From Casey Neistat to Greta Gerwig, 368 Broadway launched the careers of many of NYC's most successful filmmakers. This summer, I researched the story behind the storied building.

My conclusion? One day, at some overpriced liberal arts college, students will take a class called: "The Diane Fink School of Filmmaking." Mark my words.

This is the first in a monthly series of video essays about the culture, politics, and design of New York City. Subscribe here: @BlocksandBoroughs

Contents of this video:
0:00 Intro
1:08 The rise of Casey's vlog
2:20 The origins of 368
3:20 368's main theme
3:54 368 in the 1900s
4:09 Diane Fink
4:47 Early 368 films
6:05 Collaboration
6:40 Similar styles
7:33 Mainstream success
8:15 New generation

Inspired by:
@RyanNgFilms (Ending montage is partly from a Ryan Ng video)
@DodfordYT
@Vox
@ColinandSamir

Archival footage from:
​@gosupermarche​@redbucketfilms@indiewire @IFCFilmsUnlimited @caseyneistatclassics and many other sources not on YT!

#youtubenewwave #368 #nyc