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NYC’s Forgotten ‘War on Christmas Trees’
Discover how an obscure holiday crackdown affects festive street vendors today!
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10 Fun Facts about The Hills, The New Park on Governors Island Opening July 19th
Last week, Untapped Cities brought its readers into a special sneak peek visit into The Hills, the new park on
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At Golden Gate Fancy Fruits in Brooklyn, A Grocery from 1939 Frozen in Time
“You’ve just stepped into 1939,” says John Cortese, the 92-year-old proprietor of Golden Gate Fancy Fruits and Vegetables, on
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Discover the Secret History of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal This Saturday
There’s so much more to the Gowanus Canal than the dirt and sludge. Join our walking tour of its
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This NYC Horsedrawn Street Trolley is the Oldest Preserved Streetcar in the World
Earlier this month, we tracked down the incredible private subway car of August Belmont Jr., the financier for the first
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168th Street Subway Station Renovation Reveals Historic Details
When you Google the 168th Street Station, one of the top results is “168th street station creepy” and there’s
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BLDZR, the Robert Moses Jane Jacobs Musical Will Show this Fall in NYC
Exciting news for urban planning nerds! BLDZR: The Gospel According to Moses, a musical about Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs
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NYC Gets Its Own Custom Fonts and Iconography
Since the mid-1970s, New York City has proactively cultivated its own brand and identity for both tourism and for the
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See the Inner Workings of Steinway & Sons Factory in Queens in a New Book Making Steinway
A few years ago, we covered the photographer Christopher Payne’s incredible work inside the Steinway & Sons factory in
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Secrets of the Gowanus Canal Walking Tour
n 1922, the New York Times announced that the Gowanus Canal was “one of the dirtiest, one of the shortest
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Muhammad Ali Way Street Signs Appears on West 33rd Street
Photo by Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office, City of New York Earlier this year, we shared a fun map we
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There’s a Mini George Washington Bridge in NYC Playground in Washington Heights
For budding kid architects (and the kid inside all of us), there’s a miniature playground version of the George
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Tracking Down August Belmont Jr.’s Private NYC Subway Car, The Mineola
Buried in the annals of history, there is a somewhat forgotten piece of opulence related to the first subway line