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HALLETT NATURE SANCTUARY: Bird sanctuary and a to this day mostly undiscovered place in New York City [w. Video]

Its postal address is Avenue of the Americas & W 59th St, Manhattan, NY, USA. Hallett Nature Sanctuary. A four-acre nature preserve, is located northwest of the Pond at 5th Avenue. Closed to the public. Until recently. Now visitors can enter the preserve. And they do. Hallett Nature Sanctuary is very popular. So just 20 people at once are allowed to walk through the area. … Continue reading HALLETT NATURE SANCTUARY: Bird sanctuary and a to this day mostly undiscovered place in New York City [w. Video]

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NYC SUBWAY VOICE: Film director Andrew David Watson shows the man behind the announcements [w. Video]

“Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the unavoidable delay.” Words of Charlie Pellett. He’s the voice of the New York City subway. The man behind the announcements made under the surface of the town.

And he’s sorry whenever a train comes late, as a new short film by director Andrew David Watson shows. Published by weekly magazine “The New Yorker,” the video also reveals that Mr. Pellett did not grow in New York but another town on the other side of the Atlantic. And it shows how he came to be the voice of the subway.

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