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.
As you pull into the Yonkers train station, you couldn’t feel farther from Grand Central Terminal. A few sleepy
Proposal for the Lower Manhattan Expressway (LOMEX) that would connect the East and Hudson River crossings. via Library of Congress.
We are excited to announce the launch of our new shop! Now you can own one of Untapped Cities’ handpicked
Early last week, street artist Christiaan Nagel left a capped surprise above the doorway of 190 Bowery at Spring Street.
Untapped Cities reader g1g1_nyc pointed us out to these little known 9/11 Memorials inside the Church of St.
Henderson Place Historic District on the Upper East Side You’re familiar with the famous historic districts in Manhattan: Greenwich
When a Cold War nuclear bomb shelter was discovered in the Brooklyn Bridge, it had a stockpile inside that had lain untouched for fifty years.
Get yourself downtown tomorrow night because the Tribute in Light begins at sunset on 9/11, ending at sunrise on
The artist Jerry Gretzinger is a man from Northern Michigan with a vision that most would consider obsessive, but it
It seems Fashion Week attendees are not the only ones with some extra height this week. According to a report
On Saturday, 27 members of the North Brooklyn Boating Club completed a circumnavigation of Manhattan. This was the club’s
Map overlay 1836 to now from The Smithsonian Drawing on comparisons between an 1836 topographical New York City map done
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