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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Arts & Culture
Daily What?! New Museum Opens New Counter Surveillance Pop-Up “Privacy Shop”
From August 28th to September 22nd, the New Museum will be hosting a “Privacy Gift Shop” curated with counter-surveillance items
Architecture
Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks Recreated in a 3D Diorama at the Flatiron Building
On Friday, we reported that the Whitney Museum was recreating Edward Hopper’s iconic painting, Nighthawks, in 3D at the
New York
Untapped Contributor: Catherine Ku
Every week, we highlight one of our 300+ Untapped Cities contributors worldwide. This week, we’re featuring Catherine Ku, an
Food & Drink
Local Roots NYC Announces The Good Festival to Celebrate Local Food and Arts
On September 7th, the innovative community supported agriculture program Local Roots NYC will launch The Good Festival at Brooklyn Fire
Arts & Culture
The Art of Style by Kit Mills 029: Red Shoes, Blue Stripes on the NYC Subway
Put on your red shoes and dance the blues A recurring theme with this column is to occasionally pass over
Architecture
The History of NYC’s Ear Inn, a Soho Speakeasy
In 1817, when it was built, The Ear Inn stood just 5 feet from the Hudson River Once upon a
Arts & Culture
In the Flatiron Building, The Whitney Has Recreated Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks in 3D
“Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper, 1942.Image via Wikimedia Commons. Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks via Art Institute of Chicago Through October
Architecture
Planes, Trains and (fewer) Automobiles: Transportation Ideas for the ‘Next New York’
This is part of an ongoing series on ideas from Next New York, a project by the Forum for Urban
Architecture
PARK(ing) Day NYC 2013 Arrives in September
PARK(ing) Day is back. Grass, games and people in wacky chairs will sprout from the streets of Manhattan on
Architecture
#untappedcities Instagram “Pic” of the Week: NYC from the Hudson River
This week’s #untappedcities Instagram “Pic” of the Week goes to Instagrammer @frankofonic for this shot from the OHNY Hudson
Architecture
Untapped Mailbag: Another Quirky House on top of an Apartment Building!
Untapped reader Matt Brothers submitted a house he found on top of an apartment building after reading our roundup yesterday
Architecture
Cities 101: Buildings with Exclusive Zip Codes in NYC
Earlier this week, we posted about how Saks Fifth Avenue’s shoe floor has its own zip code. But did
