When New York looked like Ancient Rome

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  • @toldinstone
    @toldinstone  10 місяців тому +142

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    • @user-wi6cz4hh5b
      @user-wi6cz4hh5b 10 місяців тому

      Hello do you know if a channel named Mystery History still exists? The creator was a hippy type of man.

    • @shaynewheeler9249
      @shaynewheeler9249 10 місяців тому +1

      😢😢😢😢😢

    • @bostonraymudfloodadventures
      @bostonraymudfloodadventures 9 місяців тому

      I just stumbled upon your channel , what is your opinion on " Great Tartaria ???" Have you ever actually looked in to " Tartary???"

    • @Nollekeuh
      @Nollekeuh 6 місяців тому

      Ditch the stupid AI narrator.

    • @starsaber9631
      @starsaber9631 5 місяців тому

      The powers that run this world stop making buildings like this so future generations can control the narrative of history like they do today. And the best way to do that is to use materials in buildings that will rot and decay in a relatively short space of time. Stone buildings like those of the last last for thousands of years. A lot of people know that the history we are taught is a load of deal and the ancient architecture of the last shows that more than anything else. It's all about control 😓

  • @rockutron9000
    @rockutron9000 10 місяців тому +2469

    The demolition of the original Penn Station is insanity.

    • @flochforster7864
      @flochforster7864 10 місяців тому

      They hate our culture.

    • @peanut422hb
      @peanut422hb 10 місяців тому +58

      Must have been high tech. The destroyers from the 1800's don't want us asking questions.

    • @thedarkenigma3834
      @thedarkenigma3834 10 місяців тому +24

      @@peanut422hbDoes this has to do with Tartaria or the Mud Flood?

    • @peanut422hb
      @peanut422hb 10 місяців тому +51

      @@thedarkenigma3834 I don't know exactly, but something is very wrong. When limestone and marble are destroyed 50 years after building according to their script . Go back and look at this behemoth of a building. .

    • @craigr6842
      @craigr6842 10 місяців тому +24

      ​@peanut422hb These buildings were already here. New York is an ancient city

  • @actoraa
    @actoraa 10 місяців тому +3388

    I can't believe a building such as Penn Station was torn down.

    • @GabiN64
      @GabiN64 10 місяців тому +368

      Yeah that generation was crazy

    • @bobbo11357
      @bobbo11357 10 місяців тому +235

      I agree. My Dad thought it was even more beautiful than Grand Central Station

    • @lornamorgan3575
      @lornamorgan3575 10 місяців тому +265

      They did the same to Euston Station in London. Then, built that vile concrete box. All that's left is an entrance arch.

    • @jackthebro6548
      @jackthebro6548 10 місяців тому +116

      REBUILD PENN

    • @littlsuprstr
      @littlsuprstr 10 місяців тому

      Those people were poisoned by lead in the atmosphere from burning leaded gas and newsprint.

  • @Littlegoatpaws
    @Littlegoatpaws 10 місяців тому +1372

    When New York was truly at its peak. Maybe not in size but in splendor, relevance, and innovation.

    • @jamesleyda365
      @jamesleyda365 10 місяців тому +8

      Absolutely! Truly awesome!🗽

    • @robroy6374
      @robroy6374 10 місяців тому +24

      In my opinion NYC was at its peak from the 1960s to the 2000s

    • @espdtx4260
      @espdtx4260 10 місяців тому

      All of these buildings were here before from a previous civilization they're in every city even little towns think about it they all have buildings that we can't build today and spent every war destroying evidence

    • @Littlegoatpaws
      @Littlegoatpaws 10 місяців тому

      ​During that 1960s to 1980s period so much went under the wrecking ball. Crime and decay rampant, depopulation, bankruptcy. It was rock bottom. It recovered some before 9/11, but it was never the same. Sort of like how Constantinople recovered after the Justinianic plague, but never with quite the same energy. At least that's kind of how I see it. ​@@robroy6374

    • @mgp1203
      @mgp1203 10 місяців тому +26

      ​@@robroy6374 Never been to the US but when I think about a US state in their peak from 1960's and onward, I think mainly of California. When I think of NewYork, I always picture the city imagery from 1980's or 2010's imagery.

  • @kutter_ttl6786
    @kutter_ttl6786 10 місяців тому +488

    If anyone wants to get an idea of how it's like to walk in the waiting area of the old Penn Station, visit Ottawa in Canada. The Senate of Canada building was the former central train station, and the main waiting room was also inspired by the Baths of Caracalla. It looks almost exactly the same as the old Penn Station's, but in 3/4 scale.

