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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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9 of NYC’s Shortest-Lived Buildings: Grand Central Station, Crystal Palace, Folk Art Museum
Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s Mansion at 742-748 Fifth Avenue (between 57th and 58th Streets). Photo via Library of Congress.
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Beautiful Graphics of NY Train Project Celebrates NYC Subway Tile Mosaics
Last week, we recorded a segment for Cityscape on WFUV Public Radio, an NPR affiliate in New York City. In
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Fun Maps: 24 Hour Breathing Map of Manhattan’s Population
As you know we love maps so much, we have a column dedicated to it. And this one is particularly
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Behind the Scenes at 9/11 Museum Construction at World Trade Center, Opening Today
The 9/11 Museum, thirteen years in the making, is opening today ceremonially with President Obama and becomes publicly accessible
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8 Weird NYC Subway Entrances: Get Your Hair Cut, Keys Made, and Shoes Shined in a NYC Subway Station
We’ve been wondering about this phenomenon for a while: the prevalence of barber shops, locksmiths, bodegas, and shoe repair
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Daily What?! Remnants of a Lost Department Store in Brooklyn Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station
In the long hallway of the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Brooklyn, it’s hard not to notice the repeated
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Daily What?! The Hidden Rooftop Gardens of Rockefeller Center
When dodging people on Fifth Avenue and at Rockefeller Center, you probably don’t have time to look up and
Arts & Culture
Urban Profile: Andrea Janes of Boroughs of the Dead
In June, we’re hosting a tour on Murder, Scandal & Vice: Crime & Corruption in 19th Century NYC led
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Design Principles for NYC’s “Sixth Borough”: The Waterfront
Rendering from SOM | Kilograph Last Thursday, the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance hosted its annual conference aboard a Hornblower cruise ship that
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Daily What?! Inside Frank Woolworth’s Gilded Age Office in the Woolworth Building
We’ve been a longtime partner of the Woolworth Tours and in scouting missions for our exclusive Untapped Cities tours
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Lost Landmarks Project Give Pedestrians On-Location View onto NYC History
For three days this spring, Matt Felsen, a student at Parsons Design + Technology will set up classic binocular viewers in
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South Street Seaport Mall at Pier 17 Demolition Fully Underway
Yesterday, the 2014 Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Conference fittingly took place aboard a Hornblower Cruise boat which took attendees on a