The History of Broadway: A tour of the oldest section of the famous street.

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  • Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
  • Let's take a look at the origins of the most famous street in the most famous city in America - Broadway, NYC! Once the main street of a colonial town, walk the entire length of the original street with me.
    #nycwalkingtour #nyctour #broadwaytour
    We'll pass The Bowling Green, Gen. Washington's Headquarters, Traitor General Benedict Arnold's home, Trinity Church, St. Paul's Chapel, Kings' College, and much more. And we'll learn all about the rich history of the street.
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    Thanks for watching,
    Karen Q

Комментарии • 99

  • @tigereye517
    @tigereye517 Месяц назад +3

    I walk thru this downtown area for my commute to work often. I can imagine what it was like in 1660-1800. Thank you for the tour.

  • @RonGerstein
    @RonGerstein 28 дней назад +2

    I worked at 270 Broadway from 1977 to 2000 when it was a New York State Office Building. I found out that "The Manhattan Project" got its name because the project was developed in the 270 Broadway building.

  • @cjo2012
    @cjo2012 Месяц назад +1

    Your knowledge is priceless. Long live NYC!!!!! "They say the lights are always bright ON BROAWAY" G. Benson

  • @martinadrempetic2395
    @martinadrempetic2395 Год назад +6

    I love how in the middle of the modern city you can still see remnants of the past ❤. I bet a lot of people walk by these sights every day not even aware of it

  • @jeffnew1213
    @jeffnew1213 4 месяца назад +4

    This was such a nice view. Thank you!
    I used to walk those streets daily, working at 222 Broadway and 125 Broadway. Very familiar with 1 Broadway/IMMC. That bulding still has labeled entrances for First Class, Second Class, etc. There was White Star Line's old office, where news of Titanic's sinking was relayed, the Cunard Building, etc. Great places to walk around, explore, have lunch in a former bank vault, etc. Great stuff. Thanks again!

  • @donniebrasco99
    @donniebrasco99 Год назад +8

    I loved this tour! I am from Asia, but I am so interested in the history of New York City. The first time I visited NYC back in the 90s and took my first city tour, I was already hooked. Since then, I've visited NYC 2 more times, but I still have not seen every historical site it has to offer. Now, I have to add the sites you've shown in this video to my itinerary the next time I visit. I love New York!

  • @craigb7967
    @craigb7967 Месяц назад +1

    What is interesting about these oldest parts of NY and other cities in the USA is their similarity to the Churches and Park areas of London in the UK. An excellent tour of your Country’s history.

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein 28 дней назад

      New York City was conquered by the British from the Dutch in 1664.

  • @PennilessPolitics
    @PennilessPolitics 10 месяцев назад +2

    Wow! I ate lunch in the cemetery on a field trip. The whole of Mrs. Cheser's Fourth Grade class of 1956.
    I shall seek more great history from my new subscription!

  • @gardengeek3041
    @gardengeek3041 4 месяца назад +1

    I regret not having toured this part of Manhattan when I visited long ago. Only recently did one of the genealogy sites advise me office an ancestor who fought under Gen. Washington and survived the winter at Valley Forge.
    What an eye opener to see so much is still intact from that era: the green spaces, the churches, even house numbers and side streets.
    Thank you for bringing this to life.

  • @sosure
    @sosure 11 месяцев назад +1

    THE BROADWAY history is indeed interesting. THE BROADWAY is also known for it's theatres! I LOVE THE BROADWAY!!

  • @dutchman3260
    @dutchman3260 7 месяцев назад +2

    Thank you! Greetings from the Netherlands

  • @CanvaEstudios
    @CanvaEstudios 8 месяцев назад +1

    Wow thank you for this video. I was born and raised uptown broadway. It’s funny that people who was born and raised in Ny don’t typically know all these gens and beautiful sites that New York City has to offer. We take living here for granted in some small ways. I would love a tour of my beautiful city one day. Good job !

  • @gjh997
    @gjh997 7 месяцев назад +2

    Enjoyed this video very much. Excellent delivery and informative. Thank you 😊

  • @will27ns
    @will27ns Год назад +2

    Fascinating, thank you. The Brits were big on burning churches, shops and people's houses during the war. In my town, and many New Jersey towns, they basically torched everything.

  • @paigebarnum7848
    @paigebarnum7848 Год назад +2

    This Is completely Beautiful.

  • @kellydiver
    @kellydiver Год назад +2

    I love these videos. Isn’t Hercules Mulligan the best name ever for a patriot?

