New York City's Little Island

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
  • Replacing a derelict pier on the Hudson River, Little Island is a new public space and performance venue constructed on top of concrete pilings shaped like tulips. Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with billionaire Barry Diller and his wife, fashion designer Diane Von Furstenberg, about their $260 million present to New York City.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 458

  • @tomkelly6833
    @tomkelly6833 3 роки тому +189

    This couple should be applauded for their contribution to developing an oasis that is inspiring and therapeutic to the soul. Thank you.

    • @alternativearchival5379
      @alternativearchival5379 3 роки тому +1

      they just made a billionaire pr stunt. wake up. their billions are ours. they r looters.

    • @tomkelly6833
      @tomkelly6833 3 роки тому +7

      @@alternativearchival5379 Dear Troll, I hope you feel better now that you got that off your chest. You have put your immaturity on full display, you are unable to appreciate something beautiful that was created for the people to enjoy. It's called philanthropy. Oh by the way. I am very aware that billionaires have taken advantage of and trod upon the lives of the common people for their own personal gains, just open a history book.

  • @omfug7148
    @omfug7148 3 роки тому +60

    Wonderful and a lasting asset to NYC that will live on long after Diller and von Furstenberg are gone. Especially appreciated now when we need a sense of community more than ever.

    • @freshprinceoflondonss9008
      @freshprinceoflondonss9008 3 роки тому +1

      Naah it will turn into a drug taken haven in a couple of years after the novelty has worn off

  • @hopejackson1319
    @hopejackson1319 3 роки тому +64

    Because you are never fully dressed without a smile. And they didn't have to, but chose to leave some love in NYC. Thank you for this inspiration.

  • @lilymack4028
    @lilymack4028 3 роки тому +86

    IMO, every bit as important as "a hospital wing". (And I'm a psychiatric professional.)

  • @KCNwokoye
    @KCNwokoye 3 роки тому +29

    The salt of the earth. Beautiful souls making the world better. ♥

  • @dm4859
    @dm4859 3 роки тому +60

    A beautiful, generous gift to West Manhattan, well thought out and funded for the future. I probably will never see it but it still makes me happy.

  • @FacheChanteDeux
    @FacheChanteDeux 3 роки тому +78

    DVF and Barry Diller really do this for the love of NYC and their love of the arts. They want to keep culture alive, it helps people's mental health.

  • @georgemaherjr2290
    @georgemaherjr2290 3 роки тому +384

    A billionaire that gives back to the people? I dig it 👊

    • @baandoptager
      @baandoptager 3 роки тому +1

      Nahhh, Fk Barry!

    • @tobehonest7541
      @tobehonest7541 3 роки тому +9

      Good sheep !
      Or billionaires can income tax proportionate to their earnings, like average people !

    • @georgemaherjr2290
      @georgemaherjr2290 3 роки тому +6

      To Be Honest Far from sheep.

    • @FaithandNova
      @FaithandNova 3 роки тому +6

      @@tobehonest7541 regardless it's helping someone who needs a place to enjoy.

    • @freshprinceoflondonss9008
      @freshprinceoflondonss9008 3 роки тому +7

      @@FaithandNova imagine investing that money into rundown areas and schools and hospitals, instead of some vanity project for some billionaire

  • @user-us6ce7me8k
    @user-us6ce7me8k 3 роки тому +43

    So many picturesque places in New York 💖🌆

    • @frenchvanilla7109
      @frenchvanilla7109 3 роки тому +2

      I ❤️ NYC so much, I get home sick if I leave for too long.🗽

  • @RadMad789
    @RadMad789 3 роки тому +411

    Much better ego boost for the super rich than a trip to outer space.

    • @wolflarson71
      @wolflarson71 3 роки тому +20

      At least it's wasting their money instead of taxpayer money. :-)

    • @Roy-G-Biv
      @Roy-G-Biv 3 роки тому +4

      Absolutely!

    • @TheKayaklover
      @TheKayaklover 3 роки тому +19

      @@wolflarson71 ... Please tell me why you consider it "wasting" money !!!

    • @LaughterOnWater
      @LaughterOnWater 3 роки тому +21

      They've chosen to give back to NY, endowing it with included maintenance and repair... Paraphrasing billionaire S. R. Haddon from the movie _Contact,_ it's a way to thank the same people from whom they've taken so very much.

