New York: The city of the greatest migration in human history and a melting pot of languages, religions, races, and cultural traditions.
Griff Rhys Jones explores this metropolis of the new world through the lives lived by the New Yorkers. Cab-drivers, Gospel singers, prison inmates, window cleaners and the Carlisle hotel manager all guide us to previously unseen heights and lows in this must-see city guide.
British comedian Griff Rhys Jones visits six important metropolises of the world, including New York, London, Rome, Paris, Sydney and Hong Kong. He looks into oddities, traditions and hidden secrets, discovering what makes these cities the greatest in the world.
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44 Comments
The Natives were just passing through. WOW! NO SAHME IN TELLING THTAT STORY.
New York City only has 5 boroughs not 6
I am a New Yorker watching this video…and i still get goose bumps. You can never get enough of this city. There’s always a new place to discover. To everyone out there, come visit!
i wouldn't live there
he said bought ??? LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
(Five boroughs.)
FABULOUS TREK! FUNNY! and "Oh. So. New York!" ❤❤
00:52 Did anyone else feel that queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach watching him looking down over the side of that building? I physically just can't see that or ever do it myself!! WHY would they even allow anyone up there? The wall is too short!
2.55 Nice to hear from nico bellic again
when i menginoed 170 languages in NY, my Afrikner friend said, 'so what! in Johannesburg we speak 4,000.
Wow! Awesome, thank you💖
Nice
A great documentary. And what a brave host.
Fun Fact about Tom’s Diner. It was inspired by the Song by Susan Vega. 💯.
this guy says six boroughs, lol.
N.Y.C 1964 living on 12 street and ave D jacob riss project's and they were clean, parking all over the place, hardly no cars on the FDR drive, we use to cross the highway to get into the eastriver park, instead of going on to the ramp,,,, university of soul R G S, all about art and music, 70's salsa was at its peak, rent was cheap, dancing clubs all over, the roseland, the cheetah, the corso the village gate, la mancha, the pcycho room, saint george hotel in brooklyn, hunts point palace, the bronx casino just to name a few, hardly any garbage, we had large metal cans, no recycling until the 80's salsa everywhere, social clubs puerto rican's
Is anyone able to tell me the name of the building where they have the huge boiler that powers half the city? I don't think Griff said what it was called and I'd love to know what it's called and more about how it works.
Absolutely Fantastic…equally charming as it was interesting and informative. Well done!
WOW!!!!!! What a refreshing change after watching the two previous films!!!! NYC is still the magic place.
DEAD BODY IN THE BAG? 9.44 MINUTES INTO THIS VIDEO,Griff watches the garbage men throw a large long black bag into the bag of the garbage truck,a worrying scene,it may actually be a dead person that nobody questions they just throw the body into the trash ,not all crimes are investigated that's just on Detective series, nobody asks questions,what an uncaring world.
9:44 Did anyone check that?
5 Boroughs not 6
Toms restaurant Brooklyn. Amazing place, in case anyone is wondering. Best breakfast institution.
"Cat nap"?
My cat "naps" 7 hours, eats, goes back to sleep again!
That is how a cat "naps".
I was born and raised in New York from Malvern to Yonkers worked on Wall Street from the time I was 19 years old until I was in my late forties then I moved to Michigan and early 50s there's no place like New York in the world
The prison system of letting prisoners out for 1 day at a time then 2 then 3 is really cool. But, I would like to know what the conditions are for that. I would like to know the statistics of crimes reported of those who have those privileges
💢❤❤❤💯💯💯
Pre covid. All those people left the city
Nice try old man everyone knows new york is not real
Thanks for the great documentary! I lived in New York for 5 years from 1989 and it brings back memories of those years. I am also making my own documentary about New York City, so it was very interesting to watch.
New Amsterdam, the Brits always downplay the Netherlands.
a Hot Dog stand for 300.000$ per year? That's selling 833 hot dogs per day. How could you ever survive with that?
Does anyone know the year this video was recorded? I’ve narrowed it down to around 2006.
'Gahbidge'.
– Tony Soprano
GREAT DOCU EXPECT THE PART WITH THE MUSLIMS!
I’ve always loved how it’s referred to as the city that never sleeps bc truly, it never stops. Coming to the suburbs for college, in my freshmen year, I was shocked at how quiet it can be at night. I even had to listen to a video playing white noise of the city in the background for me to focus the first few months. The honking, the sirens, the sound of the train rumbling overhead, etc. Ik some people won’t be able to understand, and I even have friends who want to move out of the city, but that’s home for me and is what I’m accustomed to.
I love this city so much that i went across country to nyc to celebrate my remission and than we after 9 years together we eloped and got married in nyc …. i need to move to city that doesnt sleep =)
Best city in the world. ❤
And multiculturism is part of the secret to that.
NYC: the shithole that never stops stealing.
I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you🙏🏾 from South Africa
New York, capital of the World.
1 day i will travel there
the first time i went to NYC i was spending a year back packing across the States..the biggest adventure of my life. Within 12 hours i had been mugged in Harlem, witnessed a robbery and in the evening saw Paramedics attending to man who was dying in the gutter from multiple stab wounds.
the following morning I ventured further south of 63rd street. Two things struck me. First, was the familiarity…the sights, the sounds…the second thing was the foul smell emanating from the mountains of rotting rubbish bags dumped everywhere, the eateries and horrendous smelling alleyways.
I remember writing a postcard to my Dad, and signing off…'You know when urine New York'.
To say Native didn't own the island is a lie in itself and the land was stolen