Good afternoon, guys.
Here in New York City. One of the most expensive
places on the planet with some of the wealthiest people. So today we're gonna go up
into one of these neighborhoods. Up into the richest
neighborhood in New York City. ♪ jazz ♪ You too, take care. [car door opens] Here we are, edge of Central Park, 5th Ave. and Upper East Side, that's the
neighborhood. So that runs basically 59th to 96th. So the Upper East Side
is known for it's old wealth. This was the place for the Kennedys the Rockefellers the Roosevelts Carnegies. All these big names in American history. They all had a place up on these streets. And now I believe its still a place where if you have the big money in New York,
you're coming up here. Now there are some other very wealthy
neighborhoods Tribecca Brooklyn Heights but if you want to concentrate on the
largest conglomerate of wealth this is it. Guggenheim Museum. Built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1959. Just way ahead of his time. It's a cylindrical building.
Wider at the top than at the bottom. It was conceived as the temple of the spirit. It's just got a beautiful flow to it. Very unique. I love this type of architecture where if
it was built today it would look contemporary but it was 1959. Was this Andrew Carnegie's home?
<WOMAN: Yes. -He lived here?
<Yes. -Oh, okay.
-Have you ever been inside? You ever take a tour of it? -No, is it open now or is it closed? -It looks closed from here. -Yeah. -And they haven't opened the garden. All right, guys.
It's closed right now but this is Andrew Carnegie's home. I believe it was his home or one of his
properties and Andrew Carnegie,
for those that don't know massive steel tycoon. Really, a lot of his businesses were behind
the industrial revolution here in America. He gave away $350 million back in his time which is $65 billion
today adjusted for inflation. This isn't his only residence. He owned a lot of real estate. Okay, what do we got up here? We're just going right along the park. 5th Ave, take a right. Russian flag in the background. Must be the Russian Consulate. They picked the nice real estate obviously. Beautiful detail here as you can see. What has happened in
that building over the years? You can see those classic
Russian shades up there. Bars on the windows.
Very classy looking though. Hello. How are you doing? I'm doing well, you? I'm making a video
about the Upper East Side. This was an armory? -This was an armory. -Okay. -So the landmarks commission said,
"Okay, we'll let you build a school but you have to keep the facade." -Okay. -So this is the facade of the armory. I think there's a plaque over there.
-So there's a school behind it. -Behind there is Hunter
College High School. Which is a public school. This is an historic district... -Okay. And it's called Carnegie Hill. Those of us who bought apartments here 30, 40 years ago, I don't know what's going
to happen in New York now. It's a mess. We're bankrupt. The state's bankrupt, the city is bankrupt. -How is your feel about the city right now? -Well, I think we're in better shape than
the West and the Midwest. -Than the West? -Yeah, and then the South... -Yeah. -But COVID is starting to increase here
as the schools have opened and so forth. So I don't know.
It's week by week. I love it. Always have, always will. Take care. Okay, guys we have I think it's called Carnegie tower. This is where Anthony Bourdain lived. It's not the most beautiful building from
the outside but I'm sure it's quite sweet inside. I believe his place sold for $3.2 million. Let's see if we can get
in the front door here. Carnegie Hill, this is the nicest
part of the Upper East side. Roughly $350,000 is
the median family income. Carnegie Hill Tower, the door is open. Door is open. Hey guys. Did you guys know Bourdain?
-Yeah. How was he? Nice guy.
-He was cool? <Very nice, yeah. He lived here for a long time, right? -Few years. This is a very cool thing
about the United States. is you can be in the wealthiest
neighborhood and there's no security out front. You can just walk in the building. Those places are very expensive. Every one in the multi-millions I'm sure. So my wife mentioned this to me: She really brought it to my attention. Wealth in America is sort of shown. People are proud of it. Not everything is behind fences,
and security guards, and gates. Yeah, there's plenty of that stuff, right? But there's a lot that's not and we'll see that in this neighborhood. There's a lot that anyone can walk these
streets. That's quite cool
because in a lot of the world if you have that much wealth it's behind a gate. It's behind security. You'll never be near it, let's say. And she was saying,
"It's inspirational here." because while you might
not have all that money. You can observe, right? And you can somewhat interact like I
did with that lady back there. And I think that's unique. I never noticed this about the states. I actually learn about America
from my wife more than anyone. Through her eyes. That's cool in these
days of polarization and negativity about America. It's nice to observe these things. We live abroad.
