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@ Zom Bee Nature From what I understand, they're pretending to be Buddhist monks, and they're asking for 'donations'. Buddhism has a long history of monks asking for alms like this, but unfortunately, it's not uncommon for scammers to put on some monk robes, shave their heads, and hassle you for money. We don't get scammers like that where I live, though, so never had to deal with this personally.
@@Ryan-nr9sc To Riproar 11: I believe now that 1:00 pm. is the bewitching hour when the witches with the wherewithal to glitch pockets, would be on the prowl. They are willing and willfully issuing tickets, making a casual stroll just as bad as a casual confident and concupiscent concubine chap in the throes of contentment cumming close to cloud nine.
OMG! I'm born and raised in NYC and always in central Park and was not aware of ANY of these hidden gems. Guess how I'm spending this weekend? Thanks for all of your research and thanks for sharing! :-)
I'm a born & raised NY'er. I was first exploring the park in the early 1970's. On my own, as a young adult. I know it like the back of my hand. I did not know of the cave. So you have given this NY'er who is a retired ex-pat in Europe reason to find this cave if I'm ever in Central Park again. Us NY'er's see the park as our backyard. I could tell stories of my grandparents (100 years ago) experiences in the park when they emigrated to the 5 boroughs/NYC from Europe. :)))
Accidentally came across your video, and I agree that this has to be one of the nicest videos of Central Park I have seen. Living alone, the City often takes on a feel of being hard and cold. Not when you listen to this guy speak and give information of the park. Let's us know there are still people out there whom are decent, caring and kind. The very vibes I picked up on listening to him speak. It's inspired me to visit the park again as it's been a very long time since I have. Thanks partner for the info., and just between you and I, it's nice to see people acting like they care. Nice to know my home town is where decent human beings live. God Bless you and yours, and thanks again for the information on Central Park.
NY is great and I miss NY... same with the people I have met. I now live on the other side of the world and there is nothing like NYC. Love these videos
More fun facts: The Pool at 103rd street is fed by the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis reservoir. (that pipe leads right to it) The Pool drains via a water fall at the northern end into The Lock, the lock flows via a stream all the way to The Meer lake at the top right of the map. Also, you do NOT want to walk the lock at night.
This has to be one of the nicest videos of Central Park I have seen. Thank you for sharing. I too ran in Central Park for 13 years. Rain, snow, heat, etc. I would stop and chat with Alberto (aka Mayor of CP) on every run. There is a dedication to him on the reservoir.
His name was Alberto Arroyo aka Mayor of Central Park. There is a dedication to him on one of the buildings on the reservoir. It was there last year, hopefully its still there. He was running in Central Park since 1937 until he passed away a few years ago at the age of 94.
Nice work on the video. The music jingle playing during the video was perfect for this style of presentation. Normally I hate music during videos, but this was right on the money. You got right into the content without rambling on for 15 minutes with an introduction.
Supposedly you could walk in and go all the way through and come out the other side somewhere in the Ramble. I tried to find the other side, but I think they covered that up with landscaping to hide it completely. -Brian
My friends and I felt like we stumbled on some lost location when we first found the blockhouse in Sept. It's a great feeling finding things that even if they were intentionally placed, still feel like are off the beaten track. Thanks for video, I've always felt like the major locations around the city have so many secrets if only we took just a bit of time to find them.
Haha, yes! I felt the same way the first time I found it. I was thinking I was the only person in the City to know this was here. And then I found a couple making out on the far side of it. :P -Brian
The "witching hour" is either midnight or 3am, depending on who you ask. It's basically the middle of the night, when all the "decent" people are asleep and the witches and demons can come out to play. -Brian
I've never been to NY, and since I don't like huge busy cities much, I never really cared to visit. This video has changed my mind completely! I had no idea Central Park was this awesome. I am now hoping to make a trip in the spring.
