What's up Members of the Barrio
It's Jon coming to you from Times Square
One of the craziest places in New York City
And we've already done a video about tourist traps here
And scams
Today we're going to be taking an insider look at some things you can do around here
That are really off the beaten path
I'm going to be using Atlas Obscura
A really cool guide
To show you around
I'm going to link to the article down below if you want to check it out
And i've got some really cool YouTubers who are going to be joining me
Do you guys normally like coming to Times Square?
Uhhh when I'm coming to see a show
Yeah, it's just a bit touristy
Like I know that sounds bad because i'm British but..
It's touristy
Alright well we're going to try to change that perception today
Let's go
Alright guys for our first stop.. actually our first two stops
We're going to go inside the subway
The N,Q,R,W station right here
In Times Square
Has some hidden ceramic art work
By a Bronx Based artist
That most people never even pay attention to
And I personally have never seen it
So we're going to discover it together
Let's go
We just walked in here.. we're looking for the N,Q,R,W platform
And this ceramic art
Do you feel like this is going to be tough to find?
Yes.. yeah
We don't know where we are right now
we're going to figure this out though
I especially don't know where I am right now
They especially have no idea
Alright so we have found the ceramic murals, check this out
Broadway
What else do we got?
Guys what's your interpretation of this?
This is.. the chef from the Little Mermaid?
Hahahhha
So many people are just jetting by commuting to work
Or just on there way somewhere else
And they have no idea of all these cool things going on
That's really good music to, wow
(violin playing)
A lot of good art work there
A lot of good street musicians
Now i'm going to show you what they call the door to nowhere
It's actually used to be a secret door to the Knickerbocker Hotel
We're coming right upon it
Check this out
Romina's trying..
Alright we're about to get arrested
It's locked folks
It would lead to the Knickerbocker Hotel
And commuters would come here
Through those doors and go drink at the bar
Romina tried it it doesn't work anymore
Alright so when you guys think of Times Square
Do you think of like.. overpriced Tourist Trap restaurants?
Yeah.. yeah for the most part..
I'm going to show these two and everyone out there
A little Cuban eatery..
That's not to far from here
That's cheap
And good
And you won't find many tourists there
Let's go
What comes on the Cuban Sandwich
Swiss Cheese,Salami, Ham, Pork, A little mayo mustard and pickles
I'll take one of those please
Guys this is just the side dishes
By the way..
This is the main dish
And we got free chicken wings to.. yeah chicken wings while we wait
Because you know we're VIP
I ordered a Cuban
Quiet a lot of food I think We have.. Swiss Cheese
Salami
Another type of pork
I think mustard
Pickles, thank you Romina
Mayo
All sorts of craziness
Let's see how it tastes
Mmmm
I love the bread
Really nice mixture of everything together
This is like a good lunch thing to go
Alright guys we have just stepped out of the Cuban place
And that sandwich filled me up a ton
I'm going to show you a really cool art installation
That you probably walked over a million times
But I found two people..
Other YouTubers you might recognize
Guys, one, two
Tal
Oh my bad
Tal and Jacob
They've been in a lot of my videos
They're just joining us for the journey
You ready for some random stuff
Let's get random and kooky, you ready Jacob?
He's ready let's go
Guys subscribe to Jon he's the best person on Planet Earth
Thank you man
Guys we're shooting a movie here, please everybody out of the way
Basically in 1977
An Aural artist set up this exhibit right here
Where if you put your ear down
She fell
You will hear a humming noise
And most people never pay attention to it
So you can just put your ear right there.. right now I hear it a little bit
A little xylophone
It's like an alien thing going on
You hear it right now
I just heard it
We're going to put the microphone close you'll hear it
The thing that's going like doo doo
(singing israeli music)
It's my country guys, it's my country
Don't do it please
He's ..oh god
He's crazy
Tal is sacrificing the health of his ear
Whoooa
You hear it?
No if you come this close
It sounds like something out of final cut pro
You got to get really close
Like join us
It's really cool guys
It's like ebbing and flowing
Tell me in the comments if you hear it
(alien buzzing)
How cool was that on like a 1 to a 10
That was pretty dope
That was pretty cool, 10
I probably walked by this thing like 4 times in my life
And I've never heard it
I feel like I've heard this before and just didn't realize what was going on
We thought maybe it was machinery down there or something like that
So cool..
Alright I've got Mason here
This is like the center of the center of Times Square
And we're going to show you guys the next thing
And you literally walked right over it
I'm going to show you where all the theaters in Broadway
In the Times Square area are located
There's a little map right underneath our feet guys
Watch this
All you have to do is look down
We're going to kneel
My camera man Jacob is doing a great job
And you just stare this way
And it's all you see
The different theater's
And you see the streets as well
Look you see 52nd street
Neil Simon
Circle in the Square
51st
Ambassador
50th
And so on and so forth
Very cool thing
And I admit I have walked by here so many times
And I have never even noticed it
Something new for you guys
Compared to everything you've seen so far
Have you been excited by this little tour?
Yes, the most exciting thing was the door
The door that led to Narnia
The door that led to the Knickerbocker Narnia
That was cool
Alright one more thing coming up here we go
Guys for our final stop we're in front of the AMC 25
And this looks like a regular movie theater
But this actually was called the Elkhinge
Built in 1912
An original theater
And if you go inside the lobby
And look up
You're going to see something very very cool
Let's check it out
This is where you look.. up up
I just think that this is like
Really indicative of Old Vaudeville
Theater's on Broadway used to be
It's not that large
The ceilings really high
The percineum which is the archway
Over the theater is really large
But.. the distance between the entrance and the theater is really small
So there wouldn't have been a lot of seats in here
But it's still really beautiful
You know your history man..
I've got to bring you on more of my tours
Guys you can take an escalator up and literally be..
Above where the theater was
And stare out into the seats
It's incredible
This is what I was talking about
Where you can see the outside of the old theater
And this right here..
You can see where the stairs were
On the wall
That led to the balcony seats
Obviously they removed them
But you can see it
I seriously did not know that Jacob
Knew so much about this theater
I'm pleasantly surprised
And it's great for all of us including me
To learn about this unique history
Of a theater right next to Times Square
And you can come and see these things
Just don't be to disturbing to them
If you want to come real quick
And look at a lot of this stuff
Feel free
Guys we're about to go down the escalator right now..
I'm going to tilt the camera up
And this is going to be one memorable shot
You ready?
Let's go
Alright that was the most fun we've ever had
Going to the movies
WIthout actually.. going to the movies
So i'm going to put all of there information down below
In the description
Everybody subscribe to them
Subscribe to me if you'd like as well
A lot of cool New York City content
Coming out
And all of these ideas
Also linked down below
In the description
Thank you so much for watching as always
Guys, until next time
This is going to be a very memorable shot
Guys.. guys .. we're
Tal you're messing me up.