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00:00Did you know that New York was once the worst planned city in the world?

00:04I mean, just look at this.

00:07It's a hot mess, but how did it go from this to this?

00:10Well, that's what we're talking about today.

00:13So buckle up, Buttercup, because we're about to take a rollercoaster right through time.

00:19A long time ago, way before the time of dinosaurs, there was no skyscraper in New York.

00:26The tallest building in 1825 was for stories.

00:31And if you wanted to see the Statue of Liberty, you'd have to book an appointment because it wasn't finished yet.

00:37But that all changed when the city decided to hold an architecture competition.

00:43The mayor at the time said, hey, let's get some spires in here.

00:48And architects submitted designs for buildings with absolutely massive towers.

00:53But then people were like, you ate.

00:56We don't really want that much height.

00:59That's kind of scary.

01:01And the mayor was like, yeah, you're right.

01:04Let's make them a little bit shorter.

01:07So the winning design got belt.

01:09But then they made it shorter.

01:11And this is what we got.

01:13The worst planned city in the world.

01:16But then something amazing happened.

01:18People started to like living in cities again after the invention of indoor plumbing.

01:23And then, even more amazingly, wealthy people started moving into cities.

01:29And then even more amazingly after that, developers realized that they could make a lot of money by building apartments for these rich people.

01:38So they started building upwards.

01:41And then something miraculous happened.

01:44They built something taller than the short version of the winning skyscraper design from the competition.

01:50And then they kept building taller and taller until they hit the clouds.

01:54And then they kept going because they could.

01:58I mean, why not?

02:00There's no laws or anything.

02:02This is America.

02:04And then one day they stopped because they built something called the Chrysler Building.

02:08Which was the tallest building in the world.

02:11And then they kept going and built something called the Empire State Building.

02:16Which was also the tallest building in the world.

02:19And then they built even more tall buildings.

02:22So many tall buildings that they started to block the sun.

02:25And then people were like,

02:27Hey, let's put some parks in here to soak up some of that extra sun.

02:32And the city was like,

02:34Yeah, that's a good idea.

02:36But only if you can make them into giant flat roofs so we can build more tall buildings.

02:41And that's how we got Central Park.

02:44So there you have it.

02:45The history of architecture in New York City in 60 seconds.

02:49If you like this video,

02:51be sure to check out our video on the tallest building in the world.

02:55And if you didn't like this video,

02:58be sure to check out our video on the tallest building in the world.

03:02Thanks for watching.

03:04See ya.

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