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Last Chance to Catch NYC's Holiday Notalgia Train
We met the voices of the NYC subway on our nostalgia ride this weekend!
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When Amelia Earhart Broke a Champagne Bottle On an Airplane Parked in Penn Station
While many people are familiar with the Redstone rocket that was displayed in Grand Central Terminal, you may not know
Arts & Culture
NYC Film Locations: Birdman by Alejandro González Iñárritu with Michael Keaton
Birdman, the 2015 Best Picture Academy Award winner was shot in New York City, telling the story of a washed
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The WWII Radio Towers Atop Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Last week, Untapped Cities reader @nationsofnations tweeted at us, asking us if we had a story about the “replica bridge
Architecture
LaGuardia Airport’s Jet Age Hangars 2 and 4 Are Mid-Demolition
It’s easy to hate on LaGuardia Airport, even the politicians do it. Just last year, Vice President Joe Biden
Architecture
The Innovative “Dry Line” from Big U Will Protect 10 Miles of Downtown Manhattan from Storms
We last reported on the Big U plan last year, a striking proposal by Bjarke Ingels to fortify lower Manhattan
Architecture
Top 10 Secrets of the Chrysler Building in NYC
Photo by Dark Cyanide The Chrysler Building is one of the most beloved of New York City’s skyscrapers, an
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New App Popular Pays Rewards NYC Instagram Users with Free Perks for Taking Photos
Popular Pays is an app that rewards Instagram users with free perks for taking photographs of participating businesses, with locations
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Daily What?! The George Washington Bridge Gets Lit Up Like the Empire State Building (Sometimes)
Photo by Dark Cyanide While it is fairly well-known that the exposed steel towers of the George Washington Bridge were
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Inside NYC’s Holographic Studios, a Gallery and Laser Laboratory with NY Adventure Club
On 26th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenues is the Holographic Studio, one of the more obscure, off-the-beaten path museum-like
Architecture
(Not So) Fun Maps: What Would Happen If Sea Levels Rose 100 Feet in NYC?
We’ve had a slew of (not so) Fun Maps on Untapped Cities recently, like the map of subway bacteria
Architecture
For Transit Aficionados, Color Palettes Inspired by NYC Subway from LINE x LINE
From our time writing about the subway system at Untapped Cities, we’ve come to know some of the real
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Fun Maps: Tracing NYC’s NBA Basketball Roots for the All-Star Game
New York City is buzzing about the NBA All-Star Game this weekend at Madison Square Garden. Yesterday, we looked at