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{\an7}NEW YORK:
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hA STATE RICH WITH
THE STORIES OF A NATION
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{\an7}THAT BEGAN LONG BEFORE
\h\h\hEUROPEAN EXPLORERS
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{\an7}DISCOVERED ITS MIGHTY RIVERS.
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{\an7}\h\hA LAND OF STUNNING PEAKS
AND COLORFUL VALLEYS;
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{\an7}HOME TO WRITERS,
PRESIDENTS AND PRISONERS.
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{\an7}IT WAS HERE WHERE
A CRAFTY INVENTOR
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{\an7}\hFIRST BROUGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
TO MILLIONS
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND INNOVATION HARNESSED
A RAGING RIVER
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{\an7}\h\hTO POWER AMERICA’S
FIRST CITY OF LIGHT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hON NEW YORK SOIL,
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hFOUGHT TO FORGE
AMERICA’S INDEPENDENCE
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND AN ELITE CORPS
OF CADETS STILL LEARNS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hHOW TO DEFEND
THE COUNTRY’S FREEDOM.
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{\an7}IT’S HERE WHERE ONE OF
AMERICA’S GREATEST FORTUNES
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{\an7}\h\hWAS BUILT ON THE FERRIES
THAT PLY THESE WATERS
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{\an7}\h\h\hAND DARING WORKERS
KEEP MANHATTAN MOVING.
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{\an7}AERIAL NEW YORK
TELLS THE STORIES
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{\an7}OF THE CITY’S TALLEST SPIRES
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{\an7}AND THE HALLOWED GROUND
\hOF ITS FALLEN TOWERS.
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{\an7}THIS IS THE EMPIRE STATE.
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{\an7}THE STORY OF NEW YORK STATE
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{\an7}\h\h\hBEGINS WITH AN INCREDIBLE
GIFT OF NATURE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hMORE THAN 10,000 YEARS AGO,
A TORRENT OF MELTING GLACIAL ICE
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{\an7}CARVED THROUGH UPSTATE NEW YORK
AND CREATED NIAGARA FALLS.
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{\an7}EVERY SECOND 3,000 TONS OF WATER
SURGE OVER THE FALLS,
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{\an7}MAKING THEM THE MOST POWERFUL
\h\hIN NORTH AMERICA.
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{\an7}WATER HAS PLAYED A DEFINING ROLE
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{\an7}IN NEW YORK STATE EVER
SINCE THE BEGINNING...
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{\an7}\h\hFROM THE BREATHTAKING POWER
OF THE NIAGARA
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{\an7}TO THE WATERWAYS WHERE AMERICA’S
EMPIRE STATE BEGAN.
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{\an7}LONG BEFORE ITS SKYSCRAPERS,
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{\an7}A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE
\h\h\h\hCALLED THE LENAPE
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{\an7}USED TO HUNT AND FISH
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{\an7}\h\h\hON THE ISLAND AND
SHORES OF MANHATTAN.
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{\an7}THEY CALLED IT MANNAHATTA,
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{\an7}MEANING
"THE ISLAND OF MANY HILLS."
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{\an7}IT WAS ALSO AN ISLAND OF
MEADOWS, ANCIENT FORESTS,
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{\an7}BLACK BEARS AND BALD EAGLES.
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{\an7}IN 1624, THE LENAPE AGREED
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{\an7}TO SHARE THEIR ISLAND
\h\h\hWITH THE DUTCH
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{\an7}\hFOR AN EXCHANGE OF GOODS
WORTH 60 GUILDERS,
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{\an7}\hOR WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT
24 DOLLARS AT THE TIME.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THE DUTCH
CONSIDERED IT A SALE
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{\an7}AND SOON TOOK CONTROL
\h\h\hOF THE ISLAND.
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{\an7}SOME OF THE LENAPE’S
\h\h\hANCIENT FOOTPATHS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHAVE BECOME
NEW YORK CITY STREETS.
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{\an7}AND 843 ACRES OF
THEIR FORMER LAND
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{\an7}IS NOW ONE OF
\hNEW YORK CITY’S TREASURES.
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{\an7}\hCREATED IN 1858, CENTRAL PARK
COVERS 6% OF MANHATTAN.
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{\an7}\hIT WAS THE FIRST
LANDSCAPED PARK IN AMERICA,
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{\an7}BUT CREATING IT WASN’T EASY.
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{\an7}\h\hSOME SAY THAT IT
TOOK MORE GUNPOWDER
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{\an7}TO BLAST AND CREATE
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{\an7}CENTRAL PARK’S LAKES,
\h\h\hHILLS AND MEADOWS
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{\an7}THAN WAS USED IN
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.
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{\an7}A UNIQUE FEATURE OF ITS DESIGN
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{\an7}WAS ITS SEPARATE PATHWAYS
FOR HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO HELP PEOPLE
QUIETLY ENJOY THE PARK.
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{\an7}NOW BICYCLE RICKSHAWS SHARE
\hTHESE OLD CARRIAGE ROUTES
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{\an7}WITH NEW YORK CITY TAXIS.
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{\an7}THE DESIGN OF THE PARK
WAS ORIGINALLY INSPIRED
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{\an7}\h\hBY 19th CENTURY
LANDSCAPE PAINTINGS,
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{\an7}BUT EVER SINCE,
IT’S BEEN AN INSPIRATION
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{\an7}FOR ARTISTS THEMSELVES.
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{\an7}\h\hTODAY A WORK OF ART
IS RISING ON THE ROOF
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{\an7}OF ONE OF THE GREATEST
\hMUSEUMS IN THE WORLD:
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{\an7}THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
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{\an7}\hTWO ARTISTS HELPED BY
A TEAM OF ROCK CLIMBERS
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{\an7}\hARE ASSEMBLING THOUSANDS
OF PIECES OF BAMBOO
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{\an7}\h\h\hTO CREATE A 50-FOOT-HIGH
SCULPTURE CALLED "BIG BAMBOO".
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{\an7}ITS DESIGNED TO LOOK
LIKE A CRESTING WAVE
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{\an7}PERCHED ABOVE
\h\hCENTRAL PARK’S TREETOPS.
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{\an7}THIS URBAN OASIS DRAWS
25 MILLION VISITORS A YEAR,
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{\an7}BUT ONLY THE LUCKY ONES
GET TO ENJOY VIEWS OF IT
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{\an7}FROM THEIR WINDOWS EVERY DAY.
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{\an7}THE CITY’S FIRST LUXURY
\h\h\hAPARTMENT BUILDING
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{\an7}LIES ON THE PARK’S WEST SIDE.
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{\an7}\hTHE DAKOTA HAS BEEN THE HOME
OF FAMOUS ARTISTS FOR DECADES,
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{\an7}INCLUDING DANCER RUDOLF NUREYEV,
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{\an7}ACTRESS LAUREN BACALL
\h\h\h\hAND JOHN LENNON.
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{\an7}WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 1884,
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{\an7}\h\hTHE DAKOTA WAS SURROUNDED
BY UNDEVELOPED LAND.
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{\an7}NOW, IT’S FLANKED
BY TALLER TOWERS
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{\an7}WITH EVEN MORE SPECTACULAR VIEWS
OF CENTRAL PARK AND THE CITY.
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{\an7}\hBUILDING HIGHER AND HIGHER
IS NOTHING NEW IN MANHATTAN,
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{\an7}BUT TRYING TO BUILD THE HIGHEST
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{\an7}\h\hHAS ALWAYS BEEN
A RISKY PROPOSITION.
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{\an7}MANY OF NEW YORK’S
\hTALLEST SKYSCRAPERS TODAY
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{\an7}\hWERE BUILT DURING A PERIOD
OF FIERCE COMPETITION
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{\an7}BETWEEN DEVELOPERS
IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY.
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{\an7}40 WALL STREET, WITH ITS
DISTINCTIVE COPPER ROOF,
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{\an7}\hWAS ONCE THE TALLEST
BUILDING IN THE WORLD
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{\an7}WHEN IT WAS COMPLETED IN 1930,
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{\an7}A TITLE IT HELD FOR
\h\hONLY A FEW WEEKS.
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{\an7}THAT’S BECAUSE WALTER CHRYSLER
WAS ALREADY BUILDING
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{\an7}\h\hHIS OWN NOW-FAMOUS SKYSCRAPER
UPTOWN AT 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE.
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{\an7}AFTER 40 WALL STREET
\h\h\hOPENED ITS DOORS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCHRYSLER HOISTED
A SECRETLY BUILT SPIRE
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{\an7}ONTO THE TOP OF HIS
BUILDING’S ART DECO CROWN,
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{\an7}\hTOPPING OUT 40 WALL STREET
BY 120 FEET.
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{\an7}\hBUT CHRYSLER’S ACHIEVEMENT
WAS SHORT LIVED, TOO.
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{\an7}LESS THAN A YEAR LATER,
\hTHE NEW, EVEN HIGHER,
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{\an7}EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
\h\h\h\hWAS COMPLETED
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{\an7}AFTER JUST 14 MONTHS
\h\h\hOF CONSTRUCTION.
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{\an7}\hTHE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING
HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN
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{\an7}THE TALLEST STRUCTURE
\h\h\h\hIN MANHATTAN,
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{\an7}BUT IT IS AGAIN TODAY,
AFTER WHAT MANY HAVE CALLED
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{\an7}THE GREATEST TRAGEDY
IN AMERICAN HISTORY.
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{\an7}\hTHESE ARE THE FOOTPRINTS
OF THE TWIN TOWERS.
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{\an7}ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001,
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{\an7}CLOUDS OF ASH ENGULFED
\h\h\h\hLOWER MANHATTAN
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{\an7}AFTER TERRORIST ATTACKS
\h\h\h\h\h\hBROUGHT DOWN
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{\an7}THE CITY’S TALLEST BUILDINGS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE TOWERS OF
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER.
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{\an7}IT HAPPENED HERE AT GROUND ZERO.
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{\an7}\h\h\hNEARLY 3,000 PEOPLE DIED
IN THE ATTACK,
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{\an7}INCLUDING 343 FIREFIGHTERS.
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{\an7}\hNOW THE FOOTPRINTS OF
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER
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{\an7}ARE BEING TURNED INTO
\h\h\hREFLECTING POOLS,
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{\an7}MEMORIALS TO THOSE WHO PERISHED.
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{\an7}AND NEW YORK CITY’S SKYLINE
\hIS ABOUT TO CHANGE AGAIN.
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{\an7}A NEW TOWER IS RISING
\h\hABOVE GROUND ZERO.
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{\an7}MORE THAN 1,000 WORKERS
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{\an7}ARE BUILDING AMERICA’S
\h\h\hTALLEST SKYSCRAPER.
