmer6146 ikr

[@kiddream5749]

Wow this is what I needed

[@dxelson]

11:20 after a certain high, its not longer "efficient" its just for prestige. Specialy thin and tall buildings

[@Skibidy_rizzler_]

No

[@mathmanchris666]

lol this is funny

[@Cjaymoney]

Journeyman in local 40 can pull well into 6 figures in nyc, but it’s not easy work.

[@kaiseriv8483]

So minimum wage in nyc lol

[@Cjaymoney]

@@kaiseriv8483 … nope, you can live quite comfortably on 6 figures in city

[@mcfarofinha134]

@@kaiseriv8483 Bruh, what u snorting my man?

[@kaiseriv8483]

@@mcfarofinha134 you gotta pay like 5k/mo to get a closet in someones bedroom

[@justinhearst]

@@kaiseriv8483 that's only in manhattan and the gentrified neighborhoods of the outer boroughs

[@BLACKAAROW]

as much as I like some of these sky scrapers, I dont like that they have to tear down alot of really old historic buildings

[@spacetoast7783]

NYC should grant extra zoning variances in exchange for maintaining the ground level facade.

[@cleriosantana2233]

Awesome! NYC is the greatest City on earth!

[@ryanrodriguez4535]

It’s so crazy seeing my apartment in videos like these as I live right next to dekalb tower/brooklyn tower. Get to see it everyday out my window

[@russelljames5631]

Local 3 electrician I worked on a lot of the buildings included in this video and the views are amazing. I literally just came from working at Manhattan west awesome project.

[@MrHellenas23]

Good video. I inspected 100 Flatbush ave the day before they shot this short movie. Amazing site, but had to issue them 3 violations, for 2 rakers on 1 heel block, crane radius swing over personnel and slope at exp1 sharper than 45 degrees. The guys there were very helpful, and run a great project.

[@m1a2abramsmainbattletank58]

The first two skyscrapers built in NYC were the Chrysler Building and the Iconic Empire State Building. Then, the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, finally, the One World Trade Center, One Vanderbilt, Central Park Tower and 432 Park Avenue.

[@johnnguyen6159]

Kind of wonder on average how long does it take for projects in NYC to break ground relative to announcement of projects?

[@spacetoast7783]

"Announcement" could mean a lot of different things. It could mean a Letter or Intent (LOI) or it could mean approval of the zoning variance, or anything in between.

[@edwardmontalvo3751]

Depends on how big it is and where

[@HardCold-Alquan]

It seems as if they have a speedy process of getting them up, as it always seems like a new one pops up every 6 months!

[@OliverSolorzano]

The more skyscrapers, the better!! More skyscrapers please!!

[@tulaviation4539]

I really wish they need to rebuilt the World Trade Center. (Twin Towers)

[@MarkAClarke]

Wait what the Brooklyn Tower is already topped off currently 🤣🤣

[@zqpcydbfoqbdiehdj]

And is located in one of the worse congested areas of all Brooklyn during the day time! Lol 😆

[@Rugopoly]

It literally took 2 mins to get passed the intro. I’d like to get into more Cheddar videos but a lot of the times it’s a whole lot of nothing, slow talking, long intros or just repeated stuff. Keep up the NYC stuff tho

[@andrenewcomb3708]

Damn! This was a good one. I so admire New York's evolution. I don't know how I could live there like I would like to and stay honest. It's just so impressive.

[@videosdful]

Amazing..

[@Feeeeeeenix]

bro said cubic yards 😭

[@bruhbutwhytho]

Ok?

[@rel8ableaddict]

I have never once thought of a tall horse when thinking about a skyscraper. lolz wut

[@hewhohasnoidentity4377]

I saw your comment wondering wtf a horse had to do with anything when that part of the video came...I still don't know what a horse has to do with anything.

[@RBzee112]

You don't live in the 1700's either, do you?

[@rel8ableaddict]

@@hewhohasnoidentity4377 lol

[@biggiesmalls3096]

Brilliant video

[@apap1586]

It was impressive back in the 1980s. New York City is starting to look like the world of The Jetsons. Even Queens and Brooklyn now have skyscrapers.

[@koenmldr]

The background music in this video is very annoying. It really detracts from this interesting video.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

"the *obsession of skyscraper construction in the most crowded city in America"

[@darkwoodmovies]

The Brooklyn Tower building is a perfect example of how to design a skyscraper that has character and elegance, while still being modern and practical. We need more buildings like that, and less of the generic sterile glass towers.

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

I'd say One World Trade Center is another example.