    • @knightstar1312
      @knightstar1312 10 місяців тому +25

      Interesting! I did go to Ottawa years ago. Are you referring to the interior of Parliament, the Senate section?

    • @ookie4179
      @ookie4179 8 місяців тому

      Pfffft nobody wants to see inferior 3/4 ottawian architecture

  • @Thx1138sober
    @Thx1138sober 10 місяців тому +1265

    My dad took me to NYC in 1964 at age 6. While there, he took to a huge hole in the ground ringed in plywood and said, "Son, you are looking at one of the greatest crimes of the 20th century."

    • @jotrem4877
      @jotrem4877 10 місяців тому +57

      I’m so intrigued. What exactly was this “hole”

    • @hollister2320
      @hollister2320 10 місяців тому +252

      @@jotrem4877 Penn station 😢

    • @Ravum
      @Ravum 9 місяців тому +17

      He took to it? Like he liked it?

    • @kettelbe
      @kettelbe 9 місяців тому +5

      He took me. i guess​@@Ravum

    • @Vlaedx
      @Vlaedx 9 місяців тому +4

      I don't understand this. Can you explain?

  • @antichristhater3440
    @antichristhater3440 10 місяців тому +5127

    The US literally had an open canvas to make our country beautiful with elegant architecture and instead we defaulted to shit.

    • @craigr6842
      @craigr6842 10 місяців тому +139

      All stolen. Yes, that's correct. These were here.

    • @Waynebruce234
      @Waynebruce234 10 місяців тому +953

      @@craigr6842ignorant comment every civilization in human history has used ideas and concepts from other civilizations to build architecture.

    • @NarasimhaDiyasena
      @NarasimhaDiyasena 10 місяців тому

      Yeah cause the J’s seized control via the Federal Reserve the same time we started making money, hijacking’s our ability to be something more than we are today.

    • @theFORZA66
      @theFORZA66 10 місяців тому

      ​@@craigr6842the phone you types this brainrot from is also stolen

    • @wcsii
      @wcsii 10 місяців тому +1

      Go back to Korea for that comment

  • @pursueflow
    @pursueflow 9 місяців тому +88

    This is why I love Washington DC so much, its like being in a neoclassical dreamland, its stunning.

    • @777jones
      @777jones 8 місяців тому +8

      The Lincoln Memorial is my favorite structure in the US.

    • @FlyingAlfredoSaucer
      @FlyingAlfredoSaucer 8 місяців тому +1

      ​@@777jonesmine is the Jefferson Memorial

  • @paulkoza8652
    @paulkoza8652 10 місяців тому +147

    Nice job. Classical architecture abounds in New York. You just scratched the surface.

  • @RonPauldidnothingwrong
    @RonPauldidnothingwrong 10 місяців тому +54

    The Manhattan Municipal Building is absolutely stunning in person. Me and a friend admittedly got very stoned in Thomas Pain Park/Foley Square in May 2022, and turned the corner to face the MMB with the setting sun gazing down on it indirectly from the west and it was the most grand looking building I've ever seen in my life at the moment. The bottom Roman-esque pillars with its Golden statue peak reflecting the sun were magnificent. Despite its faults NYC is an amazing megapolis worth exploring indepth.

  • @yesfredfredburger8008
    @yesfredfredburger8008 10 місяців тому +197

    Misread the title as “What New York Looked Like In Ancient Rome” and thought I needed a little more sleep

    • @tiltingatwindmills3243
      @tiltingatwindmills3243 3 місяці тому

      lol I just read it the same way and I was so confused. Actually reading your comment is the only way I knew it was different

  • @andersonklein3587
    @andersonklein3587 9 місяців тому +174

    The brutalist designs that became more popular around 30-80 were pretty bad, but the Art Deco was not a downgrade, the Chrysler Building is still one of the most beautiful edifices in the entire world. Just saying.

    • @ccccaaal
      @ccccaaal 8 місяців тому +19

      Brutalism emerged in the 50s

    • @Zwingli-Was-Right-AHwasToo
      @Zwingli-Was-Right-AHwasToo 7 місяців тому

      Mister klein. Thank your rome hating people who are architects, civil lawyers and ngo owners who pressed for modernist stuff bcause they hate everything european

    • @screamingseal4805
      @screamingseal4805 5 місяців тому +2

      @@ccccaaalyeah it was a pretty pre war thing

    • @BygoneT
      @BygoneT 5 місяців тому +3

      It definitely looks striking but it's not remotely close to the top 10, and it's not even its fault. It's simple and sleek but not to a degree that makes it THAT beautiful.