    • @wolflarson71
      @wolflarson71 3 роки тому +5

      @@TheKayaklover 'Waste" is a bit subjective but if you object to spending billions on space travel that may have very little benefits compared, to say, poverty programs or infrastructure, then better billionaires do it.

  • @billshea1366
    @billshea1366 3 роки тому +92

    I was in Chelsea by the Hudson River and I found Little Island by an accident...and I LOVE it...

  • @debbiegilder1546
    @debbiegilder1546 3 роки тому +10

    Bravo!!! What a gift, the beauty and generosity brought tears to my eyes. Mr. Diller and Mrs Von Furstenberg I hope you influence others to be so generous and make an impact within cities across the country. The benefit from your kindness and grand gesture ticks so many boxes ❤❤❤

  • @newcreature222
    @newcreature222 3 роки тому +16

    What a beautiful place for the community fellowship , such great work for your fellow man

  • @lauren6509
    @lauren6509 3 роки тому +89

    I love this. Public spaces bring people together from all walks of life. They've even pledged another 120 million to upkeep it long after they've died. They care for the people of NYC so I think this was a great route. These other billionaire clowns are for the streets honestly.

  • @dbyd777
    @dbyd777 3 роки тому +10

    THANK YOU Diller family!!!!! 🙏🏾❤

  • @happymommy22
    @happymommy22 3 роки тому +6

    How sweet of them to want to give this gift to people. 💜

  • @johnnabeeson9401
    @johnnabeeson9401 3 роки тому +5

    Thank you for this beautiful gift 💝

  • @helensmeha9244
    @helensmeha9244 3 роки тому +15

    We need more people like DVF and her husband....THANKS A MILLION and God bless you both....

  • @alwaysbekindlove
    @alwaysbekindlove 3 роки тому +19

    Absolutely love this, come on millionaires and billionaires pay it forward. It will reward itself for years to come

  • @stacylovesart6135
    @stacylovesart6135 3 роки тому +6

    ART brings happy and healing.

  • @paulinetayen9559
    @paulinetayen9559 3 роки тому +8

    Awesome for mental health and mindfulness and enjoy.

  • @amorylovin2137
    @amorylovin2137 3 роки тому +8

    So glad they were willing to do this!

  • @bbygrlpt2
    @bbygrlpt2 3 роки тому +19

    Wow if only more millionaires would do stuff like this... theyre givin gifts that will forever be remembered and actually help ppl.

  • @dianeyoung8068
    @dianeyoung8068 3 роки тому +15

    What a beautiful gift.

  • @chrisfinch8637
    @chrisfinch8637 3 роки тому +46

    We don’t normally visit these islands in New York, but it is home to my dad- a New Jersey native. Even so, it is on my bucket list to visit them!

  • @anidiquaojala1804
    @anidiquaojala1804 3 роки тому +11

    Absolutely lovely !

  • @IguanaMom
    @IguanaMom 3 роки тому +11

    I wear nothing but sneakers but I look at that island and I think of high heeled shoes. I think I would have named it stiletto Island.

  • @GlobalGioReacts
    @GlobalGioReacts 2 роки тому +3

    This reminds me of growing up in Dallas , there was always so many cool/unique things and places being built directly from private donors who cared about the city’s growth 👏🏽🤘🏽

  • @allencameron6455
    @allencameron6455 3 роки тому +27

    What a great story

  • @shante6855
    @shante6855 3 роки тому +9

    Billionaires sharing their wealth…that’s beautiful.

  • @philoctetes_wordsworth
    @philoctetes_wordsworth 3 роки тому +11

    Here’s a novel idea: what if all of the American billionaires spent their fortunes in ways that benefitted everyone, and not just massively expensive narcissistic follies?
    It would be nice to see a return to the old philosophy of Noblesse Oblige. As we are experiencing a second, even greater Gilded Age, it would be wonderful if our billionaire would behave a little like the Vanderbilts and Carnegies, instead of the spoilt children we’ve got.

  • @hillaryroberts3623
    @hillaryroberts3623 3 роки тому +8

    Without gifts like this life would be dull. Thank you Mavericks of this world!

