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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The West End Avenue Historic District Debate: the great, the good and the opinionated (LPC Meeting Recap)
A gathering of the great, the good and the opinionated took place this week in one of New York’s
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Traffic Lights in NYC for Bikes!
Spotted in Herald Square: this may be the cutest thing we’ve seen all week. Bike lanes have their own
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The Last Candy Store on the Upper West Side
If you grew up on the Upper West Side between 1950 and 1980 in the West 70s near Columbus Avenue
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Fun Maps: Mapping NYC’s 311 Graffiti Complaints
Graffiti is illegal in New York City and always has been. Wait–are you serious? Have you seen the East
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7/23: Photography Tour of the New Freshkills Park
Rendering of Freshkills Park. Photo via Freshkills Park and the City of New York Untapped photographer Chuck Lau, who most
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Mayor Bloomberg Plays a Pop-Up Piano in DUMBO today!
Untapped correspondent Doneliza Joaquin snapped this photo of Mayor Bloomberg playing one of the 88 colorfully decorated pop-up pianos that
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7/12 | 7/13: Manhattanhenge Event at Hayden Planetarium
For those that love the Manhattanhenge event, the twice yearly phenomenon where the sun aligns perfectly with the Manhattan streets,
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The Demolition Depot – A palace for the tasteful chronic hoarder
In a word, the Demolition Depot in East Harlem is a palace. A palace belonging to the most fantastically tasteful
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6/28 | 6/29 SKIT JOB: 1 guy, 1 skit/week for a year (Lincoln Center)
In September 2010, Ian McWethy challenged himself to write one skit, every week, for a calendar year. At Untapped, we
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U.S. Supreme Court Threatens Campaign Finance Reform in NYC
co-authored by Morgan Pehme, the Executive Director of New York Civic. This article was cross-posted on the Huffington Post and
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The Central Park Sheepfold: Rustic and Restored
The Sheepfold, better known as Tavern on the Green today, was constructed in 1870 and is one of the park’
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The Abandoned Kullman Diner at 357 West Street
I’ve always loved this little diner at 357 West Street. Partially because it’s just so small, sandwiched between