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Today AD joins architect Nick Potts in New York City for a walking tour of the Upper West Side. At the turn of the century, apartment hotels such as The Dakota and The San Remo started populating the Upper West Side. Servants' quarters, elevators, and the realization of views were making apartment living more appealing to the upper middle classes and increasing the value of the top floors. Join Nick for an in-depth look at how the Upper West Side revolutionized apartment living and became the birthplace of the penthouse in Manhattan.
Director: Hiatt Woods
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Tristen Rogers
Host: Nick Potts
Producer: Skylar Economy; Vara Reese
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon Fuhr
Production Manager: Melissa Heber
Production Coordinator: Fernando Davila
Audio Engineer: Brett Van Deusen
Production Assistant: Noah Bierbrier; Ryan Coppola
Post Production Supervisor: Andrew Montague
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Christina Mankellow
Assistant Editor: Courtney Karwal
Colorist: Oliver Eid
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@mattmayo3539 9 месяцев назад

Love these. Please do more major cities. It’s fascinating.

@christinejalandoni5919 9 месяцев назад

I absolutely love New York architecture! It's varied, storied and most of all gorgeous 😍

@sapereaude5476 9 месяцев назад

От Нью-Йорка мало осталось красоты, многое снесли

@TheZenguitarguy 9 месяцев назад

My friend grew up in the Dakota and we used to go there as kids and play and watch the Thanksgiving parade. It was an amazing building. It's nice to learn a little bit more about the history. Thank you

@yvr2002rtw 9 месяцев назад

@TheZenguitarguy Was your friend Sean Lennon by any chance?

@TheZenguitarguy 9 месяцев назад

@@yvr2002rtw nope

@larsstougaard7097 9 месяцев назад

was that friend Judy Garland ??

@maryroberts2099 8 месяцев назад

I read the history of the Dakota, very interesting

@maryroberts2099 8 месяцев назад

I love the Ansonia

@Esbbbb 9 месяцев назад

Nick Potts always nails it!

@pollytiks3885 9 месяцев назад

I lived in NYC for a few years and loved the different styles of architecture. Thank you for explaining it! There is definitely a difference between today’s upper middle class and that of the early 1900’s.

@moonwalker091000 9 месяцев назад

The Ansonia is absolutely gorgeous!! So much class and elegance in all of these buildings. What a great piece of history. Thanks for the post :o)

@GordonLF 8 месяцев назад

I had a friend who lived at The Ansonia during the late 60s. She was a catwalk model. It´s amazing that 60 years ago she could afford it. Unthinkable today.

@rkm237 9 месяцев назад

Seems we got cut off a bit at the end going into the San Remo... hopefully this is a part one and will be followed up by what happened next!!

@user-ir2ii7yb9p 9 месяцев назад

My favorite series!! Nick Potts nails it again . This was so informative and well-presented, thank you! Really loved it..

@williamhernandez3561 9 месяцев назад

Ummm okay! Native Manhattanite here,attended LaGuardia HS for Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, in the 90s. This is, you are, pure joy.

@uncledmsr 9 месяцев назад

Nick Pots is so eloquent & seems to care about what he is sharing - more Nick please

@marcellcordova7414 9 месяцев назад

Yep

@GreatGooglieWooglie 8 месяцев назад

Yes AND he apparently doesn't understand the meaning of "on the make," a phrase he used three times. :/

@YouTube 8 месяцев назад

the fact that the dakota has a moat 🤯

@fatboyRAY24 8 месяцев назад

Ayo its like I found a Unicorn

@Zoods_ 3 месяца назад

9 likes???

@RebDalmas 9 месяцев назад

lol, in the late seventies in high school, I snuck into the Asonia and looked out the rounded windows on the top. It was empty and dusty, that upper floor with the rounded windows.

@TheChizznut 9 месяцев назад

Yay nick!!!! Thanks for your knowledge and the awesome cameraman & editors! Appreciate the historical photos

@nikitaakindinov3545 8 месяцев назад

More walks like this, it's so interesting !

@mrvk39 9 месяцев назад

What really surprised me about the Dakota is that they put "service" quarters with the best view of the Central Park - one of the two is facing CPW and has the best views. While all tenants have big, corner units, but they don't get the same unobstructed views. Obviously, when it was built, there was nothing tall around it, so they had open views, but I figure it was a much nicer view of the park vs. rooftops of buildings that you get facing West or South or North.

