1. Much of NYC is run on steam power
"Ever see those orange-and-white stacks on the streets with excess steam vapor coming out?" co-founder and lead guide for BQE Tours: the Brooklyn Queens Experience, John Garay asks. "That's a by-product of the process.” The steam is part of a heating network that travels under the streets of Manhattan to heat, cool or supply power to high-rise buildings. It might be surprising to some that our "city of tomorrow” is powered in a seemingly old-fashioned manner.