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After-Hours Tour of "Noguchi's New York" Exhibit
Join an exclusive curator-led tour at NYC's Noguchi Museum!
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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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5 Historic East Village Libraries in NYC: Mulberry Branch, Bond Branch, Ottendorfer Branch and Original Astor Library
While the iconic Jefferson Market Library in the West Village is the most well known to preservationists, many former and
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Cities 101: What was the “Poo-Poo Choo-Choo”? An Overview on Sewage Treatment in NYC
A modern sewage treatment plant: The Digester Eggs at Newtown Creek Until 1992, ocean dumping was permitted in the Atlantic
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Reforming Zoning and Development for the Next New York from the Forum for Urban Design
This is part of an ongoing series on ideas from Next New York, a project by the Forum for Urban
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Daily What?! The 7 Line Subway Entrance to Nowhere in Manhattan
Photo by Rembert Browne Recently, we reported on the staircase to nowhere in Riverside Park. Today, we present to you
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City Planning Commission Gives Go-Ahead for Willets Point Development Plan, 5Pointz Demolition
Since the late 1950s, the mayoral administrations of New York City, have tried, albeit unsuccessfully, to redevelop the Willets Point
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Four Fun Urban Projects: Mapping the Manhattan Project, A Year of London Door Numbers, Wooden House Project, Empty Parisian Pools
This week, four quirky urban projects caught our attention, from photographing door numbers in London for each day of the
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NYC That Never Was: Trinity Church Gets Eclipsed by a Massive Skyscraper
Source: Library of Congress “The Future of Trinity Church” is a wood engraving from 1907 by Albert Levering from Puck’
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Fun Maps: “I Visit My Friends Pretty Regularly, New York City” by Bill Rankin
The routes we physically occupy determine our understanding of our city. We create mental maps, conforming our idea of the
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Daily What?! What’s That Abandoned Roller Coaster Thing Along the East River?
We’ve been wondering what this curious roller coaster-like structure is, sitting along the East River just under the Queensboro
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Spotted: Vintage New York City Public School Door Knobs
Did you know that the New York City public school system used to have its own custom made cast brass
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New Photos of Renovations in the Abandoned Loew’s Kings Theater in Brooklyn
Last year, Untapped Cities contributor Matt Lambros took us into the abandoned Loew’s King Theater in Brooklyn, a theater
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History of Streets: Functionally Named NYC Streets
Streets in New York City (and the world) are often christened with appealing names that indirectly reflect the history of
