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Seth is a great commentator! Including him here and there would be really cool! he gives nice informed and enthusiastic input/analysis on what hes dealing with.
new subscriber here! Greetings from North Park in San Diego (where you need to come and check out the craft beer scene) !! You seriously make me want to move to New York!
Here Be Barr Thank you so much for all your NYC videos! They are helping me plan our trip in June! Greetings from San Diego🏝 Keep these vlogs coming!!!👍🙏 I❤️NYC!!!!
In the village you would have Balducci's. I'm a New Yorker that's been living in the D.R. for the last 6yrs. Most of the places you've shown, I've visited one time or another. Now I'm getting a little homesick for my city .... Thanks for helping me to remember what makes New York, one of the greatest cities in the world...
Love the UWS! All the best things about NYC in one place! And if you need a hotel recommendation, the Hotel Belleclaire on 77th and Broadway is a perfect location to base out of for your explorations! It's just 2 blocks from the 1 and 2 trains, a couple of good cafes are just around the corner and maybe best of all it's just a 30 meters from La Caridad!! BTW, we've also had some decent takeout from the Europan cafe next door too! Lincoln Centre and the Koch Theater are within walking distance for shows and you can walk the paths that parallel the 79th Street Traverse across Central Park in less then 20 minutes to access all the great shopping on Park Ave. Love your videos Jon...keep up the great work! :-)
@@crystalclear675 go dtla & if u like that scene then have at it but ill be damn if they think imma pay 5k or more to have to step over human 💩 on the sidewalk when I walk outside...& their only encouraging the behavior in both cities
@@kufux9362 oh god! I used to work in the heart of downtown and every morning they had to water down the streets because of that problem. Hmm maybe somewhere else 😅
I love it....this is where I'm moving too....love, love everything about the Upper West Side....great video..love the local guide. A true perspective from an actual person that lives and work there....one of your best videos along with the 10 reason to move to nyc....
Great video, we are coming over from the Uk in mid May & staying on the Upper West Side, so this was ideal. We will certainly go to Zabars....carry on the Awesome work👍
John this is the video I’d been waiting for! I just got back from NYC today after studying up for my holiday with your videos. I stayed on the UWS mainly because I was chasing that You’ve Got Mail atmosphere and it was there at every corner. It is a wonderful part of Manhattan where one can easily end up feeling like a local - super close to a lot of things too and indeed the 1 train from 72nd is a godsend that takes you to all the important parts of the city. Thank you finally for recommending Sarge’s Deli - my favourite lunch I had in NYC! Keep up the good work! 😄
Seth sounds like a really nice guy. His voice sounds familiar but I remember it coming out of another person’s body (Ik it sounds weird) I remember this one guy that had reoccurring roles on the Disney channel when I was a kid
Great vid! My favorite place is Lincoln Center on a summer night with people, lights, & fountain. Any NY visit, my last stop before LGA is Zabar's for babka, coffee, smoked fish & any other delights I can cram into my carry-on canvas shopping bag.
Rutgers in the house. Miss the city. It's been a while since we're back. Glad your professor who lived in the upper west side neighborhood of 30 years could show you around. Love the Opera and LOVE those tips. OMG those Tiffany lamps were stunning. There are quite a few Chinese infused restaurants around NYC. LOVE Riverside park. It's a great park that's not as congested as Central. Great video and very creative. Could you watch our latest video, as we'd love to hear your thoughts as well. Thanks Jon.
Even though I lived in Queens, I barely got to know the Upper West Side. Found a youth hostel on W. 101st St so I'm going to stay there once I move back to the east coast next month.
Absolutely loved this video! Amazing tips, especially about Juilliard tickets. I didn’t know that. I’m already planning to watch a couple concerts there in June.
Great video, Jon! Thanks for featuring the Met Opera! I’m in the Met Orchestra and wanted to add that for many of the shows, tickets start around $30; we also offer same-day rush tickets online for even less.
I’m so happy you took the time to film this amazing & sweet neighborhood. I live in Yonkers & to get to the city I take the 1 Train, taking the 1 train so much to get to the city, I fell in love with the Upper West Side, it’s such a quiet neighborhood. It’s my favorite. Thank you so much for highlight hidden parts I never knew about, next time I go, which will be soon, I will take some pictures of these places. Please do the Bronx if you know any great spots. (That’s where I’m from )
Thanks for this great video...As a NYC tour guide, i am familiar with everything spoken of in this video , but it was nice to get a perspective from a local denizen , as well. Jon, you're a natural behind the camera and i appreciate your great vlogs. As an aside, i 1,000% agree with you that Bleecker Street Pizza ( Nona and Grandma) slices are the BEST.
