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
Pop-Up Portals in the East Village Lead to Theatrical Happenings
If you’ve wandered Alphabet City lately, you might have noticed the artwork pictured above, or others like it. This
Architecture
Nightvision: A Beautiful Timelapse Video of Europe’s Monuments by Luke Shepard
Untapped Cities has previously featured the innovative timelapse videos of filmmaker and photographer Luke Shepard, from the nighttime exploration of
Architecture
7 Amazing Documentary Photography Projects in NYC
Photo projects like “Humans of New York” tell some amazing stories that are often forgotten in the chaos of the
Arts & Culture
Video: A Love Letter to New York City by The Color Machine & MAS
If you were going to make a visual love letter to New York City, what places would you include? We
New York
How are Helicopter Flights Regulated in New York City?
Compared to commercial jets, helicopters have relatively few regulations about where they can fly and land in and around New York City.
Architecture
Video Inside Williamsburg’s Abandoned Domino Sugar Refinery
We don’t profess this to be a professional video of the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg. It’s a
Architecture
Volunteer Puppetry and Costume Workshops for the 2013 Beaux Arts Ball
The 1931 Beaux Arts Ball From left to right: A. Stewart as the Fuller Building, Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-Astoria,
Arts & Culture
Untapped Cities Guide to NYC’s 2013 Summer Streets
In 2008, New York City kicked off the first ever Summer Streets, an event designed to get city-dwellers out of
Architecture
Daily What?! Sculpted Rats on the Graybar Building at Grand Central
We’ve been pretty obsessed with rats recently, from our look into the history of the inflatable union rat, to
Architecture
Reclaiming Our Waterways: Four Proposed Projects Using NYC’s Canals, Rivers, and Creeks
An artist’s rendering of the proposed Brooklyn Bridge Beach. There’s literally “something in the water” these days, with
Arts & Culture
Vintage Photos: Inside the Cotton Club, One of NYC’s Leading Jazz Venues of the 1920s and ’30s
Image via Flickr courtesy of The Library of Congress The Cotton Club might be Harlem’s most famous surviving jazz
Arts & Culture
Untapped Contributor: Julia Vitullo-Martin
Every week, we highlight one of our 300+ Untapped Cities contributors worldwide. This week, we’re featuring Julia Vitullo-Martin, a