Save 33% on your first Native Deodorant Pack - normally $39, you’ll get it for $26! Click here https://bit.ly/nativeanswer1 and use my code ANSWER #AD Somewhere on your street there may be a house that isn't a house; instead, there may be essential city infrastructure like electrical substations, tunnel ventilation, or a water pump hiding inside. In this video, Sabrina drags Taha and Melissa along to figure out what is inside some fake buildings in New York, Paris, and Toronto and why they needed to be hidden in the first place. #travel #education SUPPORT US ON PATREON https://patreon.com/answerinprogress SUBSCRIBE TO OUR MONTHLY NEWSLETTER https://www.answerinprogress.com/newsletter SOCIAL MEDIA Sabrina Twitter: https://twitter.com/nerdyandquirky Instagram: http://instagram.com/nerdyandquirky Melissa Twitter: https://twitter.com/mehlizfern Instagram: http://instagram.com/mehlizfern Taha Twitter: https://twitter.com/khanstopme Instagram: http://instagram.com/khanstopme CREDITS Video by Sabrina Cruz Video Editing by Sabrina Cruz and Joe Trickey Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz Special Thanks to Melissa Fernandes and Taha Khan MUSIC Epidemic Sound. Get started today using our affiliate link. http://share.epidemicsound.com/answerinprogress BIBLIOGRAPHY Aesthetic Justice and Urban Planning (2002). Hanna Mattila via Geojournal. The Architecture of Deceit (2013). Meg Van Huygen via AtlasObscura.com. Artist Project / Transformer Houses (2006). Robin Collyer via Cabinet Magazine. The built environment and mental health (2003). Evans via J Urban Health Comment by M.S. Smith on Transformer Houses (2006) via BLDGBLOG. Fresh Air for Tunnel: Plant Site Purchased (1907) via New York Tribune. Powering Urban Growth (2019). Tom Odell via YouTube. Power Houses: Toronto Hydro’s Camouflaged Substations. Steve via WebUrbanist. Harold Alphonso Bodwell via Bodwellfamily.org Housing In My Backyard: A Municipal Guide For Responding To NIMBY(2009). Affordability and Choice Today. The Toronto City Directory 1912 via Archive.org Turning on Toronto Exhibit via City of Toronto. Toronto neighbourhood residents upset (2021). Kamil Karamali via GlobalNews What's Inside This House on Wade Avenue? (2014). Eric Mennel via North Carolina Public Radio. Who Participates in Local Government (2018). Einstein et al. via Perspectives on Politics. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 this building is real... SIKE 00:26 paying the bills 01:38 down the rabbit hole 02:15 paris is a 2 minute walk away 03:06 a fake building in a haystack made of fake buildings 03:45 what is a fake building? 04:30 what is inside fake buildings? 05:58 why do fake buildings exist? 06:41 an irrelevant side quest that took too much time so now you need to see it 08:40 why are oil companies trying to act slick 09:25 a call to beef with the nimbys 10:50 an alternative plea for good design 12:01 it's just so ugly lmaoo ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Welcome to the joke under the fold! Here's some architectural humour for you: Some of Toronto's most famous substations are built in the Beaux-Arts style, and some it's clown colleges in the Bozo-Arts style. Leave a comment with the word BUILT to let me know you were here ;-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NATIVE DEODORANT REVIEW #NativePartner #Deodorant #AluminumFree