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[WATCH] History of Brownstones in New York

2026-02-15T12:00:00-05:00

People called it brownstone. It came from the quarries of Portland, Connecticut, carried by ships down the Connecticut River, then across the harbor to Manhattan. Builders saw it as modern, elegant, and cheaper than marble. Its soft texture made it easy to carve. Its color gave homes a steady, grounded beauty.

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[VIDEO] Take a Tour of Lott House in Marine Park, One of Brooklyn's Hidden Landmarks

2026-02-01T12:00:00-05:00

The Lott House is a relatively unknown historic landmarked home right in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. Once the home of the Lott's, a prominent farming family who owned the land since 1719, the house was also a potential stop in the underground railroad!

According to the video's accompanying article by our friends at Untapped Cities:

[…] what makes this a sight to behold are the new renovations. In the last few years, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation and the Hendrick I. Lott House Preservation Association have been working to refurbish the historic spot.

Whether looking to admire its Dutch architecture or looking to possibly trace the steps of runaway slaves, check out this historic New York City landmark.

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[VIDEO] Inside the Breuer Building: Sotheby’s Reopens the New York Brutalist Landmark

2026-01-29T12:00:00-05:00

The Breuer was always a radical premise: architecture as proof that ideas matter. Its bold forms, coffered ceilings, and off-kilter windows challenged the city to see differently. Now, Sotheby’s returns to Madison Avenue to place the world’s most powerful engine of cultural value — collecting, selling, and shaping art — inside this uncompromising modernist icon.

Inside, the building comes alive again, calibrated for the 21st century without losing the genius of Marcel Breuer’s design. Galleries, auction spaces, and new cultural intersections coexist within its sculptural walls, proving that architecture can do more than house art: it can amplify it. What happens here next will ripple far beyond these walls.

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[WATCH] Inside SNL's Iconic Studio 8H With Heidi Gardner, Chloe Fineman and Ego Nwodim

2026-01-03T12:00:00-05:00

Today, AD is welcomed by Heidi Gardner, Chloe Fineman, and Ego Nwodim to tour the 'Saturday Night Live' set. 'SNL' has been broadcasting live from studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller since the show premiered in 1975. Over these impressive 50 years, the set has taken on many iterations, from a basement comedy club to the Brooklyn Bridge–always an ode to New York City. Join the ‘SNL’ cast to tour the studio’s current Grand Central set and see how the magic is made each Saturday night.

00:00 Intro
00:33 Studio 8H
07:40 The Makeup Lab
10:47 Wardrobe
14:14 Hair
18:08 The NBC Page Desk
19:42 Dressing Rooms

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[VIDEO] Peek Inside the Incredible Midcentury Modern St. Peter's Church in Midtown Manhattan

2025-11-26T12:00:00-05:00

Built in 1977, Saint Peter's Church in Midtown Manhattan on 54th and Lex is a midcentury modern masterpiece in architecture. In this video from our friends at Curbed, peek inside as Pastor Jared R. Stahler tells you all about the building.

This holiday season, Curbed explores extraordinary houses of worship. Take an inside look at Saint Peter's Church, a midcentury masterpiece in New York City.

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[WATCH] New York City's Stoops, Explained

2025-10-09T12:00:00-04:00

Stoops are an iconic, cherished aspect of life in many neighborhoods in New York City. These stairways provide New Yorkers with a place to relax, gather with friends, and interact with neighbors. This video traces stoops’ history and evolution, from their Dutch origins to their role in contemporary urban life. While at first glance they may simply seem like an archaic architectural feature, their function is anything but trivial. Jane Jacobs helped popularize stoops' role in supporting casual public interactions and contributing to public safety by placing “eyes on the street.” From stoop sales to block parties to everything in between, stoops are part of what makes New York, New York.

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[REPOST] [VIDEO] Architect Breaks Down The Design Of 4 Iconic NYC Museums

2025-10-01T12:00:00-04:00

From the epic halls of The Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim, New York City is home to some of the most famous museums in the world, each one looking completely different from the next. Today Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects returns to AD for an in-depth look at how the iconic museums and art galleries of NYC developed their unique designs and became some of the city’s best landmarks.

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[WATCH] How an Architect Optimized a 400-Square-Foot Manhattan Apartment

2025-08-13T12:00:00-04:00

AD joins Robert Garneau of Architecture Workshop PC in Manhattan, NYC, to tour a 1920s apartment brimming with sleek designs and space-saving innovations. “We wanted to maintain its rich character, but also offer the client a cozy, more contemporary space.” That client is television executive Tracy Underwood, a former president at ABC Signature who recently transitioned into an exclusive producing gig at 20th Television, a production company owned by Disney Television Studios. Based in Los Angeles, she purchased the apartment in 2021 as pied-à-terre for her frequent trips to New York City. At the time, she was living inside a Spanish bungalow-style home in LA’s Silver Lake community and said she wanted the interior aesthetics of the Manhattan apartment to be a departure from her life on the West Coast.

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[WATCH] How Central Park Holds The Answers to Big NYC Secrets

2025-05-19T12:00:00-04:00

Today Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects joins AD in New York as he returns to Central Park to explore the thousands of years of history found there. Although Central Park itself would not have existed 200 years ago, you can track the use of the land back 13,000 years. From ancient Native American trails to billion-year-old rocks, take an in-depth look at the thousands of years of history housed inside this iconic park.

00:00 Intro
00:28 Columbus Circle
01:55 Glen Span Arch
03:44 Cleopatra’s Needle
05:45 The Blockhouse
06:41 The Arsenal
08:23 McGown’s Pass
10:40 Strangers’ Gate

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[VIDEO] The Most Dangerous Building in Manhattan

2025-04-28T12:00:00-04:00

How a single phone call from a student helped uncover a flaw that nearly toppled Citicorp.

0:00 Why is the citicorp building on stilts?
4:44 How wind load works
7:49 Tuned Mass Dampers
11:17 The Anonymous Student
14:00 Quartering Winds
18:38 What were the odds of collapse?
20:31 How was the citicorp building fixed?
25:40 Hurricane Ella
27:00 TMDs Take Over The World
28:36 Conspiracies and Cover Ups

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