Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Grand Army Plaza has a ton to learn about. Although most people probably rush through it to enter Prospect Park, there's more than meets the eye at Grand Army Plaza. I was only able to run through a handful of historical tidbits in my video, but there …
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Exploring Marcus Garvey Park (Part 2)
Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Great views from Marcus Garvey Park. I have visited the Central Harlem park before, but this time I was on a mission: to visit the top of the Fire Watch Tower on the top of Mount Morris. In late March, the NYC Parks department opened up the …
Exploring Prospect Park
Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Prospect Park is nicer when it's not raining. It might not be the largest park in New York City or the largest park in Brooklyn, but it's still pretty sizable and there are a bunch of things to do here. I am planning to return in the …
Exploring City Hall Park
Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. You will never guess what's located at City Hall Park. …okay, maybe you will. But that doesn't meant that this is a park worth skipping over. There is a lovely fountain, loads of places to sit and enjoy a book or take out, and a bunch of …
Exploring Bartel-Pritchard Square
Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Bartel-Pritchard Square: monument to two friends. In the South Slope area of Brooklyn, Bartel-Pritchard Square stands as a monument to U.S. veterans who gave their lives in battle defending the United States. The story of Mr. Bartel and Mr. Pritchard is a sad one, but immortalized in …
Exploring Liberty Park
Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Liberty Park was rebuilt from the ashes of 9/11. This might not be the largest of parks, but there are a number of interesting sights to see. My biggest concern about coming here is that, on a hot day, the heat would be unbearable. However, the crowds …
What does the New York City Council do?
Despite what you might see on TV or in movies, the Mayor does not create laws - the New York City Council does. But this begs the question: what specifically does the City Council do? In this video, I break down the basics of what New York City's singular legislative body does, and how it …
Exploring Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Flushing Meadows Park is great this time of year. Although Flushing Meadows Corona Park has been featured in tons of films and TV shows, is larger than Manhattan's Central Park, and hosted not one but two World's Fairs, it does not get the love that it deserves. …
Exploring Pumphouse Park
Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Pumphouse Park is mysterious…but also quite visible? Try as I might, I couldn't find much about this park that didn't amount to citation-free speculation or others similarly noting a lack of available information about the park. It's located in the Battery Park City area of lower Manhattan …
Exploring Zuccotti Park
Video available on TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts. Zuccotti Park was the home of Occupy Wall Street. Remember Occupy Wall Street? Zuccotti Park in downtown Manhattan was the epicenter of the movement that took over the world in 2011. However, the park itself, to be honest, is nothing to write home about. (Unless, of course, …
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