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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
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Stunning Global Landmarks Made from Plastic Pen Refills
This may not be the way Bangalore software professional M.R. Sreenivasulu intended to become famous, but his miniature architectural
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Remnants of a 1960 Park Slope Plane Crash Hidden in Plain Sight in Brooklyn
As the age of jet travel was ramping up in 1960, a deadly mid-flight plane crash over New York
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Dog Parker Boxes to Store Your Pup by the Minute Pop Up in Brooklyn
We’ve been seeing these Dog Parker boxes pop up in Brooklyn neighborhoods recently. Charged by the minute, and offered
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Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr’s Dueling Pistols are in the JP Morgan Chase Headquarters in NYC
Alexander Hamilton has become so trendy, he’s made it to the Grammy’s, as demonstrated in last night’s
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Keys to Original World Trade Center Towers For Sale on eBay
The World Trade Center may be gone, but ephemera continues to appear on sites like eBay. Currently listed are two
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15 Historical Archeological Finds Discovered Beneath 50 Bowery, Former Atlantic Garden in Chinatown
Like many places in Chinatown, 50 Bowery is a site with layers and layers of history – since the days of
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Watch Trailer for New Documentary “Saving Jamaica Bay” Premiering in March
A few days ago, we reported on a vision that (thankfully) never came to be – high-density settlement on the
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The MTA’s Special Armored Money Train that Ran from 1951 to 2006 in NYC
You know about armored trucks, but what about an armored subway? From 1951 to 2006, the New York City transit
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Valentine’s Day Flash Sale on Untapped Cities Tours
It’s Valentine’s Day this weekend, and for those still looking for gifts for others or themselves, we’re
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The NYC That Never Was: The Jamaica Bay-Flushing Canal
This visual is a fascinating find from @Discovering_NYC – a plan to create a canal from a new port in
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Fun Maps: “Placing Literature” Crowd Sources Locations from Novels in NYC and Around the World
The website “Placing Literature” is a map-based, crowd sourced platform that locates literary scenes in real-life locations all