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Alexander Hamilton's NYC Tour
You know the musical. Now see what it left out. Walk in the footsteps of Alexander Hamilton on a tour of Lower Manhattan.
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Fun Maps: The Times Square Vice Map of 1973
In 1973, things were pretty dicey in New York City. The economy was tanking, crime was up, and Times Square
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The Lost Neighborhood of Radio Row at NYC’s World Trade Center
Before the internet and before television, there was radio broadcasting. The advent of radio at the turn of the 20th
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Vintage Photos: The Original Penn Station Would Have Turned 104 Years Old in 2014
Photo via Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress Tomorrow, September 5th marks what would have been the 104th Birthday of the
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5 Lost Neighborhoods in NYC: Radio Row, Little Syria, San Juan Hill, Five Points
Cover of the “Lincoln Square Slum Clearance Plan.” Image from New York Public Library. Yesterday, we covered 10 buildings that
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Steel Spinning Pyrotechnic Fire Art in Abandoned NYC Subway Stations
One of the many things we love on our #untappedcities Instagram live feed, is getting an inside peek into the
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Cities 101: What’s That Tar Gunk on NYC’s Subway Platforms?
Every time we go through Columbus Circle subway station, we wonder about those big patches of black tar-like substance
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A Crown Heights Building Has Doubles in Brazil, Israel, Australia and More
The New York Observer has a remarkable story about a particular building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, home to the Chabad-
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PHOTOS: 2014 NYC Dîner en Blanc Hits Manhattan Waterfront at Battery Park City’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Park
After two years in rather epic locations in Manhattan–Bryant Park and Lincoln Center, the pop-up Dîner en Blanc
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The Garryowen Club: A Hidden NYC Bar Inside the 69th Regiment Armory for Military Only
The armories of New York City are a wonderful, active testament of an earlier era–when residents self-started their
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Demolition of 5 Pointz Graffiti Mecca Begins in Long Island City, Queens
The day has come for 5 Pointz. Animal New York reports that as of this morning, “a backhoe began tearing
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9 Historic Buildings That Have Been Moved in NYC
Our recent fun map about the farmhouse that moved from the Upper East Side to Greenwich Village reminded us of
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Pop-Up, Floating Library Coming to the Hudson River, NYC
Library lovers, rejoice! From September 6th to October 3rd, a Floating Library is coming to the Lilac Museum Steamship, located