[@gilbertnicholas1582]

I just hope they keep the skyscrapers in the Downtown Brooklyn area

[@Brick-Life]

RIP this is the last video of NYC Revealed Season 2

[@victormiranda5895]

As a Newyorker i believe we have Pliny more room to build i wish this construction architect and engineers look up to build new skyscrapers in Union square Manhattan i know the ground is not strong enough for any skyscraper but if that was impossible to find the way to build.i think Dubai will never exist and more lest the world tallest building the Burj Khalifa. Which was created by an American architect

[@ChuckSilva]

Wow❤

[@Prodigious1One]

Very cool!

[@lovewhitalways2010]

Marty looks a little bit like The Donald. 😊

[@apersonontheinternet3538]

Most crowded city? Y'all ever heard about Tokyo 😏

[@shawnhall9792]

In America....

[@taoliu3949]

NYC is actually denser than Tokyo.

[@dxelson]

How about starting building higher around NYC

[@irfansarfrazconstruction7167]

Good jobs

[@maxswagcaster5315]

This skyscraper is being built near where the live action mario brothers live

[@Brick-Life]

If they think building in New York is a challenge then they have not seen skyscraper construction in China or other Asian cities! Much more challenging in Asia!

[@Cyrus992]

Notice how he says women and men at 0:37

[@SlumJamBestGood]

Did that hurt your feelings?

[@titanicbigship]

Ik

[@jamespowers4783]

and?

[@rel8ableaddict]

@@SlumJamBestGood I think they're making a point of how inclusive the statement was. You don't have to always be on the defensive... 🙄

[@somethingsomething404]

Yeah. It was a woman on screen when they said that

[@mohamedabduweli5091]

building skyscraper is pointless. all of new york building are half empty and ghost town at night

[@tylerdurden4483]

Hong Kong has more than twice as many buildings

[@HardCold-Alquan]

No anymore, and they are mainly residential, like Miami.

[@_Breakdown]

5:30

[@prabhushankar8520]

Good.

[@francispower1418]

Having been watching a mid rise go up across the road to where we live in downtown Manhattan over the past year I have been fascinated at the process of construction. But I’m afraid watching this video made me laugh out loud several times. First of all every single worker on our site is of Latin American decent, a reality not reflected in the carefully selected interviewees Cheddar have offered up. It looks for all the world like a closed shop situation, which is also reflected in their ‘we are above everyone else’ behavior. Far from being the proud professionals we see in Cheddar’s video, the construction workers themselves have gone from hero to zero by causing problems with the local community. Large groups of men indulging in after work drunkenness on the street, accompanied by the verbal abuse of passing women. Frankly disgusting behavior but even the NYPD can’t really do anything about it. Then came the cheating part. They cynically attempted to raise an additional five floors on top of the approved plans, hoping once it was already built the authorities would decide it was easier just to look the other way. I’m told this is common practice. The current situation is that we, the neighborhood, having initially been excited at watching this building being constructed, are now collectively very much looking forward to watching the process of these lawless misogynists deconstructing the contraband floors, having been forced to do exactly that by the city administration. Which I’m told is what happens (and too often). So, what sort of venal developer would condone such foul antics on their construction site? A university no less… As far as the work on site was concerned the process looked sophisticated but essentially routine. All risks managed. Safety built in. That much was impressive. But no more so than watching a well drilled racing sailboat crew going through their paces in any kind of weather. That said, go for it. Its exciting work. As is being a pro sailor. But if you are interested in a career in this specialist form of construction please be more like the people we see in this video and less like the reality I have encountered on my local street in New York City.

[@michaeldapar9431]

Tokyo and Shanghai are bigger than NYC..✌

[@Verilee1970]

Premiere city in the US for skyscrapers. Hong Kong has more.

[@francispower1418]

But New York doesn’t cheapen theirs with LED teddy bears.

[@francispower1418]

@@finaLee69Hong Kong’s led teddy bears made Hong Kong look cheap and ridiculous. Not that it ever much by way of culture on offer, unless you count martial arts films. That was never the point of Honk Kong, which is/was a trading post. Anyway Hong Kong is de facto over now. I love New York’s new buildings for the most part. I live in one myself. And as I said, I have seen with my own eyes how sophisticated and professional the construction process is. One of the most fun parts, having one go up across the street, was watching the team erect and then disassemble the tower crane. Even seeing how they do it with my own eyes I find it hard to get my head around how they do that!

[@azulaquaza4916]

@@finaLee69 Hong Kong skyscrapers look bland and cheap why do Ik more buildings in Shanghai than HK

[@deeproff981]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@rickieg9870]

Lol. NY is NOT the premier skyscraper city in the world. Is cheddar just a NYC spokesperson at this point? Lame.