Yay! I hope you have a great experience here in New York! Spring is a great time to visit. Here are a few more videos we've made from other adventures around the City: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7EPyDFG5pE4.html -Brian
Annalisa James use uber and don't take yellow cabs stay away from time square restaurants they charge TRIPPLE THE AMOUNT pack ur own water go downtown Manhattan for culture eating for cheap and great 😊👍
Annalisa James Me and my twin sister Madeline live right close to central park, That's our yard 🤗😊 Love it there, We have so much fun playing around central park.
Raised in NYC and as kids, we played in Central Park all summer and on the weekends. It was fun to see the carousel, I bet I have been on each horse many times. You showed so much we as kids never found! I would say, you did miss the Alice in Wonderland display...So much fun! Thank you! P.S. It's nice to see more green there than was in the '60s as we played, the tree program began just a few years before we moved upstate and it's apparent that it was a total success!
Yeah, the Central Park Conservancy does an amazing job at keeping the Park green and healthy. I can't imagine trying to keep it looking that good with almost 40 million visitors per year! I thought about including Alice in Wonderland, but eventually decided it wasn't as much of a secret. It's definitely part of my Statues in Central Park video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dTBqAO0ftfs.html
For anyone interested in learning more about Seneca Village, Vox just put out a phenomenal video explaining the history of the village and its residents. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-HdsWYOZ8iqM.html
Technically, Central Park closes at 1am, but there are no gates preventing people from coming in after that. It's patrolled by police at night, but the Park is so big that they probably wouldn't find you if you stayed past 1am. -Brian
Just yesterday I told someone being a Native New Yorker, I unlike most have seen and experienced all of the tourist attractions around the city. Then I come across your video and realize I did not explore or even know about the secrets. It is now time to explore more. Thank you for this video.
Yeah, one thing I love about New York is that no matter how much you see and do, there's always more to experience! I love playing tour guide to friends visiting, so I've done most of the touristy things to. I think they're fun! -Brian
You're right! I should make a video about all the random structures and buildings in the Park that people don't know about, like the pool in the North Woods, the castle by the turtle pond, or the Arsenal at the Zoo. Thanks for the suggestion! -Brian
That's true! I forgot to mention the clock. But you've actually got a lot more options than just 5pm. The animals dance and play nursery rhymes every half hour from 8am to 6pm and the tunes are different to keep it fun. :) -Brian
GREAT VIDEO. I'm old enough to remember when Central Park was a scary, unsafe, and not the place you'd want ever to visit at night - or alone. Say what you will about Mayor Rudy Giuliani - but his policies really helped New York City around.
I agree. I didn't go into the Park when I was a kid (in the 80's), but my son will grow up playing in Central Park for sure, and that makes me happy. -Brian
@@seanycarr3226 I wish RG would have become president. I think he could have done a good job, even though being president is much more complex than being mayor of even a very large city like NYC is.
I lived in New York for a year and only saw a very small portion of Central Park. I'll never get the chance to go back so thank you very much for the video. It's very well done, sir.
You're very welcome. Yeah, I felt like it was an amazing privilege to live so close to Central Park and be able to explore it as much as I did, so I'm glad I got to share it with you and everyone else who may never get the chance. -Brian
I have lived in New York City all of my life but regrettably, I have never had the opportunity to visit Central Park - your video tour gave me reason to want to come to Central Park. As a matter of fact it will certainly be on my bucket list of things to do. Thank you for the inspiration.
Thank you! I want it to be inside this park, what I need is to film a shortcut at the Central Park, a person standing in a high area inside, but what I want to get is the contrast bet the buildings and the Park. The shortcut film is about someone lost in a forest "Not in New York" (dreaming), then realizes that it is in New York City, but this person has to be behind a rock or small mountain walking up to the top, then he see the buildings.
I see. Ok, I think your best bet would be to use the rock next to the Pond in the southeast corner of the park. You'll see the view at 0:17 in this video. There's also a large rock next to Wollman Rink, which is next to the Pond. Both have a good view of the midtown skyline, but the base of each is all trees so you can't see the buildings. Good luck, hope that helps. :) -Brian
This video makes me re think about ever going to NYC only to visit Central Park 👌👍 awesome video dude. Must’ve taken all day to film this. It’s an immense park. Thanks!