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  Год назад +1

      Thank you, and YES, it is the best name in NYC Revolutionary War!

  • @robertaripley
    @robertaripley Год назад +2

    There be giants of Tartars that built those buildings with enormous doors.

  • @robertpanetta7912
    @robertpanetta7912 Год назад +1

    Tremendous video. I am a Native New Yorker and although I knew a lot of New Yorks history I learned a lot

  • @robertabrams8562
    @robertabrams8562 2 года назад +2

    Outstanding video! I’m really growing quite fond of your channel Mrs Q…it almost makes me feel as though I’m back in Colonial New York!

  • @jonnyfastlane1322
    @jonnyfastlane1322 Год назад +1

    I live in NYC. It's cool to watch videos like this. 👍

  • @hollymcclelland8388
    @hollymcclelland8388 Год назад +1

    So so enjoyable! So glad I found this

  • @MrThe1234guy
    @MrThe1234guy Год назад +1

    Love the history thanks for taking the time to share it with us.

  • @williamedmonds1505
    @williamedmonds1505 3 года назад +1

    Loved the video Mrs. Q! We thoroughly enjoyed our in person tour w you back in June of this year for my wife’s 50th BD. I highly recommend her tours to anyone visiting NYC! Thank you Karen!

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  3 года назад

      It was my pleasure!. Thank you for following on social media and for the referrals. No better advertising than that!!!

  • @elbuggo
    @elbuggo Год назад +1

    Thank you for this!

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey Год назад

    @3:00 It was before the Dutch, a well trod Indian Trail that extended way beyond the confines of the Island, the Indians called Manhata....

  • @Hailz01Gamming
    @Hailz01Gamming 8 месяцев назад

    A New York pidgin cameo 😂🤪

  • @tradeargent6507
    @tradeargent6507 9 месяцев назад

    Amazing video!!!

  • @Dave-zs7uo
    @Dave-zs7uo Год назад +1

    Love it!

  • @vincentadams9569
    @vincentadams9569 4 месяца назад

    FANTASTIC VIDEO GREAT HISTORICAL VIDEO!!

  • @Acm19999
    @Acm19999 2 года назад +1

    This helped me visualize thing so well! Thank you! Hope to take one of your tours in person one day.

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  2 года назад

      Thank you! I look forward to seeing you one day.

  • @Graciebell0517
    @Graciebell0517 3 года назад +1

    I love this stuff. Im addicted to your videos, so informative and entertaining. Well done.

  • @donaldkwasnicki4689
    @donaldkwasnicki4689 3 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video

  • @Spitnchicklets
    @Spitnchicklets Год назад +1

    Hey Mrs.Q,
    I saw you on mysteries at the Museum, I thought it was so cool!!!

  • @DebbieBrooks1963
    @DebbieBrooks1963 3 года назад

    Thoroughly enjoyed! Thank you for this!

  • @kbhastheanswer
    @kbhastheanswer Год назад +1

    Very interesting video ! Lots of history on Broadway. When I saw you at Warren St. I was hoping you knew about the Beach Pneumatic Transit. It was the first test subway built under Broadway in 1870. It is my favorite thing to point out whenever I am walking Broadway !

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  Год назад +1

      1870 is waaay after my time period. LOL!

    • @kbhastheanswer
      @kbhastheanswer Год назад +1

      @@MrsQHistory haha I agree it is very off the topic of this video ! If you are interested in learning about the Beach Subway I made a video explaining it all, It is a great story

  • @josephclarke6075
    @josephclarke6075 Год назад +1

    Capt.Kidds block and tackle from his ship was used in the building of the first Trinity Church.As you know he lived on Pearl St.

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  Год назад

      Yes, thank you for adding that info!

  • @staticfolk5948
    @staticfolk5948 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you for your personality! Could you provide more information about the land of Manhatton Island, before it was sold to the Anglican Church? I'm interested in the Lutheran story.

  • @nilosongproductions8016
    @nilosongproductions8016 10 месяцев назад +1

    The city hall area and park
    Would love to know more about it

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein 28 дней назад

      City Hall was built in 1801, but the back of the building used cheap brick because, at the time, nobody lived north of City Hall. Later, it was replaced by marble once New York City crept north of City Hall.

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein 28 дней назад

      The lower end of City Hall Park had the main Post Office Building before it eventually moved to Eighth Avenue between 31st and 33rd Steet. Now, there is a water fountain on the site.