That was really cool. I KNEW that was the Ghostbusters building! I was about to say it and he beat me to it. I’ve always been a fan of the Upper West Side. I visited a friend once who was studying at the Manhattan School of Music on 122nd St. That whole area all the way down to the 70s is awesome. I’d love to go back.
Is it true that the UWS used to be different income levels from lower, middle and upper...with people living in the projects and some families owning yachts? Also very diverse with white, black, Latino, and Asians but everyone got along? It was a cool neighborhood but still had its grittines
Humm, if you like angry, annoying whiners, visit the upper west side . Sorry but its commercial as Disneyland and as dull as matzah ball soup. But if you love strollers and boring bland food, here's your place
Ive never been to New York City, I have to scratch that one off my bucket list. My sister went with her bf and family and shes not very big on it because we're from a southern state and she didn't like how busy it was. Were NC, so we have some citys near us, but nothing like nyc obviously. Raleigh's been coming up and Charlotte is a pretty decent city. Most of my family likes semi country kinda quiet but not one of those dead towns with one gas station and a small grocery store but those areas are around too. Im pretty southern but i actually enjoy the city so it d really love to see nyc.
Jon, this is a really great vid. Nice blend of history, tips, food, and local color. I hope you keep moving north exploring on the UWS. Your vlog is the best!! Thank you.
Nice piece. You could have gone about 30 blocks North for a Death Wish (original) scene location. Would be a good topic to cover all of the locations in the original in NYC...
Keep these neighborhood guides coming! I love visiting and spending time in different city neighborhoods. With you being from the Village, have you ever fanboyed at 555 Hudson Street? It was the home of Jane Jacobs, the famous activist and author of the seminal urban geography book The Death and Life of Great American Cities lived and wrote the said book. Being a student of urban geography I would fanboy at that address.
Whenever I visit NYC I stay at Hostelling International, 891 Amsterdam Ave, and I schedule at least one invasion of Zabars and Murray's Sturgeon Shop. I love the old school food places of NYC!
The UWS is one of the only areas I know at all in NY, because of the Jewish community there, so between 70th - 85th & Broadway/Amsterdam/Columbus, but also Morningside Heights, 100-105th & Broadway/Amsterdam and 116th - 122nd-ish. Almost everything in this video was new to me.
I find it more expensive, less multi cultural and a little bit too stuffy compared to the Upper East Side. As a tourist, I find New Yorkers in general to be too hard and less friendly compared to those from LA. However, the more they get to know you, they become open and very friendly. A downside to LA friendliness is that, they could be very fake.
The outdoor free screenings at the Met in August are about 10 days, not three weeks. He may be confusing this with the outdoor Lincoln Center performances for about 3 weeks in July that are mostly not classical music. There are also other ways of getting cheaper Met tickets mentioned elsewhere on their site.
Visiting NY for the 1st time next week and your videos are awesome!! We are staying in midtown Manhattan. Planned to walk to Central Park which i see is 1.3 miles from the hotel. are these places you showed within walking distance from CP? would it be too much to do in one day? Also if we dont want to walk back, is taking the cab of uber best? Thanks and keep up the great work!
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Seth is a great commentator! Including him here and there would be really cool! he gives nice informed and enthusiastic input/analysis on what hes dealing with.
new subscriber here! Greetings from North Park in San Diego (where you need to come and check out the craft beer scene) !!
You seriously make me want to move to New York!
Hell's Kitchen, Ansonia and Planeterium were three great neighborhoods back in the day.
DeWitt Clinton Park, I remember
Here Be Barr Thank you so much for all your NYC videos! They are helping me plan our trip in June! Greetings from San Diego🏝 Keep these vlogs coming!!!👍🙏 I❤️NYC!!!!
Can you do a video on ways to visit the city if you’re staying in Brooklyn or NJ.
Seth is cool, more videos with Seth.
The Dakota Building is also where actress Lauren Bacall lived.
I love the upper west side its been my home for 20years
In the village you would have Balducci's. I'm a New Yorker that's been living in the D.R. for the last 6yrs. Most of the places you've shown, I've visited one time or another. Now I'm getting a little homesick for my city .... Thanks for helping me to remember what makes New York, one of the greatest cities in the world...
Today is my last day in NYC! I will definitely stroll through this neighborhood! 😊
:) Yeah, very very nice spot.
go to Levain Bakery at 74th off Amsterdam and see my comment, above.
