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00:00New York City, on your own!
00:20Hello! Good morning, this is Taylor.
00:23Today I woke up and I decided I want to walk
00:26the entire length of Manhattan, New York City.
00:28Because why the heck not?
00:29I got two working legs, comfy shoes,
00:32and a concerning amount of confidence.
00:33So let's do it together and go see some really, really
00:35iconic parts of New York City along the way, shall we?
00:52A rarity.
00:59We made it.
01:03So we are at the tippity-tippity-top of Manhattan.
01:07That's Inwood Hill Park right over there.
01:09It took me like an hour on the express train to get up here.
01:14And as we were passing each stop, I was like,
01:16I'm gonna be walking all of this.
01:18But the subway was pretty productive.
01:19I came up with a loose plan, kinda.
01:22Let's walk and talk.
01:23We're burning daylight.
01:24So, the plan.
01:25I decided I want to start this journey by just covering some serious ground.
01:29Because the length of Manhattan is 13.4 miles.
01:34However, I'm not gonna do it in 13.4 miles.
01:36Because the spots that I kinda wanna hit, you know,
01:39we're gonna do a decent amount of this.
01:41And it's actually gonna be closer to 16 miles.
01:44So, 16 miles.
01:46You wish you were only walking 16 miles today.
01:50Think again, loser.
01:51And you know, 16 miles, I'm kinda like,
01:53well, that's a long way, obviously.
01:55But I'm just walking, no problem.
01:57No!
01:59I'm already a pretty big walker.
02:00Like, I walked 11,000 steps yesterday.
02:02Kind of a lot.
02:03That's only five miles.
02:05So, today we're doing 16.
02:07And we're doing, like, things along the way, too.
02:09It's just not one straight route.
02:10So, anyways, that's why I decided...
02:12Wow, this is beautiful.
02:13That's why I decided I'm just gonna commit to doing
02:16four and a half, five miles before we do anything crazy.
02:19Because the second I start popping into bodegas for snacks, it's over.
02:23And I am very prepared for my lower back and my feet
02:26to be a bit sore by the end of the day.
02:28But it's all good in the name of adventure, am I right?
02:33Alright, we'll check back in soon.
02:35Why should I even try...
02:37First totally idiotic move of the day.
02:39I started walking the wrong direction for, like, 15 minutes.
02:43God.
02:44I'm trying to be aware of my surroundings.
02:46And when I look up and the street is now 218th.
02:50But I could have sworn I started at 208th.
02:52We need these numbers to get smaller, you see.
02:55And they're getting bigger.
02:56Whatever, I got a little warm-up and turning back.
02:59That's crazy.
02:59I'm very rarely, like, that disoriented.
03:02Never in New York.
03:02Almost never.
03:03You know what that experience taught me?
03:04That I needed a coffee.
03:05First impressions though, this area is very interesting.
03:08So, like, to be very clear, this is all brand new territory for me.
03:12I've never been out here before.
03:13I couldn't have done this on a better day.
03:16Wait, should we go through the spring track?
03:17That's not actually real good.
03:18Couldn't have done this on a more perfect day.
03:19It's only a high of 79 today.
03:20And it's going in the 90s.
03:21Okay, so first impressions of my first two miles almost.
03:23So cool.
03:24I just really, really love exploring brand new places that I've never been within my own
03:40city, especially.
03:41And I've pretty much only heard Spanish being spoken, so there's definitely, we're going
03:46to walk through a lot of different diasporas today.
03:48And that's, like, such a great part about New York.
03:50I'm excited to see it all in one day.
03:52We got the old and the new.
04:00Still walking along this really nice park.
04:02It reminds me a lot of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, where I have spent a lot of time, a lot of
04:06my favorites in the city.
04:07Didn't realize we were in San Francisco.
04:09I did hear the rumors that there were hills this far north of Manhattan, BC versus Lower
04:14Manhattan where I live.
04:15It's pretty flat.
04:16But, uh, we're walking up the hill.
04:19As you can see.
04:20Can you tell?
04:21All right.
04:22Just passed the George Washington Bridge, which is cool.
04:23We're making progress.
04:24But I realized how much further I still have to go.
04:25Because if you look on a map, that bridge is like, it still looks like it's at the tippy
04:38top.