  • @BLACCRAINBOW1997
    @BLACCRAINBOW1997 9 місяців тому +38

    The US had many beautiful building, these were all taken down and replaced with "modern" architecture. Early architecture in the states was amazing and an inspiration to the ppl making America.

    • @archimetropolis
      @archimetropolis 4 місяці тому +1

      You can easily blame the suburbs and car dependancy for this

  • @timdella92
    @timdella92 10 місяців тому +122

    I’m still mad about the demolition of Penn Station.

  • @jbug1979
    @jbug1979 10 місяців тому +58

    You can still visit the Croton Aqueduct. Parts of it have been preserved as historic sites and greenways for walking and biking. It's a pretty nice day trip, if you live close by.

  • @aalexander928
    @aalexander928 10 місяців тому +9

    Thank you so very much for this short and excellent video of neo-classical architecture in Manhattan.
    As a New Yorker I mourn the loss of so many of the exquisite structures depicted.
    It remained a beautiful city through the 1950's.

  • @Rice_BaL
    @Rice_BaL 10 місяців тому +38

    I recently visited New York for a school trip and was amazed by the neoclassical architecture mostly around Times Square and the fashion district but it was pretty pretty much everywhere i went in manhattan

    • @CoercedJab
      @CoercedJab 6 місяців тому

      Look up hidden history it will blow your mind. Your eyes already saw for themselves… try visiting your states capitol next 💀

    • @genevieve730
      @genevieve730 2 місяці тому

      I guess you missed the illegals crowding the sidewalks and the drug addicts sleeping in the street

  • @matthewroth1299
    @matthewroth1299 10 місяців тому +59

    Your videos are always 10/10--not terribly long, extremely interesting, well-edited, and of course educational.

  • @user-rl3iv2jk9q
    @user-rl3iv2jk9q 10 місяців тому +36

    12 March 2024 AD :
    After two fullll years or more , I remain a stout Told in Stone fan , looking forward to them every Friday .
    Very thsnk you Dr .Garrett Ryan .

  • @TrailBlazer5280
    @TrailBlazer5280 9 місяців тому +16

    Some of the old destruction was bad planning or negligence, but much of it was an intentional attack on our society. These were meant to remove beautiful things and heritage from our daily lives so we the workers would become indifferent to our surrounding. Be ok with moving often and prevent us from establishing community and pride.

    • @falcongamer58
      @falcongamer58 3 місяці тому

      Here before naysayers claim it was purely because of profit

  • @jaby18
    @jaby18 7 місяців тому +3

    The kindness here is so inspiring. Blessings to everyone!

  • @subnormality5854
    @subnormality5854 10 місяців тому +80

    'The Hidden Roman Design of New York City - UA-cam'
    Saving this original title for later

    • @oliverpapai6011
      @oliverpapai6011 2 місяці тому

      "When New York looked like Ancient Rome" as of 17 11 24

  • @christiantaylor4027
    @christiantaylor4027 10 місяців тому +14

    Most people don't see what's around them. I'm probably the same but I look at the architecture of small towns and big cities. It talks but only if you listen. Thanks for this vid.

    • @xXcangjieXx
      @xXcangjieXx 9 місяців тому +3

      And the fun part is you only need to look, sometimes even the most mundane buildings can have amazing details. Just the other day I went inside a boring industrial building from the 50s but once inside the whole entrance lobby was covered from ceiling to floor in a beautiful green swedish marble.

    • @christiantaylor4027
      @christiantaylor4027 9 місяців тому

      I agree. You never know. Great features turn up everywhere you look.@@xXcangjieXx

  • @thomasmacdonough288
    @thomasmacdonough288 9 місяців тому +10

    My father used to work at the (now defunct) Grand Prospect Hall, a beautiful 1903 Victorian style banquet hall in Brooklyn.
    Between my fascination with that building, and reading the Great Gatsby in HS, I found great admiration for early 20th century NYC and used it as a reference in art classes, so it's the version of the city I'm used to seeing.
    But whenever I see what they've done to the skyline in person, I feel disgusted. In the never ending tale of NYCs destruction, that aforementioned Grand Prospect Hall was torn down in 2022 to make way for an apartment block.

    • @pegcity4eva
      @pegcity4eva 8 місяців тому

      Just googled it. Damn shame.

  • @squidmeta
    @squidmeta 10 місяців тому +514

    Wake up honey, new toldinstone video

    • @zachesherman
      @zachesherman 10 місяців тому +27

      And she immediately throws the pillow in your face “why do you always think about the Roman Empire?”😂

    • @1Rab
      @1Rab 10 місяців тому +2

      ​@@zachesherman Are you in NC?