This was actually on our list,but I decided to cut it due to time constraints. Should be on anyone's list though.
UWS is for the rich to settle down. Calm, quiet and elegant
Seth is so chill and knowledgeable! I Would've loved a professor like that in college! Great vid as usual!
Love the jacket Jon!
Arigato Habibi !! Happy April Fools Day, it's really Alan.
Ghostbusters building top not added digitally ;-) all-analogue film making back then
Love the UWS! All the best things about NYC in one place! And if you need a hotel recommendation, the Hotel Belleclaire on 77th and Broadway is a perfect location to base out of for your explorations! It's just 2 blocks from the 1 and 2 trains, a couple of good cafes are just around the corner and maybe best of all it's just a 30 meters from La Caridad!! BTW, we've also had some decent takeout from the Europan cafe next door too! Lincoln Centre and the Koch Theater are within walking distance for shows and you can walk the paths that parallel the 79th Street Traverse across Central Park in less then 20 minutes to access all the great shopping on Park Ave. Love your videos Jon...keep up the great work! :-)
LOVE Hotel Belleclaire!!😍 Excellent comment👍
I live on the UWS and I thank the gods every day that I do.
It's really charming.
Boy this comment hasn't aged well smh check the news
@@kufux9362 wait what’s happening in uws? My ass is planning on moving there from LA
@@crystalclear675 go dtla & if u like that scene then have at it but ill be damn if they think imma pay 5k or more to have to step over human 💩 on the sidewalk when I walk outside...& their only encouraging the behavior in both cities
@@kufux9362 oh god! I used to work in the heart of downtown and every morning they had to water down the streets because of that problem. Hmm maybe somewhere else 😅
Seth nailed it - has changed a lot over the years. Watch Panic in Needle Park and Death Wish - crazy to see it then!
Death wish ahahha
My HS graduation was at Lincoln Center
Damn you fancy
Here Be Barr Haha. Michael Kay did one of the speeches too
I love it....this is where I'm moving too....love, love everything about the Upper West Side....great video..love the local guide. A true perspective from an actual person that lives and work there....one of your best videos along with the 10 reason to move to nyc....
Thanks I'm glad you enjoyed this video. Took me a longg time to edit b.c there was so much info.
Hi guys! Thinking of moving to the UWS from overseas with 2 young kids, would you recommend??
Lived at 90th and Riverside from 1967-74. Incredible sledding from the Soldiers and Sailors Monument down into the Park.
Great video, we are coming over from the Uk in mid May & staying on the Upper West Side, so this was ideal. We will certainly go to Zabars....carry on the Awesome work👍
Love the Upper West Side! Great tour!
I my God, I miss NYC so badly 😓😓😓
La Caridad! I make it a point to eat there every time I visit NYC. Too bad it's closed.
Love this video. I want to see NY! I don’t want to see tourist traps. Thank you.
First we 👍 then we watch!
Hey Jon I live In Chicago an I Would Love To see a Comparison Of NYC VS CHICAGO from Your point of view !!
Need to make it to Chicago one of these days, been a long time.
NYC has the BEST PIZZA ...
No comparison.
John this is the video I’d been waiting for! I just got back from NYC today after studying up for my holiday with your videos. I stayed on the UWS mainly because I was chasing that You’ve Got Mail atmosphere and it was there at every corner. It is a wonderful part of Manhattan where one can easily end up feeling like a local - super close to a lot of things too and indeed the 1 train from 72nd is a godsend that takes you to all the important parts of the city. Thank you finally for recommending Sarge’s Deli - my favourite lunch I had in NYC! Keep up the good work! 😄
John Lennon had the entire floor? "Imagine no possessions" right John, got it.
They started with 1 unit and kept buying more as they became available. Didn't take long, prolly due to Yoko's singing. 😩🤮
The song was about a higher ideal to strive for.
That's such a lame way to reduce the man's complete life and message of peace to a pile of ashes. Lol
Well, the guy was well-known as an asshole. Boohoo.
He's always been a hippocrite
This is great! As a Manhattan enthusiast, being a born and bred guy from here, I love this neighborhood!!!
Seth sounds like a really nice guy.
His voice sounds familiar but I remember it coming out of another person’s body (Ik it sounds weird) I remember this one guy that had reoccurring roles on the Disney channel when I was a kid
hahahaha
I'm from NYC and I ❤ UWS!
