Arts & Culture
Discover the latest public Art installations in NYC, exiting new exhibitions, and more! Pictured here are our partners at Artechouse, a space for innovative experiential Art located in the former boiler room of the Chelsea Market!
NYC Film Locations: Birdman by Alejandro González Iñárritu with Michael Keaton
Birdman, the 2015 Best Picture Academy Award winner was shot in New York City, telling the story of a washed
The WWII Radio Towers Atop Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Last week, Untapped Cities reader @nationsofnations tweeted at us, asking us if we had a story about the “replica bridge
The Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool: Snow in NYC
Seems like the snow is never ending here in New York City, so we dedicated this week’s Instagram theme
7 Places to Remember Malcolm X in NYC on Anniversary of Assassination
Today is the anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X, later known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz. Malcolm X’s career
This is the Oldest and Tallest Tree In NYC: The Queens Giant in Alley Pond Park
From the scenic landscape of Manhattan’s Central Park to the endless onslaught of green that occupies Pelham Bay Park
18 Transparent “Gazing Globes” Arrive At Madison Square Park by Artist Paula Hayes
Gazing Globes is the new outdoor installation in Madison Square Park. Â The Artist, Paula Hayes, draws on a Victorian-era custom
Today in NYC History: President-Elect Abraham Lincoln Comes To Town in 1861
Abraham Lincoln and New York City will always be linked by Lincoln’s legendary speech at Cooper Union in 1860
An Inverted NYC by Vera Lutter in Black and White at The Gagosian Gallery
Born in Kaiserslautern, Germany, Vera Lutter moved to New York after receiving her diploma in 1991 from the Academy of
New App Popular Pays Rewards NYC Instagram Users with Free Perks for Taking Photos
Popular Pays is an app that rewards Instagram users with free perks for taking photographs of participating businesses, with locations
Weegee Photography Exhibit at Bow Tie Chelsea Shows 1940s Filmgoers at the Cinema
Lovers at the movies, New York, ca. 1943. © Weegee/ International Center of Photography Legendary New York photographer Weegee liked to
Today in NYC History: The Harlem Hellfighters Parade in 1919 Celebrated All-Black WWI Regiment
When New York’s all-black 369th Infantry Regiment set off to fight in World War I, they were men without
Teddy Roosevelt, Jacob Riis, and the Little Dog Who Changed Homeless Policy in NYC
Five Cents a Spot, photo by Jacob A. Riis. Image via Museum of the City of New York, Gift of