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MetroCards to Masterpieces: Meet Artist Thomas McKean
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the work of a local NYC artist who turns MetroCards into art!
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Daily What?! Bring Your Pet Camel to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine’s Blessing the Animals on October 6th
The Church of St. John the Divine has some interesting events, including the current “Dog Bless You” photography exhibit. The
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Street Art Hotspot: Massive Dry Cleaning-Themed Street Art Mural on 83rd and York Avenue
On York Avenue and 83rd Street, on the corner of Clayton Cleaner, is a curiously massive street art mural. What’
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Redesign of Astor Place Has Begun, Designed by WXY Architecture
The future Alamo Plaza at Astor Place. Rendering by WXY Architecture. Remember when there was a parking lot where this
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Cities 101: How Does the Steam System Work in NYC?
The orange and white-striped vents that let out steam are a familiar sight in parts of Manhattan. But what do
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Untapped Mailbag: Pneumatic Tube System Photo From Building on the East Side, Manhattan
Pneumatic tube system discovered by an Untapped Cities reader on 86th and Lexington Avenue Untapped Cities Twitter follower, @justinr592, submitted
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Contributor Profile: Fun Maps columnist, Zoe Mendelsohn
What’s your “day job”? I sell mushrooms for Madura Farms at Greenmarkets, nanny, and write Emoji Major for Co.
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Go on a Walking Tour of Pigeon-Related Landmarks in NYC with Colin Jerolmack, Author of The Global Pigeon
Next week, you can finally go on the tour you’ve been waiting for: A tour of pigeon-related landmarks in
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Cities 101: Why Are Some Street Signs Brown and Others Green in NYC?
Recently, a reader asked us “Why are some street signs brown?” Street signage in New York City today is an
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#untappedcities Photo Pool “Pic” of the Week: 2013 Tribute in Light
This week’s #untappedcities Photo Pool “Pic” of the week goes to Instagrammer @whygams for this shot of the 2013
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Daily What?! There’s a Vintage Barbershop in the Back Room speakeasy in the Lower East Side
Inside a prep area of the Back Room in the Lower East Side we found this creepy, almost abandoned looking
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Fun NYC Government Blogs: Daily Pothole, My Good Dog NYC, Art for Streets, NYC Condom
At today’s EngageNYC, we were reminded about the fun NYC city-government Tumblr blogs and Facebook pages there are out
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The Gas Station Art Gallery Lawn in Chelsea by Paul Kasmin Gallery and SHVO
This should have really been a Daily What?! but we were too excited about it to wait until tomorrow morning.