That was a really great guide, Seth did an amazing job too, really nice
Great vid! My favorite place is Lincoln Center on a summer night with people, lights, & fountain. Any NY visit, my last stop before LGA is Zabar's for babka, coffee, smoked fish & any other delights I can cram into my carry-on canvas shopping bag.
Rutgers in the house. Miss the city. It's been a while since we're back. Glad your professor who lived in the upper west side neighborhood of 30 years could show you around. Love the Opera and LOVE those tips. OMG those Tiffany lamps were stunning. There are quite a few Chinese infused restaurants around NYC. LOVE Riverside park. It's a great park that's not as congested as Central. Great video and very creative. Could you watch our latest video, as we'd love to hear your thoughts as well. Thanks Jon.
Even though I lived in Queens, I barely got to know the Upper West Side. Found a youth hostel on W. 101st St so I'm going to stay there once I move back to the east coast next month.
Zabars. Go to place day before Yom Kippur. Get there when they open and still a crowd. Best smoked fish.
Absolutely loved this video! Amazing tips, especially about Juilliard tickets. I didn’t know that. I’m already planning to watch a couple concerts there in June.
That makes two of us, I was just checking the calendar.
Seth seems so genuinely nice 🥺 my heart 💗
I love Riverside Park , I used to live right across from it. Thanks for the video . Went thru memory lane, now I’m living in Puerto Rico.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video, Jon! Thanks for featuring the Met Opera! I’m in the Met Orchestra and wanted to add that for many of the shows, tickets start around $30; we also offer same-day rush tickets online for even less.
Thanks for the info ! I've actually never went and need to go with Adriana for sure.
I’m so happy you took the time to film this amazing & sweet neighborhood. I live in Yonkers & to get to the city I take the 1 Train, taking the 1 train so much to get to the city, I fell in love with the Upper West Side, it’s such a quiet neighborhood. It’s my favorite. Thank you so much for highlight hidden parts I never knew about, next time I go, which will be soon, I will take some pictures of these places. Please do the Bronx if you know any great spots. (That’s where I’m from )
This is where I’d live in Manhattan
omg got to see the tiffany lamps
Thanks for this great video...As a NYC tour guide, i am familiar with everything spoken of in this video , but it was nice to get a perspective from a local denizen , as well. Jon, you're a natural behind the camera and i appreciate your great vlogs. As an aside, i 1,000% agree with you that Bleecker Street Pizza ( Nona and Grandma) slices are the BEST.
One of my best friends from
HS grew up here. Lots of great memories!
It's warming up.. we got 2 videos to make together !
Here Be Barr Yes sir! Can’t wait!
Please do a Queens series! Love the videos
Wow, I love Tiffany lamps!That's one more item to add to my list for my trip in May!
When you die, they should put "Here.Be.Barr on your gravestone.
lol
If you play Pokemon Go, these areas are not hard to miss.
I hope you can make it into a series, co-filming with locals to introduce their neighborhoods ! Great video!
That was really cool. I KNEW that was the Ghostbusters building! I was about to say it and he beat me to it. I’ve always been a fan of the Upper West Side. I visited a friend once who was studying at the Manhattan School of Music on 122nd St. That whole area all the way down to the 70s is awesome. I’d love to go back.
Erik conover did a Chelsea neighbourhood tour
Nice !
you need to do another video with Seth, seems like a real cool and knowledgeable dude 👍
Another great NY recommendation video.another restaurant that's "permanently" closed in 2022. Sad.
From a former New Yorker this is a fantastic video! You truly hit all the great spots! BRAVO
Been a mailman in said neighborhood for over 20 yrs. You guys nailed it! Great job!!
Such a good video brother... I’m tour guide in Ecuador, but living in New York though. If you want any colaboración count on me. Greetings.
Is it true that the UWS used to be different income levels from lower, middle and upper...with people living in the projects and some families owning yachts? Also very diverse with white, black, Latino, and Asians but everyone got along? It was a cool neighborhood but still had its grittines
Humm, if you like angry, annoying whiners, visit the upper west side . Sorry but its commercial as Disneyland and as dull as matzah ball soup. But if you love strollers and boring bland food, here's your place
Ive never been to New York City, I have to scratch that one off my bucket list. My sister went with her bf and family and shes not very big on it because we're from a southern state and she didn't like how busy it was. Were NC, so we have some citys near us, but nothing like nyc obviously. Raleigh's been coming up and Charlotte is a pretty decent city. Most of my family likes semi country kinda quiet but not one of those dead towns with one gas station and a small grocery store but those areas are around too. Im pretty southern but i actually enjoy the city so it d really love to see nyc.
