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>>> FROM THE WORLD'S LEADING
MEDIA, INNOVATION AND MUCH MORE,
THE BROADCASTING AWARD FOR
OUTSTANDING LOCALLY PRODUCED
>>> TONIGHT WHO WON, WHO LOST,
WHO VOTED.
12 YEARS LATER, AN INSIDE LOOK
WHAT WILL NEW YORK'S LANDSCAPE
LOOK LIKE AFTER BLOOMBERG?
>> I THINK WHAT HE REALLY WANTED
DESIRABLE MAGNETIC CITY.
TO DO WAS TURN NEW YORK INTO A
INSPIRING GEORGIA O'KEEFE.
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>>> HELLO.
IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER IN
THE RACE TO BE THE NEXT MAYOR OF
ELECTION NIGHT ENDED WITH BILL
DE BLASIO WINNING THE PRIMARY.
OPPONENTS.
WITH TURNOUT LOW, WHAT DO WE
TO COME?
WE ASKED THREE POLITICAL
WEDNESDAY MORNING.
TIMES," MORGAN PERKMAN AND JARED
MURPHY HAD THE INSIDE STORY JUST
12 HOURS AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED.
LIGHTNING ROUND.
>> WELL, DE BLASIO SHOWED THIS
BEING RECKONED WITH.
HE RAN THE BOARD IN AN
GROUPS, ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS AND
SERIOUS CANDIDATE COME THE
>> AND WE SAW ALL CANDIDATES WHO
IMPROPRIETIES ALL GO DOWN IN
ELECTION WAS THE SURPRISE OR THE
RESENTMENT OF MAYOR BLOOMBERG.
DE BLASIO TAPPED INTO THAT AND
HE STUCK WITH THAT AND I THINK
IT PAID OFF.
>> WE'RE SHOOTING ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
AND IF THERE IS, WHAT HAPPENS?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE LAB
THIS IS A LOT LIKE THE SITUATION
2005 WHEN WE ENDED PRIMARY NIGHT
AND ANTHONY *** WERE GOING TO
HAVE A RUNOFF.
WE MIGHT BE IN THAT SAME
SITUATION AGAIN.
>> THEN THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE
A RUNOFF, IF HE FAILS TO CLEAR
THE 40% HURDLE, IT'S GOING TO BE
THOMPSON CHOOSES TO CHALLENGE IT
BECAUSE CAN YOU SPEND THE BETTER
KIND OF RANCOR THAT COMES WHEN
YOU'VE GOT 43 ELECTION LAWYERS
BURNING VOTIVE CANDLES AND
>> LET'S GO BACK TO WHAT YOU
AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTE.
PART, YOU KNOW, IF YOU -- IN
PART HE DID IT WITH HIS MESSAGE,
THE SORT OF MESSAGE OF TWO NEW
RESONATES WITH DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
CERTAINLY.
AND CONJOINS WITH REALITY.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE DATA, THIS IS
DEEPLY DIFFICULT TO BE A WORKING
WORKING PERSON IN THIS CITY.
AND HE HAS A FAMILY THAT TO SOME
>> AND TALK ABOUT THE REMARKABLE
COLLAPSE OF CHRISTINE QUINN.
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
THAT WAS LARGELY PREDICATED ON
HER WORK WITH MAYOR BLOOMBERG.
THAT MAYOR BLOOMBERG DID AND
THE TERM LIMITS VERY MUCH HURT
HER.
MICHAEL IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WAS A WOMAN RUNNING FOR MAYOR?
A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT HAD
A NEGATIVE IMPACT.
SADDLED WITH BLOOMBERG AND I
CONNECT WITH VOTERS IN A WAY
>> I THINK SHE WAS -- I THINK AT
OFFICE AS A WOMAN, CITYWIDE.
AND IN FACT, NEW YORK STATE IS A
VERY TOUGH PLACE AND SHE
CONTINUALLY GOT WHAT I THOUGHT
WERE ODD QUESTIONS, OFTEN FROM
MALES, ABOUT HER TEMPER.
IF YOU'VE DEALT WITH ANY
POLITICIAN IN NEW YORK, IT'S
FEMALE CANDIDATES.
THIS ISN'T TO ARGUE THAT WAS THE
CAUSE.
>> IF THERE IS A RUNOFF,
CAN HE MAKE THAT UP?
>> EVERYTHING GETS TO BE
ROUND.
