Rethink Food NYC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization working to recover nutritious excess food from New York City restaurants in order to provide low or no-cost meals to local homeless and families in need.

According to Feeding America, there are 42 million people facing hunger in the United States, with 1.4 million being in New York City alone. Astonishingly, research shows about 40% of the food produced in America today goes to waste; this is equivalent to 70 billion tons. Our goal is make sure the wholesome excess food gets to hungry mouths.

Building on our legacy as New York’s Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic explores New York’s roots as a city of immigrants with “New York Stories: Threads of Our City.” One of these immigrants is New York Philharmonic bassist Satoshi Okamoto, who tells his story in this video.

Check out Satoshi Okamoto's profile to learn more about the musician.

Uploaded to YouTube by Dutch historian, photographer, and videographer Michael Rogge, this vintage footage from 1929 shows the Graf Zeppelin flying over New York City. The footage includes some amazing aerial shots from within the aircraft, along with shots of the fanfare below. While the audio appears to have been added later, the film gives us a great peek at what the City looked like in 1929.

After an exhausting world tour over Berlin and Japan the airship returns via the west coast to New York where it received a big welcome and ticker parade.