@@andrewferguson8032actually alot of tribes did sell the land thinking the white man was stupid for giving them goods for something they didn’t even consider owning ( the land)
@@biggils8894 And some tribes and individuals were selling land they didn't ever have a claim to in anyway i.e. land that a different tribe hunted on or used. People are people and will often try to rip off other people and maybe cause conflict between groups purposefully.
@@JohnM-ch4to What makes you think it was worth that value?? Did the bakers sell to someone else after Rockefeller turned them down? No. THEY tried to price gouge Rockefeller and he wasn't having it, so they got NOTHING! Serves them right for getting greedy! They should have sold at FAIR MARKET VALUE on the condition that they be allowed to build a new bakery inside the building and sell there! The building would have smelled great and the foot traffic would have made them rich. Instead, the bakers got no... DOUGH!
"Some of these landowners were being a real pain." They had every right and expectation to hold on to their property if they wanted to, money doesn't make right.
If Rockefeller was that smart he could have opened a Pub in one of the neighboring buildings and sold beer half price .. better beer, better venue, better service etc.. he could have shut them down for and bought them out for pennies on the dollar
I found it after it moved, if memory serves somewhere near midtown's Hell's Kitchen but that was close to twenty years ago and it certainly didn't have the luster of yore.
@@Orangnus they pushed middle class citizens out and made it a luxury place for the rich to hide there money in luxury apartments investment later leading th home crisis we have now
@@cheetodust7041 It's the danger of monopole. A huge problem that we have today, where a tiny minority owns almost everything. Which makes it easier for them to control others.
Man?? that is an entity in a human body. Not comparable to an actually spirit. They are easy to find in the world. Just look for those with massive wealth and control.
@@cheetodust7041because they get ride of all small business. Happens today. Look at blockrock buying out all the real-estate and renting. No new homeowners can buy new homes... it's complete control.
I think that the people who held out have done NYC a big favour and softened the harshness of the main building occupying a whole city block. It means that today you have two corner hub businesses to improve the amenity of your city. Mark from Melbourne Australia
Meanwhile LOOK AT MELBOURNE.... btw those alleyways full of coffee shops off the mall? My relatives had a dress making sweatshop in one of those over 100 years ago. 2 sisters had about 8 employees.
I used to do appraisal work for eminent domain. Cities always overpay for the actual property and/or business. However, it is always a huge hassle for the owner. So, the excess is compensation for the hassle.
Its called the Pebble bar now but was Hurley’s at the time. The bar became a speakeasy with a flower shop frontage during prohibition and was a favourite haunt of the likes of Jack Kerouac, Henry Kissinger, David Letterman, Johnny Carson and others over the years. Hurley’s became so enmeshed with the comings and goings of NBC that the company installed a phone line so staff could conduct business calls from the bar, which served as an unofficial annex, dubbed “Studio 1-H.” Just as Rockefeller Center had to make room for Hurley's, Hurley's made room for the people of Rockefeller Center, becoming a favorite destination for employees of NBC, The Associated Press and Radio City Music Hall. The surname Hurley is an anglicisation of the Irish name Ó hUrluithe which means “descendant of the surging/overflowing sea tide” which makes the choice of “the Pebble bar” quite interesting as its new name, I think!
$250 mill. at that time... Very smart. They knew its value in the long run, of course they knew, they were hardworking immigrants with a vision. 💪🏼🙌🏼🗽🇮🇪🇺🇸🦅
I always love listening to these NYC history bits, and what you're doing is what I might just pay to listen to. I used to live 5 blocks away from here in Little Brazil a couple of years ago. Keep up the great work!
No, he wasn't that type of guy. He was, however, the type of guy to advance human civilization leaps and bounds by bringing the right people together to create many technologies we use today.
@@akivaweil5066 exactly. Hating on rich people and billionaires and then begging them for jobs and employment. And don't talk about paying their fair share. They could pay 99 % tax yet still be extravagantly rich while these scum won't
"Buying secretly" is the way developers assemble a plot of land for their project. It helps them to avoid paying premium prices. That is where the expression 'what are you plotting' comes from, meaning 'what are you secretly planning.'
