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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What do Lou Gehrig, Henry Kissenger and Ralph Ellison Have In Common? A Library!
What do Lou Gehrig, Henry Kissenger and Ralph Ellison Have In Common? A Library! Add to these personalities singer Maria
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Inside NYC’s Office of Emergency Management
Last week, we checked out New York City’s Office of Emergency Management (OEM). The agency plans for emergencies, collects
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Madame Rana: Fortune Telling from a Trailer in Paris
Walking by the catacombs in the 14th arrondisement, I discovered Madame Rana–a fortune teller operating out of a happily
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New SimCity-Like Tool for Urban Planning: Good Concept, Bad Application?
This development is bound to make urban designers a little uncomfortable. “Betaville” is a new tool that lets you do
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A Factory Converted into a Mosque in Jamaica, Queens
Along the Van Wyck Expressway in Queens, not too far from the Jamaica train station, stands a mosque clearly converted
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Flu Shots in Penn Station Kmart
This kind of reminded me of the tattoo store I saw operating out of a mens bathroom in Santa Cruz,
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NOLA: Yakumo Nihon Teien at the New Orleans Botanical Garden
The New Orleans Botanical Garden in City Park was originally created in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration.
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Historic Haunts – The Historic New Orleans Collection
I was at the Historic New Orleans Collection in the French Quarter this past week to see Jason Marsalis at
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The Arcades of Paris: Passage Bourg L’Abbé
One of my favorite passages in Paris, the Passage Bourg L’Abbé still retains some of the imagery conjured up
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Inside The 53rd St. Power Substation in NYC
On Saturday, I checked out the substation at 53rd Street and 8th Avenue, across from Roseland Ballroom for Open House
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Inside the Grand Palais in Paris for “La Nuit de L’Electro”
Last night was the second annual Nuit Electro at the Grand Palais. It has always struck me as contradictory that
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Vimeo Festival Takes Over Frank Gehry’s IAC Building
Lots happening this weekend in NYC. Besides Comic-Con at the Javits Center and Open House New York, the Vimeo Festival