    • @zachesherman
      @zachesherman 10 місяців тому +3

      @@1Rab ummmm.... no. Why do you ask?

    • @into_the_void
      @into_the_void 10 місяців тому +1

      Im up . .... Im up .. jeeZ

    • @Lady_Graham
      @Lady_Graham 10 місяців тому +4

      IT’S BABE YOU RAPSCALLION

  • @ivdeadelendaest
    @ivdeadelendaest 9 місяців тому +24

    God I hate modern architecture with a passion, neoclassical was peak architecture.

  • @colorays
    @colorays 9 місяців тому +7

    Off topic, but thank you for putting your ads at the end. UA-cam is so full of ads, and it is maddening to hear an add break after the first thirty seconds of a video.

  • @skitsschist11
    @skitsschist11 10 місяців тому +272

    Copying the architecture of Rome is cool, but we didnt have to copy their collapse too

    • @graciemaemarie11jones16
      @graciemaemarie11jones16 8 місяців тому +1

      they lasted 100 years. usa aint nothing

    • @caelin4174
      @caelin4174 8 місяців тому +31

      ​@graciemaemarie11jones16 youre double wrong lil bro

    • @jordanreeves6008
      @jordanreeves6008 7 місяців тому

      usa torn down all the Hebrew buildings wake up they didn't make minority of them if they did there would be more but they cant copy god

    • @jordanreeves6008
      @jordanreeves6008 7 місяців тому

      plus look at ww 2 or 1 all to rewrite history just look at the photos

    • @Username-2
      @Username-2 7 місяців тому +4

      @@graciemaemarie11jones16 Do you struggle with math?

  • @crossfire7474
    @crossfire7474 9 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for sharing the podcast interview and your new book. Hope to look into it soon.

  • @Oscar-zi2pp
    @Oscar-zi2pp 10 місяців тому +17

    My favorite piece of neoclassical architecture in NYC is the Con Ed building near union square. It is so grand on the skyline and feels larger than life! Great video as always

  • @endrawes0
    @endrawes0 10 місяців тому +10

    New Yorker here. Not sure how new Tom's is but love the Seinfeld reference!
    Also I be was hiking the Old Croton Aqueduct trail just this weekend!
    Amazing feat for it's time

  • @jileel
    @jileel 9 місяців тому +7

    Many old structures in L.A. still stand, although our current civilization isnt wise or wealthy enough to care for them.

  • @TravelingDude18
    @TravelingDude18 10 місяців тому +4

    As always, an interesting video with cool facts that enrich what I knew. Can't wait to visit New York again and look for the hidden Roman architecture!

  • @kartos.
    @kartos. 10 місяців тому +16

    Thank you for mentioning Philadelphia, it's tiring when William Penn's contribution to American city layouts gets ignored. Just look how Boston turned out

    • @JayKarpwick
      @JayKarpwick 6 місяців тому +1

      Philly was founded* in 1682, when the Great Fire of 1666 was still fresh in British memory. Penn was familiar with Descartes' work on coordinate systems; its regularity and simplicity inspired his grid layout for the city.
      * *_NOT_* "found", the way the TartarSaucians love to try to redefine common English words ...

  • @prototropo
    @prototropo 10 місяців тому +7

    My favorite reminder of classical grace in public architecture is Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. Small in scale but vast in evocation, it never fails to send my thoughts winging to the ancient shores of a more eloquent, noble idea of civilization.

  • @alexdelvento1273
    @alexdelvento1273 5 місяців тому +4

    Literally all roads lead to Rome
    💪🏻🇮🇹🏛️💪🏻

  • @danielwoods404
    @danielwoods404 8 місяців тому +1

    I love that your videos do not have unnecessary background info or introduction.

  • @dingjo5027
    @dingjo5027 10 місяців тому +5

    what a great video, will watch it several times, I will need to research McKim, Mead, and White further, Thanks!

  • @BC-lo6rf
    @BC-lo6rf 10 місяців тому +3

    Outstanding as always.

  • @SlapShotRegatta22
    @SlapShotRegatta22 10 місяців тому +53

    "...and finally, in 2024 New York, the transition from the City Beautiful movement to the City Cesspool movement has been completed."

    • @lechosenone7016
      @lechosenone7016 6 місяців тому +4

      why do people act like nyc isnt 100x better now than it was in the 70s to 90s. Back then NYC looked like war torn berlin. NYC is much more beautiful than ppl give credit for

    • @jayzandstra1830
      @jayzandstra1830 6 місяців тому +4

      @@lechosenone7016 we are not thinking of the 80's or 90's lad.