That's why there's a law in India if 80% of the people sell their land for any project the rest 20% will have to move out. But in India for any such project the buyer has to do a social impact assessment first and then pay 5 times the market price to everyone and also rehabilitate them somewhere else. 😅😅
Imagine caring about other peoples identity so much that you're constantly thinking about it even while watching a completely unrelated video. Absolutely rent free
@TheNewHandleThingIsDumb I was wondering How pronouns entered the conversation. Lol When I saw those MEN on that beam my first thought was... That's a time when MEN were MEN!! Masculine and Fearless!! A job No Woman would Ever do. 💯 👍🏾
I vaguely remember a movie like this. Something about an old guy tying a bunch of helium balloons to his house because land developers wanted to buy his house...
@@DaDirtyTrollnever accept the first offer they give you when selling property/land (unless it's a ludicrous amount of money much more than the land is worth). There's always gonna be an even bigger buyer in today's market.
@@DaDirtyTroll depends on the location of the property/land. Even online there's numerous sites that show the value and estimated price the property/land can go for and from there you also gotta see if you're buying property what issues would the property have (maintenance such as piping, electrical, infestation, mold buildup,etc.)
@@DaDirtyTroll this only works if it’s a private developer. If it’s the government who’s buying a lot of real estate which it usually is. if you decline their offers, they will bulldoze your house anyway and make you take the money. Sometimes to never build what they were going to build, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Bring it to Supreme Court and they will vote in favor of the government because they bulldozed your house for “public infrastructure” like school, roads, hospitals, and whatever companies want if they have enough money😏😏😏
You think they gonna rough up Irish pub owners. REALLY.... you know the Irish had gangs and the Irish REALLY lovd their alcohol.... go read valentines day massacre.
The Irish immigrant population in NYC at that time were organized and would have had enough power to fight Rockefeller. If people today weren't so brainwashed by mass media we could organize huge swaths of working people to demand fair wages and housing prices from this new era of robber barons. Alas we are hopelessly divided and a good 1/3 of us think a ruthless scab real estate developer has our best interest at heart. The downside to the information age.
Jack Kerouac was a regular at the bar, and even wrote about it in his novel entitled, Visions of Cody: “that bar on the northeast corner of 49th and Sixth Avenue which is in a real old building that nobody ever notices because it forms the pebble at the hem of the shoe of the immense tall man which is the RCA building.”
@@EmeraldSquiddy owned oil rig, swindled millions of dollars by the expense of the middle man, like the guy just explained here. He also is one wealthy man highly regarded into the occult secret societies. Establishing networks with other wealthy men, yes creating some jobs for the poor man, but at the expense of terrible environmental hazards in the coal mine and dangerous oil rig infrastructures that caused the death of thousands of men prematurely, all in the name of nothing being personal but being business.
"So it started on christmas day when a little girl decided to make a human ladder with her friends so she could put a star on the top of the Special Rockefeller Plaza tree"
When I see Radio City Music Hall, it reminds me of when I was in New York 1991... All around there were expensive hotels and on 45th street, I got a hotel room for 40 dollars...Great Times and Memories. Love it
Could you imagine your parents holding out on 10s of millions of dollars (guessing not adjusted for inflation) just so you can sell the business to a bakery and a glasses company?
I know stories like that in Vancouver🇨🇦 … there’s several buildings with little “holdouts” against the big skyscrapers trying to land assemblies next to them … the end products are sometimes jarring juxtapositions of small building adjacent to huge tall complex. I just love the backstory on the families who won’t sell out - their family businesses are so much more important for longevity to keep tradition going … it creates a richer flavour of a city
This proof that you can buy most of things in this world and you get a major satisfaction out of it but there's men that can't be bought or intimidated.
In New Jersey, south of Atlantic City, there’s a boardwalk. It grew and took over my great grand mother’s home. There is one pink house that would not sell. Super cute and well kept. The board walk built up around it and it’s nestled between the edges.
I say good for them! They weren’t as stupid as he thought. And if they were going to be made to drink their suds elsewhere, they were going to get paid damn well for that inconvenience!! Bravo!!!
