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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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Villa Léandre: An English-Inspired Street in the Heart of Montmartre, Paris
For those familiar with Pomander Walk, the hidden gem on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, there’s also a similar
Arts & Culture
Map: 311 Map of Complaints from Loud Music, Vermin to Ice Cream Trucks
The Furman Center at NYU released this fun map of 311 complaints from last summer, based on data of the
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Fake Music Concert Posters Pop-Up in Paris, NYC, LA and London
Untapped Cities reader and illustrator Guillaume Lagane spotted this movie poster for an epic electro/dance concert in Paris with
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“Play Me I’m Yours” Pop-Up Piano in Paris’ CDG Airport
This year’s pop-up piano festival in Paris, Play Me I’m Yours, just concluded on July 9th, but there’
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Fontly, An App for Vintage Signage Nerds
Like all urban explorers, we’re pretty obsessed with historical signage and typography. From our recent profile of Alphabet City,
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Preservation of Modernist Architecture at JFK Airport in NYC, What’s At Stake for Worldport/Pan-Am?
The crown jewel of John F. Kennedy Airport’s architecture is undeniably the landmarked TWA Flight Center, but other Modernist
New York
Daily What?! NYPD’s “Harmless Gas” Testing Begins, Called the “Subway Blowout”
Yesterday, the NYPD began its testing of perfluorocarbons in the subway system to study how “airborne toxins would flow through
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Philly Painting Gives Germantown Avenue a Makeover in Philadelphia
In North Philadelphia, around Germantown and Lehigh Avenues, an entire neighborhood has been repainted in bright, fun colors as part
Architecture
Untapped Mailbag: Surfridge, the Abandoned Town Next to LAX Airport Is A Butterfly Preserve
Last week, we published an article about a town outside Paris that was abandoned after it ended up under the
Architecture
Urban Interventions on the Seine: Paris Plage, Floating Barges and a Life Size T-Rex
Although the banks of the Seine River in Paris are a UNESCO World Heritage site, the historical mark has not
Architecture
Daily What?! Lost Plaque at the Battle of Golden Hill, First Battle of the American Revolution
In our recent post about plaques in New York City that are lost or just plain wrong, we revealed one
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Special Effects in The Great Gatsby Movie: What’s Real, What’s Not
Yesterday, the VFX supervisor on the film The Great Gatsby released a composite “before and after” reel, showing the sheer