    • @That_Awesome_Guy1
      @That_Awesome_Guy1 4 місяці тому

      ​@@lechosenone7016 Who said anything about the 70s to 90s?

    • @dorthvoder9375
      @dorthvoder9375 4 місяці тому

      @@lechosenone7016 NYC has been preety ugly for a while now, unsafe streets, gangs and drug addict capital since the 1950s after all, a ney yorker is more likely to bite you in NYC than a shark in the ocean, after all.
      But it didn't take such a toll on the city back then and not at the scael it does now, the sheer lack of maintenance overshadows the newer works. It is certainly not better, and it hasn't been in a while.
      On the other hand I'd say New Jersey is looking good now.

  • @WedgeyPage
    @WedgeyPage 3 місяці тому +1

    Can you do a review of Megalopolis? After watching this video I think you would enjoy it.

  • @c0bra969
    @c0bra969 10 місяців тому +8

    I wish youd do longer vids and more podcasts! Ive listened to them all 2 plus times! Channel is great.

  • @GravityZx
    @GravityZx 9 місяців тому +2

    I really apreciate your work. Thank you!

  • @HistoriaMoneta
    @HistoriaMoneta 10 місяців тому +6

    Love these videos. You should do one for Philly, we have a ton of great neoclassical buildings.

  • @pavopija
    @pavopija 10 місяців тому +2

    Rome and NYC are my two favorite cities I visited. Coincidentally, while not having visited that many cities around the world, I think they are the two greatest urbanistic achievements of mankind.

  • @johnsolo1701d
    @johnsolo1701d 10 місяців тому +58

    Chicago too - in some ways more so!

    • @ipanonymously9503
      @ipanonymously9503 10 місяців тому +8

      Way more

    • @JO3BID3N-is-a-P3D0
      @JO3BID3N-is-a-P3D0 9 місяців тому

      the entire u.s.a and the rest of the world actually

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar 9 місяців тому

      Far more, more than you'd believe.

    • @777jones
      @777jones 8 місяців тому +2

      I took an architecture class that really focused on Chicago. Its rise was a bit later and better organized than Manhattan’s.

  • @ns7353
    @ns7353 10 місяців тому +7

    Don’t fail to mention the significant of ley lines ! The free masons would want them remembered

  • @reference2592
    @reference2592 10 місяців тому +1

    Your videos are always sooo good. Thanks.

  • @JJ__
    @JJ__ 9 місяців тому +1

    “the anxiety of influence” - another Bloom fan? love that book

  • @richardpchaseii5084
    @richardpchaseii5084 10 місяців тому +3

    A lot of beautiful buildings in Boston/Cambridge, by McKim, Mead and White, too. I'm not sure who was responsible, but one of the oldest buildings, at MIT, sure qualifies as "Romanesque"!

  • @cedarflags
    @cedarflags 7 місяців тому +1

    A lot of smaller American cities still have skylines like this, but on a smaller scale. It's pretty neat to see a skyline untouched from the depression era.

  • @verandi3882
    @verandi3882 10 місяців тому +4

    great video, i love this channel

  • @jpvansplunder
    @jpvansplunder 10 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely fantastic video. I love the voiceover and over-all style.

  • @StirlingCookie
    @StirlingCookie 10 місяців тому +9

    I watch your videos every night before bed. I look forward to it every night.

  • @crackerjack101jds
    @crackerjack101jds 6 місяців тому

    Love this content. Fascinating stuff. Cant wait to start going thru your work. Great job.

  • @calebdoner
    @calebdoner 10 місяців тому +73

    And women wonder why we think about the Roman empire so much. It totally surrounds us.

    • @ackvevo
      @ackvevo 9 місяців тому +14

      Idk about you but I think about the Ming Dynasty little bro

    • @princejaxisblack8789
      @princejaxisblack8789 9 місяців тому

      who’s we? you French or sumn? 💀 I don’t think about a particular European empire

    • @timothymatthews6458
      @timothymatthews6458 8 місяців тому +1

      @@ackvevo The Ming was inferior the the Qin and Han. It was a relatively weak dynasty because the aristocracy was eliminated centuries prior.

    • @ackvevo
      @ackvevo 8 місяців тому

      @@timothymatthews6458 based
      The Ming weren’t afraid of exploring the world either

    • @timothymatthews6458
      @timothymatthews6458 8 місяців тому +1

      @@ackvevo Um, when I said it was weak, I was not implying that it was a good thing. It is bad when a state is weak.