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The three Irish pub owners?
Charlie, Dennis and Mac.
One of them was well versed in bird law, so he knew better
@@Kobe_Jay_Kenobii 😂😂😂 I'm pissing myself
They weren't actually intending to hold out but Frank had them convinced they could get 9 figures..."Rockefeller?? Oooo he's got deep pockets 🤔"
I knew this would be here I’m just happy it’s so far up.
@@jackiec498 also Frank didn't wanna give up his vietnamese gambling, Russian roulette, and cock fight events
Imagine being a 'big pain' for not wanting to sell something that belongs to you
Once upon a time, there were some Native Americans who were being a “big pain” for not turning over the land they loved
@@andrewferguson8032actually alot of tribes did sell the land thinking the white man was stupid for giving them goods for something they didn’t even consider owning ( the land)
@@biggils8894 And some tribes and individuals were selling land they didn't ever have a claim to in anyway i.e. land that a different tribe hunted on or used. People are people and will often try to rip off other people and maybe cause conflict between groups purposefully.
@@biggils8894 good thinking
Nailed it. They own their property and can tell Rockefeller to go to hell
"Some of these landowners were being a big pain" matter of perspective my friend, I'd say good for them.
Exactly. How were they the pain? It was THEIR land…
Exactly right!
It was very overt that he was talking from the perspective of Rockeller.
They’ll say the same thing about us in the future. Blackrock investment group is buying up every house they can find.
@@Crazy123Flame it was not overt bro
I think Rockefeller was the one being the big pain
Not to rockefeller
So you would have paid $250 million for a tiny bakery?
Yes and still are….they are behind NWO
@@Hypercube9 you wouldn't pay for an asset that's worth that value? well, true
@@JohnM-ch4to What makes you think it was worth that value?? Did the bakers sell to someone else after Rockefeller turned them down? No.
THEY tried to price gouge Rockefeller and he wasn't having it, so they got NOTHING! Serves them right for getting greedy!
They should have sold at FAIR MARKET VALUE on the condition that they be allowed to build a new bakery inside the building and sell there! The building would have smelled great and the foot traffic would have made them rich. Instead, the bakers got no... DOUGH!
You had me at Three Irish men that owned a pub
So funny
Always windy in New York City
"So, in walks a bird right-"
@@well_as_an_expert_id_say I’m glad someone in here knows what’s up😂
They served a whole lot of monkey beer
"Some of these landowners were being a real pain."
They had every right and expectation to hold on to their property if they wanted to, money doesn't make right.
Relax he was talking from the perspective of Rockefeller don’t get all emotional just yet
If Rockefeller was that smart he could have opened a Pub in one of the neighboring buildings and sold beer half price .. better beer, better venue, better service etc.. he could have shut them down for and bought them out for pennies on the dollar
@@mysty0 Probably just didn't really care enough to do that. Easy to build around.
@@mysty0 but then I just convert the pub into something else
@@romeothompson9389 I don't understand the people who are taking this seriously. I won't be surprised if they are anti-capitalist minded :-)
The best FU to one of the richest men! I love it!😅
The pub was called Hurleys. I ate and drank there many times when I worked In Rockefeller Center in the 80s and 90s.
I found it after it moved, if memory serves somewhere near midtown's Hell's Kitchen but that was close to twenty years ago and it certainly didn't have the luster of yore.
Anyone being a big pain to a Rockefeller is my best friend, cheers to the holdouts ☝🏻
So you don't like the guy because he supported Abraham Lincoln and the Republicans? You must be a racist democrat.
What did Rockefeller do wrong?
@@Orangnus Gentrify
@@Andy.G8 How is that bad?
@@Orangnus they pushed middle class citizens out and made it a luxury place for the rich to hide there money in luxury apartments investment later leading th home crisis we have now
I'm glad those three gentlemen said NO to that greedy man .
Hows buying property a pain? Those 3 pub owners bought that propert at one point.
@@cheetodust7041 It's the danger of monopole. A huge problem that we have today, where a tiny minority owns almost everything. Which makes it easier for them to control others.