DE BLASIO DIDN'T WIN AN OUTRIGHT
MAJORITY IN ANY OF THE FIELDS.
TWO IF THERE IS A RUNOFF WOULD
AGAINST?
>> I THINK HE WANTS TO RUN
AGAINST DE BLASIO.
EVERYTHING AND DID PUT MAYOR
BLOOMBERG IN A POSITION TO
ANIMUS THAT RUNOFFS UNLEASHED.
BUT DE BLASIO HAS SCARED A LOT
WILL GET BEHIND HIM.
GOING TO RUN AGAINST THE MESSAGE
A THAT DE BLASIO -- HE'S GOING
TO RUN NEW YORK IS THE SAIL OF
IS THAT GOING TO WORK WHEN 70%
YORKERS WANT A DRAMATIC CHANGE
>> I ACTUALLY THINK THAT JOE HAS
ALREADY MADE A TACTICAL ERROR.
BLOOMBERG'S MONEY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO
ASSERT HE'S HE IS OWN MAN.
HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LABELLED
AN, -- AN EXTENSION OF THE
WAY IN WHICH DE BLASIO KIND OF
I MEAN, IT'S A CITY -- AND
YOU HAVE THE BLACK CANDIDATE
WINNING IN THE ORTHODOX JEWISH
DISTRICTS, THE WHITE CANDIDATE
WINNING IN THE BLACK DISTRICTS
A REASONABLY LARGE AND
I MEAN, THESE ARE INTERESTING --
CAN FIGURE OUT, SOUTH SHORE OF
STATEN ISLAND.
STATEN ISLAND, THAT'S GOING TO
GO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE WHITE GUY.
NO, IT WENT FOR THE BLACK GUY.
>> IT'S BEEN 123 YEARS BUT THE
DATE 9/11 STILL STOPS US
WHENEVER WE HEAR IT.
REBUILDING WAS THE GOAL ALMOST
CENTER ONCE STOOD.
ARCHITECTURE AND DECISION MAKING
AROUND THE 104 STORY BUILDING.
>> A BEACON RISES 104 STORY UP
SOMETHING THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY.
>> ITS CREATORS' HOPES AND
BEAUTIFUL SKY SCRAPER IN
AMERICA.
>> I FEEL A GREAT SENSE OF
THIS BUILDING IS A STRONG VISUAL
BACK AFTER THIS TERRIBLE
TRAGEDY.
>> THE TRAGEDY WAS THE WORST
TERRORIST ATTACK IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
CAUSING UNIMAGINABLE
DESTRUCTION.
KILLING ALMOST 3,000 PEOPLE.
OUT OF THE ASHES, ONE OF THE
SKYSCRAPERS IS RISING.
THE NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK UP THERE
AND IDENTIFY WITH 9/11, WITH THE
WORLD TRADE CENTER AS A RESULT
OF THIS BEACON OF LIGHT.
>> I KNOW FOR ME WHEREVER I AM
WE HAVE TRIUMPHED.
WE'VE COME BACK.
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK ON ALL PBS
JOINING ME NOW IS JUSTIN
AND DEVELOPER DURING THE
BLOOMBERG YEARS.
WELCOME.
THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AND ITS
SURROUNDINGS, WAS THAT
BLOOMBERG MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
INEVITABLE AT ALL.
ONE REASON IS THERE WERE SERIOUS
WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN
SKYSCRAPERS, PEOPLE WOULDN'T
WANT TO LIVE IN HIGH RISES, THAT
FINANCIAL CENTER WAS OVER,
CITY, PEOPLE WHO COULD WERE ALSO
I THINK YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER HOW
LIVING IN THE CITY RIGHT
>> LET'S TALK ABOUT BLOOMBERG,
HOW EXTENSIVELY DID HE TRANSFORM
>> VERY EXTENSIVELY.
IN ALL FIVE BURROWS, THROUGH A
PROJECTS WHERE THE CITY GAVE
LAND TO DEVELOPERS AND
KIND OF OVERALL OPTIMISM ABOUT
THE CITY AS AN ENGINE OF GROWTH,
OF THE ECONOMY AND OF CULTURE.
>> WELL, SURE.
THERE ARE EXAMPLES ALL OVER.
HUDSON YARDS ON THE WEST SIDE.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE 20 YEARS TO
BUILD OUT.
BUT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND
THAT'S PART OF THE BLOOMBERG
LEGACY, TOO.
