California to New York: A Complete Road Trip
This is a complete road trip compilation from Santa Monica, California to New York City over eight different days from June-September, 2017 - all recorded in time-lapse at 4fps (nearly 100,000 frames total). Of the 3,253 miles (5,235 kilometers) driven, about 3 miles of this drive is missing, mostly in Colorado near Poncha Springs. Nearly all of this drive was done in daytime, but there is about 10 minutes of this video done in darkness in Arizona (about 1:00:00 to 1:10:00). The weather was good for the most part, except from Pennsylvania all the way to the Bronx, before clearing up in Manhattan. This trip also includes driving through the solar eclipse of August 21 in Nebraska (at about 3:30:00), as well as driving over the old Tappan Zee Bridge in upstate NY, which permanently closed a month later with the opening of the new Mario M Cuomo Bridge adjacent to it.
The states passed through are
California (0:00:35-0:40:54)
Arizona (0:40:54-1:40:26)
New Mexico (1:40:26-1:41:09)
Colorado (1:41:09-3:07:17)
Nebraska (3:07:17-3:51:05)
Iowa (3:51:05-4:24:17)
Illinois (4:24:17-4:50:42)
Indiana (4:50:42-5:10:51)
Ohio (5:10:51-5:39:13)
West Virginia (5:39:13-5:40:48 & 5:47:09-5:51:52)
Pennsylvania (5:40:48-5:47:09 & 6:04:43-6:32:49)
Maryland (5:51:52-6:04:43)
New York (6:32:49-6:50:03)
The highest elevation of the drive was 11,539 ft (3,517 m) at 2:28:10. The highest elevation anywhere on the U.S. interstate system is 11,158 ft (3,401 m) at 2:33:41. Both of these elevations are two of the three continental divide crossings; the other, at 2:04:38 (10,856 ft / 3,309 m), is the first.
The hottest temperature of this trip was 110 F (43 C) in Needles, California (about 0:40:16), and the coldest temperature of this trip was 53 F (11 C) in Tusayan, Arizona (about 1:10:04) - only about 230 miles (370 km) from Needles.
Here's the compilation of New York to California:
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New York City - Five Boro Bike Tour - Part 2 HD (2014)
Part 2 - Central Park through Harlem
The Five Boro Bike Tour, also called TD Five Borro Bike Tour is an annual recreational cycling event in New York City. It is produced by Bike New York. Conducted on the first Sunday of May, the 42-mile (68 km) ride includes over 30,000 riders. The route takes riders through all five of New York's boroughs and across five major bridges. The entire route, including bridges and expressways which normally prohibit cyclists, is closed to automobile traffic for the ride.
The event began on Sunday June 12, 1977 as the Five Boro Challenge with about 250 participants on an 80 mile course.
New York City Mayor Ed Koch promoted the idea of a city-wide bike tour and the distance was shortened.
From 1979 to 1990, Citibank was the primary sponsor of the event. In 1991 the tour was cancelled, but returned in 1992. TD Bank bought naming rights to the tour.
The tour starts at Battery Park in Lower Manhattan and runs up Avenue of the Americas and through Central Park and Harlem. It crosses into the Bronx for 2-mile (3.2 km) before re-entering Manhattan via FDR Drive. It crosses the East River via the Queensboro Bridge into Queens, over the Pulaski Bridge into Brooklyn. After crossing under the Brooklyn Bridge, the route follows up and onto the elevated Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The route crosses the Verrazano Narrows Bridge into Staten Island to the Staten Island Ferry back to Battery Park in Manhattan.
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1) 50 Things to do in New York City Top Attractions Travel Guide:
1 Grand Central Terminal
2 The High Line
3 Meatpacking District
4 Greenwich Village
5 Brooklyn Bridge
6 Williamsburg
7 Street Art in Williamsburg
8 Prospect Park
9 Dumbo
10 New York Style Pizza
11 Bryant Park
12 New York Public Library
13 Staten Island Ferry
14 Statue of Liberty
15 Battery Park
16 Little Italy
17 Little Korea
18 Chinatown
19 Coney Island
20 Mermaid Parade
21 The Cloisters
22 Harlem's Apollo Theatre
23 Soul Food in Harlem at Sylvia's
24 World Trade Center Memorial
25 Trinity Church
26 Wall Street
27 Lincoln Center
28 Ride a Bicycle
29 Watch a New York Yankees baseball game at Yankee Stadium
30 MET Museum (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
31 Flatiron Building
32 Washington Square Park
33 NYU (New York University)
34 National Museum of the American Indian
35 Museum of Natural History
36 Times Square
37 MOMA (Museum of Modern Art)
38 Roosevelt Island Tramway
39 Fifth Avenue Shopping
40 Rockefeller Center
41 Empire State Building
42 Carnegie Hall
43 Central Park
44 Strawberry Fields
45 Street Food
46 Catch a Broadway Theatre Performance
47 Madison Square Garden
48 African Burial Ground
49 Columbus Circle
50 Take the Subway Metro
New York City Travel Vlogs:
1) New York City Bagels Taste Test
2) Katz's Deli: Eating Pastrami and Corned Beef Meat Sandwiches in New York City
3) Exploring Governors Island in New York City
4) Smorgasburg Brooklyn Flea Food Market
5) Eating burgers at the original Shake Shack - Madison Square Park, New York City
6) Coney Island Mermaid Parade in New York City
This is part of our Travel in America series. We're making a series of videos showcasing American culture, American arts, American foods, American religion, American cuisine and American people.
