NYC's Battery Park is Actually Pretty Sick (In a Good Way)
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2021
- Tour guide and comedian, Tom Delgado, walks you around New York City's Battery Park and spills the history of this busy Manhattan site. He tells you about Castle Clinton, war memorials, Giovanni da Verazzano, the Statue of Liberty, and Men in Black. Shot by Lucie Pohl.
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I genuinely feel sorry for everyone who doesn’t know Tom and his videos.
These honestly are pure GOLD!!!
"Oh look at that Dr. Playground that's my nickname...sorry I take that back that's a creepy nickname to have" 🤣🤣🤣
Lucie is back, true love,,,,,,,
Tom owes Lucie a hotdog lunch for that great camera work.
Tom's shorts is the battery to my soul
great historical tour Tom and Lucie! I remember Battery Park teeming with people; nice to see it serene and unhurried.
Just love watching your tours. My favorite place is NYC. Thank you for your work
I love when Tom tells dark stories of history ❤️🤌🏼
Stayed at the Wagner Hotel in Battery Park in 2019. Hotel is in an Excellent location and wonderfully staffed!
Tom you so funny! Those sound effects and graphics always make me laugh!
How does a 30 minute video get a thumbs down after 5 minutes? Great video mr playground 🤣. Big thumbs up from Manchester, England.
Tom has haters and they could stay mad too🤷🏾♂️💯
I’m visiting New York in November so being able to understand the history behind everything will add a whole new level to the experience! Subscribed!
Welcome to the crew Jordan👋🏾‼️
Castle Garden was one of the first buildings in the city to have electric lighting. At least 5 U.S. Presidents visited the site. Around five hundred weddings were performed there. The NY Aquarium was originally designed and subsequently remodeled by the famed architectural firm McKim, Meade, and White.
I love this area. Great location with tons of history.
I had my first job there at the old custom house in 1968 while attending Hunter College ; thanks for such a great tour and memories
My grandmother was born in a house on E. 68th in 1892 where Hunter College is now located.
@@TrainsFerriesFeet wow : now that’s “history”! Thanks for sharing
waccamatt That is so cool.
@@TrainsFerriesFeet That’s crazy. The more you know😭‼️
@@JulianSteve When I was a kid she used to tell me about her and her mom taking the trolley (pre-subway) down to Chelsea to see the Flatiron Building under construction. How crazy is that?
Tom plus Lucie ❤️
I like lucie! She’s funny! Keep her around. :)
September is a great time to tour NY.
I was about to comment, “Cool shoes,” then Lucie called them out as being new!!!! Holy crud!! O yeah Battery Park is cool too!
The Museum of the American Indian was a filming location for Ghostbusters 2...mostly out in front of the museum, but the inside was supposed to be where the painting of Vigo the Carpathian was housed. I think they filmed those scenes elsewhere. And of course the Statue of Liberty made a cameo appearance in the film as well.
Yes! Janosz was one of the best parts of the movie!
I love Ghostbusters..the first time I really noticed Manhatten was while watching Ghostbusters as a kid..they did a great job showing the city.
Don't get a haircut and don't get a real job Tom! Keep doing what you're doing! You're funny and informative. I don't know about calling yourself "Dr. Playground," but you are definitely professor material if you ever wanted to go that route. I definitely would recommend taking a trip to Liberty island, going inside the Statue of Liberty up to the crown, and touring the new museum. Seeing the Statue of Liberty from the Staten Island Ferry is great for locals and people who don't have any money, but having a firsthand experience on Liberty Island at least once is worth doing.
Low key shade
Lucy is great.
The best Tom!!! Thank you
I visited the N.Y. aquarium with my brother and uncle in 1939 when I was2 years old.
Wow! My mom was born in 39! In Yonkers NY though.
That's awesome!
Lucie did an excellent job! Great videos as always. Very entertaining and informative. :)
The globe statue that was in the World Trade Center was scarred, but it was moved to Battery Park.
Dr. Playground! Wait a minute- Scratch that. That's NOT my nickname. 😂🤣🥶
Have you taken the ferry and shown off the Statue of Liberty? Have you toured Ellis Island, yet? If not, please consider it.