[@airroyal]

really? the place that birthed skyscraper after skyscraper in the early days.so who would you say deserve that title then?

[@marlonmoncrieffe0728]

Yeah, only Chicago, Hong Kong, London, and Tokyo can rival New York City, @@airroyal .

[@HardCold-Alquan]

@@marlonmoncrieffe0728 London has no skyscrapers. Tokyo has more low rise buildings. Chicago is too small to compete with NYC or world class cities. HK used to be more impressive, but not anymore.

[@colinw996]

Why is he saying “I-Run” instead of “I-earn” for iron 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@joshuazelinsky5213]

New York would have a lot more flexibility building new skyscrapers if there weren't such restrictive building rules, especially the floor-area ratio rules which didn't exist when the iconic skyscrapers were built. Remove the FAR rules and there's a lot more options with a lot more potential economic development, which would also help with a lot of the supposed "lack of land" issues which are to a large extent more about legal issues than any genuine physical restriction. The building codes and "extensive permitting process" mentioned in NYC are unnecessarily restrictive and this is a major problem. Some of this is necessary for safety, but a lot of places don't have many of these rules and manage to have lower accident rates.

[@taoliu3949]

NYC wouldn't even need that many skyscrapers if they just get rid of their SFH zones. Most of NYC is still zoned for SFHs, especially in the boroughs which makes no sense.

[@joshuazelinsky5213]

@@taoliu3949 Absolutely. The insistence on single family housing zones is a major part of the problem.

[@taoliu3949]

@@joshuazelinsky5213 Yup, that and also parking minimums, most of NYC has parking minimums, even in areas with subway access.

[@francispower1418]

Having just watched an NYC construction crew build an additional five floors on top of their planning consent, hoping nobody would notice (they did) my view is that the regulations are probably in need of further tightening. These people are lawless and need policing. I entirely reject your contention regarding density regulations.

[@joshuazelinsky5213]

@@francispower1418 That's an argument for further enforcement or better oversight. That's not an argument for tighter regulation. That's essentially akin to people arguing at the beginning of Prohibition that because people were violating Prohibition, tighter regulations were needed to enforce it. The bottom line is that right now, New York has incredibly strict regulations which make building new things very difficult, even when everyone wants them to be built. And the city suffers massively from it.

[@ivanmadrigalt]

8:19 donald trump who?

[@_OscarIvan]

Best city is the world

[@neubro1448]

Now put in China.

[@TheAurelianProject]

Imagine saying “women and men” instead of just being normal and saying “men and women.” “M” is even first in the alphabetical order before “W.” So at this point it just looks you’re sexist against men.

[@relaxingwhitenoiseandsound9371]

and your racist

[@highlymedicated2438]

You know being from the south I used to always be jealous of the north with all the Subways because I thought it was really cool and unique.. but now I feel like it's outdated and shady and kind of dangerous. A lot of cities including my city of Birmingham Alabama has been going toward BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) which is laid out like very similar to the sub way Transit but on Wheels and above ground. A whole lot more economical and safer. But of course nothing will be as unique as the underground Subway

[@ethanstewart9970]

Subways are far cheaper, and can carry far more people than buses. Subways are the most economical public transport, come to Europe and you'll see how it is done! Buses are generally used for unpopular routes as they're far more expensive to run than trains, especially when you consider how many people can be transported in a single train car.

[@evilbred974]

Bus Rapid Transit are fine for smaller cities. It wouldn't be efficient enough to support the number of people that move in and out of NYC in a day.

[@highlymedicated2438]

@@ethanstewart9970 I meant more economical for construction because a lot of cities can't afford To build a Subway

[@somethingsomething404]

Which is why it was easier to do 911 than to apply for all those permits

[@AbdallahHeybe]

I want work I have work permit

[@dar142siemens3]

i spilled my water out when i saw the WTC almost here..... Rip people included in 9/11 🙏🕊️

[@just_cade]

No one does skyscrapers like New York.

[@nannerz1994]

Yeah no one leaves them empty like new york either

[@3markaw]

@@nannerz1994 Actually China has whole new cities of empty buildings. Look up the Evegrande fiasco.

[@mottyaltman3313]

The women and men? U mean the men and women?

[@user-gn1ic9ww8q]

poor trey got mutilated last night

[@malcolmmirage4204]

Rad

[@brad1574]

You mean men and woman.

[@ianwazowski5607]

Get over snowflake

[@ghostwolf117]

This video makes me dislike NYC

[@bruhbutwhytho]

Why?

[@ghostwolf117]

@@bruhbutwhytho too many tall buildings.

[@bruhbutwhytho]

@@ghostwolf117 that's just in a few areas though

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