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 60th Street Bathhouse
On our way to the Graey Spring/Summer 2011 runway show yesterday, we came across this public bath house behind
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DOT Releases iPhone App for Drunk Drivers!
Clever little public service move disguised as fun interactive technology. And it comes directly from the NYC Department of Transportation!
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The Luxury-ification of Lincoln Center
Amsterdam Avenue and 67th street: On a dilapidated lot nestled between new and old luxury towers stands one of the
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Free Massages in Paris!
Best public service ever: free ten minute massages! This group has been all over public places in Paris: the Pompidou
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PARK(ing) DAY NYC 2010
One of my our urban reclamation events, PARK(ing) Day, is coming back September 17th! The concept is simple: turn
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Love Locks are back on the Pont des Arts in Paris
I’m happy to report that the love locks on the Pont des Arts have made a comeback, despite the
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Concerts at Parc de la Villette in Paris
The Parc de la Villette is the largest landscaped park in Paris. Designed by Bernard Tschumi, it shows his continuing
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The Dépôt Légal and the Gallerie Colbert in Paris
I came across this storefront today, at the intersection of Rue Vivienne and Rue de Petit Champs. As a New
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The Invalides in Paris
Probably the best looking nursing home ever built! The Invalides was originally a hospital and home for wounded or elderly
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Au Nègre Joyeux (Happy Negro Chocolate Factory) in Paris’ Rue Mouffetard
Just nearby my old apartment on Rue Mouffetard is the preserved storefront of Au Nègre Joyeux, the name of a
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The Maison de Verre (House of Glass) in Paris
Photo via Flickr by BM. “For architects it represents the road not taken: a lyrical machine whose theatricality is the
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The Ghost Bikes of NYC
Since I accidentally started a trend of finding real and ghost planes in Google Maps last week, I figured I