Topic: NYC
Young Explorers Club: Toddlers explore the world on their own
Observe these toddlers as they wander around their neighborhoods in pursuit of whatever happens to interest them. This is Young Explorers Club, a series of short films that asks "What happens when kids explore the wor...
What Happens Just Before Show Time At the Met Opera
...in 12 rooms you'll never see. This New York Times video takes us behind the scenes of The Metropolitan Opera’s home at Lincoln Center to witness what happens before the curtain rises on Alexei Ratmansky’s ballet Wh...
Do Cities Need More Green Roofs?
Green roofs or living roofs are different types of gardens that are created on the tops of buildings to help manage stormwater, improve air quality, help cool city temperatures, insulate the building, create park spac...
How the Bronx brought breaking to the world
Breaking began as a mode of self-expression; it was a part of a larger culture that reflected the social, economic, and political conditions of the youth at that time. Now, decades later, as the style and moves of bre...
Sara Berman’s Closet
"And here we are, in the midst of elaborate trappings, of elaborate lives: An illumination of how important a modest life can be. This closet, all lined up with military precision and loving care, represents the unend...
Eighty Years of New York City, Then and Now
From The New Yorker, enjoy this split-screen juxtaposition of New York City in the 1930s and today. Cross the Brooklyn Bridge, tour Central Park, see huge differences in midtown and Times Square, get a glimpse at Harl...
Spring, an epic 4K flower time lapse that took 3 years to make
Filmed over three years and finished in 4K, this epic ode to spring by Jamie Scott unfolds majestically, much like the flowers in the footage. The camera travels across studio-lit close ups and outdoor city scenery du...
On Light Pollution: The End of Darkness
What is it like to be really in the dark? Not the dark of your closet, or the dark of your room at night, but the deep darkness of there being no electricity for miles and miles around you. If there was no light pollu...
Installing massive statues with engineering and care at the Met
How do you move and install a three ton statue circa 170 BC? How do you move and install a ten ton statue? In these behind-the-scenes time lapse video from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, we get to se...
Hunting for microbes in Central Park’s murkiest waters
Follow biologist Sally Warring into New York City's Central Park as she collects water samples from fountains and ponds to find instagrammable microbes. From her site PondLife.com: All free-living life forms are m...
The Dipped Painting Project by Oliver Jeffers
From children's book author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers, a project that explores memory and loss in a mix of art and experience: The Dipped Painting Project. In November of 2014 I began the first of a series of ...
Ashima Shiraishi, one of the best rock climbers in the world
A veteran rock climber at just 14 years old -- she started scaling boulders at the age of six -- New Yorker Ashima Shiraishi is considered to be one of the strongest and most talented climbers on the planet. The N...
Winter Snowstorm Jonas, a time lapse in Manhattan
From a window looking down upon the Upper East Side of Manhattan, watch snow accumulate in a time lapse made during winter storm Jonas, the city's first big snowstorm of 2016. Jonas dumped an impressive 26.8 in (6...
Subvisual Subway – The Art of New York City’s Bacterial World
Why do we wash our hands after we've been riding on public transportation? Is it true that "using the handrails on the subway is like shaking hands with 100 people"? New York City-based typographer and designer Craig ...
Meet the Titanosaur at AMNH
A mighty Titanosaur, the recently-discovered herbivore that measures 37.186 meters (122 feet) long, now stands on the fourth floor of New York City's American Museum of Natural History. Its discovery is so recent (201...
4K NYC Subway time lapse: Riding the Queens-bound 7 line
Experience the New York City subway -- specifically the Queens-bound 7 line -- from the train operator's vantage point at the front of the train in this NYC subway time lapse from Dj Hammers. The total real time ride ...
How do living things change their environments?
Think about your day, from when you wake up, to where you spend your day, to your bedtime routine at night. Crash Course Kids asks, "What pieces of it are a result of human intervention? Where did these pieces come fr...
Meet the Balloonatics – SciFri goes to Macy’s Parade Studio
How are Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons designed, calculated, fabricated, tested, and retested before they show up on the streets of Manhattan on Thanksgiving morning? From Science Friday in 2011, visit the 'b...
