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  1. Thank you for calling it the Sears Tower and not that Willis abomination...
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  2. They pronounce it "Kay'-row". Most pronunciations are bowdlerized from their original forms.
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  3. You omitted that the primarily reasons for the demise of the railroad on the west side of Manhattan were (a.) with the coming of container ships, cargo was no longer being handled at the piers on the west side, (b.) with improved refrigeration, fresh meat no longer had to come from the meat packing district, and (c.) the lower Manhattan produce market was removed to Hunts Point in the Bronx to make room for the World Trade Center.
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  4. I live in a city called Santos, in the coast of Brazil. Here a trolley line was reestabilished around 20 years ago be used as a tourist atraction, making a loop through landmarks and historical building in our downtown area. It's a very sucessfull project being constantly expanded to make the loop bigger and still being active. Fun fact is that senior trolley drivers, that used to drive trolleys when they where the main public transportation, where the ones hired to drive in the revitalized trolley line.
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  5. There are literally 7 of these being used as a break water off Kiptopeake State Park 2.5hrs south of the Cape May/Lewis Ferry in Virginia. And they are intact if anyone wants to visit.
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  6. I used to use Lower Wacker quite frequently, between 1976-1980. It was a great way to avoid street-level traffic and inclement weather, you just had to watch out for potholes and freight trains. Back then, a few of those skyscrapers had loading docks large enough to handle one or two boxcars.
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  7. I was in Chicago for the first time over the summer and accidentally found myself in the lower levels. No clue how I got there, but it sure was a pain to get out!
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  8. Fun fact Sears was going to make the tower even bigger, around 5.5-6 million square feet. But since the faa limited the height of the building to 1,450 ft, Sears was forced to cut back the square footage to just 4.5 million square feet.
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  9. A very calm way of saying "Run, Run for your fucking lives"
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  10. Never knew Singer Tower existed, but hearing of its advanced technology it really was the grandfather of the modern skyscraper, all the technology used within its basement is almost identical to what was implemented into the WTC towers, from the super pumps that pumped water to the upper floors to the high speed elevators, if I was alive and had the money Singer Tower would’ve been turned into some upscale apartments or at the very least a multi lease office building with various businesses to be housed within, not very glamorous but it would’ve most likely survived longer
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  11. Never even hear of it. That’s why I love history you learn something new every day
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  12. Gorge, not George.
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  13. This channel is like Hayley's comet, it comes back every 86 years
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  14. The destruction of Penn Station was a crime against humanity.
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  15. My parents remodeled their study 20 or 25 years ago and the hard wood for the floor was from the submerged trestle. It had hues of primary colors somewhat pastel like and changed depending on the light and angles you looked at it. It was amazingly beautiful. Being submerged under the heavy salt water treated it in that special way :)
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  16. Great video. From what I know, the structure was built of Redwood froom the northwest when the loggers were falling the big trees. It was almost flawless wood, no knots. That grade is priceless today. I've worked remodeling 1950's homes from my younger days with the same. Back then I don't think they took account of how long it took to grow. Salvaging it was a good thing. I was raised by parents that survived WWII waste was a no go in our home.
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  17. While working in Manhattan, ive taken the tunnel many times. But as a native New Yorker, things like this are taken for granted. Looking forward to this video.
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  18. Should have been made a National Heritage Site. What a shame to lose it.
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  19. This was very interesting. You should also look into the salt mines below Detroit and lake erie
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  20. The old Waldorf was a pretty damn impressive building in it's day. Still would be now if it were still standing.
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  21. Interesting history. The Detroit projects were predictive of what was to happen later in St. Louis and Chicago with their housing projects. Good idea at first, but doomed to fail due to poor management and crime. Thanks for posting.
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  22. I owned a home in Amagansett for years. All of the year round residents knew to stay away from Plum Island. You couldn’t get anywhere near it since it was so heavily guarded. It was an open secret that it was a government run lab that “dealt”with nasty infectious diseases. Such a beautiful area, but you were definitely near the twilight zone. And yes, there were definitely experiments with ticks as vectors or delivery systems for a wide variety of infectious diseases, Lyme disease being one of the many. Lyme (includes other tick borne diseases) is the fastest growing notifiable diseases in this country according to the cdc. Most people think it’s only Lyme, but there are many other tick borne diseases in this country. They’re all nasty and can be very difficult to treat.
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  23. Such a beautiful and amazing memorial to Crazy Horse.
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  24. My grandpa was a businessman, he started out in the printing business and from the 30s until the 70s he traveled exclusively by train on out of town business. He refused to fly. He'd drive if it wasn't too far, but he liked trains.
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  25. I live practically right next to the mothball fleet and I drive by it all the time on my way to college. I know it’s for the best that the ships get removed but it’s almost sad in a way. When I was a kid the fleet was huge and scary, now it’s down to just four or five ships.
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  26. I operated the 12:08 money train (on overtime) a few times as a motorman. It was one of the many different non revenue trains I worked. All of the workers carried hand guns which they had to return at the end of their tour.There was one old timer who had the longest commute I ever jeard of. He lived in Arizona and flew home every weekend. It only cost him $10.00 since his wife worked for an airline. He told me that he was retiring in six months. It was still amazing to hear him tell me this. That was back in mabey in 1968 or so but I still remember him. I started working there in 1967, and no, it did not seem like yesterday. Old c/r, m/m, motorman instructor.