04:39But, you know, we're feeling good.
04:40We're complaining a lot for no reason.
04:41This is fun.
04:42Having a good time.
04:43We're at mile four, roughly.
04:48I went from Broadway to Amsterdam for a change of scenery because Broadway admittedly gets
04:52a little cray cray.
04:53It's like super busy and kind of have to navigate around people.
04:57And time is kind of of the essence.
04:59I worked backwards on my timing for this, trying to plan being at the very southern tip right
05:04around sunset.
05:05And that's, of course, baking in that I'm going to stop the food in the bathroom and like
05:09filming and stuff.
05:10So I'm putting it a little tight, as I do.
05:17Can I just do this bag of cherries, please?
05:19Yeah, perfect.
05:20Thanks.
05:21All right.
05:22We are in Harlem.
05:23We're making our way, guys.
05:24I was getting a little peckish.
05:25Makes sense.
05:26Didn't eat very much this morning.
05:27So I just bought a full bag of cherries that I'm going to pick at.
05:29It was $4.
05:30Pretty good, if you ask me.
05:31We are, let's see, which street are we on?
05:32146th Street.
05:33And our first stop is about 30 blocks away on 116th Street.
05:37Well, it'll take about 30 minutes.
05:38So I'm just going to eat a bunch of cherries.
05:39We'll see how many I eat in 30 minutes.
05:40And I'll talk soon.
05:41All right.
05:42First bathroom break of the day.
05:43First of all, LA wishes.
05:44But yeah, I got to pay.
05:45Well, shit.
05:46I don't pay cash.
05:47Also, look.
05:48I just bought a full bag of cherries.
05:49I bought a full bag of cherries that I'm going to pick at.
05:50It was $4.
05:51Pretty good, if you ask me.
05:52We are, let's see, which street are we on?
05:53146th Street.
05:54And our first stop is about 30 blocks away on 116th Street.
05:56Well, it'll take about 30 minutes.
05:57So I'm just going to eat a bunch of cherries.
05:59All right.
06:00First bathroom break of the day.
06:01First of all, LA wishes.
06:02But yeah, I got to pay.
06:04Well, shit.
06:05I don't pay cash.
06:06Also, look.
06:07Not a bathroom in quotations.
06:09That makes me think it's a bathroom.
06:11You know?
06:12That's basically like saying, oh, guys, trust me.
06:15It's not a bathroom.
06:17And then it was a closet.
06:19They got me.
06:20Good thing it's not an emergency.
06:21But you know, keep an eye out.
06:23I'm sure there's a bathroom in there, whatever that big establishment is.
06:29We made it to our first stop.
06:31This is Columbia University.
06:32For those who don't recognize these iconic buildings.
06:35I haven't been here since I toured Columbia when I was in high school.
06:39I came to the East Coast and looked at a bunch of the schools.
06:42I did always love this campus.
06:43And it would be really cool to go to college in New York City, I imagine.
06:47Anyways.
06:48All right, all right, all righty.
06:50Howdy.
06:51So I thought I would take a wee bit of a breather and actually chit chat with you guys for a sec.
06:56Because we've actually made some serious ground.
06:58We're now in the part of Manhattan that I'm familiar with.
07:00So I feel like, you know, that's a win.
07:02We've done more of this than I expected.
07:04So anyways.
07:05Thought I would take this moment to go over my goals with you guys for today's challenge.
07:10Goal number one.
07:11I just want to prove to myself that I can do something totally pointless, but very challenging.
07:15Not that I have any doubt that I can do that.
07:17I know I can, but I've just had an itch lately to do something really hard.
07:22It's important to do hard things.
07:23Might as well make a fun adventure of it, right?
07:25Goal number two.
07:26I want to get a little sweet treat at some point today.
07:29I already got a sweet treat with the cherries, but I have a different one in mind around mile 12.
07:34It's going to be awesome.
07:35Goal number three.
07:36Even though this is obviously a very active day.
07:39I also want to treat it as an opportunity to slow down a little bit and notice the details of this amazing city that I call home.
07:47I also want to walk a lot of these miles in complete silence and just let my ideas and thoughts come and go as they please.
07:53So that's goal number three.
07:54Just be in touch with my surroundings.
07:56Goal number four.
