Secrets of NYC
✉️ The Lost Pneumatic Tube System at the NYSE
Long before fiber optics and wireless networks, bursts of compressed air kept Wall Street moving.
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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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Last Summer at Coney Island
The critically acclaimed film, Last Summer At Coney Island will be available to stream online free for two weeks at
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The Day Baseball Died in Brooklyn – Ebbets Field
Run through Prospect Park on a summer afternoon (and I mean the whole park) and you will see Brooklyn. It’
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Aquaboulevard – Cooling Down on a Hot Summer’s Day
A featured article from our partner, Feels Like Home in Paris. As the temperature is rising and you are trying
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#KAWS Companion (Passing Through) — Sculpture by the High Line
With the summer heat soon coming to a close, everyone seems to be flocking to the High Line to experience
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Tiffany Street Pier – Lightning doesn’t strike twice
The new, lightning-proof (really) Tiffany Street Pier today. The New York Times has described Barretto Point Park as “a secret
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Commuter Nightmare at 155th Street Station – Polo Grounds Stadium
Not many New Yorkers know of or have the need to use the B & D station at 155th on
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San Francisco Parklets Provide New Public Waysides
Cyclists enjoy a parklet along Valencia Street near 20th Street. This is the only parklet in front of a private
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Into the wild: Paddling Jamaica Bay, Queens
The Brooklyn waterfront isn’t always the first borough that comes to mind when one thinks of paddling in New
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Why Are You On My Train?: Anniversary Montage
August Anniversary: Part Drei from whyareyouonmytrain on Vimeo. In this week’s feature of Why Are You On My Train?
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Inside “The Room” at FDR Four Freedoms Park
Last week Untapped was given an exclusive tour of the FDR Four Freedoms Park, including the famous “Room” at the
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Passage des Panoramas
Last week, we looked at the eclectic Passage Jouffroy which was built as an extension of the Passage des Panoramas,
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The End of the Chelsea Hotel: ‘A Rest Stop for Rare Individuals”
I used to live in Chelsea and whenever I find myself back in that neighborhood I am amazed and saddened
