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5 Lost Neighborhoods in NYC: Radio Row, Little Syria, San Juan Hill, Five Points
Cover of the “Lincoln Square Slum Clearance Plan.” Image from New York Public Library. Yesterday, we covered 10 buildings that
Steel Spinning Pyrotechnic Fire Art in Abandoned NYC Subway Stations
One of the many things we love on our #untappedcities Instagram live feed, is getting an inside peek into the
When US Open Tennis in Forest Hills Was Rocked by Crime and Scandal
Image via Rego-Forest Preservation by Michael Perlman The year is 1977 and the 96th US Open Tennis is in full
Historic Strivers’ Row In Harlem To Hold Their 2nd Annual House Tour
If you’ve ever walked the area on 138th and 139th streets between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Frederick Douglass
10 NYC Holdout Buildings that Stood in the Way of Development
Today, we take a look at some of New York City’s most notable holdout buildings – those buildings that refused
Inside the Abandoned Renaissance Theater and Casino in Harlem
If you were to transport yourself back in time to Harlem in the 1920s, and in particular, to the corner
Upcoming Untapped Cities Tours: Speakeasy Tour in East Village, Climb St. John the Divine, Explore Brooklyn Army Terminal
We’ve got an exciting batch of tours planned for this fall, with a great deal to explore in the
The Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool: Subway
From your user submitted images, we can tell you love the subway just as much as we do! Here are
The Art of Style by Kit Mills 056: Kind of Blue
Blue, blue, electric blue My fashion world has been very exciting lately! Monday night, as you may know, was host
10 Game-Changing Urban Projects in the U.S. Now: NYC Fourth Regional Plan, Denver FasTracks, D.C. Streetcar
With public consciousness of cities at an all-time high, planning and design projects have been commanding the imaginations of urbanities
Cities 101: What’s That Tar Gunk on NYC’s Subway Platforms?
Every time we go through Columbus Circle subway station, we wonder about those big patches of black tar-like substance that
A Crown Heights Building Has Doubles in Brazil, Israel, Australia and More
The New York Observer has a remarkable story about a particular building in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, home to the Chabad-Lubavitch