All photos and video taken by Samuel Jeffery (Nomadic Samuel) and Audrey Bergner (That Backpacker).
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Dirt bike dispute
4/18/13 - Stonington Police try to resolve an ongoing noise dispute involving a boy's dirt bike Thursday April 18, 2013.
Mini Bike Mayhem! Taco Mini Bikes Custom HOT ROD Bike! HOT ROD Unlimited Ep. 46
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Hare Krishna Lunch: Govinda is Feeding the Soul of Brooklyn | BK Stories
The Hare Krishna Temple located at 305 Schermerhorn Street provides delicious vegetarian meals not only to its members, but to the Brooklyn community as a whole! Everyone from all walks in life stop by the temple to enjoy homemade food each afternoon, and have the option to relax, chant, or meditate along with the devotees. Some of the visitors who have joined in the Hare Krishna practices say that they felt a sense of calmness and peace after participating, and the temple encourages seeing the meal as a sacrament.
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Bike Beyond Documentary
Team Bike Beyond completed an epic, 10-week adventure, pedaling from New York City to San Francisco. The international team of 20 riders hailed from the US, UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
All are living with Type 1 diabetes — collectively with a whopping 263 years of experience! As they journeyed across the country, they destroyed stereotypes and showed the world what living beyond Type 1 looks like.
The team educated people on the warning signs of Type 1 and what it means to thrive with the chronic illness. They also raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Type 1 diabetes cure research.
#JSmooveLetsWork | Cops vs. Kids Battle 2014
One of DJ JSmoove's sets at Cops vs Kids DJ Battle October 18, 2014 at Tilden High School Brooklyn, New York
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제가 머물렀던 브루클린. 관광지가 아닌 일반 주거지의 브루클린 동네를 둘러 보고 맨해튼의 브라이언트 파크로 갔어요. 날씨가 좋아져서 브라이언트 파크에 한참을 있었어요. 햇살을 쬐며 르팽 쿼티디앵에서 점심을 사와 식사를 했답니다. 마치 뉴요커가 된 기분이었어요. 공원 맞은편의 유기농 식품을 판매하는 홀푸드 마켓에 갔어요. 식료품의 종류도 다양했고 조리된 음식을 판매하는 것이 인상 깊었답니다. 간식을 구입하고 넓은 마켓을 구경했어요. 뉴욕의 대형 마켓은 한국의 대형 마켓과 많이 달라 구경하는 재미가 있었어요. 저와 함께 여행하듯 함께해요. 시청해 주셔서 감사해요:)
Brooklyn I stayed at. I looked around the Brooklyn neighborhood where the inhabitants live and went to Bryant Park in Manhattan. I was in Bryant Park for a long time because the weather was good. I bought lunch at Le Pain Quatidian and sat down to eat in the park. The Bryant Park is loved by New Yorkers. I felt like a New Yorker. And then I went to the Whole Food's Market selling organic foods across the park. The variety of groceries really varied. I was impressed by the sale of cooked food. I bought ice cream and some food and looked around the wide market. New York's Whole Food's Market was very different from Korea's big market. So I had fun watching. Please watch as you travel with me. Thank you for watching :)
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Father Son Run :: A Father & Son's Cross Country Journey
FATHER SON RUN tells the story of Wally & Erik, a father and son who are trying to make up for lost time after spending most of their lives apart. Their plan? Film a documentary as they embark on a cross country motorcycle road trip from Wally's home in Fort Collins, Colorado to Erik's world in Brooklyn, New York even though Erik has never ridden a motorcycle (or made a documentary) before. FATHER SON RUN shows what can happen when a father and son try and fit a childhood worth of memories into 1,800 miles on the road.
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The Day After Tomorrow
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. As full-scale, massive evacuations to the south begin, a world-renowned climatologist (Quaid) who predicted the storm just a few days prior, must now risk his life to rescue his teenage son (Gyllenhaal) who is stranded in frozen, desolate Manhattan.