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{\an7}IT’S THE LARGEST CONSTRUCTION
SITE IN THE COUNTRY.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hONE WORLD TRADE CENTER,
ALSO KNOWN AS THE FREEDOM TOWER,
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{\an7}WILL RISE A SYMBOLIC 1,776 FEET.
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{\an7}THIS CITY HAS BEEN
REINVENTING ITSELF
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{\an7}EVER SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED.
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{\an7}IN THE 1960s THE EARTH EXCAVATED
DURING THE CONSTRUCTION
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{\an7}\hOF THE ORIGINAL TWIN TOWERS
WAS USED AS LANDFILL
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{\an7}\h\h\hTO EXTEND LOWER MANHATTAN
AND ITS SHORES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTODAY, NEW YORK CITY HAS
MORE THAN 600 MILES OF COASTLINE
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{\an7}\h\hAND INCLUDES LAND ON DOZENS OF
ISLANDS OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.
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{\an7}ONE IS THE HISTORIC
\h\h\hELLIS ISLAND.
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{\an7}\h\h\hONLY PART OF IT ACTUALLY
LIES IN NEW YORK STATE.
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{\an7}FROM 1892 TO 1954,
\hTHIS TINY ISLAND
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{\an7}WAS THE GATEWAY TO AMERICA
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hFOR A STAGGERING
12 MILLION IMMIGRANTS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT’S BELIEVED THAT 40% OF
AMERICANS CAN TRACE THEIR ROOTS
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{\an7}TO AT LEAST ONE ANCESTOR WHO
PASSED THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND.
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{\an7}INSIDE THE FAMOUS GREAT HALL,
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{\an7}NEW ARRIVALS FROM
EUROPE AND BEYOND
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{\an7}LINED UP TO BE
INSPECTED AND PROCESSED.
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{\an7}IN THE ISLAND’S SINGLE
\h\h\hBUSIEST YEAR, 1907,
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{\an7}MORE THAN A MILLION
\hIMMIGRANTS ARRIVED HERE.
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{\an7}\h\hNOW THREE MILLION PEOPLE
FROM AROUND THE WORLD
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{\an7}\h\hVISIT THE GREAT HALL
EVERY YEAR AS TOURISTS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT NOT ALL OF
NEW YORK CITY’S ISLANDS
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{\an7}\hARE PLACES MOST
WOULD WANT TO COME.
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{\an7}\hTHIS IS THE ONLY WAY FOR
CONVICTS TO GET IN AND OUT
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{\an7}OF THE CITY’S LARGEST PRISON.
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{\an7}RIKERS ISLAND IS PRACTICALLY
A BOROUGH OF ITS OWN,
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{\an7}COMPLETE WITH SCHOOLS, A TAILOR
SHOP, BALL FIELDS, AND CHAPELS.
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{\an7}\h\hON SOME DAYS, THE PRISON
POPULATION AT RIKERS
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{\an7}CAN SWELL TO NEARLY 20,000.
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT THAT’S NOTHING
COMPARED TO MANHATTAN.
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{\an7}\hEVEN THOUGH IT’S
THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED
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{\an7}COUNTY IN AMERICA,
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{\an7}70% OF ITS WORKERS,
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{\an7}OR NEARLY A MILLION
\hAND A HALF PEOPLE,
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{\an7}STILL LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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{\an7}MOST GET TO WORK VIA
\h\h\hTHE EIGHT BRIDGES
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{\an7}THAT CONNECT MANHATTAN
WITH THE BOROUGHS AND BEYOND.
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{\an7}THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
MAY BE MORE FAMOUS,
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{\an7}\h\h\hBUT ITS NEIGHBOR,
THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE,
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{\an7}IS ONE OF THE BUSIEST.
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{\an7}IT LINKS BROOKLYN WITH
MANHATTAN’S CHINATOWN.
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{\an7}THIS DOUBLE-DECKER
\hSUSPENSION BRIDGE
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{\an7}\h\h\hDATES FROM 1909 AND CARRIES
CARS AND TRUCKS ON BOTH LEVELS,
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{\an7}AS WELL AS FOUR
NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY TRACKS.
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{\an7}MAINTAINING THE CITY’S BRIDGES
CAN BE A DANGEROUS JOB.
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{\an7}\h\hONE MISSTEP AND YOU COULD
END UP IN FREE-FALL.
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{\an7}\h\hBUT WITHOUT ITS
BRIDGES AND TUNNELS,
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{\an7}MANHATTAN WOULD ONLY BE
ACCESSIBLE BY AIR AND WATER,
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{\an7}JUST AS IT WAS
MORE THAN 400 YEARS AGO.
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{\an7}THAT’S WHEN A EUROPEAN EXPLORER
APPEARED ON THE HORIZON
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{\an7}AND SET THE STAGE FOR
\hNEW YORK TO BE BORN.
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{\an7}NEW YORK CITY’S
VERRAZANO NARROWS BRIDGE.
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{\an7}IT SPANS THE MOUTH
\hOF NEW YORK BAY
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00:12:07,594 --> 00:12:11,798
{\an7}\hAND LINKS THE BOROUGHS OF
STATEN ISLAND AND BROOKLYN.
183
00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:16,602
{\an7}THE BRIDGE IS NAMED FOR ITALIAN
EXPLORER GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO,
184
00:12:16,636 --> 00:12:20,607
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE FIRST KNOWN EUROPEAN
TO CHART THESE WATERS.
185
00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:25,044
{\an7}IN 1524, VERRAZANO ARRIVED
\hAT THE MOUTH OF THE BAY,
186
00:12:25,078 --> 00:12:27,681
{\an7}BUT DIDN’T SAIL
\hVERY FAR INSIDE.
187
00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:35,689
{\an7}85 YEARS LATER, IN 1609, IT WAS
AN ENGLISH EXPLORER WHO DID.
188
00:12:35,722 --> 00:12:39,359
{\an7}\h\h\hHENRY HUDSON WAS MAPPING
NEW TRADE ROUTES FOR THE DUTCH
189
00:12:39,392 --> 00:12:41,794
{\an7}WHEN HE DISCOVERED
THE NATIVE AMERICAN ISLAND
190
00:12:41,828 --> 00:12:43,263
{\an7}OF MANNAHATTA.
191
00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:47,967
{\an7}HEARING OF THE AREA’S
\h\h\hRICH RESOURCES,
192
00:12:48,001 --> 00:12:49,903
{\an7}DUTCH TRADERS QUICKLY FOLLOWED
193
00:12:49,936 --> 00:12:53,840
{\an7}AND CALLED THEIR NEW SETTLEMENT
NEW AMSTERDAM.
194
00:12:53,873 --> 00:12:58,578
{\an7}\hBUT IN 1664,
THE BRITISH CONQUERED THE AREA
195
00:12:58,611 --> 00:13:02,081
{\an7}AND RENAMED NEW AMSTERDAM
NEW YORK.
196
00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:13,059
{\an7}WHEN A GROUP OF DUTCH SETTLERS
ARRIVED IN 1624,
197
00:13:13,159 --> 00:13:16,396
{\an7}THEY LANDED ON THIS ISLAND.
198
00:13:16,429 --> 00:13:18,131
{\an7}THEY WERE HOPING TO TRADE
FOR BEAVER PELTS
199
00:13:18,164 --> 00:13:22,602
{\an7}WITH THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES
THAT LIVED UPRIVER.
200
00:13:22,635 --> 00:13:25,404
{\an7}THE DUTCH CALLED THE PLACE
\h"ISLAND OF NUTS"
201
00:13:25,505 --> 00:13:28,308
{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE OF ITS PLENTIFUL
CHESTNUT TREES.
202
00:13:28,341 --> 00:13:32,478
{\an7}\hBUT THE BRITISH LATER
RENAMED IT "GOVERNORS ISLAND."
203
00:13:32,512 --> 00:13:35,815
{\an7}\h\h\h\hREMAINS OF THE EARLIEST
SETTLEMENTS HERE ARE LONG GONE,
204
00:13:35,848 --> 00:13:39,285
{\an7}BUT FORTS HAVE SURVIVED.
205
00:13:39,452 --> 00:13:42,689
{\an7}THE OLDEST ONE IS
THE STAR-SHAPED FORT JAY,
206
00:13:42,722 --> 00:13:45,425
{\an7}WHICH LIES ON THE SITE OF
EARTHWORK FORTIFICATIONS
207
00:13:45,458 --> 00:13:48,094
{\an7}\h\hTHAT WERE BUILT TO DEFEND
NEW YORK AGAINST THE BRITISH
208
00:13:48,127 --> 00:13:51,163
{\an7}DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
209
00:13:51,197 --> 00:13:54,434
{\an7}BUT THOSE FORTIFICATIONS
WERE A MISERABLE DEFENSE,
210
00:13:54,467 --> 00:13:56,302
{\an7}\hAND THE BRITISH TOOK
CONTROL OF THE ISLAND
211
00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:59,906
{\an7}AFTER THE BATTLE OF BROOKLYN
\h\hIN 1776,
212
00:14:00,006 --> 00:14:03,843
{\an7}\hONE OF THE LARGEST
BATTLES OF THE WAR.
213
00:14:03,876 --> 00:14:05,644
{\an7}IN THE EARLY 1900s,
214
00:14:05,678 --> 00:14:09,382
{\an7}\hGOVERNORS ISLAND WAS ENLARGED
BY MORE THAN 100 ACRES
215
00:14:09,482 --> 00:14:11,284
{\an7}WITH LANDFILL FROM
\hTHE CONSTRUCTION
216
00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:15,121
{\an7}OF NEW YORK CITY’S
\hSUBWAY SYSTEM.
217
00:14:15,154 --> 00:14:18,190
{\an7}\hAFTER MAPPING MANNAHATTA
AND THE SURROUNDING SHORES,
218
00:14:18,224 --> 00:14:21,661
{\an7}HENRY HUDSON SET OUT
\h\hUP THIS MIGHTY WATERWAY,
219
00:14:21,761 --> 00:14:24,597
{\an7}WHICH WOULD LATER BEAR HIS NAME.
220
00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:26,532
{\an7}JUST 10 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY,
221
00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:31,538
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE ARRIVED HERE AT ONE OF
THE WIDEST POINTS ON THE RIVER.
222
00:14:31,637 --> 00:14:34,907
{\an7}IT’S CALLED TAPPAN ZEE.
223
00:14:35,041 --> 00:14:38,845
{\an7}\h\h\h"TAPPAN" WAS THE NAME OF A
NEARBY NATIVE AMERICAN VILLAGE.
224
00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:42,682
{\an7}"ZEE" IS DUTCH FOR "SEA."
225
00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:45,284
{\an7}\hWHEN HENRY HUDSON SAW
THAT THE RIVER WIDENED,
226
00:14:45,318 --> 00:14:50,290
{\an7}HE WAS CONVINCED THAT HE HAD
FOUND A NEW PASSAGE TO ASIA.
