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[VIDEO] The Atlantic Hits the Streets to Ask New Yorkers "How Do You Know When You're in Love?"

2022-05-26T16:00:00-04:00

In a series of interviews, New Yorkers ponder the age-old question. Contributing producer Brian Frank asked people of all ages for their responses, and recorded the answers in a short video.

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[VIDEO] Meet the Mind Behind the ‘What is New York’ Instagram Account

2021-03-23T12:00:00-04:00

Rick McGuire joined the PIX11 Morning News to discuss “What is New York” and the quintessential NYC viral videos that make the cut.

Check out @whatisnewyork on Instagram for more.

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[WATCH] Check Out Saturday Night Live's Funny "New York PSA"

2020-11-02T16:00:00-05:00

A public service announcement pays tribute to New Yorkers.

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[WATCH] What Does it Take to Call Yourself a "Real" New Yorker?

2020-02-18T16:00:00-05:00

Gothamist editor Jen Carlson recently hit the streets to ask New Yorkers what it takes to be able to call yourself a Real New Yorker.

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[WATCH] Meet Artist Tina Piña Trachtenburg, New York City's "Mother Pigeon"

2019-09-04T16:00:00-04:00

Viewing NYC introduced you to Tina Piña Trachtenburg last year, but this new video from the New York Post gives some insight into why and how this "Mother Pigeon" takes care of all these birds, real or stuffed.

Tina Pińa Trachtenberg is a true NYC character, where she is known as Mother Pigeon. Aside from just feeding the birds, she creates pigeon sculptures and displays them, in an effort to help spread more positivity about the unpopular bird.

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Here's How "Selfie Culture" Took Over the World, According to New Yorkers

2019-06-08T17:00:00-04:00

Selfie culture is more popular than ever but recently the trend has become dangerous -- with people pushing boundaries to get the perfect shot for their personal brand has lead to deaths. We hit the streets of NYC to ask how far they are willing to go for their personal brand.

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[WATCH] Would New York City Be Able to Handle a Godzilla Attack?

2019-06-04T14:00:00-04:00

When not bashing Obama and the vast left-leaning majority in this City, the New York Post is asking the real questions that New Yorkers care about, such as this recent video in which they explore whether or not New York City could handle a Godzilla-style attack. Check it out.

How would New York City fare in a real Godzilla attack? “We survived de Blasio and Bloomberg, and they’re both giant monsters,” quipped one guy in Union Square. To find out exactly how the Big Apple would handle a Godzilla-size catastrophe, The Post spoke with Megan Pribram, assistant commissioner for planning and preparedness, who detailed the city’s steps for dealing with fire, debris, evacuation and more monster problems. Watch her interview here, plus a history of the “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” star. Hosted and featuring original stop-motion animation by Cressa Beer.

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[BOOKS] Ask a Native New Yorker: Hard-Earned Advice on Surviving and Thriving in the Big City

2019-04-10T11:00:00-04:00

Ask a Native New Yorker: Hard-Earned Advice on Surviving and Thriving in the Big City is a new book from Gothamist co-founder and author Jake Dobkin in which he offers 48 essays and 11 sidebars containing practical information about transportation, apartment hunting, and even cultivating relationships for anyone new to New York City.

As a third-generation New Yorker who was born, bred, and educated there, Jake Dobkin was such a fan of his hometown that he started Gothamist, a popular and acclaimed website with a focus on news, events, and culture in the city, and “Ask a Native New Yorker” became one of its most popular columns. The book version features all original writing and aims to help newbies evolve into real New Yorkers with humor and a command of the facts.

Purchase a hardcover copy of Ask a Native New Yorker: Hard-Earned Advice on Surviving and Thriving in the Big City for just $13 on Amazon.

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N-WHY-C: New Video Series Answering Many NYC Questions You Never Thought to Ask

2018-09-19T14:00:00-04:00

New York City real estate website StreetEasy recently created an interesting web series of short videos titled N-WHY-C that answers many questions about the City that you never thought to ask. In this episode from the series, watch as they explain where exactly all the rats came from.

New York City's very own wildlife.

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New Data Reveals Staten Island is Home to More Native New Yorkers Than Any Other Borough

2017-09-27T15:30:00-04:00

CoreData.nyc is an interactive data hub from NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy for all things affordable housing in New York City. Using analysis of recent census data, the site has added a few new layers to the data visualization, including a layer to see which neighborhoods and boroughs have the highest percentage of residents born in New York. It turns out that Staten Island is the highest in the City, with about 80% of its residents hailing from the State of New York. Check out the full site to play around with the data.

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