Secrets of NYC
NYC’s Forgotten ‘War on Christmas Trees’
Discover how an obscure holiday crackdown affects festive street vendors today!
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[Sponsored] Small Businesses in NYC Can Offer Employee Health Insurance Through Affordable Care Act
Last year, we showed readers how to get affordable health insurance in New York under the Affordable Care Act. This
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New Yorker Releases Charlie Hebdo Cover Showing Eiffel Tower As Symbolic Pencil
Last night the New Yorker released its cover for next week’s issue in honor of the attacks at Charlie
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The Art of Style by Kit Mills 064: Armor Against Winter NYC
Ah, the first Friday of the new year (when I wrote this). The champagne has been drunk, the hangovers have
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Visit the Graffiti-Ridden NYC Subway in 1986 [Video]
If you’re curious what the New York City subway system looked like the 1980s, check out this video of
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Je Suis Charlie: Remembering Charlie Hebdo in NYC and Paris
Paris-based photojournalist Steven Wassenaar, a contributor to Untapped Cities who previously showed us life amidst war on the border of
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The Restoration of the Harlem Fire Watchtower Begins
As the only surviving watchtower of the original thirteen dotting Manhattan, we have been paying particular attention to the much
Architecture
Photos of Deteriorating Central Park in the 1980s v. Now
Photo by the Central Park Conservancy. Yesterday, Gothamist had a great photo series on what Central Park looked like in
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Daily What?! Makeshift Shoe Shine Stand on 6th Avenue Uses Humor
Our friends at Narratively have a great in-depth piece on one of the official shoe shiners of the Grand Central
Architecture
Inside the Abandoned Loew’s Canal Theater in NYC
Untapped Cities contributor Matt Lambros of After the Final Curtain has a new article on his website about the abandoned
Architecture
Take Video Tour of NYC in 1949 in Full Technicolor
In this clip from the 1949 Metro Goldwyn Mayer film Mighty Manhattan – New York’s Wonder City you get to
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Bronx Narratives Short Film Highlights Richness of The Bronx Told By Its Residents
https://youtu.be/7F2XOOvX1eA A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of attending Bronx photographer Dondre Green’s photo
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Top 25 Surprising, Daily What?! Articles on Untapped Cities
At Untapped Cities, we have a “Daily What?!” series, which consists of one surprising thing every weekday. The column keeps