07:57I want to find the single most New York thing New York moment possible and capture it on camera.
08:04Shouldn't be too hard.
08:05But honestly, a lot of those moments happen in the subway and we're not taking the subway today.
08:08So we'll see.
08:09And goal number five.
08:10Have fun.
08:11But actually, this is supposed to be fun.
08:13I'm just, it's not that serious.
08:14Without further ado, let's go get an iconic cup of coffee not too far away.
08:19Also, I completely snapped onto this campus.
08:22Not on purpose.
08:23Like I wasn't trying.
08:24I mean, yes, I walked on on purpose, but by the time I came in, I realized you need a pass to be here.
08:28But I'm not causing any trouble.
08:30But maybe don't do what I did.
08:32All these like academics and prospective students walking past me filming myself putting sunscreen on.
08:37It's okay. I paid my dues.
08:38I went to college.
08:39Not this college.
08:40So I guess I didn't, I didn't pay any dues.
08:42All right.
08:43Y'all just left a few minutes to go, but we're already approaching our next check-in point.
08:50Tom's restaurant.
08:51This is the Seinfeld diner, which is cool.
08:53I've never, well, I'm sure I have seen it.
08:55I just didn't realize that this is what it was.
08:57I'm not going to eat here because I'm not quite ready for a full meal, but let's get a cup of coffee and charge the phone a little bit.
09:10Fun fact about me.
09:11There are a few things that I love more than diner coffee.
09:15Unless it's burnt, but this one's not burnt.
09:17All right. That was a nice little pit stop.
09:19Two full cups of diner coffee.
09:21Nice little refuel.
09:23Arguably, I should probably get some food in me soon.
09:25I have a spot in mind and it's about another 30 blocks.
09:33Also, how am I feeling at this point?
09:34Thank you for asking.
09:35Good.
09:36You know, my Strava is showing that I'm almost eight miles in.
09:40I'm going to rack up the miles today.
09:41Final guess.
09:42I would put mileage by the end of the day, not including, you know, waking up and getting to the subway to get to the top.
09:48I'd just be in for the adventure.
09:50I put that mileage at about 18.
09:52Is that too high?
09:53Maybe.
09:54We'll see.
09:5517.8.
09:56Final answer.
10:00I'm officially squarely in the Upper West Side.
10:03I'm on the same, like, latitude, actually a bit further down now than the very, very top of Central Park.
10:08For those who have been to New York, you know how big Central Park is.
10:11So we still got a ways to go.
10:12I'm not even halfway done.
10:13I'm not even halfway done.
10:18You know, I've been absolutely craving some fish food.
10:24That's not going to be my little sweet treat.
10:26The sweet treat comes much later.
10:28Guys, I'm getting teased.
10:30I've been right.
10:31By other sweet treats.
10:32I mean, believe me, this is some of my favorite ice cream.
10:34But I'm holding off.
10:35I'm getting real food soon.
10:36In about 17 blocks.
10:39Excited.
10:40It's an iconic spot.
10:41And then a sweet treat much later.
10:43Gotta hold off.
10:44All right, guys, we are in Knox territory.
10:49What I do love about the Upper West Side is I think it really, really combines the old and the new quite well.
10:56All right, I'm not going to lie.
10:57The two cups of coffee with not too much food has made me a little shaky.
11:01And nothing has whetted my appetite more than the smell of popcorn walking past that AMC.
11:06We made it.
11:10Iconic New York City grocery store, deli, and other things too.
11:18Okay, guys, so I'm in the wrong place to order a bagel with cream cheese and lox.
11:25However, I did meet a new friend who also has a YouTube channel.
11:28What's your channel name?
11:30Rafael Sine R TV.
11:32Did you talk about movies, you said?
11:33Yes, I talked about a movie.
11:35I published a book about a movie.
11:37And I'm writing another about all the movies.
11:43Oh, no way.
11:44Actually better than I expected.
11:46I absolutely inhaled that.
11:48It was a good bagel.
11:49I liked it.
11:50I think of myself as a bagel connoisseur at this point.
11:52The bread itself was freaking delicious.
11:54And then I'm just having the biggest New York day.
11:56So of course I had to get it with lox and cream cheese.
11:59And it was, it was just so good.
12:01Highly recommend Zaybars.
