Nikola Tesla Interesting Facts about NYC | Where did Nikola Tesla Spend his Time in New York?

Join me for Nikola Tesla interesting facts about NYC. If you want to learn more about where did Nikola Tesla spend his time in New York, you’re sure to enjoy this video. This is a guide of all the places in New York City where Nikola Tesla frequented, from his many labs to his favorite restaurant, the legendary Delmonico's, to Edison's first electric plant, to his Wardenclyffe Tower, which was to supply free electricity to the world, and finally to The New Yorker Hotel, where he died. Nikola Tesla spent nearly all of his creative time in Manhattan, and the environment in which he worked, lived, and played had a significant impact on his innovations.Show more

If it weren't for one person, New York City would not be the city that never sleeps. Nikola Tesla was a Serbian immigrant who dared to oppose industry giants after being born in a lightning storm and declared by his mother to be a "child of light." There are many people to thank for bringing light to the world, including Thomas Edison and Lewis Lattimer, to mention a few, but it was Nikola Tesla who dared to dream greater than any of his contemporaries. We'll retrace Nikola Tesla's footsteps throughout New York City in today's video.

While still in college, Tesla felt convinced that a superior electrical motor might be developed using alternating current rather than direct current. Tesla worked for Edison firms in Budapest and Paris in order to gain the practical information needed to refine this technology. Edison executives were impressed with Tesla's abilities to troubleshoot electric lighting systems, so he was relocated to New York. In June 1884, Tesla arrived in New York. Tesla was taken aback by the crudeness of New York after living in sophisticated Budapest and Paris.

Later on in his life, Tesla relocated to uptown New York City in order to display his burgeoning celebrity. Tesla chose the Gerlach Hotel on 27th Street, between Broadway and Sixth Avenue, for his quarters. The Gerlach was an elegant 11-story fireproof skyscraper with elevators, electric lighting, and sumptuous dining rooms that was built in 1888 at a cost of one million dollars. Tesla also started eating at Delmonico's on Madison Square, Manhattan's most fashionable restaurant. Signature dishes such as Lobster Newberg, Chicken a la King, and Baked Alaska were created by Delmonico's chefs. Delmonico's was the center of New York society, the place to see and be seen, more than the food. Tesla was interviewed at Delmonico's in July 1894 by Arthur Brisbane of Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, who described him as "almost the tallest, almost the thinnest, and probably the most serious guy who goes to Delmonico's on a regular basis."

We'll visit some of the locations where Nikola Tesla enjoyed spending his time, which include:
• Wardenclyffe (now the Tesla Science Center): 5 Randall Rd, Shoreham, NY
• Site of Edison Electric Headquarters: 55 Pearl Street
• Site of Tesla’s 1st Lab: 89 Liberty Street
• Site of Tesla’s 2nd Lab: 175 Grand Street
• The Radio Wave Building: 49 W 27th Street
• The Players: 16 Gramercy Park South
• Site of Tesla’s 3rd Lab: 33 South Fifth Avenue (now LaGuardia Place)
• Site of Tesla’s 4th Lab: 46 East Houston Street
• New Yorker Hotel: 481 8th Avenue
• Nikola Tesla Corner: 41st Street & 6th Avenue at Bryant Park
• Cathedral of St. John the Divine: 1047 Amsterdam Avenue

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