227
00:14:50,323 --> 00:14:54,561
{\an7}BUT THEN THE WATERS NARROWED
AGAIN JUST A FEW MILES NORTH
228
00:14:54,594 --> 00:14:56,896
{\an7}AND HUDSON’S SEARCH CONTINUED.
229
00:14:59,465 --> 00:15:02,168
{\an7}TODAY, A 3.1-MILE-LONG BRIDGE
230
00:15:02,201 --> 00:15:05,905
{\an7}\hCROSSES TAPPAN ZEE LINKING
COMMUNITIES ON THE WEST BANK
231
00:15:06,005 --> 00:15:09,842
{\an7}WITH TARRYTOWN TO THE EAST.
232
00:15:09,876 --> 00:15:13,713
{\an7}\hIT’S THE SITE OF FAMOUS TALES
OF A HEADLESS HORSEMAN
233
00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:17,583
{\an7}AND A MAN WHO SLEPT
\h\hFOR 100 YEARS.
234
00:15:17,617 --> 00:15:20,720
{\an7}WRITER WASHINGTON IRVING LIVED
OUT THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE
235
00:15:20,753 --> 00:15:24,890
{\an7}HERE IN TARRYTOWN AFTER HAVING
CREATED THE FAMOUS CHARACTERS
236
00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:28,094
{\an7}\h\h\hICHABOD CRANE
AND RIP VAN WINKLE.
237
00:15:30,363 --> 00:15:33,633
{\an7}\h\hIN HONOR OF IRVING’S TALE,
THE VILLAGE OF NORTH TARRYTOWN
238
00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:39,472
{\an7}\h\h\h\hRENAMED ITSELF
SLEEPY HOLLOW IN 1996.
239
00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:42,442
{\an7}THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN BRIDGE
\h\hIS GONE,
240
00:15:42,475 --> 00:15:45,278
{\an7}BUT THIS ONE LEADS TO
\hTHE OLD DUTCH CHURCH
241
00:15:45,311 --> 00:15:49,048
{\an7}WHERE ICHABOD CRANE WAS CHASED
BY THE GHOST IN IRVING’S TALE.
242
00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:56,055
{\an7}IRVING IS BURIED
IN THIS CEMETERY.
243
00:15:56,088 --> 00:15:57,356
{\an7}IT’S ALSO THE RESTING GROUND
244
00:15:57,390 --> 00:16:01,594
{\an7}OF MAJOR AMERICAN INDUSTRIALISTS
ANDREW CARNEGIE,
245
00:16:01,627 --> 00:16:05,998
{\an7}WALTER P. CHRYSLER
\hAND WILLIAM ROCKEFELLER,
246
00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:08,434
{\an7}WHO ALL CHOSE THE BANKS
\h\h\hOF THE HUDSON RIVER
247
00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:10,670
{\an7}AS THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE.
248
00:16:14,707 --> 00:16:17,777
{\an7}BUT NOT EVERYONE ON THE HUDSON
IS HERE BY CHOICE.
249
00:16:19,745 --> 00:16:21,847
{\an7}\hJUST SIX MILES
NORTH OF TARRYTOWN
250
00:16:21,881 --> 00:16:25,551
{\an7}LIES THE NOTORIOUS
\hSING SING PRISON.
251
00:16:25,585 --> 00:16:28,455
{\an7}IT’S HOME TO MORE THAN
\h\h\h\h1,500 CONVICTS.
252
00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:30,790
{\an7}ITS NAME COMES FROM
\h\h"SINCK SINCK,"
253
00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:35,695
{\an7}\h\h\hA NATIVE AMERICAN PHRASE THAT
MEANS "A PLACE OF SMALL STONES."
254
00:16:35,728 --> 00:16:38,598
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCONVICT LABORERS BUILT
THE PRISON’S ORIGINAL CELLBLOCK
255
00:16:38,631 --> 00:16:41,667
{\an7}IN 1825.
256
00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:45,137
{\an7}\h\hSINCE THEN SERIAL KILLERS,
RUSSIAN SPIES,
257
00:16:45,171 --> 00:16:47,040
{\an7}AND CHARLES "LUCKY" LUCIANO,
258
00:16:47,173 --> 00:16:49,976
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHO SOME CALLED
"THE FATHER OF ORGANIZED CRIME,"
259
00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:53,346
{\an7}HAVE ALL DONE TIME HERE.
260
00:16:53,379 --> 00:16:57,717
{\an7}\h\h\hBUT SING SING ITSELF HAS
A CHECKERED PAST, TOO.
261
00:16:57,750 --> 00:17:00,353
{\an7}EARLY PRISONERS WERE FORCED
\hTO LIVE AND LABOR
262
00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:02,488
{\an7}IN ABSOLUTE SILENCE.
263
00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:06,326
{\an7}\hAND THOSE WHO BROKE THE RULES
WERE BRUTALLY PUNISHED.
264
00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:07,560
{\an7}IT ALSO USED TO BE HOME
265
00:17:07,660 --> 00:17:10,730
{\an7}\h\h\hTO THE STATE’S NOTORIOUS
ELECTRIC CHAIR.
266
00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:13,633
{\an7}\h\hIN THE 1938 FILM
ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES,
267
00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:16,202
{\an7}\h\h\hJAMES CAGNEY’S CHARACTER,
ROCKY SULLIVAN,
268
00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:19,839
{\an7}WAS EXECUTED AT SING SING.
269
00:17:19,872 --> 00:17:22,475
{\an7}THE LAST REAL CRIMINAL
TO BE PUT TO DEATH HERE
270
00:17:22,508 --> 00:17:27,413
{\an7}WAS A 34-YEAR-OLD CONVICT
NAMED EDDIE MAYS IN 1963.
271
00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:33,586
{\an7}\hSINCE THEN, NEW YORK BECAME
ONE OF ONLY 16 STATES
272
00:17:33,619 --> 00:17:35,788
{\an7}TO BAN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT,
273
00:17:35,821 --> 00:17:39,958
{\an7}THOUGH SING SING’S REPUTATION
STILL INSPIRES FEAR.
274
00:17:43,696 --> 00:17:46,332
{\an7}WHEN HENRY HUDSON FIRST
DISCOVERED THIS RIVER,
275
00:17:46,365 --> 00:17:50,002
{\an7}HE CALLED IT
\h\h"THE RIVER OF MOUNTAINS."
276
00:17:50,102 --> 00:17:53,005
{\an7}JUST 100 MILES NORTH
\h\h\hOF NEW YORK CITY
277
00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:58,044
{\an7}LIES ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
LANDSCAPES IN NORTH AMERICA:
278
00:17:58,077 --> 00:17:59,679
{\an7}A STUNNING RANGE OF PEAKS,
279
00:17:59,712 --> 00:18:03,182
{\an7}SPECKLED WITH FORESTS,
\h\h\hRIVERS, AND LAKES.
280
00:18:04,517 --> 00:18:07,387
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE ARE
THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS.
281
00:18:10,289 --> 00:18:14,527
{\an7}AND THEY LITERALLY KEEP
\h\hNEW YORK CITY ALIVE.
282
00:18:16,662 --> 00:18:18,631
{\an7}100% OF THE CITY’S
\hDRINKING WATER
283
00:18:18,664 --> 00:18:21,967
{\an7}COMES FROM WATERSHEDS
\h\h\hLIKE THIS ONE.
284
00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:24,837
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND TO ENSURE
ITS CONTINUED SUPPLY,
285
00:18:24,870 --> 00:18:29,141
{\an7}THE CITY HAS PURCHASED MORE THAN
100,000 ACRES OF LAND UPSTATE,
286
00:18:29,175 --> 00:18:32,345
{\an7}\h\hMAKING IT ONE OF
THE LARGEST LANDOWNERS HERE.
287
00:18:35,881 --> 00:18:39,718
{\an7}\h\hWATER FROM LAKES AND STREAMS
FEED INTO UNDERGROUND AQUEDUCTS
288
00:18:39,752 --> 00:18:43,356
{\an7}THAT CARRY FRESH DRINKING WATER
DOWN TO THE CITY.
289
00:18:45,424 --> 00:18:46,525
{\an7}MANY LOCALS DON’T EVEN KNOW
290
00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:49,762
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWHERE THESE GIANT
UNDERGROUND PIPES LIE.
291
00:18:55,434 --> 00:18:59,405
{\an7}TO THE EAST, THE HUDSON RIVER IS
A LIFELINE FOR SHIPS AND BARGES
292
00:18:59,438 --> 00:19:04,543
{\an7}CARRYING CARGO FROM
\hNEW YORK CITY TO ALBANY.
293
00:19:04,577 --> 00:19:08,648
{\an7}BUT ITS SEEMINGLY QUIET WATERS
HOLD HIDDEN DANGERS.
294
00:19:10,449 --> 00:19:12,484
{\an7}MUDFLATS CAN GROUND A VESSEL,
295
00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:16,021
{\an7}AND ITS MILLION-DOLLAR CARGO,
\hIN SECONDS.
296
00:19:16,055 --> 00:19:20,593
{\an7}BUT ONE OBSTACLE IN THE RIVER
IS A WELCOME SIGHT TO PILOTS:
297
00:19:20,626 --> 00:19:24,230
{\an7}THE ESOPUS MEADOWS LIGHT.
298
00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:28,901
{\an7}THERE’S BEEN A LIGHTHOUSE
ON THIS SPOT SINCE 1839.
299
00:19:28,934 --> 00:19:30,569
{\an7}THE LIGHT WAS LATER CLOSED
300
00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:34,507
{\an7}AFTER ICE FLOES DAMAGED
\h\h\h\hITS FOUNDATION,
301
00:19:34,540 --> 00:19:40,479
{\an7}BUT CITIZENS BANDED TOGETHER
\hTO SAVE THIS HISTORIC SITE.
302
00:19:40,513 --> 00:19:42,915
{\an7}TODAY, THE ESOPUS MEADOWS LIGHT
303
00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:46,719
{\an7}IS THE ONLY SURVIVING CLAPBOARD
LIGHTHOUSE ON THE HUDSON.
304
00:19:50,356 --> 00:19:54,493
{\an7}A BALD EAGLE AT THE RIVER’S
\hSHORE SEARCHES FOR PREY.
305
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,396
{\an7}ONCE ON THE VERGE OF EXTINCTION,
306
00:19:56,429 --> 00:20:00,667
{\an7}AMERICA’S NATIONAL BIRD
\h\hHAS MADE A COMEBACK.
307
00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:02,635
{\an7}BUT THE FISH THEY CATCH
\h\h\h\h\hIN THE HUDSON
308
00:20:02,668 --> 00:20:06,005
{\an7}\h\hCOULD BE MORE OF
A THREAT THAN FOOD.