12:02Absolutely stunning townhomes here in the Upper West Side.
12:06These remind me of kind of a combination of the Victorian style homes in San Francisco.
12:12And then ones that you'll see in like Kensington in London.
12:16So beautiful.
12:17I've actually not seen too many of these in New York, this kind of style.
12:21I really, really like it.
12:22Beautiful.
12:23Wow.
12:24Our next location, we're not going in there, but this is the American Museum of Natural History in Central Park.
12:33Yeah, I just thought I'd walk by to show y'all, even though we obviously do not have time to go in.
12:37Matter of fact, I needed to hustle a little bit, if I'm being honest with you.
12:41But here, take a look at the Central Park towers.
12:44All right.
12:45They're still kind of far away, but we can see them.
12:48I think I'm going a little, a little crazy because I'm seeing pigeons everywhere.
12:52And I'm just saying, pigeon.
12:54There were two of them playing and I said, du pigeon.
12:56I don't speak French.
12:57Wow.
12:58That's epic.
12:59Oh, and uptown.
13:00That's where we came from.
13:01Way up there.
13:02Whoa.
13:03It's actually so crazy that Central Park exists in the middle of like the most vertical city, which is such a cool phenomenon.
13:15I'm so glad that this land was protected and I don't come here as often as I would like.
13:19Cause I mean, there's no, oh my God, I see a cavalier.
13:22Sorry, but it's the first one of the day and that's a big deal.
13:25Oh my God.
13:26Oh my God.
13:27Oh my God.
13:28Oh my God.
13:29Oh my God.
13:30Love your dog.
13:31Wait, sorry.
13:32Like I was saying, I should come more.
13:33It's just like the coolest park in the world.
13:39A New York moment.
13:40Can I capture it?
13:41Can I capture it?
13:42I got it.
13:44That was pretty New York.
13:55Wow.
13:57You just wouldn't believe that I'm in the smack dab middle of New York City.
14:02You could go down so many different trailists, not see a single person.
14:06Could I come here more?
14:23No music.
14:25Sound of birds.
14:27And that's all I hear.
14:30That's crazy.
14:32Thanks.
14:39Come on.
14:40Beaux Bridge.
14:41Beaux Bridge.
14:42There is a life I lead in this city.
14:50Wow.
14:51what a beautiful day we got too oh my gosh I'm not too proud either because I'm doing this on a weekday
15:21oh that's really cute I wanted to run through a bubble too and then I remembered I'm 27 years
15:30old we're on the Central Park Mall which is this long walking stretch it looks fake couldn't have
15:38come at a better time in the summer when all the trees are just freaking fluffy as hell and green
15:46it's stunning hey I really don't deserve a break I mean I do I've walked like 12 miles but we have
15:58a long ways to go but this is just too iconic of a spot I couldn't not do a quick little segment here
16:04let me get a little closer all right you can't see anything from there let me get you let me get you
16:07I'm coming I'm coming I bet I have hot hair howdy hello again quick check-in because because I want
16:15I thought I would show you guys what I packed for today a little what's in my bag section I wanted
16:20to do backpack even though it's not cute I'm a backpack girl I like to go hands-free water of
16:24course which I refilled along the way have some right now while I'm thinking about it hat the goal
16:30of course was to pack light so I took what I normally carry in here out and put in the only
16:34things I needed okay I left a few things in here I have chapstick I brought my phone charger obviously
16:38because I have and will continue to need to charge that phone over the course of the day that's all I'm
16:43filming on I brought band-aids just in case although I don't even feel the slightest bit of a blister
16:48coming on which is nice I got the information from that guy at Zabar's pepper spray just in case
16:53besides that these are just things I've accumulated over the day this is a fresh Zabar's baked pita
16:59I just bought that this is my bag of cherries you know what let's have a few right now
17:03my sunscreen my spatula the heaviest thing I'm carrying is my tripod which I'm currently using
17:11besides that this is it guys that's it anyway quick morale check-in I'm feeling great my legs
17:18like they're a little tired but they don't hurt you know and my Strava shows that I've walked 12
17:23miles so once again a lot of zigzags and it's currently 5 13 p.m sunset is around 8 yeah I don't
17:30think we're tracking to be by the bottom tip by 8 but that's okay I'd rather hit the cool spots and
17:35have a good time along the way than rush for sunset and skip cool things you know all right without
17:39further ado let's keep going but I'm glad we got to sit here for a bit this is sheep meadow and
17:44it's just the coolest view ever from any park that I can think of you know urban park that is
17:49okay enough chit chat next stop
17:54that is the billboard I was on once upon a time I never really talked about that in a youtube video