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50 Billion Dollar Man...Dan Peña Speaks at the University of Chester
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Hombre de 50 mil millones de dólares ... Dan Peña habla en la Universidad de Chester
50-Milliarden-Dollar-Mann ... Dan Peña spricht an der University of Chester
Un homme de 50 milliards de dollars ... Dan Peña s'exprime à l'université de Chester
Homem de 50 bilhões de dólares ... Dan Peña fala na Universidade de Chester
50 बिलियन डॉलर मैन ... डेन पेनाला चेस्टर व
50 miliardi di dollari ... Dan Peña parla all'Università di Chester
500億ドルの男... DanPeña、チェスター大学で講演
50 억 달러의 남자 ... 체스터 대학에서 댄 페냐 (Dan Peña)가 말한다.
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Words at War: Who Dare To Live / Here Is Your War / To All Hands
USS Ancon (AGC-4) was an ocean liner acquired by the United States Navy during World War II and converted to a combined headquarters and communications command ship.
Ancon anchored off Fedhala, French Morocco on November 8 and began lowering her boats at 0533. The first troops were debarked an hour later. During the course of the assault, men on the ship witnessed the sinking of four other transports, and Ancon sent out boats to rescue their survivors. On November 12 the transport headed out and, three days later, put into Casablanca harbor. She got underway on the 15th with a convoy bound for Norfolk.
After a brief pause there, Ancon traveled to Brooklyn, New York for voyage repairs. A brief period of sea trials preceded the ship's loading cargo and troops for transportation to Algeria. She sailed on January 14, 1943 as a member of the Naval Transport Service. The ship reached Oran on the 26th and spent five days discharging her cargo before heading back toward New York City, where she arrived on February 13. On that day, the vessel was reassigned to the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Forces. On the 16th, Ancon entered the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, to undergo conversion to a combined headquarters and communications command ship. She was redesignated AGC-4 on February 26.
Following the completion of the yard work on April 21, Ancon held trials and exercises in the Chesapeake Bay through May and into early June when she was designated the flagship of the Commander of the Atlantic Fleet Amphibious Forces. The ship got underway for Oran on June 8 with Task Force (TF) 85. The ship had been selected to participate in the invasion of Sicily, and her preparations continued after her arrival at Oran on June 22.
Carrying Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, Commander, TF 85, and Lieutenant General Omar Bradley on board, Ancon sailed on July 5 for the waters off Sicily. She reached the transport area off Scoglitti on the 10th and lowered her boats early that morning. Despite enemy fire, the ship remained off Scoglitti providing communications services through the 12th and then got underway to return to North Africa. At the end of a fortnight there, she shifted to Mostaganem, Algeria, on July 29. In mid-August, the vessel moved to Algiers. During her periods in port, she prepared for the upcoming invasion of mainland Italy for which she had been designated flagship for the Commander of the 8th Fleet Amphibious Forces in Northwest African Waters.
On September 6, Ancon got underway for Salerno. During the operation, the ship carried Lieutenant General Mark Wayne Clark who commanded the 5th Army. At 0330 on September 9, the first wave of Allied troops hit the beach. Thereafter, she remained in the transport area, undergoing nearly continuous enemy air harassment, until she moved to Palermo, Sicily, to pick up ammunition to replenish her sister ships. She returned to the area off Salerno on the 15th but, the next day, arrived back in Palermo.
After two weeks in that Sicilian port, Ancon shaped a course for Algiers. She reached that port on October 2 and spent almost six weeks undergoing repairs and replenishment. In mid-November, she set sail for the United Kingdom and, on November 25, arrived in Devonport, England, where she was designated the flagship of the 11th Amphibious Force. An extended period of repairs and preparations for the impending invasion of France kept Ancon occupied through the winter and much of the spring participating in numerous training exercises with other Allied warships. On May 25, King George VI of the United Kingdom and Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery visited the ship.
The preparations culminated on June 5, when Ancon got underway for Baie de la Seine, France. She served as flagship for the assault forces that landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy. Throughout the invasion, the ship provided instructions for forces both afloat and ashore. She transferred various units of the Army command to headquarters ashore and made her small boats available to other ships to carry personnel and materials to the beachhead. On June 27, she got underway to return to England and, the next day, arrived at Portland.
Ancon remained in British waters through late September, when she sailed in a convoy bound for the East Coast of the United States. She reached Charleston, South Carolina on October 9 and was then assigned to the Amphibious Training Command. At the completion of repairs at the Charleston Navy Yard on December 21, the ship got underway for sea trials. Five days later, she shaped a course for the Pacific. On the last day of 1944, the ship transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet. She continued on to San Diego, California, where she arrived on January 9, 1945.