@ayindestevens6152 9 месяцев назад

Hmmmm that’s an interesting observation.

@yvr2002rtw 9 месяцев назад

I believe nowadays, what used to be the "service" quarters that face Central Park are now actually regular apartments that are the most expensive in the building.

@mrvk39 9 месяцев назад

@@yvr2002rtw oh yeah, of course. And they added kitchens too.

@wgreenbaum 9 месяцев назад

He actually has his info wrong here, as well as misleading coloring on that floor plan. The servants quarters only faced the courtyard. They did NOT have their own apartment. The bedrooms facing the street were for the main tenants of the apartment. Google “the Dakota floor pan” which is not colorized, and you will be able to scrutinize how the apartments were really laid out. I haven’t a clue how he came up with this misinformation. I know these apartments very well.

@mrvk39 9 месяцев назад

@@wgreenbaum interesting! I was perplexed why they would reserve the best views for services. I guess, it was just mislabeling.

@michelle.173 9 месяцев назад

This series is so interesting and informative!

@richoneplanet7561 9 месяцев назад

The hisorical settings he provides along with the architecture is just fascinating - love it! 👍🏼

@eduardvandijk3431 9 месяцев назад

They should restore the little towers / pinnacles on the Ansonia!

@BellaCroyda 6 месяцев назад

I've ALWAYS loved the upper west side. I spend the majority of my time in Manhattan on the upper west side. Plus it's a VERY VERY diverse area.

@valarya 9 месяцев назад

My favorite series!! Nick Potts nails it again 🙌

@fuzzylon 9 месяцев назад

This is so interesting ! I've been to New York several times, but didn't realise that there was all this to see on the Upper West Side.

@LinouGertz 6 месяцев назад

Wow! So very interesting to see how the city "grew up" and became electrified. A special kind of history lesson I didn't think I needed!

@Gig76 9 месяцев назад

As a New Yorker and Upper West Sider, I couldn't love more this documentary! Of course the buildings discussed are SO expensive...

@natalieeis9284 7 месяцев назад

Surely money is not an obstacle when you already live on the Upper West Side. 😅

@pyrodoll2422 8 месяцев назад

These walking tours are simply wonderful xx

@gemstonesparkle7915 9 месяцев назад

So beautiful. And now they’re building thin glass towers.

@BillWoodillustrator 9 месяцев назад

I thought it could have gone 5-7 mins longer Nick. 🤜🏼👏🏽

@josephsf2452 9 месяцев назад

MORE Nick Potts PLEASE. Por Favor 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥‼‼‼‼‼‼‼‼❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@fannycraddock99 9 месяцев назад

Most enjoyable. NYC is my fav place in the world. Love the UWS best. Thanks.

@tocsa120ls 8 месяцев назад

Can I just say how much I appreciate these "Architect explains..." videos :)

@mousse4444 9 месяцев назад

New York is such a beautiful city.

@hailstorm13 6 месяцев назад

For someone whose dream it is to visit New York, these videos are so awesome. Visiting in 2024 and it’s so cool to know this information and history

@user-be4wg1rf6u 9 месяцев назад

Great pic of the Ansonia.

@paulgar8 9 месяцев назад

LOVE all the building analysis.

@guygalt1102 9 месяцев назад

Surprisingly interesting! I started this on a whim and got hooked. Who knew this type of history could be so engaging? Thanks, Nick.

@citibear57 9 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed this brief look at a few of Manhattan's iconic residential buildings. I hope that AD can team up with Nick Potts to create additional videos of the incredible high rise residences.

@LuisMorales-if4hu 9 месяцев назад

Excellent show. I miss those buildings; especially the ones on the UWS of Manhattan.

@luis_zuniga 9 месяцев назад

The Upper West Side it’s so interesting architecturally, please do more videos about it.

@jamesstaal673 9 месяцев назад

I have always associated the Upper East Side as the birthplace of the penthouse in Manhattan. Famously, Condé Nast had a duplex penthouse at 1040 Park Avenue in 1925, and Fred French had a 14-room triplex penthouse at 1010 Fifth Avenue, complete with a suburban yard, in 1928.

