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NYC’s Forgotten ‘War on Christmas Trees’
Discover how an obscure holiday crackdown affects festive street vendors today!
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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!
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Daily What?! The Film Noir Video Rental Store on Bedford Ave in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
With the advent of Netflix (and the interim stage, Redbox), the neighborhood video store has been rapidly disappearing. But right
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Brooklyn’s Morbid Anatomy Library Seeks Support to Establish a Museum
Our favorite quirky library dedicated to the arcane, the bizarre and the morbid is outgrowing its space in Gowanus and
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On This Day in NYC History, December 4: The New York Yankees Play Their Last Game… of Football
The New York Yankees Football team lived a short life from 1946 to 1948. They played their home games at
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Where Pipe Organs Are Built and Repaired in a Gowanus, Brooklyn Workshop
Recently, we took you inside the music shop Retrofret in Gowanus which specializes in rare and bizarre instruments. What we
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Vintage Buses to Run on M42 Line for the Nostalgia Special in NYC
Yesterday, just as we were publishing about the return of the MTA’s vintage “Nostalgia” trains and buses, we caught
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MTA Hosts Vintage Subway Swing Party With Nostalgia Holiday Trains
Photos Alex Wallach for Untapped Cities A tradition in New York City returns as the MTA brings back 1930s-1970s trains
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Inside “The Last Bookstore” in Downtown Los Angeles
The Last Bookstore. Thankfully this is not a true statement, but the provocative name and lettering on the sign are
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Photos from Fuerza Bruta: Catch the Show Before it Closes on January 5th
If you haven’t seen the interactive spectacle Fuerza Bruta in action yet, it can be hard to describe. It’
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Lost and Forgotten Historical “Graffiti” in the US: Revolutionary War Blood Painting, Walt Disney Autographed Door
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has been cataloging some of the oldest graffiti in American history. Sometimes eerie, these
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Daily What?! Bronx Schoolkids Discover Indian and African Slave Grave in Joseph Rodman Drake Park
Fourth and fifth graders in Bronx Public School 48 have uncovered a long forgotten chapter of Bronx history: a slave
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In celebration of Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and all that goodness, we’re offering 15% off