309
00:20:09,175 --> 00:20:13,579
{\an7}\h\hFOR 30 YEARS, UNTIL 1977,
THE GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
310
00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:16,215
{\an7}\hPUMPED AS MUCH AS
1.3 MILLION POUNDS
311
00:20:16,248 --> 00:20:20,753
{\an7}OF TOXIC COMPOUNDS CALLED PCBs
DIRECTLY INTO THE RIVER
312
00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:23,489
{\an7}FROM ITS MANUFACTURING PLANTS
\h\hUPSTREAM.
313
00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:25,958
{\an7}LUCKILY,
NEW YORK CITY’S WATERSHED
314
00:20:25,991 --> 00:20:29,761
{\an7}IN THE NEARBY CATSKILLS
\h\h\h\h\hWASN’T AFFECTED.
315
00:20:29,795 --> 00:20:32,765
{\an7}BUT FISH, BIRDS AND OTHER
SPECIES ALONG THE HUDSON
316
00:20:32,865 --> 00:20:35,835
{\an7}HAVE BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN
DANGEROUS LEVELS OF TOXINS
317
00:20:35,868 --> 00:20:39,505
{\an7}THAT COULD CAUSE CANCER
\h\h\h\hIN PEOPLE, TOO.
318
00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:41,240
{\an7}IT’S WHY THE STATE
\hBANNED FISHING
319
00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:44,777
{\an7}ON HUGE STRETCHES OF THE HUDSON
FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.
320
00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:48,648
{\an7}ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND FISHERMEN
321
00:20:48,748 --> 00:20:51,551
{\an7}\h\h\h\hRALLIED TO SAVE
THE RIVER’S ECOSYSTEM.
322
00:20:51,584 --> 00:20:53,786
{\an7}\hTHEY FORMED RIVERKEEPER,
WHICH GREW
323
00:20:53,819 --> 00:20:56,355
{\an7}INTO ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING
AND MOST SUCCESSFUL
324
00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:59,591
{\an7}\hENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
OF ALL TIME.
325
00:20:59,692 --> 00:21:03,396
{\an7}IN 2002 THEIR WORK
\hFINALLY PAID OFF.
326
00:21:03,429 --> 00:21:05,264
{\an7}GENERAL ELECTRIC
AGREED TO DREDGE
327
00:21:05,297 --> 00:21:10,202
{\an7}800 OLYMPIC-SIZED SWIMMING POOLS
WORTH OF PCBs FROM THE RIVER.
328
00:21:11,937 --> 00:21:16,241
{\an7}WORK HAS BEGUN, BUT NO ONE KNOWS
HOW LONG THE CLEANUP WILL LAST,
329
00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:18,944
{\an7}AND IF THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE
TO BE A POTENTIAL THREAT
330
00:21:19,078 --> 00:21:21,647
{\an7}\hTO OFFSPRING OF
EAGLES LIKE THESE.
331
00:21:25,985 --> 00:21:27,253
{\an7}NORTH OF SING SING,
332
00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:29,121
{\an7}THE "BLACK KNIGHTS
\hOF THE HUDSON"
333
00:21:29,155 --> 00:21:31,090
{\an7}ARE PREPARING FOR BATTLE
334
00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:35,094
{\an7}INSIDE THE OLDEST OCCUPIED
\hMILITARY POST IN AMERICA.
335
00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:39,331
{\an7}\h\h\hWEST POINT SITS
HIGH ABOVE THE RIVER,
336
00:21:39,365 --> 00:21:41,634
{\an7}OVERLOOKING A NARROW BEND.
337
00:21:43,669 --> 00:21:45,638
{\an7}\hGEORGE WASHINGTON
ONCE CONSIDERED IT
338
00:21:45,671 --> 00:21:47,573
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO BE THE MOST
STRATEGIC MILITARY SITE
339
00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:49,208
{\an7}IN THE COUNTRY.
340
00:21:50,876 --> 00:21:52,711
{\an7}AMERICAN SOLDIERS AT WEST POINT
341
00:21:52,745 --> 00:21:54,747
{\an7}\hONCE CONTROLLED
RIVER TRAFFIC HERE
342
00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:57,716
{\an7}USING A 150-FOOT-LONG IRON CHAIN
343
00:21:57,750 --> 00:22:01,053
{\an7}STRUNG ACROSS THE RIVER
\h\h\h\hTO STOP SHIPS.
344
00:22:03,823 --> 00:22:07,627
{\an7}THE WEST POINT MILITARY ACADEMY
WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1802
345
00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:09,896
{\an7}BY PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON.
346
00:22:12,031 --> 00:22:15,668
{\an7}CADETS COME FROM ALL 50 STATES
AND CAN ONLY REGISTER
347
00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:20,639
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIF THEY AGREE TO ABIDE BY
A STRICT FOUR-POINT HONOR CODE:
348
00:22:20,673 --> 00:22:26,078
{\an7}\h\hNOT TO LIE, STEAL, CHEAT,
OR TOLERATE ANYONE WHO DOES.
349
00:22:29,048 --> 00:22:34,153
{\an7}\hCOMPETITION IS NOTHING NEW TO
THE BANKS OF THE HUDSON RIVER.
350
00:22:34,253 --> 00:22:38,157
{\an7}ONE OF AMERICA’S WEALTHIEST
\hFORTUNES WAS BUILT ON IT.
351
00:22:38,190 --> 00:22:40,492
{\an7}FREDERICK VANDERBILT
\h\hCOMMISSIONED THIS ESTATE
352
00:22:40,526 --> 00:22:45,297
{\an7}IN HYDE PARK IN 1895
\h\h\h\hON 211 ACRES.
353
00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:46,999
{\an7}\h\hBUT THE WEALTH
HE USED TO BUILD IT
354
00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:49,701
{\an7}CAME FROM A FORTUNE FIRST
EARNED BY HIS GRANDFATHER
355
00:22:49,802 --> 00:22:52,972
{\an7}ON THE WATERS OF THE HUDSON.
356
00:22:53,005 --> 00:22:54,373
{\an7}IT WAS HERE OFF MANHATTAN
357
00:22:54,406 --> 00:22:58,510
{\an7}THAT AMERICA’S ONCE-RICHEST MAN,
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT,
358
00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:02,381
{\an7}\h\hGOT HIS START AS
A SMALL TIME FERRY OPERATOR.
359
00:23:02,414 --> 00:23:04,383
{\an7}\h\h\hHE’S SAID TO HAVE BOUGHT
HIS FIRST FERRY
360
00:23:04,416 --> 00:23:07,653
{\an7}\h\hWITH A LOAN OF
100 DOLLARS IN 1810
361
00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,922
{\an7}AND THEN BEAT OUT
HIS COMPETITORS,
362
00:23:09,955 --> 00:23:13,992
{\an7}\hINCLUDING HIS OWN FATHER,
ONE BY ONE.
363
00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:15,461
{\an7}BY THE 1840s,
364
00:23:15,494 --> 00:23:19,331
{\an7}\hVANDERBILT WAS THE LARGEST
EMPLOYER IN THE UNITED STATES
365
00:23:19,431 --> 00:23:22,000
{\an7}\hAND SOON BOUGHT UP RAILROADS
AND SHIPPING COMPANIES
366
00:23:22,034 --> 00:23:24,570
{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT REACHED ALL THE WAY
TO CALIFORNIA.
367
00:23:26,372 --> 00:23:30,176
{\an7}MODERN FERRIES STILL PLY
VANDERBILT’S OLD ROUTES.
368
00:23:30,209 --> 00:23:32,078
{\an7}TODAY, THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY
369
00:23:32,177 --> 00:23:35,180
{\an7}CARRIES 21 MILLION
PASSENGERS A YEAR.
370
00:23:37,182 --> 00:23:39,885
{\an7}\hVANDERBILT’S OLD RAIL LINE
ON THE HUDSON
371
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:41,621
{\an7}IS STILL IN OPERATION.
372
00:23:43,956 --> 00:23:45,324
{\an7}IN VANDERBILT’S DAY,
373
00:23:45,357 --> 00:23:48,493
{\an7}HIS TRAINS STEAMED RIGHT ALONG
THE RIVER AND INTO THE CITY
374
00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:52,865
{\an7}\hDOWN 10th AVENUE ON
STREET LEVEL TRACKS.
375
00:23:52,898 --> 00:23:56,802
{\an7}AT THE TIME THIS BUSY STREET
WAS NICKNAMED "DEATH AVENUE"
376
00:23:56,835 --> 00:24:00,639
{\an7}DUE TO THE NUMBER OF
\h\hTRAIN-RELATED FATALITIES.
377
00:24:00,673 --> 00:24:03,176
{\an7}IT’S WHY EVERY TRAIN
\hTRAVELLING THROUGH THE CITY
378
00:24:03,208 --> 00:24:05,477
{\an7}\h\hHAD TO BE LED BY
A MAN ON HORSEBACK,
379
00:24:05,511 --> 00:24:07,780
{\an7}TO WARN RESIDENTS
OF ITS APPROACH.
380
00:24:11,016 --> 00:24:13,051
{\an7}\h\h\hIN THE 1930s,
THE ORIGINAL TRACKS
381
00:24:13,152 --> 00:24:17,223
{\an7}WERE REPLACED WITH ELEVATED ONES
TO INCREASE SAFETY.
382
00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:23,329
{\an7}NOW THEY’VE BEEN TRANSFORMED
INTO "THE HIGH LINE."
383
00:24:23,362 --> 00:24:26,365
{\an7}IT’S A SUSPENDED RIBBON OF
WALKWAYS AND NATIVE PLANTS
384
00:24:26,398 --> 00:24:31,003
{\an7}\h\hTHAT WEAVES ITS WAY DOWN
THE CITY’S WEST SIDE.
385
00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:33,405
{\an7}THOUSANDS USE IT EVERY DAY.
386
00:24:35,975 --> 00:24:40,613
{\an7}TODAY, GREEN SPACE IN NEW YORK
IS ALSO SKY HIGH.
387
00:24:42,915 --> 00:24:45,084
{\an7}THE SECOND TALLEST BUILDING
\hIN NEW YORK CITY
388
00:24:45,184 --> 00:24:47,453
{\an7}IS ALSO ITS GREENEST SKYSCRAPER.
389
00:24:49,755 --> 00:24:52,091
{\an7}INSULATED FLOOR-TO-CEILING
GLASS WALLS
390
00:24:52,124 --> 00:24:54,560
{\an7}AND A RAINWATER
COLLECTION SYSTEM
391
00:24:54,593 --> 00:24:57,229
{\an7}HAVE HELPED ENABLE
\hTHE BANK OF AMERICA TOWER
392
00:24:57,262 --> 00:24:59,397
{\an7}TO BECOME THE FIRST SKYSCRAPER
IN THE WORLD
393
00:24:59,431 --> 00:25:02,768
{\an7}TO RECEIVE PLATINUM LEED STATUS,
394
00:25:02,801 --> 00:25:06,038
{\an7}\h\hTHE HIGHEST GREEN BUILDING
RATING POSSIBLE TODAY.