Man?? that is an entity in a human body. Not comparable to an actually spirit. They are easy to find in the world. Just look for those with massive wealth and control.
Oh wow, what a victory for the everyday man! 🥺
@@cheetodust7041because they get ride of all small business. Happens today. Look at blockrock buying out all the real-estate and renting. No new homeowners can buy new homes... it's complete control.
"a big pain"... for not selling out to a billionaire for his pet project
A big pain to the billionaire bro…
Nah land should be taxed so really they were just parasitically rent seeking
Lol at all the people bitching about the holdouts being a pain... how do these people function in life?
@@KayAteChef where
yeah, you can build 30 times more square foot surface and still keep the pub
I think that the people who held out have done NYC a big favour and softened the harshness of the main building occupying a whole city block. It means that today you have two corner hub businesses to improve the amenity of your city.
Mark from Melbourne Australia
also add charm
@@blancavelasquez9859 Buy a bracelet and add the charm yourself!
Agreed 100% mate!
Meanwhile LOOK AT MELBOURNE.... btw those alleyways full of coffee shops off the mall? My relatives had a dress making sweatshop in one of those over 100 years ago. 2 sisters had about 8 employees.
I was just after saying, this little building's a damn sight handsomer than the newer buildings that surround it, so it is.
Yeah... the "holdouts" were the big pain.
"holdouts" and "nimbys" are why housing is so expensive.
@@blondie7240 yeah, I hope I happens to you and we'll see how quick you give up your livelihood to these vultutes
@@blondie7240 No it's not lmao, it's the zoning regulations and government interference that prevent affordable homes from being built
Totally had nothing to do with a scumbag billionaires and landlords
@@thelonewanderer420 both
These days the city would condemn your property and take it for pennies on the dollar using eminent domain, then give it to the developer.
I used to do appraisal work for eminent domain. Cities always overpay for the actual property and/or business. However, it is always a huge hassle for the owner. So, the excess is compensation for the hassle.
"a huge pain"
very considerate way to say they Didnt want to give Up what they build
The crazy part is that building might actually go for that price today.
Too bad they cannot build upwards on either of those still there because of the windows on Rockefeller.
@@davenoi I don't if there is any law that prevent them to build as tall as they want.
Actually might go for more than that 😂
@@engineerlolo-olorodeatanle1388 there absolutely is, New York is famous for it's air rights controversies
@@engineerlolo-olorodeatanle1388also the buildings are basically attached, to rise higher would mean destroying those windows or sealing them up
"Three Irish bartenders, Patrick Daly and brothers John and Daniel Hurley, opened the pub, Pebble Bar, in 1892. "
Its called the Pebble bar now but was Hurley’s at the time. The bar became a speakeasy with a flower shop frontage during prohibition and was a favourite haunt of the likes of Jack Kerouac, Henry Kissinger, David Letterman, Johnny Carson and others over the years. Hurley’s became so enmeshed with the comings and goings of NBC that the company installed a phone line so staff could conduct business calls from the bar, which served as an unofficial annex, dubbed “Studio 1-H.” Just as Rockefeller Center had to make room for Hurley's, Hurley's made room for the people of Rockefeller Center, becoming a favorite destination for employees of NBC, The Associated Press and Radio City Music Hall.
The surname Hurley is an anglicisation of the Irish name Ó hUrluithe which means “descendant of the surging/overflowing sea tide” which makes the choice of “the Pebble bar” quite interesting as its new name, I think!
@@willslingwoodawesome history. There ought to be a history channel show on this bar.
@@willslingwood-yes thank youfor all that information 😃
@@willslingwoodgod I love when Irish names and heritage aligns with reality
Just because you want to keep land/property YOU paid for DOES NOT make you a pain
In this case it does tho.. for Rockefeller ofc.
@@lukazupie7220 you honestly believe that?
@@danh5637 it’s true, to Rockefeller the owners were a pain and to the owners Rockefeller was a pain. All about perspective my boy
$250 mill. at that time... Very smart. They knew its value in the long run, of course they knew, they were hardworking immigrants with a vision. 💪🏼🙌🏼🗽🇮🇪🇺🇸🦅
Probably died poor so no.