  • @sophiaoconnell1927
    @sophiaoconnell1927 10 місяців тому +2

    There’s a lot of places where you can still catch the vibe to be honest especially around lower midtown and Wall Street. There’s even some Babylonian looking buildings with wild stone work.

  • @jhfdhgvnbjm75
    @jhfdhgvnbjm75 10 місяців тому +13

    I wish the city beautiful movement had lasted, or better was still with us :(

  • @AugustusCaesarBCE
    @AugustusCaesarBCE 9 місяців тому +1

    I really love Roman and Greek Architecture. I wish there were more splendid architecture like that today

  • @bentationfunkiloglio
    @bentationfunkiloglio 10 місяців тому +5

    I buy my coffee beans directly from a local roaster. Can't ever go back to store bought beans!
    Getting coffee within a week or two of it's roasting is absolutely critical if one wants to achieve maximum coffee lovers' bliss, aka a coff-gasm.

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 10 місяців тому

      Gay

    • @bentationfunkiloglio
      @bentationfunkiloglio 10 місяців тому +1

      @@canadianmmaguy7511 Appreciate your interest but I only like women. Cheers.

    • @canadianmmaguy7511
      @canadianmmaguy7511 10 місяців тому +1

      @@bentationfunkiloglio cheers

    • @CDLuminous
      @CDLuminous 10 місяців тому

      My town has a coffee roaster. We can never tell if the smell is coffee roasting, a skunk or someone smoking a blunt.

    • @bentationfunkiloglio
      @bentationfunkiloglio 10 місяців тому

      @@CDLuminous Must be roasting beans for Starbucks.

  • @martinfernandez882
    @martinfernandez882 10 місяців тому +2

    I long for the prewar New York cityscape, so beautiful.

  • @froodsmash
    @froodsmash 10 місяців тому +14

    RIP old Penn Station

  • @CassowaryBlue
    @CassowaryBlue 5 місяців тому +1

    Dearest narrator, a humble suggestion from a thankful listener:
    Please vary your rhythm, speed, volume, and pitch (remember RSVP) when reading your manuscript.
    It will greatly improve the experience for the listener.
    Many thanks for providing this free content!

  • @williamsullivan3967
    @williamsullivan3967 10 місяців тому +9

    I really enjoyed this. Thanks!!

  • @ChrisWashburn
    @ChrisWashburn 8 місяців тому +1

    5:47 Small correction...the marble structure was dedicated in 1895, but it was finished 1892, after a year of fundraising and planning by public committee. Original concept Arch work started in 1886, and finished in 1889 was made of wood-frame and Plaster. Fun facts: The area in the 1790s was originally a burial ground, with public executions, which the area 30-40 years later was covered over and became a housing development for the rich.

  • @YadraVoat
    @YadraVoat 9 місяців тому +5

    I suppose this finally explains the state nickname "The Empire State."

  • @Charlie-hv3dh
    @Charlie-hv3dh 9 місяців тому

    Really cool channel man!! Love this lol!

  • @zbs8334
    @zbs8334 10 місяців тому +8

    Is there any signs of Roman influence in Milwaukee?

    • @s_mau6902
      @s_mau6902 10 місяців тому +2

      if you haven’t seen it already, the old northwestern mutual insurance building is a really cool and great building with an obvious neoclassical influence, but it looks like most of milwaukee’s influence is german

  • @akombalasau4022
    @akombalasau4022 8 місяців тому

    I'm so Fascinated of the past architectures.

  • @waxonwaxofffg3768
    @waxonwaxofffg3768 10 місяців тому +47

    Torn down to hide the past.

    • @dbyspae122
      @dbyspae122 9 місяців тому +5

      Tartaria the way you think of it never happened bud

    • @joecool9739
      @joecool9739 9 місяців тому +5

      ​@@dbyspae122
      Tartaria was the name given to the Eurasian Steppes by Medieval historians
      It was inhabited by Tatars and it was a hellish wasteland
      In Greek "Tartarus" was the name for hell...Medieval historians were fluent in Greek and Latin
      Not hard to see why they called that land Tartaria

    • @jesusisking8502
      @jesusisking8502 9 місяців тому

      Obviously.

    • @Svenburchard
      @Svenburchard 9 місяців тому +1

      @@dbyspae122 They say many of these buildings took a year to build. It doesn't need to be tartaria to be suspecious.

    • @Poisson4147
      @Poisson4147 9 місяців тому +1

      @@Svenburchard The Empire State Building took less than 18 months. There's MOUNTAINS of evidence documenting how it was done. Hard work and loads of planning can do all sorts of incredible things. Nothing "suspecious" [suspicious] about it if you understand anything about project planning.