TO THE EXPANSION OF THE QUEENS
TO A SERIES OF HIGH RISES THAT
RESIDENTIAL HIGH RISES, OFFICE
TOWERS ON THE WEST SIDE.
HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE'S A KIND
IN THE CITY AND I THINK THAT
CITY LIFE, THAT THE CITY WAS
FROM THE ENERGY OF THE BLOOMBERG
ADMINISTRATION AND HAVE PAID OFF
IN CONCRETE -- LITERALLY
CONCRETE PROJECTS.
CITY IS HIS RECLAMATION OF THE
WATERFRONT, ISN'T THAT SO?
MARITIME CITY.
PEOPLE'S CONNECTION TO THE WATER
WAS VERY REMOTE.
THE PLANE OR A HIGH-RISE
FOLDED BACK INTO THE CITY.
THE WATERFRONT IS NOW A PLACE TO
>> YOU KNOW, ONE THING THAT,
ARTICLE IS THE ARGUMENT OR THE
CLAIM THAT MAYOR BLOOMBERG
ANY WEIGHT TO THAT ARGUMENT?
>> I THINK WHAT HE REALLY WANTED
A CITY THAT EVERYBODY IN THE
WORLD REALLY HAD A STAKE IN.
WHAT HE WANTED WAS A CITY THAT
PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESSES THAT
WOULD MAKE PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO
BE HERE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST FOR TOURISTS.
IT'S FOR EVERYBODY, THIS IDEA OF
THE CITY AS A MAGNETIC PLACE
THAT REALLY DRAWS PEOPLE IN FROM
>> WHAT ABOUT THE CLAIM THAT THE
MAYOR HAS TRANSFORMED THE CITY
BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE CAN'T
EVEN AFFORD TO LIVE HERE
ANYMORE?
>> AFFORDABILITY IS A HUGE ISSUE
IT'S A BYPRODUCT OF SUCCESS.
A DESIRABLE CITY IS A MORE
EXPENSIVE CITY MAKES IT HARDER
BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE A DESIRABLE
CITY IF PEOPLE CAN'T AFFORD TO
NEXT MAYOR AND MAYORS AFTER THAT
MAYOR BLOOMBERG HAS DONE A LOT
BUT THERE ARE LIMITATIONS TO THE
WAY HE'S CONCEIVED IT.
BUT I THINK THAT YOU ALSO IN ALL
FAIRNESS NEED TO LOOK AT THE
YOU KNOW, WHEN HE BUILT AN ICE
RINK IN FLUSHING MEADOWS, IT'S
>> THANKS.
>>> BEFORE GEORGIA O'KEEFE FOUND
INSPIRATION FOR HER PAINTINGS IN
THE FLOWERS AND DESERTS OF NEW
MEXICO, SHE PAINTED WHAT SHE SAW
IN ST. GEORGE.
THIS SUMMER FOR THE VERY FIRST
WAS A HUGE HIT IN THE SMALL TOWN
OF GLEN FALLS, NEW YORK.
>> Reporter: SHE IS BEST KNOWN
FOR HER ENLARGED FLOWERS AND
DESERT LANDSCAPES BUT SHE ALSO
SPENT MANY SUMMERS ON LAKE
GEORGE AND FOR THE FIRST TIME 58
OF HER PAINTINGS FROM THAT ERA
>> I'VE HEARD VISITORS COME INTO
THE GALLERY AND SAY, OH, I
DIDN'T KNOW SHE PAINTED BARNS OR
THOSE ARE ALL PART OF HER WORK
EARLY 30s, O'KEEFE LIVED AND
PAINTED ON THE GROUNDS OF AN
OWNED BY THE FAMILY OF HER
HUSBAND, ALFRED.
THE ESTATE TO SEARCH OUT SUBJECT
PROPERTY, THE FLOWERS THAT SHE
GROWS IN HER GARDEN.
>> EVERYTHING -- EXACTLY, IN HER
SHE DIDN'T FEEL THE NEED, LIKE
HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL ARTISTS, WHO
WERE SEARCHING OUT AND WENT ON
AND DOWN THE LAKE.
TO HOME.
>> THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT
>> IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE THIS IN
HAVE, THIS I'M JUST SO EXCITED
>> IT'S A MILESTONE FOR THE HYDE
IT'S A TRANSFORMATIONAL MOMENT
THAT'S GOING TO GO DOWN IN THE
>> IN ALL, O'KEEFE CREATED
ALMOST 200 PAINTINGS IN HER TIME
POPULATION THAT IS NOW THE
COUNTRY.