  • @T190.JLS27
    @T190.JLS27 Рік тому +2

    How wonderful! I’ve never been to NYC, but this place is now another reason I want to make the trip from Oregon to see its many sights. I think it’s great when benefactors contribute to medicine and research to “cure disease”, but I think these wonderful open spaces, especially in the big cities, also help to prevent disease by the happiness they bring. What a great place for people to come and make beautiful memories.

  • @sompich880
    @sompich880 3 роки тому +3

    I was born in New York. Left in 1988 returned only to visit my sister who now lives in Las Vegas. I hope never to go there again.

    • @freyaallan7007
      @freyaallan7007 3 роки тому

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  • @Bevkr1586
    @Bevkr1586 3 роки тому +7

    Wow, amazing. I've never been interested in going to NYC. Now, I am.

    • @yolandajimenez6337
      @yolandajimenez6337 3 роки тому

      You would Be surprised How Much you'll love it ! I Hope you'll Enjoy The culture and vibrance That Amazing city Has to offer!!! Hope you fall In Love with NYC soon! God Bless 🙌🙏❤

  • @cynthiagoldstein1133
    @cynthiagoldstein1133 3 роки тому +2

    I just love my city and anyone who supports it and it’s people, in ways big or small.

  • @wolflarson71
    @wolflarson71 3 роки тому +52

    It's fun to bash billionaires but the fact is they love to spend money on stuff like this not to mention hospitals, libraries, museums, charities, etc. Kudos to them I say.

    • @marywalters1181
      @marywalters1181 3 роки тому +8

      We bash them because they pay no taxes.

    • @wolflarson71
      @wolflarson71 3 роки тому +2

      Billionaires don't write the tax code. Kind of like bashing your kids when you allow them to do stuff you don't want them to do.

    • @debrahelmlinger6256
      @debrahelmlinger6256 3 роки тому +2

      Yes, the ones that do contribute are an asset to their communities

    • @marywalters1181
      @marywalters1181 3 роки тому +6

      @@wolflarson71 That's right they don't. They bribe our politicians to write the tax code in their favor. Why do you think they pay no taxes, Einstein?

    • @wolflarson71
      @wolflarson71 3 роки тому +4

      @@marywalters1181 Bribery is illegal and not common in your example. Try to be less hyperbolic. Also, the rich's share of taxes went 14.1 percent in 1979 to 25.3 percent in 2017. The share paid by the top quintile increased from 55.1 percent in 1979 to 69.2 percent in 2017. The share paid by the other four‐​fifths of has plummeted over that time. Chart here- www.cbo.gov/publication/56575

  • @henrysmith1464
    @henrysmith1464 9 місяців тому

    the last scens of sunset and moonrise is touching indeed.

  • @user-vm5ud4xw6n
    @user-vm5ud4xw6n 3 роки тому +3

    A great big thank you to 2 generous people. There are others who could do something similar. We tend to forget that mental health is just as important as physical health. “I see people walk across the bridge and they smile.” That’s what people need. A place to go to that makes them smile. Disney World may be the happiest place but let’s face it, not everyone can afford to go there and if you do it may only be once in a lifetime. In this world, occasionally, you need an in between Disney injection of peace and tranquillity! God bless them both. May this be an example to others with deep pockets!

  • @stacyg585
    @stacyg585 3 роки тому +1

    Martha Teichner's pieces are always so poetic.

  • @christianruiz5385
    @christianruiz5385 3 роки тому +2

    Well I know where I will be going this weekend!!!! This looks amazing thank you Barry and of course Diane or BD and DVF!!!!!

  • @IanCurls123
    @IanCurls123 3 роки тому +2

    It’s actually really cool seeing the CUNARD WHITE STAR lettering in the old pier. .-. .. .-.

  • @MegaAtomium
    @MegaAtomium 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you, Barry and Diane! I can't wait to visit!

  • @sandbridgekid4121
    @sandbridgekid4121 Місяць тому

    NYC needs more of these.

  • @gedigi9010
    @gedigi9010 3 роки тому +4

    Beautiful .

  • @yaabro663
    @yaabro663 3 роки тому +5

    Ok, but can we all talk about how adorable this island really is!

  • @carlosarias2011
    @carlosarias2011 3 роки тому +35

    Indeed a lovely tax write-off. They do love New York. Being that said, it's better to tax write-off your wealth doing things that you love to do for humanity than leave it to the Federal Government to waste on $88 million for new Furniture for Congress, and other wasteful spending.