  • @conrad4852
    @conrad4852 9 місяців тому

    This was a fascinating & informative video. Thank you.

  • @PerennialAWL
    @PerennialAWL 10 місяців тому +11

    I guess that’s why they call it “The Big Ap-Palaiologos”

  • @samthesomniator
    @samthesomniator 6 місяців тому +2

    That was not how ancient rome looked like. 😅
    I really love neoclassizism, and its true, that it has a lot of elements that it borrowed from the greko-roman style it is ignoring others entirely. For example it leaks the painting of those columns and ornaments nearly entirely. Ancient buldings usually have been very colorful. Up to an extend we wouldn't nccsrly consider it aesthetical pleasant. Also the ornaments in neoclassizism attached to buildings for housing often applied only to sacral temple architecture or public buildings in Rome. 😅

  • @ejakobs9881
    @ejakobs9881 10 місяців тому +3

    We need a city beautiful movement back, big time.

  • @aurorathekitty7854
    @aurorathekitty7854 10 місяців тому

    Never been inside the city but drove past it couple times. Seeing it as I drove past was good enough for me

  • @Dano12345100
    @Dano12345100 9 місяців тому +9

    New York still looks like Rome but of course it looks like Rome one century after the fall.

    • @jordanreeves6008
      @jordanreeves6008 7 місяців тому +1

      cause it is Hebrew people where in slaved why do u think they say rome was built in one day

    • @Vlad_the_inhaler69
      @Vlad_the_inhaler69 7 місяців тому

      ​@jordanreeves6008 they say it wasn't built in a day that's the quote tf you mean Hebrew slaves? .

  • @AmericaandWorldArchitectureCha
    @AmericaandWorldArchitectureCha 9 місяців тому +1

    super video, thank you

  • @ЦзинКэ-ы5х
    @ЦзинКэ-ы5х 10 місяців тому +12

    WE WUZ ROMANS ET FECES

  • @0lintana
    @0lintana 9 місяців тому +1

    Do not forget the Church, alot of this is build in tribute to that!! You can find this stuff almost all over the world!!

  • @ModeSOLOgaming
    @ModeSOLOgaming 10 місяців тому +7

    Someone, somewhere, just sees this architecture as proof of the tartarian empire. If you don't know, look it up. Hilariously bad conspiracy.

    • @byEFox
      @byEFox 10 місяців тому +2

      Ask questions bad, accept historical account as completely objective and factual

    • @udontknowhoiambutiknowhereuliv
      @udontknowhoiambutiknowhereuliv 10 місяців тому +2

      ⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@byEFoxjust because someone doesn’t believe the whole ratardian empire theory, doesn’t mean they advocate just blindly following the official narrative without question. And if the original commenter thought asking questions was bad as you implied, why would he tell people to look it up for themselves in his comment?

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@@udontknowhoiambutiknowhereuliv Don't listen to these...ugh, beings, they make everything sound like the end of the world, and have zero hope in their tone of mind. I'm going to drink a delicious cup of fruit punch with shaved ice now, and give the middle finger to these freaks of nature that have started popping up from god knows where.

    • @jac6995
      @jac6995 9 місяців тому

      fucking mud flood nonsense...

    • @tubeguy4066
      @tubeguy4066 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@byEFox"your ancestors didnt build anything! They just stole because they were colonizers! Now accept 5 million refugees a year!"

  • @expertplace
    @expertplace 9 місяців тому +1

    "In Winnipeg, they created a Roman temple that exudes the feeling of strength and permanence associated with ancient architecture. Five stoic granite columns weighing 12 tonnes each stand guard over the famous intersection, protecting a cathedral-like banking hall of Italian marble with a ceiling adorned in gold leaf that is today valued at more than $2 million. The Manitoba Free Press called it “One of the most imposing buildings in Canada" 335 main street winnipeg, I always knew we had historic buildings, but that's pretty cooo

    • @expertplace
      @expertplace 9 місяців тому

      3:46 made me search to see if they had designed anything here and there it was.

  • @WinstonSmithGPT
    @WinstonSmithGPT 10 місяців тому +19

    As the city decivilizes into complete collapse, unfortunately neoclassical architecture won’t leave ruins as picturesque as the original.

  • @jimmyconway8025
    @jimmyconway8025 5 місяців тому +1

    I'd say 30th street station the old post office across the street
    And philadelphia art museum are all close seconds to Penn station

  • @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156
    @hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 10 місяців тому +13

    I for one would be very curious to see a comparative analysis of American "Civil Cult" and Roman traditional religion.
    Temples to Jupiter, temples to Lincoln and Jefferson. Etc.

