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!
Harlem’s Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot Opens With Mural by Shinque Smith
Harlem’s Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot has come a long way since 1890, when it was a two-story trolley
The Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool: Nature
This week, we’re looking at all your amazing photographs of fall, nature and the great outdoors. We may write
Untapped Cities Contributor Profile: Marta Elliott
Get to know Untapped Cities contributor Marta Elliott who has written about NYC’s real and fake mews, about anarchist
The Secret Reefer Tapes of Louis Armstrong at the Louis Armstrong Museum
In one of our favorite lesser-known museums in New York City, the Louis Armstrong Museum, are secret tapes of the
NYC Street Artist Hot Tea Releases Video for his “UUGHH” Installation at 190 Bowery
Hot Tea’s UUGGHH NYC street artist Hot Tea—an artist whose work mostly consist of forming geometric words and
Photo Essay: What’s Left of 5Pointz on 1st Anniversary Memorial of the Whitewash
Last year, on November 18, 2013, New Yorkers woke up to the news that Long Island City street art haven
The 10 Best Podcasts Based in NYC from RadioLab, This American Life to The Combat Jack Show
Talk radio is a staple of many of our childhoods. Think back to all the road trips and vacations we
“Gowanus Wild” Photographer Captures a Marriage of Opposites in Industrial Brooklyn
Gowanus is a neighborhood of inconsistencies: its booming real estate market makes it the next hot destination in Brooklyn, while
We’re Looking for Spring 2015 Interns at Untapped Cities!
It’s amazing to us that we’re about to welcome our 9th internship class here at Untapped Cities. Our
Revolution Books: NYC’s Bookstore for Revolutionary Thought
“If you find the current state of the world intolerable … if you yearn for a better future . . . Revolution Books is
A 5Pointz Memorial on First Anniversary of Whitewashing [Photos]
One year ago today, New Yorkers woke up to the news that Long Island City street art haven 5Pointz had
Design Philosophy and Art at MTA Arts & Design: A Conversation with Sandra Bloodworth
Rendering of the upper mezzanine level of the 34th street station built as part of the 7 subway extension. The