@@venomf0 the owners didn’t have to sell during the Great Depression. They were probably doing very well for themselves
@@mayan2312 even if they died poor they knew their loved ones would go on with a great piece of land with how NY was booming
@@niccolodeparmapanini2036 a death which said "fuck you" to a guy buying your life's work with money is a death I'd wish for
They.were.irish!!! 250 million was the offer to get them to walk outside the pub nevermind buying it off em
I always love listening to these NYC history bits, and what you're doing is what I might just pay to listen to. I used to live 5 blocks away from here in Little Brazil a couple of years ago. Keep up the great work!
Little brAzil is literally one block. Hardly a neighborhood. Next people will be classifying their bathroom as the little nile. Smh.
My girl has a little Brazilian bush
@@caesarfiorini1728 congratulations
@@flyingcolumn16because brazilians are like that
@@flyingcolumn16little undocumented brazilians
Three Irishmen, doing Irish things.
If only more had said NO!
Yeah it would have been so great if they didn't build Rockefeller Center. Moron.
I am amazed he did not buy their debts, and use those as leverage. Inspections, changes in zoning, and other nasty tactics. He was that kind of guy.
They likely didn't have debt.
"he wanted to do it in secret" would be violated by that
No, he wasn't that type of guy. He was, however, the type of guy to advance human civilization leaps and bounds by bringing the right people together to create many technologies we use today.
@@akivaweil5066 exactly. Hating on rich people and billionaires and then begging them for jobs and employment. And don't talk about paying their fair share. They could pay 99 % tax yet still be extravagantly rich while these scum won't
@@akivaweil5066 spoken like a true worker drone who licks clean massa rockafellers dress shoes
Let's hear it for them!
Keeping what you own isn't being a pain lol
they hate to see us regular folk display intellect.
He's saying it from the pov of old Rock
“He wanted to do it secretly!”… You mean underhandedly! 📝 Got It!
No?
No. Secretly. Nothing underhanded about how he went about it.
Lying, stealing, insurance arson, etc are examples of being underhanded.
No, he wanted to purchase the property for the then current value.
NOT, be gouged by a demand for 2 or 3 times the value because he was a Rockefeller.
Buying
"Buying secretly" is the way developers assemble a plot of land for their project. It helps them to avoid paying premium prices. That is where the expression 'what are you plotting' comes from, meaning 'what are you secretly planning.'
That's why there's a law in India if 80% of the people sell their land for any project the rest 20% will have to move out.
But in India for any such project the buyer has to do a social impact assessment first and then pay 5 times the market price to everyone and also rehabilitate them somewhere else. 😅😅
Rockefeller? I'm surprised he didn't just shapeshift, drink their blood and fly away.
Let’s face it Alberta, you got his numba.
Those guys hanging out on that beam discussing their pronouns...
IKR
It’s ma’am!!!
Imagine caring about other peoples identity so much that you're constantly thinking about it even while watching a completely unrelated video. Absolutely rent free
@@TheNewHandleThingIsDumb it was comment about absurdity of todays youth.. or maybe i got it wrong
@TheNewHandleThingIsDumb I was wondering How pronouns entered the conversation. Lol When I saw those MEN on that beam my first thought was... That's a time when MEN were MEN!! Masculine and Fearless!! A job No Woman would Ever do. 💯 👍🏾
I vaguely remember a movie like this. Something about an old guy tying a bunch of helium balloons to his house because land developers wanted to buy his house...
And now their property's are worth probably double or triple that.
Never give into developers for the inital deals, always hold out and make em pay!
How does holding make them pay? I’m a noob at life
@@DaDirtyTrollnever accept the first offer they give you when selling property/land (unless it's a ludicrous amount of money much more than the land is worth). There's always gonna be an even bigger buyer in today's market.
@@Abel-Alvarez what do think it’s worth today?
@@DaDirtyTroll depends on the location of the property/land. Even online there's numerous sites that show the value and estimated price the property/land can go for and from there you also gotta see if you're buying property what issues would the property have (maintenance such as piping, electrical, infestation, mold buildup,etc.)