Very good Camera work. Bravo Lucie
OMG! Your tours are so relaxing, man. Thanks for your generous contribution. That Sag Harbor tour and the San Juan one as well were da BOMB. 💪🏆💪
HopeI can visit the city next year! Thanks for the awesome tour Tom & Lucie
I learned a lot, thanks Tom!
worlds greatest tour guide right tom ok now send me that 10 spot you promised for saying so
Just happen to find your video hoping to see the monument of my ancestor, Jesse DeForest (Walloon Settlers). And I did! Thank you so much! Great video 😊
I nearly choked on my weetabix at Dr Playground 😂😂🤣
I get excited when a Tom Delgado video drops😎
There are so many reasons why I love your videos, it’s ridiculous!
I will be coming to battery park in the spring and plan on doing thus walk. Very cool!!
Thank you for the great tour! Lived in the building @17:27 in 2019 and moved back home to Denmark in January of 2020, haven't been back to the city since. I loved walking around the city, and am really enjoying seeing everything again through your videos!
You really are the best of the YT New York videographers by far. Enjoyed the history and seeing the park.
John Tyler had a grandson that passed just a few years ago.
I remember seeing he & his brother on the CBS Sunday show.
Fresh video!!! Nice. Contragulations Nicaraguan!!! Perfect Spanish, Perfect English. I say it because I se your video the other day where you spoke English and Spanish. Congrats
Doctor Playground is probably Jeff Ross's lowkey nickname lol *Comedy*
Love these. Thanks
Tom & his ever changing roster of camera people.
Two Swedish celebrities in the same video 🇸🇪 👍✨🤩 Really enjoy seeing and learning so much of NYC!
“Yes, yes No!”..😂😂😂
Top rank video yet again Tom, and don't worry about possibly being in jail in a years time, we'll break you out! Keep up the good work my man!
Great video per usual. Bikers are universally the same: disregarding traffic signs and riding the wrong way on one-way streets. Happens in my city constantly.
Ugh they are a menace in NYC
Nice tour Tom, thanks 🙏🏻 also go to Lucy, Great tour as usual buddy. Maybe you should have pointed Lucy towards Nathan’s Hot Dogs in Coney Island 😂.
So grateful for your time and efforts from this side of the pond here in England (Brexitland 🇪🇺🤭). 🤗👍🏻😉
Thank you for your video 👍🏻👍🏻 love that area. Hope to see it soon again 🍀🍀🍀
Those shoes are pretty sweet
I'm amazed at all the wide open space in such a densely populated city. Glad to see you got a new pair of shoes. Wow. Wimps waumpum. Or chump change.
I really enjoyed this video. I've been waiting on it for quite some time as I have been here a few times. Keep up the fantastic work, Tom.
great walking tour my friend , keep up 🆙
Nice to meet you Dr. Playground!
Loving your content brother, especially uploads on NYC, my hometown. I am learning things about NYC I never knew LOL. Thanks!
Little did they know ... comes back with guns! Get off my land ! Lol 😂 🤣🤣
Man I LOVE NYC and I LOVE history. Therefore I LIVE your channel!! Your head is full of awesome facts and I enjoy following along. I ordered the book you showed in this video and can’t wait to read it. Thanks for the content. Having a good time catching up on all your vids.
YAY Lucie Pohl!
You and your videos are my go to place when I have to visit any place in the city. You are a treasure of cool information and sadly most other RUclips's use the same sentence from your videos. Hope to see this channel grow. Be safe.
I sense some chemistry going on between you and Lucie.
great content brother
YAY Dr. Playground!
you deserve millions of subscribers! I love your videos
That was pretty sick!
Landfill. Does a lot of brine work it's way into the harbor during high tides or is the Hudson able to keep it pretty much focused in the Verazaono (spelling?) Narrows area. Those plants all seem pretty lush.
the last time I was at Battery park we bought tickets to the Liberty Island ferry at Clinton castle, I guess they don't sell them there any more - there also used to be a great view of the World Trace Center twin towers from there
I think all the sales are done on line now. Battery Park is where that guy landed after BASE jumping off of One WTC.
The Coast Guard is now partly under DHS.
John Tyler was the only living President in 1860 who joined the Confederacy.
