There’s a Scrabble Street Sign in Jackson Heights, Queens
A sign commemorating the inventor of Scrabble mysteriously appears, then disappears, in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Photograph by David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York. Few buildings in New York City strike a more iconic
When we moved to our current Untapped Cities offices this summer, we noticed some unusual decorations in the lobby. These
Our acclaimed Untapped Cities behind-the-scenes tour of New York City’s Woolworth Building is returning for the fall
This weekend, the city’s art aficionados were treated to an unexpected visit from the past. The original facade of
Churches all around the world bear the name ‘Trinity Church.’ The most unusual by far happens to be a small
Photo by Steven Wu Photography From 9pm to midnight this Saturday August 1st, 375-foot images of the world’s
Interactive via WNYC A few weeks ago, WNYC released a real-time ‘agony index‘ of subway station ambient heat throughout
South Ferry, Liberty Island, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, and Jersey City on a Soviet-era map dating back to 1982.
Tucked into a small industrial park on the western side of the McGraw-Hill Building is a welcome respite from
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is most notable to New Yorkers these days as the designer of 2 World Trade Center,
The New York Subway system opened to the public for the first time on October 27th, 1904 and changed the
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