@@DaDirtyTroll this only works if it’s a private developer. If it’s the government who’s buying a lot of real estate which it usually is. if you decline their offers, they will bulldoze your house anyway and make you take the money. Sometimes to never build what they were going to build, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Bring it to Supreme Court and they will vote in favor of the government because they bulldozed your house for “public infrastructure” like school, roads, hospitals, and whatever companies want if they have enough money😏😏😏
"Being a big pain or a holdout"...Things people who don't own property or didn't pay for it say.🤔
The Irish MOB don’t move for nobody........ shout out to the Westies
You mean Americans who play pretend to be Irish.
I love that people have said no to that family!!¡!
Three Irishmen who own a pub.
The answer to the question ‘What is an immovable object?’
I'm Irish and that pub was worth 250 million to those 3 fellas. It wasn't a joke.
My mother’s cousin was one of the last holdouts for their house. They lived there all their lives. Aunt Pauline & Uncle Bill Lloyd.
Only A New Yorker Would Call FREE People A "Pain"...
Imagine your family paying nickles and dimes for these properties and then selling then cheap now they're worth millions 😳
There was a famous jewelry store on State Street in downtown Chicago that seemed to be holding out as that area "went up" thru '50s & '60s
How the heck did they hold out...cause they were physically ruthless during those days...lots of ways to rough up those that don't corporate!
You think they gonna rough up Irish pub owners. REALLY.... you know the Irish had gangs and the Irish REALLY lovd their alcohol.... go read valentines day massacre.
You misunderstood the sheer power of 3 Irish man in a Irish Bar
The Irish immigrant population in NYC at that time were organized and would have had enough power to fight Rockefeller. If people today weren't so brainwashed by mass media we could organize huge swaths of working people to demand fair wages and housing prices from this new era of robber barons. Alas we are hopelessly divided and a good 1/3 of us think a ruthless scab real estate developer has our best interest at heart. The downside to the information age.
Good. They didn’t give into this family.
Personally i kinda respect Rockefeller for not going too far with intimidation or unfair business practice to quash the holdouts.
I really enjoy these little bits of history. Thank you so much
Good for the hold outs!
Will you sell your pub? NO....Ah go on, go on, go on, go on.
Fortunately these days there's no shortage of home and office space in Manhattan, so nobody minds that these areas are 3 stories instead of 20.
4.3 billion in today's money.
That building would be worth billions today lol.
No it wouldn't lol
Or better, is not. I don't know why we speak hypothetically, it is still there:)
@@lukazupie7220 Yes it would dummy, it’s one of the best locations in Manhattan. Many companies would pay billions for that spot.
Farmers and homeowners should avoid Bill Gates ' LLC's from buying your property!
That guy sure set the trend for billionaire row. Exploitation, sexploitation and I have won the nation.
Knowing that some men had 250 EXTRA million dollars during the depression makes me sick to my stomach.
We have sprite fence laws in CA because of Crocker.
Spite*
@@dannysalinas8811 Hold on, it may be sprite, it's a big Coca-Cola state. :p
Your name is week
@@oliver_klozoff Good one. LOL.
If it took place in Philly: The gang screw over Rockefeller
Jack Kerouac was a regular at the bar, and even wrote about it in his novel entitled, Visions of Cody:
“that bar on the northeast corner of 49th and Sixth Avenue which is in a real old building that nobody ever notices because it forms the pebble at the hem of the shoe of the immense tall man which is the RCA building.”
Wow! Good historical bits. Thanks Ariel!
Criminal asked honest hard working people to buy their property, so they showed him where he belongs.
How is he a criminal? Sounds more like you're just a communist.
What about Rockefeller is so criminal?
@@EmeraldSquiddy owned oil rig, swindled millions of dollars by the expense of the middle man, like the guy just explained here. He also is one wealthy man highly regarded into the occult secret societies. Establishing networks with other wealthy men, yes creating some jobs for the poor man, but at the expense of terrible environmental hazards in the coal mine and dangerous oil rig infrastructures that caused the death of thousands of men prematurely, all in the name of nothing being personal but being business.