JERSEY, WHICH WILL BE SEEN
>> THERE ARE DOZENS OF STORIES
AND DISCUSSIONS OF FAMILY,
HISTORY, ART AND LANGUAGE.
WE ASKED THE DIRECTORS TO LET US
INTRODUCTION FROM JORDAN
MALDONADO.
I GREW UP WHERE THE GUNSHOT WERE
LIKE COMMON.
WE LEARNED TO DEAL WITH THAT
BECAUSE YOU GREW UP WITH IT.
>> I CURRENTLY TRAIN THE TWO
SISTERS.
>> WE WERE RAISED IN WHAT IS
KNOWING WE'RE FROM BUSHWICK IN
BROOKLYN, WE'RE TOUGHER.
FAMILY, PUERTO RICANS, YOU KNOW,
A LOT OF FAMILY.
WANT MY FACE TO GET MESSED UP.
OTHER?
TWO HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS THAT
>> I HAVE SOME FANS THAT SAY NO,
IT'S A DISGRACE.
YOU NEVER GO AGAINST THEIR
>> I'M RANKED NUMBER ONE AND
SHE'S RANKED NUMBER TWO.
IF IT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE
HISTORY --
>> WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
THAN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD.
>> OH.
AND THE STRUGGLES FOR FEMALE
PUT FEMALE FIGHTS ON THEIR
CARDS.
STARTED IT WAS LIKE FEMALE WHAT?
FEMALES FIGHT?
IT WAS VERY RARE TO SEE FEMALE
BOUTS ON A CARD.
POLITICAL, SPORTS,
ENTERTAINMENT.
SO WE'RE ALL COMING ALONG.
I'M JUST HAPPY WHEN IT'S ALL
PUERTO RICANS, OUR NAME WILL POP
OUT.
NEW YORK FROM AUSTRALIA.
HIS PROJECT IS CALLED "ALL THE
WE MET UP WITH HANCOCK AS HE
SKETCHED HIS WAY THROUGH
CHELSEA.
>> I DON'T REALLY HAVE A
FAVORITE BUILDING.
THEY'RE ALL MY FAVORITE WHEN I'M
IT'S THE ONE THAT I'M IN FRONT
OF THAT I'M IN LOVE WITH AT THAT
PARTICULAR TIME.
YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO SAY THE
BUT IT'S REALLY -- THAT'S WHAT
THE BEAUTY OF NEW YORK, THAT
EVERYTHING IS SAME BUT DIFFERENT
ALL THE TIME WHEN YOU STOP AND
PAY ATTENTION TO A DIFFERENT
THING, SOMETHING SELLS
THE BUILDINGS IN NEW YORK.
I'M NOT FROM NEW YORK.
I'M AN AUSTRALIAN AND I CAME
NEW YORK WAS PRETTY OVERWHELMING
SO DRAWING BUILDINGS IS REALLY
OBVIOUS TO ME.
PLACE, GROWING UP WATCHING TV,
SEEING "SESAME STREET" AND
FILMS.
THE FIRST BUILDING WAS A QUICK
CLASSIC FOUR-STORY BUILDING,
LITTLE SHOP ON THE BOTTOM,
APARTMENTS ON THE TOP.
SO THIS STARTED OUT AS A DIARY
I JUST WANTED TO RECORD WHAT I
IT MORE THAN A PHOTOGRAPH.
AND IT WAS REALLY USEFUL IN THAT
AND LOOK A BIT MORE THAN I WOULD
OTHERWISE.
YOU SEE ALL THESE LITTLE DETAILS
THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF
BUILDINGS ON ONE STREET.
THERE WILL BE TWO TOWNHOUSES AND
AND THAT JUXTAPOSITION IS WHAT
I'M NOT VERY GOOD AT KEEPING
COUNT.
I JUST KEEP DRAWING AND SAVE
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG IT'S
IT JUST MANHATTAN OR CERTAINLY
LIKE THAT.
365 BUILDINGS A YEAR TIMES
IT'S LIKE 3,000 YEARS OR
SOMETHING.
WE'LL SEE.
>> YOU CAN SEE HANCOCK'S
SITE METROFOCUS.ORG.
"METRO FOCUS."
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