395
00:25:08,607 --> 00:25:10,976
{\an7}GREEN SKYSCRAPERS ARE
\h\hTHE LATEST ADDITION
396
00:25:11,010 --> 00:25:14,547
{\an7}TO NEW YORK’S
RICH ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.
397
00:25:14,613 --> 00:25:17,249
{\an7}BUT MANY OF THE STATE’S
MOST UNIQUE STRUCTURES
398
00:25:17,416 --> 00:25:19,685
{\an7}REQUIRE A TRIP UPSTATE.
399
00:25:25,924 --> 00:25:27,959
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE BANKS OF
NEW YORK’S HUDSON RIVER
400
00:25:27,993 --> 00:25:31,196
{\an7}CAN BEST BE EXPLORED BY AIR.
401
00:25:31,230 --> 00:25:34,567
{\an7}A 2-SEATER HELICOPTER
\hLIFTS OFF OVER THE VALLEY.
402
00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:36,735
{\an7}BELOW, THE HOUSES AND ESTATES
403
00:25:36,769 --> 00:25:41,274
{\an7}\h\hOF SOME OF AMERICA’S
MOST ILLUSTRIOUS NAMES.
404
00:25:41,306 --> 00:25:44,943
{\an7}JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER,
\hONCE AMERICA’S RICHEST MAN,
405
00:25:44,977 --> 00:25:48,280
{\an7}BUILT THIS SIX-STORY
\h\hSTONE HOUSE CALLED KYKUIT
406
00:25:48,380 --> 00:25:50,482
{\an7}IN SLEEPY HOLLOW,
407
00:25:50,582 --> 00:25:52,350
{\an7}TURNING PROFITS
FROM STANDARD OIL
408
00:25:52,384 --> 00:25:56,388
{\an7}\hINTO A PALATIAL
3,500-ACRE ESTATE.
409
00:25:56,422 --> 00:25:59,058
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIT LIES ON ONE OF
THE HIGHEST POINTS ON THE RIVER.
410
00:26:00,726 --> 00:26:04,897
{\an7}ROCKEFELLER DESIGNED MUCH OF
\h\hKYKUIT’S GARDENS HIMSELF.
411
00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:06,365
{\an7}THE HOUSE NOW BELONGS
412
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:09,034
{\an7}\h\h\hTO THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR
HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
413
00:26:11,537 --> 00:26:14,040
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHIS IS BELIEVED
TO BE ONE OF ONLY TWO
414
00:26:14,073 --> 00:26:17,843
{\an7}\hDOMED OCTAGONAL RESIDENCES
IN THE WORLD:
415
00:26:17,876 --> 00:26:20,879
{\an7}THE ARMOUR-STINER HOUSE
\h\h\h\h\hIN IRVINGTON.
416
00:26:22,848 --> 00:26:27,653
{\an7}IN 1859, A NEW YORK FINANCIER
NAMED PAUL J. ARMOUR
417
00:26:27,686 --> 00:26:30,656
{\an7}BUILT THIS EIGHT-SIDED
\h\h\hCOUNTRY RESIDENCE.
418
00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:35,494
{\an7}IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
AN EIGHT-SIDED HOUSE
419
00:26:35,594 --> 00:26:37,963
{\an7}\h\hWOULD HAVE TWICE AS MUCH
SUNLIGHT IN ITS ROOMS
420
00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:39,798
{\an7}AS A FOUR-SIDED ONE.
421
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,337
{\an7}LATER, A PROMINENT TEA IMPORTER
NAMED JOSEPH STINER
422
00:26:45,370 --> 00:26:48,640
{\an7}BOUGHT THE HOUSE AND ADDED
ITS MOST DISTINCTIVE FORMS:
423
00:26:48,674 --> 00:26:52,945
{\an7}A COLORFUL DOMED ROOF
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND CUPOLA.
424
00:26:53,178 --> 00:26:58,850
{\an7}AFTER STINER, RESIDENTS INCLUDED
A FINNISH WRITER AND A POET.
425
00:27:02,855 --> 00:27:06,759
{\an7}\hIN 1976 THE HOUSE HAD
FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR,
426
00:27:06,792 --> 00:27:09,094
{\an7}\h\hAND THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
427
00:27:09,128 --> 00:27:11,764
{\an7}STEPPED IN TO RESCUE
\hIT FROM DEMOLITION.
428
00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,200
{\an7}NOW RESTORED, IT’S PART
429
00:27:15,234 --> 00:27:18,637
{\an7}\hOF THE HUDSON VALLEY’S UNIQUE
ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE
430
00:27:18,670 --> 00:27:21,106
{\an7}\h\hAND IS AS VISUALLY STUNNING
FROM THE GROUND
431
00:27:21,140 --> 00:27:23,109
{\an7}AS IT IS FROM THE AIR.
432
00:27:27,646 --> 00:27:29,181
{\an7}BUT ARCHITECTS AREN’T
\h\h\h\hTHE ONLY ONES
433
00:27:29,348 --> 00:27:32,084
{\an7}WHO HAVE MADE THEIR MARK
ON THE LANDSCAPE.
434
00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:40,259
{\an7}THIS IS SAID TO BE ONE OF
THE LARGEST WORKS OF ART
435
00:27:40,292 --> 00:27:41,627
{\an7}IN NORTH AMERICA.
436
00:27:43,362 --> 00:27:46,765
{\an7}\h\hAND THERE’S NO BETTER WAY
TO ENJOY IT THAN FROM ABOVE.
437
00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:53,072
{\an7}IT USED TO BE
AN ABANDONED BLUESTONE QUARRY
438
00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:55,941
{\an7}UNTIL A LOCAL SCULPTOR
\h\h\h\hNAMED HARVEY FITE
439
00:27:55,974 --> 00:27:58,310
{\an7}BOUGHT THE SITE IN 1938.
440
00:27:59,945 --> 00:28:02,614
{\an7}INSPIRED BY ANCIENT MAYAN ART,
441
00:28:02,648 --> 00:28:06,585
{\an7}HE SET TO WORK ON A SCULPTURE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOPUS 40,
442
00:28:06,618 --> 00:28:11,089
{\an7}SINCE HE EXPECTED IT TO TAKE
40 YEARS TO COMPLETE.
443
00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:13,926
{\an7}\h\h\hIT’S A WORK OF
PASSION AND PATIENCE.
444
00:28:15,594 --> 00:28:18,564
{\an7}EMPLOYING THE TECHNIQUES OF
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BUILDERS,
445
00:28:18,597 --> 00:28:21,733
{\an7}FITE HOISTED AND PIECED TOGETHER
GIANT INDIVIDUAL SLABS
446
00:28:21,767 --> 00:28:24,570
{\an7}OF THE QUARRY’S BLUESTONE
447
00:28:24,603 --> 00:28:25,971
{\an7}TO CREATE A SCULPTURE
448
00:28:26,004 --> 00:28:29,341
{\an7}OF MULTI-LEVEL
CURVED TERRACES AND RAMPS.
449
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:36,048
{\an7}HE ALSO BUILT A HOUSE TO LIVE IN
RIGHT NEXT TO THE QUARRY.
450
00:28:36,081 --> 00:28:41,286
{\an7}SADLY, FITE DIED HERE IN 1976
FROM AN ACCIDENTAL ROCK FALL,
451
00:28:41,486 --> 00:28:44,723
{\an7}\hJUST THREE YEARS
SHORT OF HIS GOAL.
452
00:28:44,756 --> 00:28:48,093
{\an7}BUT EVEN INCOMPLETE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hREMAINS
453
00:28:48,126 --> 00:28:51,563
{\an7}ONE OF NEW YORK STATE’S
\h\h\hARTISTIC TREASURES.
454
00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:59,071
{\an7}50 MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST,
455
00:28:59,104 --> 00:29:01,073
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hANOTHER PIECE OF
THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY
456
00:29:01,106 --> 00:29:03,909
{\an7}HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED
\h\hINTO ART SPACE.
457
00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:11,149
{\an7}THESE ROLLING HILLS
USED TO BE FARMLAND
458
00:29:11,183 --> 00:29:12,885
{\an7}UNTIL HALF A MILLION
\h\h\h\hCONCERT-GOERS
459
00:29:13,051 --> 00:29:16,655
{\an7}DESCENDED ON THEM
IN AUGUST 1969
460
00:29:16,688 --> 00:29:17,889
{\an7}FOR WHAT’S BEEN CALLED
461
00:29:17,990 --> 00:29:22,428
{\an7}\h\hTHE GREATEST MUSICAL EVENT
OF ALL TIME: WOODSTOCK.
462
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:24,796
{\an7}PERFORMANCES BY JIMI HENDRIX,
463
00:29:24,830 --> 00:29:27,232
{\an7}JANIS JOPLIN AND
THE GRATEFUL DEAD
464
00:29:27,266 --> 00:29:29,335
{\an7}DREW SO MANY CONCERT-GOERS
465
00:29:29,368 --> 00:29:31,503
{\an7}THAT NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR
\hNELSON ROCKEFELLER
466
00:29:31,536 --> 00:29:35,006
{\an7}USED THE NATIONAL GUARD
TO AIRLIFT IN SUPPLIES.
467
00:29:37,209 --> 00:29:39,578
{\an7}\h\h35 YEARS AFTER
THE HISTORIC EVENT,
468
00:29:39,611 --> 00:29:41,046
{\an7}THE SITE OF THE CONCERT
469
00:29:41,079 --> 00:29:44,983
{\an7}WAS TURNED INTO THE BETHEL WOODS
CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
470
00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:48,987
{\an7}TODAY, ITS AMPHITHEATRE
\h\hHOLDS 15,000 PEOPLE,
471
00:29:49,021 --> 00:29:52,491
{\an7}\h\hJUST 3% OF THE ATTENDANCE
AT WOODSTOCK.
472
00:29:54,092 --> 00:29:55,527
{\an7}ORIGINAL WOODSTOCK MUSICIANS
473
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:59,631
{\an7}\h\hINCLUDING, CROSBY, STILLS, AND
NASH HAVE RETURNED TO PLAY HERE.
474
00:30:07,839 --> 00:30:09,174
{\an7}IN NEW YORK STATE,
475
00:30:09,207 --> 00:30:13,678
{\an7}FREEDOM HAS ALWAYS BEEN
\h\hHARD FOUGHT AND WON.
476
00:30:13,712 --> 00:30:15,013
{\an7}SOME OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT BATTLES
477
00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:16,882
{\an7}IN THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTIONARY WAR
478
00:30:16,915 --> 00:30:20,919
{\an7}TOOK PLACE ON NEW YORK SOIL.