    • @koenkeep
      @koenkeep 3 роки тому +4

      Maybe you shouldn't have set it on fire on Jan 6th then.

    • @plebianpicasso7027
      @plebianpicasso7027 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/BAjxn2US7J8/v-deo.html
      They just write it off.

  • @GeorgeDoughty-m8e
    @GeorgeDoughty-m8e Рік тому +2

    Nobody can waste money like a wealthy New Yorker. Ego's are astounding.

  • @William_sJazzLoft
    @William_sJazzLoft 2 роки тому +1

    Yet another among many reasons for me to visit the City - again.

  • @dianadelvalle3780
    @dianadelvalle3780 3 роки тому +5

    Wonderful Story. We need more parks like this in ALL the boroughs...🙂🙏🏾

  • @brandontylerproductions2202
    @brandontylerproductions2202 3 роки тому +2

    Simply stunning!

  • @marisahokefazi4735
    @marisahokefazi4735 Рік тому

    What a beautiful contribution to New York City and legacy.
    No it doesn't your disease as a new hospital would but it absolutely helps prevent disease.

  • @NKsEntertainment
    @NKsEntertainment 3 роки тому +2

    This is really awesome man made island 👍, visited recently here

  • @Bluetangg
    @Bluetangg 3 роки тому +1

    Love it! Lift the spirits of those around! It’s a wonderful new piece of “infrastructure”. I’d love to see it in person.

  • @Burps___
    @Burps___ 3 роки тому +4

    A wonderful tiny parcel of nature appreciated by a population that lives atop one another in shoeboxes.

  • @noabaak
    @noabaak 3 роки тому +1

    I live in here New York. Not sure due to Pamdemic if I will visit soon, but I am proud. And that New York Moon, you will not find it anywhere else, if you’d know what I mean. - 7/26/2021

  • @leonardodalongisland
    @leonardodalongisland Рік тому

    I've been there and taken some very cool photos. What a cool idea and execution. Thank you BD & DVF.

  • @rebekkad.2092
    @rebekkad.2092 3 роки тому +3

    What a gift to the city as well as the tourists.

  • @brooklynboi11207
    @brooklynboi11207 2 роки тому

    Good way of making people remember you when your gone.

  • @cjstanley1
    @cjstanley1 3 роки тому +4

    Just visited. It's the bomb. Go!

  • @johnlyndsay
    @johnlyndsay Рік тому

    Thank you..this is how you give back when the world has given you so much. ❤

    • @itis9555
      @itis9555 Рік тому

      it's a vanity project.

  • @c.rutherford
    @c.rutherford 2 роки тому +1

    I don't have a problem really with this, building something extraordinary and giving it to the public. I mean yes there's forever people that deserve the money more, and endless arguments about who deserves it most. But then there would never be anything great built by humanity to inspire us, or amazing things to go see. Life is already short, and it would also be dull.

  • @bratofer21
    @bratofer21 3 роки тому +1

    What a nice gift

  • @ronnieRb
    @ronnieRb 3 роки тому +1

    It would have been so much better for New Yorkers to spend those millions upgrading and beautifying the existing parks that are woefully in need than building a splashy edifice that gives PR to Barry and Diane legacy and really is only a tourist destination

  • @nlp6082
    @nlp6082 3 роки тому

    Beautiful! I want to visit when I’m there. It seems so peaceful. ☮️

  • @Sedonawhite
    @Sedonawhite 3 роки тому +1

    I love it, what a gift 🎁!!!!

  • @lovethefields
    @lovethefields Рік тому

    Perfectly narrated

  • @rochelimit55555
    @rochelimit55555 3 роки тому

    beautiful public space

  • @ck7642
    @ck7642 3 роки тому +1

    wow.

  • @elizabethmills8667
    @elizabethmills8667 3 роки тому +2

    Yes
    In ny opinion if Billionaires can abd eant ti build parks that edified and bring nature to city dwellers.