    • @susannewcomer9614
      @susannewcomer9614 10 місяців тому +4

      The center pf Washington, DC does has an ancient Roman atmosphere, and I think a time travelling Roman would think that the Lincoln Memorial was a temple to an emperor/god.

    • @Blackadder75
      @Blackadder75 10 місяців тому +2

      Trump cult as well

    • @robertbobbypelletreaujr2173
      @robertbobbypelletreaujr2173 10 місяців тому

      The sickness makes them incapable of going more than a few minutes without mentioning him. It usually only infects disturbed, malicious,loserly types.

    • @Potacintvervs
      @Potacintvervs 10 місяців тому

      ​@@susannewcomer9614 I don't feel that this is by mistake. Lincoln is the forever dictator of the Democratic Party. He has achieved apotheosis, and his authoritarian rule over the United States sets him along the likes of great leaders before him, like Genghis Khan, or Julius Caesar, himself. Lincoln is worshipped like a god, and while he does not receive sacrifices, the rest of the tropes still apply.

  • @tlinn8524
    @tlinn8524 6 місяців тому

    Art Deco followed suite in a way, drawing inspiration from multiple ancient civilisations such as Maya, Egypt, etc. only through a contemporary, aspirational and futuristic lens

  • @AloysiusChristopher-pm7gg
    @AloysiusChristopher-pm7gg 9 місяців тому +3

    Thank god we have modern architectural wonders such as Walmart, Dollar General, and Red Lobster.

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar 9 місяців тому

      Don't forget the interior design of Chillys. Gives me the shivers and shakes everything I walk in.

  • @DragonActual
    @DragonActual 6 місяців тому

    Glad this video showed up in my recommendations

  • @ingold1470
    @ingold1470 10 місяців тому +2

    Interesting that the beautiful buildings that so many contrast with the glass towers of today and the brutalist nonsense of 50 years ago were the result of a short-lived concerted effort.

  • @KatherineSimmons-em7nm
    @KatherineSimmons-em7nm 9 місяців тому

    great video, i lovke this channel

  • @SJam491
    @SJam491 10 місяців тому +15

    Penn Station still exists, but it's entirely underground now. What stands above it is Madison Square Garden.

    • @APAL880
      @APAL880 10 місяців тому +2

      Madison Square Garden was also built by that same great firm that designed the old Penn Station. But that was demolished too in place of the cheap brown concrete mess called MSG.

    • @DukeoftheAges
      @DukeoftheAges 9 місяців тому +1

      yeah but the building above ground needs to be brought back

  • @saxophonistballerina
    @saxophonistballerina 7 місяців тому +1

    U cool for sponsoring in the end

  • @lordbiro
    @lordbiro 10 місяців тому +3

    Always great these vids 😊❤ thanks. Now hurry up with the next !! 😂😂

  • @seanrizzle
    @seanrizzle 9 місяців тому +1

    I've lived in New York City for 13 years, and I still sometimes get lost in the financial district...

  • @trymellow8914
    @trymellow8914 10 місяців тому +3

    @2:25 where is this ?

    • @Foreskin-Forest
      @Foreskin-Forest 7 місяців тому +2

      It's from the 1893 Columbian exposition that was held in Chicago, which is what the first World's fair was called. I'm sorry that nobody answered your question for so long.

  • @oO-_-_-_-Oo
    @oO-_-_-_-Oo 10 місяців тому +2

    Fascinating.

  • @tafutokuta2344
    @tafutokuta2344 10 місяців тому +18

    The past had so much more class and respect to form

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando 10 місяців тому +2

    Penn Station based on the Baths of Caracalla. Oh, *that* paragon of virtue!

  • @olivere5497
    @olivere5497 10 місяців тому +63

    'We wuz Caesars n shieeeeeeeet!'

  • @ronthesinger
    @ronthesinger 8 місяців тому

    Francis Ford Coppola now has an upcoming film titled "MEGALOPOLIS", an epic Roman fable set in a fantastical New York City. :)

  • @Dominic-tq6dw
    @Dominic-tq6dw 10 місяців тому +3

    U forgot to mention the Empire State Building.. Which is shaped on an OBELISK

    • @WitchKing-Of-Angmar
      @WitchKing-Of-Angmar 9 місяців тому

      The empire state building is a mix of late art noveau architecture (similar to the busch tower in midtown built in 1917) and art deco facade stone geometry.