18:08anyways pretty neat
18:15is this a walk in the lake like Manhattan or if I didn't walk through Times Square no this is insane
18:23you know this is slowing down my pace
18:30you want a sunny day you know 42nd Street it will feel like this street is special to me or at least hold the
18:53place in my heart very shortly the next day you call me oh my gosh some of you who are long time
18:59viewers might recognize my background this is my first apartment in New York City this is the first
19:07place I lived and I'm gonna stop in and see if my old doormen are still there and if they remember
19:13me and I don't know I kind of wanted to take a little mini walk down memory lane while doing this
19:17so here we are I never revealed like out loud where I live but this is Silver Towers in Hell's Kitchen
19:25New York City on 42nd and 11th Avenue great first place to live here we go let's see oh hi
19:32I just wanted to say hi I was in the neighborhood do you remember me
19:35oh I'm good it's good to see you oh that was sweet Tomas the door man who I was the closest with
19:41wasn't there but Elise who I also knew pretty well was there we chatted for a few minutes
19:45anyways we'll walk down memory lane we're actually walking down memory lane for a second here I'll
19:50show you we are walking that way towards my old office when I first moved here the building that
19:56we were just in all these other ones in Hudson Yards they weren't even built and now they are
20:00totally filled out and I'm not up in this area very often so it's my first or second time seeing it
20:06like fully built all of these really well not all of them I worked in one of them but you know okay
20:11and then this is the Javits Center which is just a freaking huge center where a lot of conventions
20:16hosts and all that funny this is where I spoke on my very first panel as part of my YouTube career
20:22and that felt like a very full circle moment for me because I used to live over there and then I spoke
20:26here but I used to work in consulting here so it just it felt like a very full circle moment when I
20:33was here again that's my old office it weirdly feels like it was just yesterday but also a lifetime
20:39ago at the same time that this was my walk to work it feels more like a lifetime ago than just
20:43yesterday but you might recall baby Taylor did some vlogs right here and here I am four years after
20:50moving crazy all right little update I am in the Hudson Yards mall for a little bit charging my phone
20:58it's at 32% and we got to make it all the way to the bottom tip and I need like 50% for that also
21:04morale check-in I'm sitting by the bathroom feeling pretty good I will admit I'm starting to get
21:10just a little bit of soreness in like these areas but still no acute pain
21:15I'm sitting on the ground eating cherries I feel like a feral cat when people walk by I just want
21:24to go and we back farewell old office farewell vessel we're taking the highline down baby
21:31and there's my friend Shervin's apartment see all the saunas and then there's a bunch of ice baths
21:41right beyond that wall there I'm not even doxing him he posts a lot of videos from there anyway I
21:46just think the highline I've always thought it is so cool to repurposing of like a railroad that
21:52used to run through here now they've just built some really really awesome real estate I mean this
21:57is crazy this is a softball building I never reading all about it the first time I saw it I
22:01actually talked about it in a video years ago that's a cool example of one but then you also have
22:05old things too so it's just a cool combination once again of the old and the new I think I'm pretty
22:09drawn to places that do both really well it was especially during this part of the walk that the
22:15challenge started to feel less like a physical feat and more like a walk through a portal into my past
22:20sounds cheesy but it's true the apartment where I lived in my early days in the city the office where
22:25I worked long hours in consulting the city streets I walked on daily they all represent some chapter of
22:30my life where I had some of my biggest wins my biggest fails I learned who I was and who I wasn't
22:36it doesn't usually hit me quite as acutely as it did on this walk just how much this city has shaped me
22:42step by step block by block it felt like I was stitching all those versions of myself together
22:47it reminded me of how far I've come and how much further there still is to go and these buildings
22:52are just pretty insane as well these are by the same architect who did the vessel in Hudson Yards
22:58and Little Island which I was gonna take you guys to but I don't think we'll go there after all
23:03all right y'all I'm gonna be honest with you I was fully prepared to go into Chelsea Market which is
23:08iconic I thought I'd be ready to eat again by now because the last time we had the real piece of