479
00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:23,255
{\an7}\h\h\hAN OBELISK IN
THE TOWN OF VICTORY
480
00:30:23,455 --> 00:30:25,857
{\an7}CELEBRATES TWO OF THE BIGGEST.
481
00:30:28,493 --> 00:30:31,963
{\an7}IT WAS HERE IN THE FALL OF 1777
482
00:30:31,997 --> 00:30:36,768
{\an7}WHERE BRITISH FORCES SURRENDERED
IN THE BATTLES OF SARATOGA.
483
00:30:38,470 --> 00:30:40,906
{\an7}AFTERWARDS, FRANCE
FINALLY RECOGNIZED
484
00:30:40,939 --> 00:30:45,544
{\an7}THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA AND
ENTERED THE WAR AS ITS ALLY.
485
00:30:49,815 --> 00:30:53,118
{\an7}THREE OF THE OBELISK’S
FOUR SIDES HOLD STATUES
486
00:30:53,151 --> 00:30:56,321
{\an7}THAT HONOR THE GENERALS
THAT LED THE AMERICAN ADVANCE:
487
00:30:56,355 --> 00:31:00,726
{\an7}HORATIO GATES, DANIEL MORGAN
AND PHILLIP SCHUYLER.
488
00:31:00,759 --> 00:31:05,330
{\an7}SCHUYLER LIVED NEARBY
\h\hIN THIS FARMHOUSE.
489
00:31:05,564 --> 00:31:08,300
{\an7}DURING THE WAR, BRITISH TROOPS
OCCUPIED THE SITE
490
00:31:08,333 --> 00:31:11,636
{\an7}\hAND BURNED HIS ORIGINAL HOUSE
TO THE GROUND.
491
00:31:11,670 --> 00:31:15,040
{\an7}\hBUT AFTER THE WAR, SCHUYLER
LATER SALVAGED WHAT HE COULD
492
00:31:15,073 --> 00:31:18,476
{\an7}AND REBUILT HIS FARMHOUSE
IN JUST 29 DAYS.
493
00:31:21,913 --> 00:31:25,150
{\an7}SARATOGA LIES ON
THE HUDSON RIVER.
494
00:31:25,183 --> 00:31:29,154
{\an7}BUT HENRY HUDSON NEVER MADE IT
THIS FAR NORTH.
495
00:31:29,187 --> 00:31:33,825
{\an7}\hHIS LAST STOP WAS A PLACE ON
THE RIVER NOW KNOWN AS ALBANY,
496
00:31:33,859 --> 00:31:36,962
{\an7}THE NEW YORK STATE CAPITAL.
497
00:31:36,995 --> 00:31:38,363
{\an7}DUTCH FUR TRADERS
498
00:31:38,463 --> 00:31:41,900
{\an7}\hFIRST ESTABLISHED
A SETTLEMENT HERE IN 1614.
499
00:31:41,933 --> 00:31:45,170
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTODAY, ALBANY IS
THE SECOND OLDEST CHARTERED CITY
500
00:31:45,203 --> 00:31:47,839
{\an7}IN THE UNITED STATES.
501
00:31:47,873 --> 00:31:51,443
{\an7}AT THE CITY CENTER LIES
THE EMPIRE STATE PLAZA,
502
00:31:51,476 --> 00:31:55,313
{\an7}HOME TO THE MORE THAN 10,000
EMPLOYEES THAT RUN THE STATE,
503
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,951
{\an7}AS WELL AS THE STATE LIBRARY
\hAND MUSEUM.
504
00:31:59,985 --> 00:32:01,720
{\an7}\h\hGOVERNOR NELSON ROCKEFELLER
IS SAID
505
00:32:01,753 --> 00:32:04,456
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO HAVE FIRST SKETCHED
THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THE PLAZA
506
00:32:04,489 --> 00:32:06,324
{\an7}ON THE BACK OF A POSTCARD.
507
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:10,662
{\an7}ITS TWO BILLION DOLLAR
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPRICE TAG,
508
00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:13,131
{\an7}MARBLE FACADE AND STARK DESIGN
509
00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:17,436
{\an7}HAVE DRAWN CRITICISM EVER SINCE
IT WAS FINISHED IN 1979.
510
00:32:20,872 --> 00:32:25,210
{\an7}\hUPSTATE NEW YORK HAS LONG BEEN
A POPULAR HAUNT FOR WEEKENDERS.
511
00:32:25,377 --> 00:32:26,879
{\an7}BUT ITS FORESTS ARE ALSO HOME
512
00:32:26,912 --> 00:32:30,616
{\an7}TO THOSE SEEKING
MORE PERMANENT SOLITUDE.
513
00:32:30,715 --> 00:32:32,750
{\an7}UNLESS YOU’RE LOOKING
\h\h\h\hFROM THE AIR,
514
00:32:32,784 --> 00:32:35,620
{\an7}\h\h\hIT WOULD BE HARD TO KNOW
THAT THEY’RE EVEN HERE.
515
00:32:37,989 --> 00:32:41,092
{\an7}\hTHIS IS A PLACE
CALLED "NEW SKETE."
516
00:32:43,995 --> 00:32:46,231
{\an7}THREE SEPARATE BUT
UNITED COMMUNITIES
517
00:32:46,264 --> 00:32:50,168
{\an7}\h\h\h\hLIVE IN THIS
PICTURESQUE SETTING.
518
00:32:50,202 --> 00:32:53,338
{\an7}\h\h\hNEW SKETE WAS ORIGINALLY
STARTED IN 1966
519
00:32:53,371 --> 00:32:55,173
{\an7}\hWHEN A SMALL GROUP
OF MONKS BROKE AWAY
520
00:32:55,273 --> 00:32:57,008
{\an7}FROM THE FRANCISCAN BROTHERHOOD
521
00:32:57,042 --> 00:32:58,944
{\an7}AND FORMED THEIR OWN MONASTERY.
522
00:33:02,447 --> 00:33:05,150
{\an7}\h\hTHREE YEARS LATER,
EIGHT NUNS FOLLOWED,
523
00:33:05,183 --> 00:33:08,153
{\an7}ESTABLISHING THEIR OWN
\h\h\h\h\hPRACTICE NEARBY.
524
00:33:10,489 --> 00:33:12,958
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hLATER, A FEW
MARRIED COUPLES ARRIVED
525
00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:17,262
{\an7}\hAND FORMED A THIRD RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITY IN THE AREA.
526
00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:21,366
{\an7}NEW SKETE BROKE AWAY FROM THE
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN 1979
527
00:33:21,399 --> 00:33:24,102
{\an7}\h\hAND IS NOW PART OF
THE ORTHODOX CHURCH.
528
00:33:25,904 --> 00:33:29,775
{\an7}\hEACH DAY REVOLVES AROUND
INTENSE MONASTIC PRACTICE.
529
00:33:31,409 --> 00:33:33,711
{\an7}\h\h\hWITH ITS ABUNDANT
FORESTS AND STREAMS,
530
00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:36,948
{\an7}\h\h\hFINDING SITES FOR PEACEFUL
CONTEMPLATION IN NEW YORK STATE
531
00:33:36,982 --> 00:33:40,052
{\an7}HAS NEVER BEEN HARD.
532
00:33:40,085 --> 00:33:43,755
{\an7}IF HENRY HUDSON HADN’T
TURNED BACK AT ALBANY IN 1609
533
00:33:43,855 --> 00:33:46,458
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND HAD FOLLOWED
THE HUDSON RIVER TO ITS SOURCE,
534
00:33:46,491 --> 00:33:48,693
{\an7}HE WOULD HAVE ENDED UP HERE.
535
00:33:50,662 --> 00:33:53,698
{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS IS THE LARGEST AREA
OF PROTECTED WILDERNESS
536
00:33:53,732 --> 00:33:56,168
{\an7}IN THE CONTINENTAL
\hUNITED STATES.
537
00:33:56,201 --> 00:34:00,272
{\an7}THE ADIRONDACK PARK COVERS
6.1 MILLION ACRES,
538
00:34:00,305 --> 00:34:03,108
{\an7}ONE FIFTH OF NEW YORK STATE.
539
00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:08,446
{\an7}IT’S NEARLY EIGHT TIMES THE SIZE
OF CALIFORNIA’S YOSEMITE.
540
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,182
{\an7}UNLIKE MOST MOUNTAIN RANGES,
541
00:34:10,415 --> 00:34:13,351
{\an7}THE ADIRONDACKS ARE NOT
STRUNG OUT IN A CHAIN.
542
00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:18,924
{\an7}\h\hINSTEAD THEY’RE FORMED AS
A GIANT DOME, 160 MILES WIDE.
543
00:34:21,192 --> 00:34:24,929
{\an7}THIS REGION WAS ONCE FLAT,
BUT FIVE MILLION YEARS AGO,
544
00:34:24,963 --> 00:34:28,767
{\an7}GIANT FORCES FROM BELOW
PUSHED UP ROCK AND SOIL,
545
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,270
{\an7}\hCREATING THE ADIRONDACKS’
PEAKS AND VALLEYS.
546
00:34:32,304 --> 00:34:34,406
{\an7}\hTHEY’RE ALMOST AS
IMPENETRABLE TODAY
547
00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:38,577
{\an7}AS THEY WERE 400 YEARS AGO.
548
00:34:38,610 --> 00:34:40,912
{\an7}THE ADIRONDACK PARK’S
\h\h\hLAKES AND STREAMS
549
00:34:40,946 --> 00:34:43,549
{\an7}ARE SOME OF THE COUNTRY’S
HIDDEN TREASURES,
550
00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:48,253
{\an7}BUT ONE IS WELL KNOWN
\h\h\hAROUND THE WORLD.
551
00:34:48,286 --> 00:34:49,621
{\an7}LAKE PLACID WAS THE SITE
552
00:34:49,654 --> 00:34:53,691
{\an7}OF ONE OF THE GREATEST EVENTS
\hIN AMERICAN SPORTS HISTORY.
553
00:34:53,725 --> 00:34:56,962
{\an7}\hIT WAS HERE, DURING
THE WINTER OLYMPICS IN 1980,
554
00:34:56,995 --> 00:35:00,699
{\an7}WHEN THE U.S. HOCKEY TEAM, MADE
UP LARGELY OF AMATEUR PLAYERS,
555
00:35:00,732 --> 00:35:05,804
{\an7}BEAT THE SOVIETS IN WHAT’S BEEN
CALLED "THE MIRACLE ON ICE."
556
00:35:10,408 --> 00:35:11,876
{\an7}DEEP IN THESE MOUNTAINS,
557
00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:13,645
{\an7}\h\hTHE HEADWATERS
OF THE HUDSON RIVER
558
00:35:13,678 --> 00:35:16,981
{\an7}WERE DISCOVERED IN 1872.