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  27. It's a shame no one actually lives in this beautiful building. Since the rent for a closet sized apartment in NY is obscenely high, I'd love to see this turned into affordable apartments, but I'm a dreamer.
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  28. The best place I know of to see Tillamook Lighthouse from land is at Ecola State park just north of Cannon Beach. Bring binoculars. I've been there many times and love it during the dead of winter during king tides. Incredible forces of nature at work. Disliking people as much as I do, being a lightkeeper on Terrible Tilly would be a dream assignment for me. Especially as a Navy sailor who loves the sea.
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  29. Thank you for posting this. My Grandfather was a conductor and he got the first train orders to cross that. My brother still has the original paperwork.
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  30. The hotel that used to be there was much superior to the lollipop building or the reskinned building. Both versions are hideous. At least the lollipop version was sort of interesting in a weird way.
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  31. You mentioned Wacker passing away in Lake Geneva. Would love to see some videos about the history of that town. Lots of old wealthy Chicago families had mansions around the lake which has a unique way of the USPS delivering mail by boat. Play Boy built a resort there and the founder of DnD is from the area and still holds GaryCon at the old Play Boy Resort.
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  32. Ive sailed my sailboat to Devils island many times and love it there. We were stuck in the very small harbor for two days because of storms. In fact Lake Superior has a mystic draw for me that started as a child, something I love a great deal.
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  33. In Newport News, Virginia, there is a place called Oyster Point. You are hard-pressed to find much of its history on the ground today. In the 19th and 20th centuries, oysters were harvested from the Chesapeake Bay in vast quantities. So much so that oysters were considered a poor person's food. That's why Oyster Rockefeller was a joke name. One of the principal points where oysters were unloaded onto trains was Oyster Point. At its peak, there were three rail companies operating daily runs from Newport News to the major cities of the Northeast. Over time, there were fewer and fewer oysters. The bay became polluted, and the culinary taste of the nation shifted. Now there is a major push to repopulate the Chesapeake Bay with oysters. Each adult oyster can filter up to 50 gallons of water in a day. Early settlers reported how clear the water was when they arrived. It is no longer that way, but it might return if oysters return.
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  34. Some of the best concerts I’ve ever been to have been at the saltair. Great venue for music.
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  35. The new stadium should have been located elsewhere so the original majestic stadium would remained unmarred. Thanks for presenting this interesting historical content.
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  36. Urban Explorers are not vandals. True urbex enthusiasts do not disturb sites. The number one threat to any abandoned building is scrappers/vandals. Once they go to work there is usually little hope for recovery.
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  37. I had the misfortune of hands-on learning these 3 levels on my own last night as I was delivering an order on ubereats and Michigan avenue was closed off cause of the city’s winter parade. Thing is, I’ve lived in Chicago for most of my life and I actively try to avoid the lower levels (never even knew about the sub level til last night) cause the GPS always bugs out 🙃 lol Anyways, I just found the timing of this video being uploaded very funny, but also the video itself was very interesting:)
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  38. Every time I was on the Jay street platform, I always wondered what was behind that sliding metal gate. Now, I'm finally informed of that answer. Thank you!
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  39. I lived 3 blocks from Wrigley in the early 90's. Going to afternoon games and paying $5 to sit in the bleachers and do a crossword puzzle with a few cold ones was awesome. On summer nights with my apartment window open I could hear Harry and the crowd singing "Take me out to the ballgame". It didn't matter if the Cubs won or lost, always a great time. Before all the high tech, used to look for a W or L flag getting of the elevated after work. No other park exists like it.
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  40. Being from Chicago, I’m hyped for this episode
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  41. Using a mushroom cloud when describing possible dangers of decommissioning a submarine’s reactor is a little hyperbolic,
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  42. I live in Orlando. I watched a sinkhole open up directly in front of my apt and ate a car right after Hurricane Ian. Sinkholes are way scarier than hurricanes.
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  43. Love your videos. It's Or-Gun not Ore-Gone. ❤😂💯
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  44. as a canadian ik that ottawa isnt a provice you might wanna change that to "ontario" lol
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  45. Man shots out too you for putting an actual history too a hood that's not about how much drugs they used to sell back in so n so
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  46. As a truck driver, I've driven through Cairo multiple times and fell in love with it. Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri in just a few miles. Amazing location
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  47. Underground tunnels! A big improvement over above ground tunnels!
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  48. Another great history channel on YT is Battleship New Jersey, great info on the ship and other US navy history.
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  49. My mom got stuck on the parachute jump ride at Coney Island in the late 50s as a kid. She kept the newspaper article and loved to break it out and show us. I still love seeing it and Coney Island to this day, having been born and raised in Brooklyn!
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  50. Wow, I had no idea so many underground concourses closed. Before moving into my fraternity house at Temple, I explored all of them. Because of the many transportation systems I could travel from campus to Folcroft easily more than a dozen ways with my monthly SEPTA pass. I discovered a lot.
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