Got my booster shot at Walgreens and walked down 5th avenue. I saw a strange machine, I hope they're not drilling for oil. I really love construction sites in New York City, they're really dynamic. Once a building is built it's kind of dead weight.
Unless it is the..
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library - New York City public library at 40th street and 5th Ave in Manhattan, and wanted to show it to you - it is one of my favorite places in New York City, a Palace.
One of my favorite excitements and favorite thrills in NYC is to walk into the library and pick a random book I have never seen before, or just a random book. I never understood why people spend hours at restaurants, stuck at tables with mystery food. The only thing I want to be stuck with in New York City at a table is a book.
I was not allowed to film inside the library much but this is my favorite place in New York City.
Third floor is great, it has got graphic novels, science fiction.
They even have the Persian book of Kings, illustrated in full color. Written 11 centuries ago and illustrated in the 1500s for a mighty king of Persia. It's out of this world.
I wonder if this king could have possibly imagined that one day all the plebs would be allowed to roam around much better palaces.
A palace which even has a red carpet on the first floor.
Seven floors of bright spaces warm clean beautiful with free Wi-Fi. Seven floors of books floor to ceiling and media and computers and all kinds of magic with all of human knowledge and culture in it free for the taking.
It is one of the most magnificent spaces, where you can acquire unlimited knowledge.
The mighty kings from history like Alexander of Macedon and Napoleon, all these bloodthirsty dudes would have given their right hand to Lord over a palace like this.
Why is there never a line for the library?
I've always wondered why people stand in line in shops, what could possibly be so enticing us to make you spend your life force standing around. Unless of course they're giving out the elixir of immortality.