let's be honest manhattan has more tourist attractions in any borough in new york city
but what if you're tired of doing what everybody else is doing today i'm going to be sharing
five amazing hitting gems in lower manhattan
that most locals don't even know about you don't want to miss this
you'd never tell by just walking by but here in the heart of chinatown is new york's most unique
art gallery trust me you've never seen anything like this before bring your sense of smell
nice to meet you so this whole gallery always shows art that has something to do with scent
so you're not only looking at the art you're also smelling it here for example touch it
that will release the smell and then you can smell it
oh it's nice it's very flowery fruity yes like fresh citrus kind of kind of center
so you are the only old factory art gallery in the entire world yeah wow all the smells are
nice smells right we don't do anything bad no we do bad stuff these paintings are generally nicely
scented but in the back i have some pretty nasty senses ben i think it's for you man
oh it smells good yeah small ones here a thousand each
and the book is 250 it's a unique gift to get your next trip to new york you guys are
really thinking outside the box i completely agree people love those books we already sold
more than half of what we had for example this which smells like a brick
it does smell like a brick this is what sadness smells like that's just what sadness smells like
i'm not feeling too good after smelling it actually you're right you're about to cry
so this is the verse that i got some words that you got
yeah so be careful with it so i can't like sniff it hard don't sniff it huh
ben does this smell like the philippines i definitely wanted a good part of the philippines
if you want to smell like new york city bricks when you go home
and if you want to get some of the other scents of chinatown dumplings right next
door and looking at the awning probably hasn't changed since the 1980s so you know it's legit
this is wild i have walked by here a hundred times and never even paid attention to this it looks
like a 1970 era bingo card fun fact when this was built in 1971 it was the largest clock in the
world clock is laid out on a grid 1 to 12 for hour of the day 0 to 59 for the minutes and the seconds
and the numbers light up hours in red minutes in blue and seconds in green and it's actually
still functioning perfectly i can't imagine how many people just walk into starbucks here never
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i'm so happy that there's huge lines of tourists waiting for the statue of liberty right now
good sign for new york city's economy what's amazing about this hidden gem is you have
all those people lining up for the statue of liberty and most of them have no clue
as i call this a hidden gem an entire school group just rushes over making it very obvious
the american merchant mariners memorial dedicated to the over 9 000 merchant marines who died
during the second world war and it's a really unique piece because the guy who looks like
he's drowning twice a day due to the tides he actually disappears and that was very intentional
the sculpture was inspired by a photo taken by a german war correspondent aboard a u-boat
after they sunk the ss muskogee near bermuda in 1942 those men pictured were never seen again
before you get in line to go to the statue of liberty pay your respects to the u.s
merchant marines right here and look at one of my favorite pieces of public art
in all of new york city i don't even know what this is ben said it kind of looks like an nft
it's amazing how when we're walking in new york city we rarely look down at what's right in front
of us it doesn't need a little polish though i haven't seen a single person even look down at the
barthman sidewalk clock it was installed late 19th century when this part of manhattan used to be
full of watchmakers and jewelers william barthman was trying to get people to come into his jewelry
shop by putting that clock down now that store is now in brooklyn but the owners here have allowed
it to stay outside on the sidewalk i don't know what i like more the brass circle compass here
since 1884 or just the watch itself so beautiful roman numerals down here a little tough to see
you could use a bit of a shine shout out to my friend danny huge watch enthusiast he would love
this and it has been replaced over the years as recently as 2018 because there was a crack
due to all the delivery people walking over this and probably not realizing
what was beneath it it's on the sidewalk and it's so interesting yet so usually overlooked
i lived 15 minutes from here for almost a decade and i never visited this garden well we're about
to change that i would just think that they could charge admission to this and people would pay
for a sculpture garden in the middle of soho
one of the most expensive parts of new york city a little peace and quiet
back in 1991 the elizabeth street art gallery owner bought this land
and it was just empty and they turned it into this beautiful garden he even brought in sculptures
from the gallery to turn it into i don't know it's giving me these secret garden vibes like
we're in some kind of british countryside hotel and we're just frolicking about so many places
to sit if i was around here and i had some food to go just bring it here have a nice lunch i've been
to many community gardens in new york before but i have to say this one might be the most unique
he's so little or she hi some of you have asked me interesting spots to get married in new york city
or interesting proposal spots i don't know you might win some brownie points here might want some
brownie points there's actually a big legal battle going on right now as some developers want to turn
the garden into affordable housing and they've proposed a different site this is an ongoing thing
so visit elizabeth street garden while you still can and hopefully this is going to be
here for a very very long time you want even more hidden gems keep watching this video right here
let's stay on this theme you're going to impress your friends and family a lot in your next trip