  • @omardalmau5663
    @omardalmau5663 3 роки тому +2

    Thank you for giving something nice to New York City to enjoy for a very long time.😃
    Not splashing your last name on buildings just to make you feel good about your self and you know who starts with a T

  • @rorngoon4763
    @rorngoon4763 Рік тому

    Sick ! Good for them for creating a gathering space that emits positive energy

  • @mjphoto45
    @mjphoto45 3 роки тому +4

    Sending a kid to space for 5 min for 28 million could have helped a lot of homeless

  • @newlearner5560
    @newlearner5560 3 роки тому +1

    Money well spent. This billionaire couple will be blessed with more millions. Great example of gratitude to the above.

  • @buzzkincaid5521
    @buzzkincaid5521 2 роки тому

    Why do critics always want to nay say the generosity of philanthropy? The de Medici factor of vision , in union with great art , and architecture has been the GREATEST GIFT to world 🌎 and it just keeps giving. I celebrate visions of the high minded gifts ,art has been celebrated from all economic realities ,Keith Haring’s work was generated in graffiti , adopted by sheer genius.

  • @UNDERTAKER2621
    @UNDERTAKER2621 Рік тому

    Absolutely love it here

  • @JO-mg6xc
    @JO-mg6xc 3 роки тому +8

    Start spreading the news, a billionaire with heart 💜. In old New York. A real billionaire, unlike the one in Mar o Lardo

  • @LEE-Rapture
    @LEE-Rapture Рік тому

    From what I can see it looks nice, maybe a fun place to visit.

  • @izzy9132
    @izzy9132 3 роки тому

    No it's not a hospital but instead a health enriching environment that helps keep people from needing hospitals. After seeing this segment on Little Island this Floridian is inspired to once again to visit NYC, Thank your BD and DVB for your generosity to NYC.

  • @bgw2247
    @bgw2247 3 роки тому +1

    Great idea!

  • @f1s2hg3
    @f1s2hg3 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks the island is The Best in NewYork!!!

  • @TaichiStraightlife
    @TaichiStraightlife 3 роки тому +1

    What could be bad? Smiles are way too rare these days, and gunfire on the news too loud...

  • @shaunmc013
    @shaunmc013 3 роки тому +1

    Yeah we need something like that here out West 🙂

  • @michaelwells7348
    @michaelwells7348 Рік тому

    (#5:50 ) Marsha ...marsha ...marsha...
    that was a beautiful story ... Although Hospitals can Cure illnesses .... High Spirts can keep you from going to the Hospital in the first place....

  • @ALwin808
    @ALwin808 3 роки тому +2

    WoW Amazing Place :)

  • @1966mam
    @1966mam 2 роки тому

    and while public spaces may not cure diseases, they go a long way to help prevent them! Thank you for creating the space!

  • @Ejfilmz86
    @Ejfilmz86 Рік тому +1

    Strong minds think a lot god bless your souls 🙏🙏🙏

  • @gentleman_908
    @gentleman_908 3 роки тому +1

    This is awesome 👍

  • @manhattanland8899
    @manhattanland8899 2 роки тому

    really cool place to visit.

  • @wildflowerwind6941
    @wildflowerwind6941 3 роки тому

    Thank you for developing it so they could come.

  • @SicilianStealth
    @SicilianStealth Рік тому

    The funny thing is I live ten blocks away on West 22nd Street and I have never been there.

  • @Roy-G-Biv
    @Roy-G-Biv 3 роки тому +11

    Now these are the billionaires are can get behind! Way to go! F Bezos.

    • @Roy-G-Biv
      @Roy-G-Biv 3 роки тому

      @Lee Roy Jones actually i live in ba ba land.

  • @SK22000
    @SK22000 3 роки тому +1

    That is an awesome place

  • @nilssmith-yt
    @nilssmith-yt 3 роки тому

    We love Little Island!

  • @coldragon06
    @coldragon06 3 роки тому

    this is the example of how money well spend and should spend . the design wise is truly beautiful .

  • @kbstrong429
    @kbstrong429 3 роки тому +1

    That’s amazing and great👏🏻🇺🇸💯

  • @8213apice
    @8213apice 2 роки тому

    I thought it would cost more than $260 million. Good job to them 🎉 I appreciate that.

  • @Savvynlady
    @Savvynlady 3 роки тому

    I will go when I visit my hometown again

  • @8213apice
    @8213apice 2 роки тому

    I would love to build something like this

  • @TheNameisPlissken1981
    @TheNameisPlissken1981 3 роки тому +1

    You see. Now this is nice.