559
00:35:17,015 --> 00:35:20,085
{\an7}\hBUT BY THEN, IT WAS
ANOTHER WATERWAY TO THE WEST
560
00:35:20,118 --> 00:35:22,621
{\an7}THAT WAS ABOUT TO POWER
\h\hTHE CITIES AND TOWNS
561
00:35:22,654 --> 00:35:24,523
{\an7}OF NEW YORK STATE.
562
00:35:36,434 --> 00:35:39,671
{\an7}\h\hANCIENT TRAILS ONCE CROSSED
THE MOHAWK RIVER VALLEY
563
00:35:39,904 --> 00:35:41,939
{\an7}IN UPSTATE NEW YORK.
564
00:35:41,973 --> 00:35:45,743
{\an7}THIS WAS THE LAND OF
\h\hTHE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY,
565
00:35:45,777 --> 00:35:47,679
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA GROUP OF
NATIVE AMERICAN NATIONS
566
00:35:47,712 --> 00:35:52,483
{\an7}\h\hTHAT INHABITED THE VALLEY’S
RICH FORESTS AND HILLS.
567
00:35:52,517 --> 00:35:55,954
{\an7}STRETCHING FROM THE HUDSON RIVER
ALL THE WAY TO CANADA,
568
00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:58,089
{\an7}ITS RIVERS AND ANCIENT FOOTPATHS
569
00:35:58,256 --> 00:36:02,060
{\an7}BECAME A MAJOR ROUTE
\h\hFOR THE FUR TRADE.
570
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,029
{\an7}BY THE EARLY 1600s,
571
00:36:04,062 --> 00:36:06,631
{\an7}THE POPULARITY OF HATS
\h\hMADE FROM BEAVER FUR
572
00:36:06,798 --> 00:36:10,302
{\an7}WERE DRIVING THE BEAVER
TO NEAR EXTINCTION IN EUROPE.
573
00:36:10,335 --> 00:36:13,638
{\an7}FUR TRADERS SET OFF
\hFOR THE NEW WORLD,
574
00:36:13,672 --> 00:36:15,908
{\an7}WHICH STILL HAD
LARGE NUMBERS OF BEAVER,
575
00:36:16,074 --> 00:36:18,176
{\an7}ESPECIALLY HERE IN
\hUPSTATE NEW YORK,
576
00:36:18,209 --> 00:36:20,678
{\an7}AND FURTHER NORTH, IN CANADA.
577
00:36:22,247 --> 00:36:25,951
{\an7}ACCESS TO THE MOHAWK’S RIVERS
\hAND TRAILS WERE PARAMOUNT,
578
00:36:25,984 --> 00:36:28,720
{\an7}AND CONFLICTS OVER TRADE ROUTES
FLARED AMONG THE TRIBES
579
00:36:28,753 --> 00:36:32,857
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND BETWEEN
THE BRITISH AND FRENCH.
580
00:36:32,891 --> 00:36:36,962
{\an7}IN 1758, A BRITISH GENERAL
NAMED JOHN STANWIX
581
00:36:36,995 --> 00:36:42,934
{\an7}\hESTABLISHED A FORT ON THIS SITE
IN WHAT IS TODAY ROME, NEW YORK.
582
00:36:42,967 --> 00:36:44,802
{\an7}FORT STANWIX WAS
BUILT TO CONTROL
583
00:36:44,836 --> 00:36:46,805
{\an7}AN IMPORTANT SIX-MILE LAND ROUTE
584
00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:52,076
{\an7}\h\hCONNECTING THE MOHAWK RIVER
AND NEARBY WOODS CREEK.
585
00:36:52,243 --> 00:36:54,679
{\an7}\hTHE ONEIDA HOPED
THE FORT WOULD BRING PEACE
586
00:36:54,846 --> 00:36:57,916
{\an7}BETWEEN THEIR TRIBE
\h\hAND THE PIONEERS.
587
00:36:57,949 --> 00:36:59,884
{\an7}\h\hBUT THE BRITISH ABANDONED
FORT STANWIX
588
00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:02,921
{\an7}JUST THREE YEARS
AFTER COMPLETION.
589
00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:06,891
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND IN 1777,
AN AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY FORCE
590
00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:08,960
{\an7}\hSUCCESSFULLY DEFENDED
THE FORT AGAINST ATTACK
591
00:37:08,993 --> 00:37:11,629
{\an7}BY BRITISH AND IROQUOIS TROOPS.
592
00:37:17,869 --> 00:37:20,572
{\an7}HALF A CENTURY LATER,
\hROME BECAME THE SITE
593
00:37:20,605 --> 00:37:24,008
{\an7}\h\h\hOF THE BIGGEST CONSTRUCTION
PROJECT IN THE STATE’S HISTORY.
594
00:37:29,547 --> 00:37:31,849
{\an7}A MAN-MADE WATERWAY
\hTHAT WOULD REPLACE
595
00:37:31,883 --> 00:37:34,252
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE MOHAWK VALLEY’S
ANCIENT TRADING ROUTES
596
00:37:34,486 --> 00:37:37,956
{\an7}\hAND TURN FORMER TRADING POSTS
INTO BOOMTOWNS.
597
00:37:42,227 --> 00:37:47,199
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE 363-MILE-LONG ERIE CANAL
FOLLOWS NEW YORK’S MOHAWK VALLEY
598
00:37:47,365 --> 00:37:51,336
{\an7}AND LINKS THE HUDSON RIVER WITH
A STRING OF TOWNS TO THE WEST,
599
00:37:51,369 --> 00:37:54,639
{\an7}ALL THE WAY TO THE PORT
OF BUFFALO ON LAKE ERIE.
600
00:37:58,042 --> 00:38:02,013
{\an7}\h\h\hTODAY, LOCKS IN THE CANAL
STILL HELP SHIPS MOVE UPRIVER,
601
00:38:02,046 --> 00:38:05,116
{\an7}JUST AS THEY DID
ALMOST TWO CENTURIES AGO.
602
00:38:07,919 --> 00:38:12,056
{\an7}WHEN IT WAS FINISHED IN 1825,
AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF DIGGING,
603
00:38:12,090 --> 00:38:14,092
{\an7}CARGO COULD TRAVEL
\hON A SINGLE SHIP
604
00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:17,295
{\an7}FROM NEW YORK CITY TO
AMERICA’S GREAT LAKES
605
00:38:17,328 --> 00:38:20,798
{\an7}RIGHT THROUGH THE STATE
\h\h\hFOR THE FIRST TIME.
606
00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:24,769
{\an7}\h\hTHE GOING IS JUST AS SLOW
TODAY AS IT WAS THEN,
607
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:26,905
{\an7}BUT THE CANAL’S ROUTE
\h\hTHROUGH THE MOHAWK VALLEY
608
00:38:26,938 --> 00:38:30,842
{\an7}IS AS SCENIC AS IT GETS
AS IT APPROACHES ROCHESTER.
609
00:38:36,347 --> 00:38:39,283
{\an7}TODAY, THE ROCHESTER
\h\h\hMETROPOLITAN AREA
610
00:38:39,317 --> 00:38:42,453
{\an7}HAS THE SECOND LARGEST
\hECONOMY IN THE STATE.
611
00:38:42,487 --> 00:38:46,024
{\an7}\hAND PART OF THE CANAL STILL
RUNS RIGHT THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
612
00:38:47,625 --> 00:38:49,994
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE ARRIVAL OF
THIS WATERWAY IN 1820
613
00:38:50,228 --> 00:38:55,133
{\an7}CAUSED THE CITY’S POPULATION
TO DOUBLE IN JUST TEN YEARS.
614
00:38:55,166 --> 00:38:56,934
{\an7}WITH MILLS TURNING OUT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMORE FLOUR
615
00:38:56,968 --> 00:38:59,170
{\an7}THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN AMERICA,
616
00:38:59,204 --> 00:39:02,174
{\an7}ROCHESTER BECAME
AMERICA’S FIRST BOOMTOWN,
617
00:39:02,207 --> 00:39:07,345
{\an7}\h\hAND WAS NICKNAMED
"THE YOUNG LION OF THE WEST."
618
00:39:07,378 --> 00:39:10,848
{\an7}EVER SINCE, THE CITY HAS BEEN
KNOWN FOR ITS BROAD AVENUES,
619
00:39:10,882 --> 00:39:15,086
{\an7}\h\h\hELEGANT HOMES,
AND FAMOUS CITIZENS.
620
00:39:15,119 --> 00:39:18,689
{\an7}ABOLITIONIST AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS
LEADER SUSAN B. ANTHONY
621
00:39:18,723 --> 00:39:23,261
{\an7}LIVED IN THIS HUMBLE RED HOUSE
ON 17 MADISON STREET
622
00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:25,563
{\an7}WHERE SHE WAS ONCE ARRESTED
FOR TRYING TO VOTE
623
00:39:25,597 --> 00:39:28,533
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE 1872
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
624
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:33,705
{\an7}ANTHONY DIED HERE IN 1906,
625
00:39:33,738 --> 00:39:36,741
{\an7}JUST 14 YEARS BEFORE
\h\hTHE 19th AMENDMENT
626
00:39:36,774 --> 00:39:40,711
{\an7}\hGUARANTEED WOMEN
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
627
00:39:40,745 --> 00:39:43,781
{\an7}ACROSS TOWN,
\h\hTHESE WELL-TENDED GARDENS
628
00:39:43,815 --> 00:39:46,584
{\an7}ONCE BELONGED TO A MAN
WHOSE NAME AND COMPANY
629
00:39:46,618 --> 00:39:50,088
{\an7}ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH ROCHESTER.
630
00:39:50,121 --> 00:39:51,789
{\an7}IN 1884,
631
00:39:51,823 --> 00:39:55,260
{\an7}\hLONG BEFORE HE MADE THE FORTUNE
HE NEEDED TO BUILD THIS MANSION,
632
00:39:55,293 --> 00:39:57,896
{\an7}\h\hA SCRAPPY INVENTOR
NAMED GEORGE EASTMAN
633
00:39:57,929 --> 00:40:04,002
{\an7}\hPATENTED THE FIRST MECHANISM
THAT HELD ROLLS OF PAPER FILM.
634
00:40:04,035 --> 00:40:07,472
{\an7}HE AND HIS MOTHER CAME UP WITH
A NEW NAME FOR THE COMPANY:
635
00:40:07,505 --> 00:40:09,407
{\an7}EASTMAN KODAK.
636
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,476
{\an7}\h\hAT THE TIME, PHOTOGRAPHY
REQUIRED BIG CAMERAS,
637
00:40:12,510 --> 00:40:16,280
{\an7}\hHEAVY GLASS PLATES,
AND MESSY CHEMICALS.
638
00:40:16,314 --> 00:40:18,550
{\an7}KODAK FILM ROLLS AND CAMERAS
639
00:40:18,583 --> 00:40:21,052
{\an7}BROUGHT PICTURE TAKING
\h\h\h\hTO THE MASSES,
640
00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:22,620
{\an7}AND HELPED TURN ROCHESTER
641
00:40:22,654 --> 00:40:25,190
{\an7}\h\hINTO THE IMAGING CAPITAL
OF THE WORLD.