  • @debbie9929
    @debbie9929 4 дня назад +1

    Can you talk about and tour the area Robert Townsend and Rivington lived and worked

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  4 дня назад

      Here's a video about them: ruclips.net/video/tDYOzXzm-m8/видео.htmlsi=JR9lHqDkjh65AFhN

    • @debbie9929
      @debbie9929 3 дня назад +1

      @MrsQHistory TY, fascinating. I am obsessed with the Revolutionary war. Please keep bringing these great videos

  • @todd3205
    @todd3205 Год назад +1

    i would be interested to know what Washington's route up Manhattan was, toward Fort Washington. My G7 Grandfather, Timothy Taylor was at Brooklyn Heights, and was part of the escape to Manhattan, thanks to the 400 Marylanders.

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  Год назад

      I'm not sure of the exact route. Eyewitness accounts say they crossed from Brooklyn to Manhattan and landed about where Maiden Lane and Water Street is today, then moved North of the city. (The city's Northern limit was about Chambers St today.) If you can find a copy of Barnet Schecter's "Battle for New York" he will have the details.
      I have a short video here on my channel about the crossing.
      Thank you for watching!

    • @charlenemariecoraninmemory5130
      @charlenemariecoraninmemory5130 Год назад

      delaware river dummy

  • @kathyk479
    @kathyk479 3 года назад

    What a shame they have put up so many buildings and ruined the foliage! Great video ! Once again you have out done yourself! I tip my bonnet to you! Dear Lady Q! Have a great week!

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  3 года назад

      Thank you, and I hope to "see" you this Friday for Mrs. Q Live!

  • @millster9389
    @millster9389 Год назад +1

    I enjoyed your video! I have to say I was disgusted to see a Subway in that beautiful # 2 or 3 Broadway building! Really? They had to put that cheesy sub joint in that amazing historic building. Man O Man!

  • @ILL_MEL
    @ILL_MEL 2 года назад

    This was a great vid showing the nice homes and structures that were often built by enslaved people who lived in the shacks

  • @billm6774
    @billm6774 Год назад +1

    thank you history is everywhere isn't it.
    Broadway started out way before the colonial days as an Indian trail that ran from the tip of Manhatten to upstate New York. then the Dutch made it a road.
    The Dutch didn't try to ward off the English when they took N.A. because it"s fleet was off securing the Spice Islands from the english as the Dutch were making more money from those islands than from New Amsterdam

  • @robertafierro5592
    @robertafierro5592 Год назад +1

    I heard o another video that originally Broadway was a Native American foot path! Im.not sure just how long the foot path was, but you can bet I'll find out!

  • @Hailz01Gamming
    @Hailz01Gamming 8 месяцев назад

    13:42 eightteen hundred and fourtysix 💀💀💀

  • @IrisMargareteF
    @IrisMargareteF 3 года назад

    Would it be possible to have a look inside the beautyful churches? Greetings from Austria

    • @MrsQHistory
      @MrsQHistory  3 года назад +1

      The churches are still closed due to COVID-19. I am trying to make arrangements to go inside for a video tour. Stay tuned!

    • @IrisMargareteF
      @IrisMargareteF 3 года назад

      @@MrsQHistory Thank you. I really love your tours.

  • @Allenryan819
    @Allenryan819 2 месяца назад

    Broadway goes much further than the end of Manhattan. It goes all the way to sleepy Hollow.

  • @PeterAct2
    @PeterAct2 2 года назад

    Did you used to broadcast on Periscope by any chance?

  • @tedwatson9929
    @tedwatson9929 Месяц назад

    it is incorrect to say seventeen hundred AND eighty. AND is only used to indicate a decimal.

    • @RonGerstein
      @RonGerstein 28 дней назад +1

      Are you the grammer police? "1780" can be pronounced more than one way.

    • @monicaqueenan9985
      @monicaqueenan9985 20 дней назад

      ​@@RonGersteinLOL 😄😄😄

    • @debbie9929
      @debbie9929 4 дня назад

      Who cares???

    • @monicaqueenan9985
      @monicaqueenan9985 4 дня назад

      @@debbie9929 The Minutia (Can't spell it, Spellcheck makes it worse) Police cares a great deal.

    • @debbie9929
      @debbie9929 4 дня назад

      @@monicaqueenan9985 HUH??

  • @donyellperry4176
    @donyellperry4176 9 месяцев назад

    ok she 1 out of 25 right?

  • @charlenemariecoraninmemory5130

    boston cannery is oldest cemetary

  • @charlenemariecoraninmemory5130

    was lady chastity