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NYC’s Forgotten ‘War on Christmas Trees’
Discover how an obscure holiday crackdown affects festive street vendors today!
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Untapped New York was started in 2010 by a then student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where she is now a professor. We love architecture and believe there is no better place to celebrate it than NYC!
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Cities 101: What’s the Logic to the Selection of Manhattan’s Major Cross Streets?
On Quora, we came across a great Cities 101 question about the logic behind the selection of Manhattan’s Cross
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10 Surprising Photographs of Broadway from the New Book by Michelle Young
Photo from Library of Congress Today, the book Broadway by Untapped Cities founder Michelle Young launched, published by Arcadia and
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Historic Verandah Place and Cobble Hill Park: 19th Century Mews, 20th Century Views in Brooklyn
Verandah Place in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Historic District is a charming little street that seems to transport one back
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Urban Exploration Atop NYC’s Queensboro Bridge [Photos]
Atop the Queensboro Bridge. Photo by @hakimms Bridges have always been popular amongst New York City’s urban explorers, but
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Daily What?! A (Real) Pop-Up Forest is Coming to Times Square
Times Square will soon be adorned by a forested landscape nestled within its brightest urban-scape. A wildly successful Kickstarter for
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12 of NYC’s Historic Ballrooms, Grand Entertainment Venues of Another Era
The story of New York City’s ballrooms form one facet of the city-wide story of a changing entertainment industry
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Preview the New Book “Broadway” with Vintage NYC Photos Published by Untapped Cities Founder Michelle Young
Lower Broadway c. 1908-1913. Image via Library of Congress as seen in the book Broadway by Michelle Young Here at
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Looking Back at The History of The High Line in NYC, New Video from Blueprint
Last night, the latest Blueprint video from NYCmedia about the transformation of The High Line premiered. Before the full episode
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Would You Save this Abandoned Brutalist Government Building in Goshen, New York?
Tourist in front of Orange County Government Center Now we come to you. Do you think this building is worth
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Untapped Cities Tour: Explore Brooklyn's Dead Horse Bay with Abandoned NYC
Back by popular demand, join photographer/urban explorer Will Ellis, author of Abandoned NYC and Untapped Cities columnist, on a
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The Art and Beauty of the Paris Metro: 6 Unique Subway Stations
Art aficionados, culture vultures and unashamed aesthetes flock to Paris to see some of the best art in the world.
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Fun Maps: The 19th Century NYC Stench Map of Manhattan and Brooklyn
Last week, we showed photographs from the Untapped Cities tour of Dead Horse Bay, including the “fun” fact that odors