23:14food was at Zabar's up on the 80th street but I'm just not that hungry partially well number one
23:20because I just ate like 30 more cherries on the ground from the mall and then B I'm still saving
23:26myself for that sweet treat yeah you remember that still haven't gotten it we're on our way we're
23:30really close actually New Yorkers you might be able to guess where we're going it's in West
23:34village classic New York spot little sweet treat little pick me up I'm excited and that's the
23:39second stomach okay I know I said I wasn't hungry dessert separate stomach guys I gotta tell you
23:43couldn't be more thrilled with the weather oh Starbucks reserve roaster fun fact you know how
23:48you can get your free birthday drink whatever you want from Starbucks on your birthday well if you live
23:53in a city with a Starbucks reserve you can also get one of those drinks as your free birthday drink
23:59and those ones cost a lot so kind of a fun hack I did that last year I wasn't sure if it was going to
24:03work and it did I got a big old fancy drink I've always loved this cobblestone area and meatpacking
24:19I just think it's really really pleasant
24:22guys it's golden hour we have an hour and three minutes until proper sunset we'll see where we
24:33get beautiful cobblestone streets in the West Village all right we are nearing our sweet treats
24:42I'll give you a hint we're on bleaker in the West Village where could we be going
24:47did you guess it right did you did ya okie dokie we better have a time crunch at this point to make
25:09it to the bottom by sunset but I gotta sit for a second eat my sweet treat if you guys don't know
25:15magnolia bakery banana pudding in New York City is pretty much as classic as you can get and you
25:22guys might be like me where you think oh banana pudding like how good can it be maybe you don't
25:25even like it that's what I thought until I had this seriously it is just I mean it's ridiculously good
25:30also just like such a quaint neighborhood oh my god all right we'll take the rest on the road but
25:37sweet treat succeeded all right this is Perry Street in the West Village it's the one with Carrie
25:42Bradshaw's really really nice townhome it's on that street this whole entire area really is
25:47quintessentially most cute New York City okay I'm making our way we're actually gonna pass my
25:52very first apartment when I interned in the city I don't consider that my first real apartment because
25:57I only lived there for a summer when I was interning in finance the summer after my thought
26:01I showed you guys in my fall vlog but I used to live right here for reference that's three lives
26:11bookstore that's the van Lewins on the corner and it was a really really fun place to live although I
26:17was too young I think to live in this area I kind of need more disposable income to live here but it was
26:22very fun nonetheless and then that is Stonewall which is a major historic site for LGBTQ rights
26:33quick pit stop feel like I have to come here I'm walking the length of Manhattan it's like Times Square
26:42we're going a couple streets out of the way because I want to go down my favorite street in Soho where
26:55I think you get the best view of the quintessential crown molding high ceiling art lofts that Soho is so
27:03famous for I mean here you can already see the cobblestones and it's some of my favorite architecture so
27:08and here is the shot this is my favorite shot to get I just think that these ones all in a row are
27:21so cool and then you get the Jenga building in the background too this is a bit of an eyesore today
27:26it's not usually like that but I'm glad we walked down the street a little morale check in my feet hurt
27:31they do once again I wouldn't say it's like a super nagging acute pain but um the fatigue is
27:37definitely hitting these puppies you know I'm very thankful for them though they take me far and
27:42wide they take me fast when I want them to I don't know I could get emotional if I thought about it
27:46too hard I'm at an age and hopefully I will be an age for a long time where I could just kind of do
27:52this at the snap of my fingers when I want to and to be physically able to do so and to have a fiery
27:57enough spirit whatever we don't have to get into that but I'm very thankful for my legs today
28:01crossing canal major milestone if you ask me because canals like pretty far south we're getting
28:11there guys the world trade center is looking bigger and bigger not so far out of reach anymore
28:15no we're not in Chicago but they have a being here too kind of cool huh wow I look funny
28:24okay that's enough wasting my battery on silliness had to come by passing through Tribeca this is
28:34staple street sky bridge and it's just kind of an iconic Tribeca landmark all right we're not there
28:40yet but this is very rewarding it's so close and we're actually going a bit beyond but it is a very
