When most people think of New York, they think of Times Square.
The lights, the giant billboards, the ball dropping on New Year's Eve.
However, this is definitely one of the most overrated spots in New York City and New Yorkers avoid this area like the plague
With that being said, if you've never been to NY or you're not a frequent visitor, it can be worth a quick pit stop
Grab a couple of Instagram photos, but after a while you're probably going to get tired
of people shoving flyers in your face and "The Avengers" trying to take pictures with you.
With that being said there's a number of great restaurants shops and
attractions just a stone's throw away so let's take an adventure through midtown Manhattan.
One thing you definitely will not find a short supply of is artists
here in the Times Square area not only will you find some people who are
musicians but one of my favorite things to do is just watch some of the graffiti artists work.
I mean the things they do with the paint and stacking the layers is pretty amazing.
So right now we're gonna check out one of the biggest Nintendo stores in North America.
It's called Nintendo New York.
It actually opened back in 2001 as a Pokemon Center and it's today a Pokemon stop
If you play Pokemon Go, so let's go check it out.
So you know New York's expensive because even Mario's got a side job
One of the coolest artifacts here in this store is an old Gameboy that
survived a bombing in a barracks during the Gulf War.
So you can see over here this thing is just in shambles but it's still functioning, it's still working, and
you can still play it. That's unreal! They have tons of First Look exclusives
so a couple weeks back they had a demo of the new Super Smash Bros it's not
coming out for a couple of months and I got to tell you there were people camped out,
down the block, and around the corner. And whether or not you've tried some of
the games that have come out for Nintendo can come here and test them out; try before you buy.
So this is cool because like I kind of
grew up on this and they brought it back to the Switch. This is Donkey Kong Country.
I used to have this for the Gameboy and now it's coming to the Switch
and they've sort of brought it back and made it look super nice.
A lot of people know about Rockefeller Center especially with the Christmas tree in December but
what a lot of people don't know is that there's this huge shopping complex right underneath.
And both in the Nintendo store which was just visited and the Lego Store
which we're going to visit are part of this plaza. Let's check it!
One of the really cool things about
being here in the Lego store if they have these massive displays and a lot of times
they'll replicate things here in New York cities so they have a replica
of the ice skating rink here at Rockefeller. They've got a huge dragon gone through the Wall. It is pretty cool.
All of these are different types of Legos.
It's like a Lego buffet. You pick a cup and then you fill it up with whatever bricks you want.
Oh they have the Taj Mahal. That's cool! This is the Circle Line where you can take tours of New York.
We've got Atlas here holding up the world.
What if I told you you could see one of the largest labs of the Berlin Wall that still intact here
in Midtown it's here at 520 Madison Avenue it was purchased by a real estate
mogul named Jerry Speyer directly from the East German government.
Sorry, I was wrong. The Berlin Wall fragment actually used to be here at 520 Madison Avenue
but they are shopping it around trying to find a permanent home
potentially at MoMA. I actually did a video on MoMA a couple of weeks ago so
if you want to check that out click the card above. But here in Midtown
you never know what you're gonna find. In fact, there's just this outdoor waterfall behind me.
I'm just going to check that out real quick before we go to our next destination
New York is a weird place. You never know what you're gonna find around the corner.
You might find a rat, you might find an umbrella sticking in the cement.
One of the most popular destinations here in New York City is
St. Patrick's Cathedral which you can see behind me. A lot of people are drawn
to the religious artwork all throughout the building. They hold daily masses here
so if you are religious you can come and sit down.
Even if you aren't religious you can come stop by during certain hours of the
day and explore this beautiful location. Not everything in Midtown has to break
the bank. This is a really cool outdoor glass tunnel that you can take a walk through
and it's completely free.
Located on 46th Street between 8th and 9th Avenue is Restaurant Row
Just about any food that you can think of, whether
that's Italian food, French food, Korean food, Japanese food, you name it
There is a ton of options. Me and Kathy are gonna do a more in-depth video down the road
but we just want to mention this is one of the many spots that you can stop by
Well that's all for this video thank you so much for taking into venture with us
through midtown Manhattan. If you liked it don't forget to click the LIKE
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record this video. As always she's an awesome helper. I'll attach some links
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buttons as always I'm Robbie Frank and I will catch you next time