From the Westinghouse Time Capsules to one of the oldest known, these artifacts help us to understand what the city was like in the past.
Discover some of the amazing facts you can learn on an exclusive hard hat tour of the abandoned Ellis Island Hospital!
This lost mid-century resort destination is home to memories of a former respite from city life.
Our article on vintage photos of Columbus Circle was super popular, but we got a good number of comments saying
RetroFret, a music shop in Gowanus, Brooklyn specializing in “rare and bizarre instruments,” is a true discovery even before you
This morning, Vanishing NY broke the news that the beloved graffiti haven, 5Pointz, had been whitewashed overnight. According to the
On our last Untapped Cities event that toured the Woolworth Building, we got to see some parts of the landmark
For six days in September 2012, artists Nathan Kensinger, Sarah Nelson Wright and Laura Chipley invited people to come sail
Although the thought of walking the streets of Downtown Los Angeles may seem foreign to most Angelenos, the expanding metro
The Chambers Street station has a long history of changes, with trains entering the station from the Williamsburg Bridge originally,
November 15th 2013 marked the 16th year of “America Recycles Day.” This year, New York City contributed to this initiative
Editor’s note: NYC-based architect Bhushan Mondkar, formerly at Studio Daniel Libeskind, the firm responsible for the master plan
At the site of a former gas station on the corner of West 24th Street and 10th Avenue right under
This week we profile Untapped Cities contributor Ben Helmer, a photographer and writer who has covered topics as wide ranging
Here are our picks this week for the best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool. To have one of your
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