@mattbonanza9032 9 месяцев назад

I love him ❤...Beautiful topic also. Congratulations AD and Mr. Potts 😘

@a.j.kourabi5468 9 месяцев назад

Lived on the upper west side this summer and it was lovely ❤ Thank you for taking me back to it

@maseraticc2834 8 месяцев назад

What a fascinating documentary, I have always found the Upper West Side an incredibly beautiful NYC skyline, so great to learn about the buildings. Thank you!

@Chrissieb.rackett 9 месяцев назад

Guys, he’s back!!

@jeffreyonemu1426 5 месяцев назад

Love these videos. Nick really knows his stuff

@TheSushmaHomeSellingTeam 9 месяцев назад

There's a lot of learning in here. You get to be informed about the architectural history while traveling around the city at the same time, 😍😍

@lagritsalammas 9 месяцев назад

This was so informative and well-presented, thank you! Really loved it.

@halitosis75 9 месяцев назад

Your beautifully spoken and knowledgeable. I live in Australia however find these videos interesting ❤

@Andromeda2976 9 месяцев назад

Absolutely love this, thankyou for sharing!

@jimmykucera8627 9 месяцев назад

Beautiful buildings, great they weren’t knocked down… Would love to see the insides…

@deealex1402 9 месяцев назад

love nyc. i love the history, buildings, everything.. love these videos and information. thank you

@maurobrunosolavergara5041 7 месяцев назад

Love every video with Nick

@gaborjurina2839 8 месяцев назад

thank you so much for the fantastic video, AD is one of the best channels on YT.

@davidkoenig8592 9 месяцев назад

One of my favorite parts of Manhattan. While walking it, you get some great visuals. The Dakota is a favorite, one of my many photos I took of it is on my office wall.

@brianemigh9623 9 месяцев назад

Fascinating and well done. My only quibble: the presenter keeps using the expression "on the make," which has a more negative connotation than he appears to understand.

@sfowler1017 9 месяцев назад

Yeah that really got repeated a lot.

@MrCaku 9 месяцев назад

Drove me nuts!

@tracywilliams7929 8 месяцев назад

He was just using period colloquialisms to describe what we call the Upwardly Mobile. It wasn't until later that it took on a more licentious definition.

@Blublod 9 месяцев назад

Native New Yorker and current Manhattan resident here who has seen the city’s ebb and flow over decades. Although currently NYC is in one of its low points, I can tell you that this town is very resilient and the Upper West Side especially so. It’s interesting that many of these buildings were developed for the up and coming middle class, but of course today middle class people need not apply. Great video tour.

@eddieg6436 9 месяцев назад

Was the Ansonia the beautiful residential building in the movie Single White Female??

@Pictoru2 9 месяцев назад

Goes without saying...fantastic episode, as always!

@fjbon1681 9 месяцев назад

This was very interesting...would love to see more historical buildings in future videos.

@emmanuelventura2044 9 месяцев назад

This was so interesting! More videos like this! 👏🏽🙌🏽

@Ana113b 9 месяцев назад

Love these types of videos!!

@aaronespinoza5598 9 месяцев назад

Yoooooooo I love these tours. Thank you AG gods and goddesses

@donaldleider7382 8 месяцев назад

Babe Ruth lived in the Ansonia hotel when he first came to the Yankees, and the plan to have the White Sox lose the 1919 World Series was agreed on in a basement apartment of the building!

@jaimielevesquesteel7695 8 месяцев назад

Love these videos! I always learn something new

@user-jk7wr2yq1m 6 месяцев назад

Thank you. So informative.

@sarahs.6195 9 месяцев назад

Very interesting!

@alexchancock 2 месяца назад

That was great. Really enjoyable

@Deanna21D 9 месяцев назад

So interesting! More like this please!

@aleksandrapopov1676 7 месяцев назад

What a fascinating story!

@albertoclonado 8 месяцев назад

Loved these! Amazing 🤩

@stevemiller7949 9 месяцев назад

If you love these buildings, get ahold of the paperbacks published by Dover and written by Alpern. He wrote related books by other publishers. These buildings are world cultural treasures like Versailles or the Pyramids. Thanks🙂🙂💯✨️

@suecox2308 9 месяцев назад

This is great--so interesting and well presented.

@richardg8651 9 месяцев назад

Well done . BTW, appreciate that you don't mention you know what at The Dakota .