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Life of a Career Criminal: Bureau of Prisons Psychology Documentary Film
The American Mafia (or simply the Mafia or Mob in the United States), is an Italian-American criminal society. Much like the Sicilian Mafia, the American Mafia has no formal name and is a secret criminal society. Its members usually refer to it as Cosa Nostra (Italian for our thing). The press has also coined the name National Crime Syndicate to refer to the entirety of U.S. organized crime, including the Mafia. The Mafia emerged in New York's Lower East Side and other areas of the East Coast of the United States during the late 19th century following waves of Italian immigration, especially from Sicily. It has its roots in the Sicilian Mafia, but is a separate organization in the United States. Neapolitan, Calabrian, and other Italian criminal groups, as well as independent Italian-American criminals, eventually merged with the Sicilians to create the modern pan-Italian Mafia in North America. Today, the American Mafia cooperates in various criminal activities with the Sicilian Mafia and other Italian organized crime groups, such as Camorra, 'Ndrangheta, and Sacra Corona Unita.
The Mafia is currently most active in New York City, New Jersey, Philadelphia, New England, Detroit and Chicago, with smaller families, associates, and crews in places such as Los Angeles, Texas, Florida and Las Vegas. There have been at least 26 cities around the United States with Cosa Nostra families, with many more offshoots, splinter groups and associates in other cities. There are five main New York City Mafia families, known as the Five Families: the Gambino, Lucchese, Genovese, Bonanno and Colombo families. At its peak, the Mafia dominated organized crime in the U.S. While each crime family operates independently, nationwide coordination is provided by the Commission, which consists of the bosses of each of the strongest families.
Law enforcement still considers the Mafia the largest organized crime group in the United States. It has maintained control over much of the organized crime activity in the United States and certain parts of Canada. Today most of the Mafia's activities are contained to the Northeastern United States and Chicago where they continue to dominate organized crime despite the increasing numbers of street gangs and other organizations that are not of Italian origin.
Early gangster films depicting organized crime in America include The Public Enemy (1931), Little Caesar (1931), and Scarface (1932), the latter loosely based on the story of Al Capone.
Arguably the most popular and most praised Mafia films are The Godfather (1972) and its sequel The Godfather Part II (1974). Both films were based on Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather (1969). Since their release, many other films have been produced, like Martin Scorsese's films Goodfellas (1990) and Casino (1995), which were based on true stories. Other such films include The Untouchables (1987), Mobsters (1991), Donnie Brasco (1997) and the made-for-TV film Gotti (1996).
Other films portraying the Mafia include Once Upon a Time in America (1984), A Bronx Tale (1993) and comedies like Analyze This (1999). American Mafiosi also appear in supporting roles in other films, such as True Romance (1993), Carlito's Way (1993), The Departed (2006), and American Gangster (2007).
While many TV shows like The Untouchables (1959--1963), Crime Story (1986--1988), and Wiseguy (1987--1990) have told fictional accounts of the Mafia, by far the most popular TV series has been HBO's The Sopranos (1999--2007). The show, set in Northern New Jersey, portrays fictional New Jersey Mafia boss Tony Soprano, the Soprano crime family he heads, and its close affiliation with the Brooklyn branch of the New York Mafia. HBO followed up this hit series with the 1920s-setting period drama Boardwalk Empire, based in Atlantic City. Based on the life of Enoch L. Johnson, it features several early-era Mafia characters in supporting roles.
The American Mafia has also been popularized in video games such as the Grand Theft Auto series, The Godfather: The Game, The Godfather II, and the Mafia series.
The Mafia is also the topic of many popular novels, most notably in the work of author Mario Puzo, which include The Godfather, The Sicilian (1984), The Last Don (1997), and Omertà (2000), as well as James Ellroy's L.A. Quartet (first editions published 1987-1992) and Underworld USA Trilogy (first editions published 1995-2009).
Race, Space, and Design: Evolving Activities at the GSD
4/1/16
This half-day event, organized in parallel with the “Voices and Visions
of St. Louis” conference by Designing Justice, a student-led initiative at
the GSD, will highlight ongoing student work at the GSD that explores
issues of equity, race, and social justice. The works-in-progress will deal
with themes such as gentrification, displacement, mobility, access, education,
informality, policing, and political agency. It will build on recent
endeavors at the GSD such as Black in Design; Map the Gap; Design,
Development, and Democracy; The MLK Way; and others. The exhibited
and presented work will span disciplines, geographies, and scales
and will take a variety of forms, such as studio projects, written work,
video, built work, and independent research studies.
range of epistemologies and ideas that have been examined during the
day’s sessions, and to engage in a conversation about next steps. What
social, spatial, political, and/or economic projects should be researched,
designed, or implemented in order to put St. Louis on a different
trajectory? What kind of interventions, and at what scale, might
result in the best outcome for all? How should St. Louis deal with the high-priority issues of mobility, housing, education, policing, and urban
design practices to address the injustices and divisions of the past?
And finally, who should be involved in discussion and action, and how
should these individuals or collectivities be gathered together and organized to proceed?