Been abroad for four years. So coming back into it you see things a different way. It's the type of neighborhood...
You see shops like these. You don't see these in
a lot of parts of the city. Flower shop. Pumpkins, Halloween's coming. They've set them up.
These tents on the streets and at night time I think
they get pretty busy but only 25% inside.
Which is ridiculous. For the business owners it's gotta be
brutal to try to run a business like this. You can see another one and they put a lot of money into these. That's done quite well with the
flower pots, flower arrangements. Some are lucky, they
already have the awnings. They've done outdoor
dining for a long time. Very cute setup. Beautiful. I like that shot right there. So this one right here. I was just talking to this lady in the... Pushing the baby carriage. She said that would
be more than $5 million. So that, I guess much more than $5 million. [car horn honks] She just moved to the
neighborhood, loves it. Very safe, excellent schools. You can see the schools here. But again, this is very cool. Once this goes away in America then America loses a lot
of what's great about it. So you have probably some of the
wealthier moms in the country open, outside of their
school with their kids. There are no security guards around. There are no gates. Even the fire hydrant is stylish and expensive looking. So a lot of these places
have door men outside. I think that's sort of that
"Old money" feel. The very classy door man dressed up well and very much decorated hallways, doorways. No bars on the windows. I mean that's nice. You guys make it look beautiful.
-Thank you, appreciate it. Take care, where's the
nicest street here do you think? -Nicest street? -Yeah in Carnegie Hill area. -It's all over in all honesty. It's just a very nice area, man.
[chuckles] -Gotcha, take care. Here we have a synagogue. So in the Upper East
Side there 220,000 people. I gotta fact check myself but I believe
there are like 55,000 Jews who live here. So huge Jewish population. And the Asian population is increasing. Very nice markets in this part of the city. Fresh cut fruit. Fresh vegetables. Nice selection.
Hello. Nice market you have. This is what it is, every
street, nice treeline. Quiet. Not much action. Like it's the antithesis
of the South Bronx. South Bronx... Nah, I don't want to live there but that place is alive. For sure. Even the trash looks
cleaner in these parts. Oh, that's recycling. Oh, there's some trash. Trash looks clean in the Upper East Side. Here on the east side
of the Upper East Side looking out across the East River at Queens back down lower Manhattan and nice little park area. This is Roosevelt Island. There are many islands in this city. Some are uninhabited. Some are inhabited. The Upper East Side is quite big and just to give you a scale of the city it's just a small part of Manhattan. Which is quite large. You have Brooklyn, which is massive. Queens, massive. The Bronx. Staten Island, I've never been there. But it's just you honestly could
spend years discovering this city. This might be the capital of the mini-dog. The Upper East Side. We have what looks to be a mini-dog park. [dogs barking] [small dogs yipping] I asked for the smartest
and the least yappy mini-dog and I guess it's the Papillon. I really hope it is. Here we go, some of that New
York skate culture, basketball culture Everyone sort of mixed
up doing their thing. Gotta love this. This is a Sukkah. I believe that's a Sukkah, right?
-Correct. Are you Jewish? No, but I know about your culture. It's very cool. I really respect it. -Take a video in there
or picture, whatever. -Can I?
-Yeah, sure. -Can we go in?
-Sure. Oh cool, and so the main purpose
to be in here is to relieve yourself from the external world. You sleep out here, you pray in here? -That's not really the purpose. ♪ jazz ♪ The number on the right,
the $4.30 is the government. The $5.50 is for the taxi.
[chuckles] Thank you. That's how much New York
City is now taxing people to ride around in a cab. Unbelievable, almost the
same amount tax as the fare. [people chattering] Oh, look who I found. It's my wife and you look so pleasant.
-Hello. [giggles] [kisses] Upper East Side. Midtown Manhattan. Sun setting. Central Park. That about wraps it up, guys. Upper East Side. Most expensive
neighborhood in New York City. Until the next one, take care. ♪ jazz ♪