Enjoyed vlog not even watched it yet but know i will Tom
The knowledge in these videos is dy-no-mite🧨; thanks for sharing, Tom!👍🏼
i happily just found tomdnyc tonight and watched several episodes and am looking forward to watching more. very entertaining and informative. my dad's whole side were in new amsterdam from 1624 on and it's hard to find any videos of the monument. the west india co records from that time paint a pretty wild place compared to puritanical salem witch hunt- scarlett letter -pilgrims. I would consider myself a lay expert in North American Dutch colonization and I'm happy to say I've learned several things (had no clue why the Nicks are named so) and more importantly actually gotten a good look at some of the landmarks that other videos dont show(5th generation Californian- haven't spent much time on East coast). Thanks again!
more info on The original Walloon families: out of the original 35 walloon families fleeing the inquisition who came on the ship in 1624 only 2 ended up staying. I think the others left and went to suriname. Maiden lane is named after the Vigne girls. The families from hainult /valenciennes were mostly lace makers and the dutch merchants traded alot of textiles and knew the lacemaker families and helped arrange to get them out of Europe. Unfortunately, upwards of 200 were literally burned at the stake for heresy before that. my ancestors sold the land in manhattan by 1700(where the stock exchange is. cannot even imagine what that land is worth now!) and moved to New Jersey where by happenstance of the geography was where Washington kept troops for a big part of the war. the local Dutch families were instrumental in the revolution bc all the old dutch families still had contacts with the dutch traders and bankers and ran weapons and cash thru curacao to arm the troops and pay for the war. Washingtons rock national monument where he would watch the movement of the British troops in NY was on my family's land where Washington stayed for 2 years. Most of the Dutch/Flemish trader families are descendants of Rollo and other original Norman vikings...so I think the contraband/raiding/pillaging/mercantilism vibe was kinda baked into the equation from about 900ad.
Lucie Pohl is a German actress and stand-up comedian.
She is the daughter of theater director and singer Sanda Weigl and the actor and dramatist Klaus Pohl. She is sister of writer Marie Pohl and cousin of actress Anna Thalbach. She is also a relative of Bertolt Brecht. Lucie is the voice actress for the hero Mercy in the video game Overwatch. She featured in the Red Dwarf episode "Twentica" as Harmony de Gauthier.
In 1971 a hotdog in the park was sold for $.35
another great video
I loooove Battery Park!
Everything is excellent in this information tour: walking and learning with you guys! 🎉❤
Thank you, dear.
P.S. Yes. BIKERS...global brats!😅
Thanks
Hello! Enjoy yor tours alot! Are you planning on moving to 4k resolution ? Would be fantastic if you do!
Most of the recent videos are in 4K.
dude those new balance are fireeeeee
Walking tour of Jackson Heights! Please!
I have one already - ruclips.net/video/OWNCGx7uU_4/видео.html
Tony yayo brought me here lol
Her favorite Vegi....Cucumber
Can you give this exact route you took in the park? I’d love to see all these statues and monuments when I’m there in New York next week.
Geweldig!
Vielen dank!
The Coast Guard’s history actually goes back to 1790 and after 9/11 they were transferred to the Department of Homeland Security
I never knew that. Kind of wish they were still on Governors Island.
Lucie's version of "sick plug" should replace the other sound for it
TomD is a god!
19:40 Tiny bit of irony in being a guy from a country known for its cuisine who ends up being eaten by cannibals. Lol
UGH TOM! We were in NYC 2 weeks ago and our goal was to run into you and get a picture. And we were AT BATTERY PARK the night before and the morning that you filmed this. Dang it!
Hi Tom, That was a nice tour. I've been there and it has the great view of the beginning of the skyscrapers.. I have a poster I got the week of 9/11 that shows the buildings of Lower Manhattan I'll put up sometime when I can find a frame for it. Battery Park City is nice. It has the Skyscraper Museum there which is very interesting but some time I'll get to the Jewish Museum.
My dad was an Ironworker in NYC. Worked on Battery Park City. Said the whole thing was built on landfill. The rat situation was bad.
haha the title of this video is pretty dope. (in a non incriminating way)
So weird seeing the streets of NYC so empty. No big deal 😎
I loooove Battery Park :)
@20:36 you missed a sick plug, but it’s okay, I’m pretty sure we all said it in our heads
Could someone tell me how to get from Battery Park City to pier 57? I’m traveling to BPC soon , but would like to go up to little island and the new rooftop park. Does a ferry take you to little island? Thanks!
what is lucie's favorite vegetable?
Dr. Playground 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Sick!