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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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“Finding the Quiet City”: A Map for Solitude Seekers in NYC
New Yorkers are all too familiar with the city’s daily soundtrack of wailing sirens and rumbling subway cars, so
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The Oldest Buildings in New York City’s Five Boroughs
Hidden between modern skyscrapers and nineteenth century row houses are remnants of the City’s Dutch past. While the Bronx
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Google Street View Inside Landmarks in NYC, Paris, Dubai, and D.C.
Google has gotten tons of coverage over the past 48 hours for its release of Street View images of the
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“Vamp Camp” on True Blood Takes Design Cues from 18th-Century Prison Theory
Bentham’s Panopticon. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Those that (still) watch True Blood, HBO’s vampire drama will be familiar
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Weekly Map: Filling in NYC’s Hudson River for “A Really Greater New York”?
At the break of the 20th century, industrializing cities were growing voraciously and needed more room. A lot of cities
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Cities 101: How Do Water Tanks Work?
Welcome to our new series, Cities 101, which will answer questions about how the city’s infrastructure works. First up:
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The History and Future of Willets Point, Queens
As fans poured off the LIRR and the MTA’s 7 line for yesterday’s All-Star Game at Citi Field,
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History of NYC (Fruit) Streets: Cranberry, Orange and Pineapple Streets in Brooklyn
Glancing up in a certain area in Brooklyn, the streets seem to become an orchard, with the street signs as
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Daily What?! WWI Battleship in Union Square
Photo via Library of Congress We came across a postcard on Ebay recently and despite our knowledge of vintage New
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Film Locations: LA’s Bradbury Building’s Sci-Fi History and More
This is the Bradbury Building in downtown Los Angeles. Do you recognize it? If not, take a look at its
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Saving America’s Endangered Post Offices: What’s For Sale in NYC and Newark
Grand Concourse Post Office In 2011, the United States Postal Service (USPS) identified a list of 3,700 post offices
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Documenting Retro Signs in LA’s San Fernando Valley
Pay attention, vintage typography enthusiasts: the old signs of California’s San Fernando Valley are now being showcased on Instagram.
