Secrets of NYC
The Met's Original Building is Still Hiding Inside the Museum
See remnants of 1880s museum buildings built into the modern galleries!
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Architecture
Inside the Abandoned Catskill Game Farm, Once Home to 2000 Exotic Animals
The Catskill Game Farm in Catskill New York, a destination that once housed 2000 exotic animals, was in operation for
Architecture
Video Shows Renovation Work at Chumley’s, Iconic Greenwich Village Speakeasy Set to Reopen
Fans of the iconic Greenwich Village speakeasy Chumley’s at 86 Bedford Street will be excited to hear that not
Arts & Culture
The Newsstand, The Pop-Up Subway Shop at Lorimer Reappears at The MoMA
The Newsstand at the MoMA For about six months between June 2013 and January 2014, a pop-up “newsstand” was in
Architecture
Fun Maps: Tracking NYC’s Water Complaints
New York City’s drinking water is one of the best in the country, but it doesn’t mean that
Arts & Culture
What Is Brooklyn’s Nevins Street Subway Entrance Doing in Soho?
The Nevins Street subway station in Brooklyn is notable for having an abandoned underground level. It is certainly not notable
Architecture
5 of NYC’s Most Wild Historical Oddities
Image via Library of Congress As part of the Greenwich Series, a monthly series dedicated to the quirkier side of
Architecture
Remnants of the Hotel St. George in Brooklyn Heights
The Hotel St. George in Brooklyn Heights was once the largest hotel in New York City, built between 1885 and
Arts & Culture
Step into 1980s NYC in Documentary “Looking for Stephen Sprouse”
French photographer and filmmaker Gregoire Alessandrini, whose photographs of gritty New York City in the 1990s we have showcased on
Architecture
12 of NYC’s Most Unusual Landmarks
When you think of landmarks, you probably think of some of New York City’s oldest buildings, or its stunning
Arts & Culture
Step Inside a Camera Obscura Showing Views of Gowanus Brooklyn at the Vanderbilt Republic
Gowanus’ Vanderbilt Republic is always up to something new and large scale, like their 2015 lighting of the Smith-9th Street
Architecture
Fun Maps: NYC’s IND Subway System Mapped According to Original Color Code
Earlier this week, one of our favorite mappers Vanshnookenraggen posted to his Tumblr a vision of the IND (Independent Subway)
Arts & Culture
NYC’s Lost World’s Fair Subway Line of 1939 and 1940
Image via Wikimedia Commons, nycsubway.org There is a line of the IND (Independent) subway that no longer exists, created