@sharifchi 9 месяцев назад

I'm so glad I took the time this summer to go to the UWS and see those buildings, San Remo is my fave because one of my favorite people on the planet lives in one of the towers!

@caseyfinnegan4139 9 месяцев назад

This is so cool!!

@johniii8147 9 месяцев назад

Love the UWS of NYC. Lived there for a 6 years and loved it.

@KandeShack 8 месяцев назад

So interesting!

@GrotrianSeiler 8 месяцев назад

Wonderful history lesson!

@philipulanowsky4661 5 месяцев назад

My dad had a studio apt. in the Ansonia. I remember hearing other musicians when we went into the hall, but those apartments were quiet -- except for the street nose.

@tracywilliams7929 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for this visit back to the neighborhood I was born, raised and lived in for so long! These buildings were part of my everyday life and served as waypoints as I navigated the streets. My father was a critically acclaimed musician (3X Steinway winner as just a teenager) so I took pictures of him standing in the same lobby Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky once tread for that very reason. Perhaps AD will see fit to cover the Eldorado which is the uppermost twin towers building on CPW with a colorful history all its own. Even some of the private schools have interesting architecture such as Collegiate, Trinity, Allen Stevenson and my alma maters Dwight and Calhoun.

@jennifergargiulo4526 9 месяцев назад

Very interesting, thank you!

@karenharvey2549 9 месяцев назад

Interesting. Thank you.

@mattyredrock 9 месяцев назад

Outstanding.

@lupechacon-florez7520 6 месяцев назад

This is an amazing documentary. A more in depth history of German, New York and French New York would be amazing.

@TimothyRobert93 9 месяцев назад

Brilliant as always. Makes me really want to move to New York.

@theoccurrences7833 9 месяцев назад

it'd be helpful if mr. potts explained what middle class means exactly at that point in history, I'm not sure that's a concept where everyone is on the same page these days.

@hewitc 8 месяцев назад

The three towers at the Beresford are triplexes, with the upper tower as a "studio" type "observation" room. There is an internal stair. They are not for mechanical gear or water towers, except on top of the triples. David and Helen Gurley Brown used to be in the SE corner. I believe John McEnroe was or is in the NE.

@donnagarner2190 9 месяцев назад

He does the best videos!

@guzy1971 9 месяцев назад

It reminds me some areas in Buenos Aires The separation between the servants part and the bourgeois part is typical for that time Every Parisian bourgeois buildings till Ww1 was designed like that

@hbabubabu7017 9 месяцев назад

Very nice video 👍

@CircusPeanut 9 месяцев назад

We love Nick Potts!! We watch his videos as soon as they come up.

@LMays-cu2hp 9 месяцев назад

Looking very nice of a great city.

@IVWOR 8 месяцев назад

Дякую за цікаві відео 👍

@LSTEdD1 8 месяцев назад

Stopping in the middle of video yo say I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!! Thank you. Just found you. Do you give tours inside the buildings? ( Former Newport Breakers guide here!😊)

@Tom_from_Midtown 7 месяцев назад

This was a fantastic video, but it inspired me to do something I've never done on RU-vid before - I changed the playback speed to 0.75. At its intended speed, it all was going by too fast! I didn't want to miss a detail - both in terms of what was being said, and what was being shown. (To that effect, this comment is actually a compliment!)

@Yankee_Doodle_Dandy 8 месяцев назад

“Ziegfield” shows picture of George Gershwin

@LOLWAAHH 9 месяцев назад

Yay my neighborhood!

@nataliabaginski9356 4 месяца назад

Hi AD! I love the walking tour videos. I especially enjoy your choice of background music in the videos. Could you please share the artist’s name who produced the music? Thank you for making these videos!

@NorhernLights1 9 месяцев назад

Fantastic! I need subtitles, you are speaking at such a clip! And I live in the tri state area. 😅 Woah!

@pwilliams2531 8 месяцев назад

❤️Penthouse Life 😍

@hansruediherger2310 9 месяцев назад

fantastic! Could you do one about London Terrace in Chelsea?

@Rasfa 9 месяцев назад

1929, Martinelli finished the first skyscrapper of São Paulo and built on top of it his own mansion, in order to build people's trust in the building's structure (people at the time were skeptical of such a tall structure). That beats that building by a year.