Jon, this is a really great vid. Nice blend of history, tips, food, and local color. I hope you keep moving north exploring on the UWS. Your vlog is the best!! Thank you.
You're welcome !
Nice piece. You could have gone about 30 blocks North for a Death Wish (original) scene location. Would be a good topic to cover all of the locations in the original in NYC...
On Google Street View, it looks like La Caridad Restaurant had closed down as of August 2021.
I lived right next to zabar
I have a feeling Seth doesn’t watch football
i have lived in the uws all my life and still do, love it!!
This was a interesting & informative look at the neighborhood. Loved Seth💜
Super Video John, please do more on the upper west side. Is an area they most skim over! Thanks
Growing up on 96th st was awesome. I know I was a teenager but I did not take advantage of everything it had to offer
Lot of treasures there on the west side. Will check it out my next trip up. Tks Jon!
Sadly, I believe that Cuban place closed down recently.
I was trying to find something like this.
Thankyou
ZabarsbBoy do I miss them. Nothing like it.
Zabars. Go to place day before Yom Kippur. Get there when they open and still a crowd. Best smoked fish.
Keep these neighborhood guides coming! I love visiting and spending time in different city neighborhoods. With you being from the Village, have you ever fanboyed at 555 Hudson Street? It was the home of Jane Jacobs, the famous activist and author of the seminal urban geography book The Death and Life of Great American Cities lived and wrote the said book. Being a student of urban geography I would fanboy at that address.
No, i'll have to go check it out !
In Riverside Park, why are there no leaves on the trees if it’s summer?
John please do an update on the upper west side!!! Pretty please 🙏
Here comes Mr. Gay Pride of the Upper West Side himself
Love it! My favorite NYC neighborhood
:)
Gramercy Park area is one of my favorite neighborhoods, as well.
That’s one of my favorite Latin restaurants in Manhattan.
hey! going up to NY on the 11th, what kind of weather should i expect up there?
just dr3w good cloudy but nice cool weather from 45-65
Zabar's still rocks, in spite of the insane prices.
Sadly La Caridad has closed permanently.
Great video! Informative and to the point! 👍🏻
Nice job seth! When will "Here Be Gopin" be premiering ;0.
hahahah
Making me depressed cause LaCaridad closed
AMAZING. Packed with great information. 🙏🙌
Yes, that's what we were going for here !
La Caridad 78 perma closed, RIP
I stayed at 5 w 63rd st near Lincoln center last year.
Whenever I visit NYC I stay at Hostelling International, 891 Amsterdam Ave, and I schedule at least one invasion of Zabars and Murray's Sturgeon Shop. I love the old school food places of NYC!
The UWS is one of the only areas I know at all in NY, because of the Jewish community there, so between 70th - 85th & Broadway/Amsterdam/Columbus, but also Morningside Heights, 100-105th & Broadway/Amsterdam and 116th - 122nd-ish. Almost everything in this video was new to me.
big murder in riverside park recently
Correction...........whenever my wife and I would weekend in the city, we would stay on the Upper West Side............We LOVED it!
Omg I have been to la caridad the. BEST Cuban Chinese . I love their pork chops...HUGE CHOPS Great restaurant. We go their whenever we are down there
I find it more expensive, less multi cultural and a little bit too stuffy compared to the Upper East Side. As a tourist, I find New Yorkers in general to be too hard and less friendly compared to those from LA. However, the more they get to know you, they become open and very friendly. A downside to LA friendliness is that, they could be very fake.
Really enjoy your videos! Thanks! Heading back to NYC in May. Looking forward to it!
Thanks !
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Тhe video is absolute delight.Thank you both for the wonderful experience!
Lauren Bacall bought her Dakota apartment in the 1960s for 60k in 2015 it was sold for 21 million.
So where did they film West Side Story
The outdoor free screenings at the Met in August are about 10 days, not three weeks. He may be confusing this with the outdoor Lincoln Center performances for about 3 weeks in July that are mostly not classical music. There are also other ways of getting cheaper Met tickets mentioned elsewhere on their site.
They described zabars perfectly. I’m from a Jewish family who lived a block away sooooo
Visiting NY for the 1st time next week and your videos are awesome!! We are staying in midtown Manhattan. Planned to walk to Central Park which i see is 1.3 miles from the hotel. are these places you showed within walking distance from CP? would it be too much to do in one day? Also if we dont want to walk back, is taking the cab of uber best? Thanks and keep up the great work!