Glad I could help get you excited about Central Park! And you're right, the park is massive, but I was running between shots so it actually only took me about 3 hours to shoot the entire video. Thanks for watching! -Brian
Your videos are very educational and very calming to explore through the experience you give, along with your pleasent joyful smiling demenar and detailed explanations along the way. No crazy loud background music or added bs like photoshop. Just pure enjoyment for what you are doing. Very refreshing considering how trashy you tube has become. I'm impressed with your content and thank you.
So many things I didn't know about, despite being in NYC for years. Had no idea about Seneca Village - I'll need to research it more. Thanks for the great video.
@@nanambaye9054 - Sigh... I've heard this narrative peddled everywhere. This is a gross misrepresentation of Central Park's development. Seneca Village was a very small part of Central Park. It extended from 82nd to 89th street, in between two avenues (SEVEN Blocks total). Central Park on the other hand spans 59th to 110th and four avenues (204 Blocks total). This means Seneca Village accounted for 7÷204 = *3.4% of all the residential area* that was cleared for Central Park. It was FAR from being the only community/area that was replaced.
@@davidb5205 Which is why it could have been left alone and not taken too much from the park. There weren't other communities in the area. projects.mcah.columbia.edu/seneca_village/
I think calling it a gentrification project is a bit of a stretch. Wealthy people didn't move into Seneca Village, raise rents, and force everyone out. The City was still taking shape, and the a lot of people were displaced because of the new plan (beside Seneca Village, there were farms and shanty towns set up on the land). The Park wasn't created to increase property values. It was created to improve the quality of life for millions of New Yorkers. -Brian
@AuralAudacity, I think your timeline is a little off. Seneca Village was razed in 1857, and the Great Depression was in 1929. And the "tent city" was a shantytown called "Hooverville," located on the Great Lawn, so a little east of where Seneca Village was. -Brian
@@PerfectLittlePlanet Just got back home last night- it was EPIC, and Central Park was hands down my favorite part of the entire city! Thanks again! I love your city
Thanks. Yeah, we had to leave the City for a few years and rewatching this video makes me miss it so much too. We're going back in a few weeks though, can't wait! -Brian
The largest unspoken secret is Central Park was once known as Seneca Village. A thriving African American Middle Class Community that was destroyed by the American Government simply for the land and to keep freed slaves from becoming home owners. He spoke of Seneca but never went into details. Not trying to be negative just posting hidden facts.
Yes, they were forced to leave under eminent domain to create the Park, all 264 inhabitants of the village, about 2/3 African American and the other 1/3 Irish. Here's more info if anybody is interested: www.citymetric.com/skylines/new-york-destroyed-village-full-african-american-landowners-create-central-park-893
Perfect Little Planet I love your videos of Central Park! Your information is Great! The designer of CentralPark is very well known to many people in North Carolina because Vanderbilt hired him to design the land around the historic Biltmore House in Asheville.I think you would enjoy reading books about Bilt more. I think there is book about the the work Holmstdad did for Vand erbilt. There are other books about Biltmore and they are good reds. Thank you for your many. Efforts. In making the videos. I plan to watch them all. This is sad but I understand why so many women have been killed in the park .I wish I could listen to you talk about Central Park. Do you make speeches for differs to groups?
Jane Parrott Sorry, Jane, I missed this comment when it came through. I don't do real tours or speeches, I just really love exploring the Park and sharing it with friends. I'll check out the Biltmore in Asheville though. Thanks for the tip! -Brian
Tord Davis Thank you so much for elaborating. The government continues to do shady business till this very day. Now much of the land is unaffordable and many blacks are being pushed out into the streets. Smh.
