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NYC Revealed

New York. America’s largest city. Here is how a mostly unseen network of infrastructure systems works in unison to keep the city breathing.

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About the show

Directed by: Lisa Nho, Tasia Jensen, Christine Beldon, Andrew Davis, Frank Posillico

8 episodes

Studio: Curiosity Studio

2021

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Episodes

Rats

Rats

New York is known as one of the rattiest cities in America with an estimated population of close to 2 million rodents. Here is how New York City rats out its rodents.

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Taxis

Taxis

The yellow taxi cab is the quintessential New York City ride. What started as a small fleet of cars nearly 100 years ago, has turned into a bustling system of thousands of yellow taxi cabs. But now the threat of ride-share apps and city scandal has left cab drivers in thousands of dollars of debt.

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Trash

Trash

Many things come to mind when thinking about New York, but how the city deals with its garbage is usually not one of them. Here is how the city hauls away its trash.

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Steam

Steam

Many don't know it, but New York is a city that runs on steam. It's one of the few cities that relies on this old technology to heat some of its most famous buildings.

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Bridges

Bridges

New York has some of the most iconic bridges. These engineering marvels have helped set the tone for how bridges around the world are designed.

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Parks

Parks

New York City might be known as the concrete jungle, but its nearly 30,000 acres of park space have been an ever-present part of this bustling metropolis.

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Airports

Airports

New York has one of the busiest airspaces in the world. Here is how New York's airports have evolved to handle 140 million passengers each year.

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Electricity

Electricity

Keeping the lights on in New York City is no easy task and as New York moves towards a greener future how we generate electricity will have to evolve.

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