Battery Park City is a New Part of Old NYC 

Great to see the less stressed Tom dropping all his amazing knowledge and riffing here and there with the funny stuff, which is what makes this the best YT Tour vlog. There’s room also definitely for the self-screened walk-n-talk, which adds another dimension - an evolution. Thanks so much for sharing your unique insights. Love it

Thank you for this video. I grew up in Manhattan's Chinatown in the late 70s to the early 80s. Left for the Air Force in 1985. From 1979 up to the time I left, this is one of my usual spots when I am out riding my bicycle. Usually start at Chinatown, down to the Twin Towers, hung out there for a bit and then down to this area, Battery Park. In the early 80s, it was much more gritty and crime was rampant. Needless to say, my U-lock came in handy in some cases. Battery Park at night was not safe in those days. I remember when the entire downtown was eerily quiet on the weekends. Tourist never came down this area. I watched as they built Battery Park City and all those Condos that went up. It made the place much better and a lot safer. One of my Battery Park story. July 4th 1983. I was in the crowd with a friend vying for a spot to watch the evening fireworks. I felt a hand reach in to the back of my pants. By the time I turned around, some guy ran off with my wallet. "He's got your wallet!" yelled my friend. I said "Don't worry, its a decoy wallet". I always carried an extra wallet in my back pocket with a note that said SUCKER on it. Another observation I want to share. You are filming this in the afternoon sometime. Back then, in the afternoons, that pier, the water level was at least 20-25 below what it is now. Look at it now! Just wanted to share this Climate observation. Back to my bicycle story. After riding around here at night, I always ended up by Pier 17. This was the time only the outer structure was built (summer of 85). After I joined the Air Force, I was stationed in Virginia so I return often and really enjoyed Pier 17, Battery Park City and lower Manhattan. Great memories. Thank you Tom.

Tom, before you were born, I took my first stroll down to Battery Park and listened to a band called LENINGRAD CALLING. Heading back northeast, I really had to piss bad. Spotted a windowless building with a shrub in a half barrel out front. As I was relieving myself, I looked up. It said: PRECINCT 1 yep, I pist on the cops😆

Tom have been watching and following practically every video. You never cease to amaze me with interesting facts, stories and information. Your Knowledge is incomparable and entertaining. Continued success.

Tom, you're a walking encyclopedia when it comes to New York. Love learning from you and hope I get back to visit.

Grew up in CT where there are mucho boats. The happiest days of boat ownership are the day you buy it and the day you sell it.

Thanks for the memories… I resided for several years at Gateway Plaza… prior to 9/11.

Tom, my wife and I love watching your videos. We are always blown away by your general knowledge. Thank you for showing the pieces of the Berlin Wall during your Battery Park walk. As teachers we were amazed to see pieces of the wall in NYC. It’s incredible to me that pieces of history such as the Berlin Wall can stand in NYC and people walk past it everyday and wouldn’t even know it was there or the significance of the wall. Thanks again and keep up the great work!

We have a segment of the Berlin Wall in Buenos Aires, too. Great reminder not to take modern freedoms for granted.

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) defines a 'supertall' building as one that is more than 300 m (984 ft) in height. Just helping out my favorite channel!!

that Irish memorial is SO cool! I love that so much!!! there are so many cool little such things in NYC! it was cute to see the pigeon eating her little piece of bread there. :)

Thanks for the memories. I once resided at the Gateway Plaza at Battery Park City. .

Thank you for this video Tom, I love Battery Park. 🙂

Perhaps one of my favorite videos to come back and rewatch.

very nice video. I am putting the Irish hunger museum on my list for my next trip down to nyc . thanks. ~ JDS/CT

nice walk, thanks for sharing. 🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋🦋

The author of Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt, taught English at Stuyvesant High School. His description of his students there was pretty colorful, to say the least. Neato.

It's incredible to see Tom describing all the places. He's a true encyclopedia man. It's crazy how much information we have watching your videos. Great job man!!👏👏👏👏

OmG, Tom! Perfect! Cheers!

Love the way you presented the whole video 😊 thank you 🙏🏼

Like Eric as your cameraman! Very engaging!

Thanks Tom.

Thank you 🌻💐🙏🌸

Great Tour ! Thank you for sharing ! Very informative. Funny thing , I worked across the Irish Memorial ( 250 Vessey St ) from 1986 to 2019 , walked around it but never got in , or stopped to see it. Typical New Yorker always in a rush,. Same with the Cove, some of those boats are docked there all year long. I was involved with the Winter Garden cleanup in 2001. Hope you have a great week !

back to the good old Delgado qualified®️ wholesome videos 👌💯🙏👏👏

That's a perfect subscription for sure! Loved each of it. So much useful information loaded and helped me jot down my notes for an introductory lecture on Urban planning paradigm shifts. Much love from Pakistan Tom!

Grew up in Queens, remember hearing about this place from an uncle who took the whole family there in the mid-late 2000s. Just knew it was in Manhattan back then never really thought about the history or area so this brings some extra context

I live right over here and learned a lot fromt his, killing it king ty

A very nice tour.

Great tour again. Informative as ever and fun.

Thanks for the tours. Battery Park tour was great I hadn’t seen where my great grandfather arrived in 1865. I’ve never been to NYC but thanks to you, I’m learning much

As always a great tour. You bring a treasure trove of information about both the city in general and the different things you pass by on the way. And you bring a great sense of humor to the whole thing. Keep it up. Great stuff.

Another great tour of beautiful NY..