Loving this one thanks for sharing very important information giving thanks blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🙏🙏🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲💪💪💪
I loved this look into Central Park. I live in Australia and one of my "bucket-list" things to see is NYC, especially for things like Central Park. From growing up with American movies set in and around NYC since I was a kid, I have often imagined what walking the streets would be like, seeing things like Times Square, Empire State building and so on... it is a shame I would never see the Twin Towers... but seeing the new memorial would be wonderful as well taking the moment to value our life and planet. Thank you for posting this and sharing all the knowledge large and small... seeing this was a wonderful experience shy of making the journey myself.
You're welcome. I'm glad I could share Central Park with you and I hope you get to experience it for yourself some day. I plan on making a "Secrets of Times Square" video as well. Let me know if there are any other parts of New York you'd like to see more of. :) -Brian
I am fascinated with Manhattan in general. I would even enjoy walking the streets if not the tourist spots if I am able to go there someday. I would certainly love to see your Times Square video and I will look forward to you making it. I appreciate your messages as well Brian. I loved the content and delivery of your "episodes". Great pacing, balance of the content and flow. You have a gift. I look forward to more to come :)
I am from Hawaii but my mom lived in NYC 13 years and was there during WWII. I finally got to go when I was nearly 60 and kick myself for not going sooner! I had a blast exploring. I loved this video!! One thing I enjoyed was seeing the police station in Central Park that was built onto an old horse stable and incorporated the stable beams into the structure. I hope you get to go soon and stay awhile to explore hidden gems!!!
Great video shared to me by a fellow geocacher; I knew a few of these secrets but many I did not. The park has a hidden secret which is all the geocaches that are hidden in the park; geocaching is a GPS-based game where people hide containers (geocaches), load the coordinates to a website, and other people use those coordinates to find the geocaches and sign their game names on the logbook found inside. I've spend many hours in the park searching for these containers. Nice that you captured that raccoon; is that the same one encountered by Buddy the Elf in the movie? :-) Great video and thanks for creating this.
I just learned about the Central Park geocaches from Cache Canada, another geocache channel that commented yesterday! I'm definitely planning on looking for them. And I don't think it was the same raccoon, this one seemed much friendlier. :) -Brian
Great video. One not hidden thing. The Zoo is super. But it used to be free. When I was a kid you could just wander in and out of there. Now $18. Genterification I guess. How long before they charge just to get into the park? Don't kid yourself. In much of NYC if you don't have money they just don't want you around.
You know, I thought the zoo used to be free when I was a kid! I could have sworn I remembered just walking in too. Well fortunately, if you get an IdNYC, entry to the zoo is free. :) -Brian
Haha, I've actually looked into that before. Turns out tour guides in New York are highly regulated and you have to take tests about everything, even if you're only giving a tour in one area. Some day, maybe. Thanks for the support! :) -Brian
@@PerfectLittlePlanet It's no big deal taking the test..although i studied 1 year for it..Just do it and then you can become a Licensed NYC Sightseeing Guide, like me.
@@joelweiner4798 A year of studying sounds daunting, but interesting to know all those details about the city. Maybe I'll look into it again. Thanks! -Brian
I've actually never seen any Parks Dept or Conservancy staff down in the cave or maintaining the stairs that lead down to it. They're all over the Ramble, but they seem to stay away from the cave. -Brian
Brian, just found this video in my suggestions. I loved it!!! Such a great idea. If you have more material for another one, you should revisit this subject in another video. Central Park blows my mind. I went horse-back riding there once. I'll never forget THAT! Lol!
I have a few more Central Park videos to make for sure! I would love to go horse-back riding in the Park. We've done the carriage ride, but I think horse-back riding would be a lot more fun. -Brian
Super sized field trip .. as a field teacher nature art curriculum in CPark for fourteen years .. yes you nailed it .. great video although there’s lots more that’s not covered .. maybe more videos .??? Kudos ..!
Thank you so much! That means a lot coming from such an expert as you. I'm planning lots more Central Park videos for sure. What topics or areas would you suggest?