@EmeraldSquiddy, seriously?
Good on them for saying no. That particular family they turned down has destroyed too much.
How are the holdouts being the pain? Rockefeller harassing them was the pain.
Harassing? What are you talking about?
These stories always amaze me that he didn't get the buildings in those businesses condemned and roll forward from there.
"So it started on christmas day when a little girl decided to make a human ladder with her friends so she could put a star on the top of the Special Rockefeller Plaza tree"
I love this story🤗😍😇 I love it when people know the power of their NO.
Not everything is for sale. ❤🇿🇦
Good on them, They knew their value and they saw right through him
I think when you said "the owners were a huge pain" you meant "local businesses resisted shameless capitalist ventures" 🤷♂️
Local business is also capitalist venture, and there was nothing shameless about it lol
And a neat building was perserved!
They updated it later, no way this is original
Love that story! The 3 wise men!!!☺️👍
When I see Radio City Music Hall, it reminds me of when I was in New York 1991... All around there were expensive hotels and on 45th street, I got a hotel room for 40 dollars...Great Times and Memories. Love it
Great clips I've seen so far.
Are you doing current research on these stories, or are you going through what you already know?
Could you imagine your parents holding out on 10s of millions of dollars (guessing not adjusted for inflation) just so you can sell the business to a bakery and a glasses company?
Was a gamble i guess. Still worth a shit ton though. Rockefeller was probably low balling them to begin with
If the 250 million figure is correct adjusted for inflation that's over a billion
Did they sell, or are they leasing it to those companies?
@@blackchewy8435 I’d assume they sold to someone that has those two as tenants, but still.
I know stories like that in Vancouver🇨🇦 … there’s several buildings with little “holdouts” against the big skyscrapers trying to land assemblies next to them … the end products are sometimes jarring juxtapositions of small building adjacent to huge tall complex.
I just love the backstory on the families who won’t sell out - their family businesses are so much more important for longevity to keep tradition going … it creates a richer flavour of a city
You need to do a book of all these clips so we can wander around on our own!
This proof that you can buy most of things in this world and you get a major satisfaction out of it but there's men that can't be bought or intimidated.
Was he even trying to intimidate them?
Also they could be bought, it was just not worth it for him..
Just started getting your YT shorts in my feed, and I'm really loving them! Always something new and interesting. Subscribed. Keep it up!
Rockefeller keeping it secret had absolutely nothing to do with money 😄
You’re my fav new person to learn from.
NYC looks so beautiful even in the most mundane of days excitement lies a corner away. I wish I could move there someday
This exposure is a great video. Thank you.
Anyone else look at the Rockefeller building and think it’s from Gotham city
Bro just take the money and ask to keep the first floor as the pub and have a poppin off building for free
Pretty sure they made out anyway.
Legend has it they still are.
Been there so many times and never knew that!! Thanks!
Makes me proud of my Irish roots.
The three Irishmen wanted the green backs
Thank you. I worked in the Time and Life Building for 15 years. I know that area too well.
This is becoming my new favorite channel
In New Jersey, south of Atlantic City, there’s a boardwalk. It grew and took over my great grand mother’s home.
There is one pink house that would not sell. Super cute and well kept. The board walk built up around it and it’s nestled between the edges.
Tremendous channel, glad I found it
And the holdouts now have prime commercial real estate in Rockefeller Center! Smart people.
This is exactly what is happening today again! History repeating itself.
Very interesting history. Really appreciate your channel, thank you!
I love this Channel!
I say good for them! They weren’t as stupid as he thought. And if they were going to be made to drink their suds elsewhere, they were going to get paid damn well for that inconvenience!! Bravo!!!
I really enjoy these histories! Thank you!
Brave Irish👍👍👍
Outrageous !
That was way too much money and should have been charged.
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More power to them.
They sold in the end and for less money lol
They will find him guilty of real estate fraud.
Remember this: If you're in a situation where you will be kicked out of your property, just ask for millions of dollars, and they will leave you alone
Some people have an insight to stand up to bullies.
Thank you for sharing that interesting bit of history.