I saw the sculptures in your video, and they reminded me of simular kind of sculptures in the coast city of Scheveningen in the Netherlands. And I heard you name the artist, and looked it up amd the ones made in Scheveningen are from the same artist. I LOVE those sculptures. 😃👍

thanks tons! the video is sick plug!

Good job Tom.

Looks like a really windy walk through Battery Park City! Great to see it through your eyes! Always entertaining!

Thank you for all the history of Battery Park. Please continue to make these videos...

Great tour, Tom (and Eric)! Thanks!

Tom I'm from Brooklyn if you would please give us a tour of Flatbush especially Coney Island Ave. Thank for a great tour

You are brilliant, like a walking encyclopedia, thanks for sharing your knowledge & insight with us!

Sorry I missed live stream 🙄, Thank Goodness for Replay 😊

Super excited that I’ve found this channel. Very informative and entertaining info. Thanks Tom!💕

Thanks Tom! Thank you for another great tour.

My old stomping grounds, since when the towers were up. Many a night walking in that whole area.

Excellent again Tom, so informative. I've certainly learned about a couple of things that I need to go and check out for myself now. Top work man!

Great tour … love learning from your historical perspective … thank you🔹

Very good channel, Tom. Keep up the good work

Don’t forget - before Battery Park City was built on the site it was the site of the huge 1979 NO NUKES rally. Attendees got one ticket to the big NO NUKES concert that night in Madison Square Garden.

Dude is all Gen X thats for sure! Edit: Can you do a Mob spot tour ? That would be sweet!

Appreciate the BPC tour.

Keep up the work man love the videos a lot of interesting facts and love the whole walk tour

great work

10:11 I had a doordash delivery once in Jersey City and ended up on the 43 floor !!!

I counted Tom saying "actually" 39 times. Might have missed a few. Still a good video.

I'm glad you took my advice and went to Battery Park City. The Skyscraper Museum is nice. Sorry I didn;t get to the Jewish Museum.

Hi Tom I’m sitting hear watching Tucker Carlson on Fox Nation “Tucker Carlson Today” and he’s interviewing Mark Stein and his vast knowledge of many subjects made me think of you for a couple of reasons. One he’s very humorous and Two he’s very knowledgeable and he combines his knowledge with his humor which in turn has made him very popular and successful. You have said you are also a Standup Comic and I wondered if you used you vast knowledge of NYC in your acts on stage ie combining the History of NYC and it’s so many. Interesting people within it’s history and the historical events of the City. I can’t help but think you could develop your own stick (Like Rodney Dangerfield had his own style like no one else’s) Just thinking of you Tom. I enjoy your work here on RU-vid but just want to see you reach your full potential. (Get a haircut:)

Great stuff as always!

Hey Tom what's the story behind the hexagonal shaped tiles in most nyc parks?

Aaah ... Dubya ... who could forget his southern eloquence? 🤣

Tom your videos rule!

That picture of the Spanish-Portuguese Synagogue, is the 2nd location.

The Burj Khalifa The Burj Khalifa is a mixed-use skyscraper in Dubai. Standing at 828m, or 2,716 ft 6 inches. It is the world's tallest building. To put that height into perspective, there are 2,640 ft in a half mile. It is three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower or nearly twice as tall as the Empire State Building. Booyah baby!

You mentioned Gateway Plaza ! Apt early ‘90s

Cool.

I think of planning a vacation here ???

Hey Tom! Great as always, what gear do you use to shoot your videos?

you know much about the history that happened after the second world war, I was in military service in Germany near the iron curtain, we were there to defend the west against the East-Germans and Russians.

why nyc is fabulous-so much. even tom otternes.....looks like a "comfortable neighborhood". could get in by becoming a cleaning lady.

the coolest!

It looks pretty clean I would surf that river

Beverwijk is north of Haarlem(where I was Born)Harlem is called by the Dutch coming From Haarlem so same with the people from Beverwijk!!

Neato Burrito!

Good vid Tom :)

Is this the last of the old format? I kinda prefer these vids. Sorry.

Great

Stuy HS also was heavily affected from 9/11

Nice shoes.

Okay Tom I have you blowing up my phone I will take this as a sign that I should adopt you and support you .where do I send the money? Also your pretty funny i appreciate that .If your ever in Seal Beach California or L.A, I will feed you just friends just saying lol

Is Mother Cabrini is buried in the Bronx?

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OMG, this is your style of video, so much better than those live ones you did. This is the real Tom.

Can you do Coney Island?

Cherrios with bananas and fresh blue berries (Honey nut or reg )

nice shirt

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Does the skyscraper museum diisplay how 3 steel buildings fell free fall speed from fires for the first and last time ever?

Tony yayo brought me here😂

I'm pretty sure 99.9% of viewers touched the big duck building

Dibs for a trivial pursuit partner

Who else thinks of Deus Ex when Battery Park is the subject?

albany was called beverwijk a dutch city

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I remember that beach. It wasn’t nice

hallo Tom liebe grüße aus Deutschland 🙂

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Did you also know, that battery park city is also sinking?

Henry Hudson disappeared in James Bay not the Hudson Bay. 🤓

I like chill Battery Park. Would hate to see the hair and beard go tho.

1:52 Vhy Tom stick head out of big turt? 8:05 Sadly, Tom's wrong. 🗽 The Statue of Liberty as Action Kid pointed out is on top of the City Municipal Building. And, da Kid has way more subscribers, so they can't all be wrong. Tom, we don't no need no stinkin' facts. 7:03 Tom: "What do you do in Jersey City." Eric: "I work." Tom: "You work!? (... fk u')".