You know, I've never cared/ given thought to Central Park. However, watching you're video, you have introduced me to a whole new facet of intrigue. Thank you for opening my eyes to the rich history and wonderful sites within the park. Great work, and sincerely, thank you.
You're welcome! I'm so glad I could pique your interest in Central Park. It's honestly my favorite place in New York. I think it has something for everybody! Thanks for watching! -Brian
Thanks so much. If you want to learn about some new things in Bryant Park, I just uploaded another batch of hidden secrets over there: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tFuoWREu4QU.html
I go to the "forbidden cave" all the time!!! I'm glad someone else enjoys it! The staircase is quite slippery and uneven, but I do go up it and walk along the path above the pond.
Yeah, I love wandering the paths around the lake and throughout the Ramble. It's so fun to explore! I was so excited when I finally found the cave there! -Brian
The North Woods is probably my favorite part of the park. Especially at night, as unsafe as that may sound. There are some spots where it just gets pitch dark, and all you can hear is sirens way off in the distance. It's really a eerie to experience that right in the middle of Manhattan.
yes !! even crazier is the ny botanical gardens, i've never in my entire life in nyc experienced a pure straight two hours of NOT.ONE.PERSON.WALKING.BY. It was INSANE
Many walking paths have been greatly improved recently in the North Woods and the Ramble. They have been paved and bordered. I remember years ago when they were just dirt paths. Now more people and tourists use them, so they do not seem as threatening.
Yeah, I live up there by the North Woods, so that's where I explore most often. Not only have they improved the paths, but they widened the loch, enhanced the waterfalls, and added a few new paths and lookouts. It's gorgeous up there! -Brian
@@PerfectLittlePlanet I do find Roman pot from time to time in my garden, but for the most part all you'll find is secret dog poo from my woofer ... :)
Perfect Little Planet you are right, but there is also another factor: NY is not that young, yet all the old buildings have been destroyed. Therefore, if it keeps that way, it will always look young ;)
New York started building buildings in the 16- and 1700's. Rome built the Colosseum in 70 AD, and the Forum about 130 years later. We still have a few of the 1700's buildings left down in downtown, and a bunch from the 1800's, but you're right, a lot of the City keeps getting rebuilt and turned into glass skyscrapers. -Brian
Haha, yes. A thousand times is conservative. Just on the runs I've recorded on Strava alone, I'm in the hundreds. But crazy enough, I'm still learning new things about the Park all the time. :) -Brian
Well !! They say every day's a School Day! I never knew those facts about the C Park, I was under the impression it was a seedy joint and if you went in, chances were you'd never get out! Because of all the Gangs, Drunks and Druggies that frequented the area, so now I know what an absolutely wonderful place it is, thanks for taking the time to film, produce & post
Yes, things have changed drastically since the seedy, dangerous people overran the park. It's such a nice place to be now. I hope you get a chance to visit and see it yourself some day. -Brian
You are a darling man, and this was a great video! I have never been to NYC (I grew up in Western NY and now live in the Adirondacks) but your videos make it look manageable and not so overwhelming! Thank you for the upbeat energy!
Aww, thank you! Yes, New York can be overwhelming if you're on your own, but it's really manageable with a friend that can show you around. Let us know if you ever come visit. We'll make it not scary. :) -Brian
Yeah, the Park is ginormous. And this video only shows some of the lesser known parts. There are still so many things that I didn't share! Thanks for watching. -Brian
Born and bred NYer and constantly go to Central Park. I loved the video; it shows all of the hidden gems within the park. I wish you could've mentioned the Conservatory Garden on the East side of the park. It's a beautiful place to go.
I love the Conservatory Garden! I went back and forth about including it because I couldn't decide if it was a "secret" or not. I could see it going both ways. I think I'll have to do a video of my favorite parts of the Park sometime, and that'll definitely be on the list. -Brian
Have you checked out Prospect Park? I haven't really explored it yet but I've heard it's amazing. Supposedly Calvert and Vaux tried out a lot of their ideas in Prospect Park before creating Central Park. -Brian