642
00:40:27,525 --> 00:40:31,295
{\an7}BAUSCH & LOMB AND XEROX,
TWO OTHER IMAGING GIANTS,
643
00:40:31,329 --> 00:40:35,166
{\an7}\h\h\h\hWERE ALSO FOUNDED
IN AND AROUND THE CITY.
644
00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:38,703
{\an7}TODAY, THE DIGITAL AGE
HAS REDUCED KODAK’S FORTUNES,
645
00:40:38,736 --> 00:40:42,240
{\an7}BUT THE COMPANY’S HEADQUARTERS
ARE STILL RIGHT IN DOWNTOWN.
646
00:40:45,243 --> 00:40:47,378
{\an7}THE ERIE CANAL ISN’T
\h\h\hTHE ONLY WATERWAY
647
00:40:47,412 --> 00:40:50,048
{\an7}\h\h\h\hFLOWING INTO
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
648
00:40:50,081 --> 00:40:51,783
{\an7}WATER FROM THE GENESEE RIVER
649
00:40:51,816 --> 00:40:55,353
{\an7}ONCE POWERED THE CITY’S MILLS.
650
00:40:55,386 --> 00:40:57,121
{\an7}IT’S THE LONGEST RIVER
\h\h\h\h\hTHAT FLOWS NORTH
651
00:40:57,155 --> 00:41:01,593
{\an7}IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE,
ON ITS WAY TO LAKE ONTARIO.
652
00:41:01,626 --> 00:41:03,428
{\an7}BEFORE IT ARRIVES IN ROCHESTER,
653
00:41:03,461 --> 00:41:06,831
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE GENESEE FLOWS THROUGH
LECHTWORTH STATE PARK.
654
00:41:09,500 --> 00:41:13,371
{\an7}\h\hIT’S BEEN CALLED
THE GRAND CANYON OF THE EAST.
655
00:41:13,404 --> 00:41:16,407
{\an7}IN 1852, THE ERIE
RAILROAD COMPANY
656
00:41:16,441 --> 00:41:21,346
{\an7}BUILT A BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER,
JUST ABOVE UPPER FALLS.
657
00:41:21,379 --> 00:41:22,914
{\an7}THE OLD PORTAGE BRIDGE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWAS CALLED
658
00:41:22,947 --> 00:41:25,817
{\an7}\h\hTHE HIGHEST WOODEN BRIDGE
IN THE WORLD,
659
00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:30,054
{\an7}BEFORE IT WAS DESTROYED
\h\h\h\h\hBY FIRE IN 1875.
660
00:41:30,088 --> 00:41:31,356
{\an7}THE BRIDGE THAT REPLACED IT
661
00:41:31,389 --> 00:41:35,326
{\an7}IS MADE OF STEEL AND IS
STILL USED BY TRAINS TODAY.
662
00:41:38,262 --> 00:41:41,499
{\an7}GORGES AND WATERFALLS
\h\h\hLINE THE RIVER,
663
00:41:41,532 --> 00:41:42,933
{\an7}BUT THEY’RE NO COMPARISON
664
00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:46,270
{\an7}\hTO NEW YORK STATE’S
MOST FAMOUS NATURAL WONDER...
665
00:41:50,842 --> 00:41:52,977
{\an7}NIAGARA FALLS.
666
00:41:56,981 --> 00:42:00,618
{\an7}THE FALLS STRADDLE THE BORDER OF
THE U.S. AND CANADA,
667
00:42:00,651 --> 00:42:03,487
{\an7}IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER
\h\h\hOF NEW YORK STATE.
668
00:42:07,225 --> 00:42:10,328
{\an7}THERE ARE TWO MAIN FALLS:
669
00:42:10,361 --> 00:42:11,796
{\an7}HORSESHOE FALLS,
670
00:42:11,896 --> 00:42:14,699
{\an7}\h\h\hWHICH IS PRIMARILY ON THE
CANADIAN SIDE OF THE BORDER...
671
00:42:18,636 --> 00:42:23,141
{\an7}AND THE AMERICAN FALLS,
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN NEW YORK.
672
00:42:23,174 --> 00:42:25,476
{\an7}WHEN GLACIAL WATERS
CARVED UP THIS LAND
673
00:42:25,610 --> 00:42:31,850
{\an7}AND CREATED THE FALLS, THEY WERE
SEVEN MILES DOWNSTREAM.
674
00:42:31,883 --> 00:42:35,887
{\an7}BUT OVER TIME, THE RAGING WATER
HAS ERODED THE ROCK BELOW...
675
00:42:37,855 --> 00:42:42,026
{\an7}AND THE FALLS HAVE BEEN INCHING
THEIR WAY UPRIVER EVER SINCE.
676
00:42:48,466 --> 00:42:53,438
{\an7}\h\hMANY A DAREDEVIL HAS BEEN
TEMPTED TO TEST THEIR POWER.
677
00:42:53,471 --> 00:42:54,973
{\an7}THE FIRST TO SURVIVE THE FALLS
678
00:42:55,006 --> 00:42:59,944
{\an7}\h\h\hWAS A WOMAN NAMED
ANNIE TAYLOR IN 1901.
679
00:42:59,977 --> 00:43:04,048
{\an7}\h\h\hON HER 63rd BIRTHDAY, SHE
CLIMBED INSIDE A WOODEN BARREL
680
00:43:04,215 --> 00:43:07,051
{\an7}AND, CLINGING TO HER
HEART-SHAPED PILLOW,
681
00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:10,121
{\an7}\h\hDISAPPEARED OVER
THE AMERICAN FALLS.
682
00:43:12,190 --> 00:43:15,260
{\an7}\hTAYLOR MANAGED TO SURVIVE
THE MORE THAN 70-FOOT DROP
683
00:43:15,293 --> 00:43:17,028
{\an7}WITH JUST A FEW BRUISES.
684
00:43:19,430 --> 00:43:22,300
{\an7}OTHERS HAVEN’T BEEN AS LUCKY.
685
00:43:25,336 --> 00:43:28,739
{\an7}WATER FROM THE FALLS
\hGENERATES 280 TONS OF FORCE
686
00:43:28,906 --> 00:43:30,941
{\an7}ON THE ROCKS BELOW...
687
00:43:31,042 --> 00:43:34,746
{\an7}\h\hENOUGH TO POWER TWO GIANT
HYDROELECTRIC PLANTS
688
00:43:34,779 --> 00:43:37,081
{\an7}THAT SIPHON WATER OFF THE RIVER.
689
00:43:38,683 --> 00:43:40,618
{\an7}THEY’RE THE BIGGEST
\hGENERATORS OF ELECTRICITY
690
00:43:40,651 --> 00:43:42,620
{\an7}IN NEW YORK STATE...
691
00:43:42,653 --> 00:43:45,256
{\an7}\hCHURNING OUT MILLIONS OF
KILOWATTS OF POWER
692
00:43:45,289 --> 00:43:48,325
{\an7}THAT’S SHARED BETWEEN
\hTHE U.S. AND CANADA.
693
00:43:50,862 --> 00:43:53,231
{\an7}HARNESSING POWER FROM
\h\h\hTHE NIAGARA RIVER
694
00:43:53,264 --> 00:43:55,733
{\an7}IS NOTHING NEW.
695
00:43:55,766 --> 00:43:59,870
{\an7}\hIN 1759, A FRENCHMAN
NAMED DANIEL JONCAIRE
696
00:43:59,904 --> 00:44:04,142
{\an7}CONSTRUCTED A SMALL CANAL ABOVE
THE FALLS TO RUN HIS SAWMILL.
697
00:44:06,010 --> 00:44:10,648
{\an7}\h\hMORE THAN A CENTURY LATER, NEW
MILL OWNERS EXPANDED THE CANALS,
698
00:44:10,681 --> 00:44:14,318
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND IN 1881 NIAGARA FALLS
BECAME THE SITE OF THE COUNTRY’S
699
00:44:14,352 --> 00:44:18,723
{\an7}\h\hFIRST LARGE-SCALE
HYDROELECTRIC POWER STATION.
700
00:44:18,823 --> 00:44:22,260
{\an7}J.P. MORGAN AND
THE VANDERBILTS INVESTED,
701
00:44:22,293 --> 00:44:25,129
{\an7}AND ELECTRIC POWER SOON
LIT UP MILLS AND TOWNS
702
00:44:25,163 --> 00:44:28,466
{\an7}ALL AROUND THE RIVER.
703
00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:31,802
{\an7}NEARBY BUFFALO, NEW YORK, BECAME
THE FIRST CITY IN AMERICA
704
00:44:31,836 --> 00:44:33,938
{\an7}TO HAVE ELECTRIC STREETLIGHTS,
705
00:44:34,038 --> 00:44:37,475
{\an7}EARNING ITS NICKNAME
"THE CITY OF LIGHT."
706
00:44:37,508 --> 00:44:41,746
{\an7}TODAY, BUFFALO IS NEW YORK
STATE’S SECOND LARGEST CITY
707
00:44:41,846 --> 00:44:45,650
{\an7}AND MOST OF ITS POWER STILL
\hCOMES FROM NIAGARA FALLS.
708
00:44:53,791 --> 00:44:55,893
{\an7}NEW YORK FROM THE AIR,
709
00:44:55,927 --> 00:44:59,497
{\an7}\hA LAND OF ANCIENT TRAILS
AND RIVERS,
710
00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:04,468
{\an7}\h\h\hWHERE INDUSTRY FLOURISHES
AND BALD EAGLES THRIVE.
711
00:45:04,502 --> 00:45:07,238
{\an7}\h\h\hFROM THE BATTLEFIELDS OF
REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS,
712
00:45:07,271 --> 00:45:11,275
{\an7}ACROSS THE SPIRES OF
THE COUNTRY’S TALLEST TOWERS,
713
00:45:11,309 --> 00:45:12,911
{\an7}AND WATERS THAT HAVE FUELED
714
00:45:12,944 --> 00:45:16,848
{\an7}\h\h\h\hONE OF AMERICA’S
MOST FAMOUS FORTUNES.
715
00:45:16,948 --> 00:45:18,850
{\an7}TO SEE NEW YORK FROM THE AIR
716
00:45:18,883 --> 00:45:21,819
{\an7}IS A CHANCE TO DISCOVER
\h\hITS PEOPLE, BRIDGES,
717
00:45:21,852 --> 00:45:26,256
{\an7}WATERWAYS, AND THE SKYSCRAPERS
AND NATURAL WONDERS
718
00:45:26,290 --> 00:45:30,895
{\an7}THAT MAKE NEW YORK
\hTHE EMPIRE STATE.
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