28:45very helpful beacon this is a very very pleasant walk and there's a nice breeze it almost feels like a
28:51warm fall day but a fall day at that we've made it to the oculus it is quite the sight it was open
28:59to the public in 2016 designed by Valencia Spain born architect Santiago Calatrava and I know it ended
29:06up being twice as expensive as the budget allowed for classic and it's right across from ground zero
29:12these are the two footprints of where the twin towers used to be roped off after a certain hour but it is a
29:18very very well done memorial the 9-11 museum is also very well done highly recommend a visit if you
29:25want to go and then here is the freedom tower it is so big it is just so big when you look up at it
29:31you almost lose balance
29:32we are past the world trade center that is behind us we're almost there guys I'm actually you'd think
29:41I'd be taking it easy here at the end uh-uh I'm actually debating jogging because it's getting dark
29:46not for safety like there's plenty light there's plenty people out I just want to be able to
29:50get a good shot at the end we just hit the 20 mile mark I didn't come this way for nothing
29:56we actually are jogging the rest of the way thank you legs thank you moms thank you new york thank you
30:01all the cool people in the city I'm coming for you
30:04okay I'm not controlling me jogging the whole rest of the way but I promise I'm doing it
30:11I see it and we're doing it
30:16actually feel pretty good
30:19oh my god I'm so sweaty
30:35jeez that's the statue of liberty believe it or not and this is me at the very very tip
30:44now
30:44wow
30:48oh my god I don't even know what to say we did it goal number one was to prove to myself that I
30:59could do something totally pointless but very challenging did I meet that goal hell yeah I met
31:04that goal I actually never questioned that I would finish but I think I underestimated how hard
31:08it would be my legs and feet held up as good as I could have hoped 21 miles oh did I even tell you
31:13guys I clocked in at 21 miles total and what did I guess 17.8 final answer 17.8 and I thought 18 would
31:21be a crazy guess I'm closer to a marathon than a half marathon today which is kind of crazy and I know
31:26some people run that all the time good for them that is not the kind of exercise I do so this was
31:32very challenging for me but so incredibly rewarding goal number two sweet treat obviously
31:37I hit that goal I have the magnolia pudding actually I ate it all goal number three was that
31:43even though this was going to be an active day I wanted to also take it as an opportunity to slow
31:47down notice the details around me just really be in touch with my surroundings did I achieve that
31:53goal I did I will say though that I think it made me realize if I may say so I'm already pretty good
31:58at this it's not that uncommon that I'll run into a pole or something because I'm just looking up and
32:03noticing the buildings and the architecture and all that good stuff around me but aside from patting
32:08myself on the back I think that what it did was just like it reinforced my love for the city and
32:13all the different kinds of people in it in the different neighborhoods and how they each have such
32:17distinct personalities it is just remarkable and it was an absolute pleasure to walk through it just
32:23gave me a very very deep reinforcement and appreciation for New York goal number four did I find the most
32:29New York moment possible and capture it oh you know I might not have reached that goal what did I see
32:34I'm just replaying it all in my head I saw a lot just say I failed this goal that's okay a New York
32:41moment can I capture it can I capture it I got it that was pretty New York goal number five was to have fun
32:49I had a lot of fun today is one for the books I know I'm gonna remember this forever I know I'm
32:55gonna refer back to it a lot whenever I go somewhere in the future that I went to today I know I'm gonna
33:00say oh I did that on my turtle walk I just know I am turtle walk for close friends and family length
33:04of Manhattan walk for all the other schmucks I'm just kidding without further ado thank you guys for
33:11joining me if you made it this far this video is gonna be crazy to edit that's a lot of footage but I
33:16hope you had a fun time with me I hope you got a sense of New York and enjoyed my musings and
33:20ramblings thumbs up if you enjoyed this it helps my channel a lot and subscribe for more huge New
33:26York challenge days like this I have a lot in mind and I'm looking forward to doing them soon so
33:30let's call an uber home shall we turtle out tempting I won't do it we're feeling good even though
33:40we're going up this hill look at it look at it it doesn't look like a hill those are some nice
33:46apartments I will take two please it's a pigeon oh that's a nice stoop for filming do I do it no
33:57we continue on
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