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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Village East Cinema, a Moorish Revival Movie Theater in the East Village
The nondescript facade of the Village East Theater conceals one of New York City’s great hidden gems. The theater
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The Trinity Church Tenements in NYC
Did you know that Trinity Church is one of the largest landowners in New York City? The Trinity Church Corporation
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Mary, the Ziegfeld Girl
My great, great grandmother, Mary, was a Ziegfeld Girl with the Ziegfeld Follies. She was sixteen when she left her
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Old Merchant’s House Museum in the East Village
Did you know that a building can be landmarked on the interior but not on the exterior? We went to
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The High Line at Night (PHOTOS)
People love photographing the High Line during the day. The first page of results on a Google image search for
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The Authenticity of Lincoln Center’s Subway Stop
One of the few original details remaining in the 66th Street Lincoln Center subway stop are the plaster rosettes and
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Abandoned Trolleys in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Did you know that in 1930, 1,800 trolleys served Brooklyn alone? Photographer Christoffer Delsinger (who discovered the double rainbow
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Lincoln Restaurant at Lincoln Center
Lincoln Restaurant does not open officially until September 24th, but things are happening. On September 10th, Heart Magazine had an
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The Disappearing, Reappearing Hitler Mustache on Sleepy’s Mattress Mascot
Looking at their website, it looks like they have ditched the mascot altogether and revamped the logo to a black
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Del Re’s Knife Grinding Truck
“It’s like old New York,” says a happy customer waiting for her kitchen knives to be sharpened Saturday morning
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The Lincoln Center Lawn
There was once an elevated platform on 65th street, connecting the Juilliard School to the rest of Lincoln Center. It
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SUBWAY AD: STILL A VIRGIN?
You might have been wondering about those ads in the subway, asking if you’re still a virgin and an