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Daily What?! Yes, There’s a Crack is Wack Playground in Harlem
In the late 1980s, just as the crack-cocaine epidemic gained momentum urban areas including New York City, artist Keith
Untapped Mailbag: Staircase to Nowhere in Riverside Park, Harlem
We got a tip in the Untapped Mailbag about a “staircase that leads to nowhere” in Riverside Park so we
Vintage Photos: Inside the Cotton Club, One of NYC’s Leading Jazz Venues of the 1920s and ’30s
The Cotton Club might be Harlem’s most famous surviving jazz venue, but during the Harlem Renaissance that started after
Daily What?! Manhattan Mini-Storage is a Greek Temple on Riverside Drive
Up on 134th Street and Riverside Drive is a curious building, reminiscent of a Greek temple, which houses a Manhattan
Ringing the Bells of Preservation for St. Martin's Episcopal Church in Harlem
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Harlem on the corner of Lenox Avenue and 122nd Street, which has survived two
It Takes a Village: Flea Marqueta Celebrates Harlem in Grand Opening
Flea Marqueta welcomes visitors at 116th St. and Park Ave at its grand opening Sunday. Half a century ago, the
Flea Marqueta Celebrates Harlem's Past and Present with Local Food, Culture & Art
La Marqueta’s Flea Marqueta will open for the first time on Sunday under East Harlem’s Metro North tracks
Daily What?!: Lighthouse Atop Building in the Bronx
Untapped Cities writer Brian Orce sent us this photo of a quirky lighthouse atop a building in the Bronx, which
Jack Kerouac and William S. Burrough’s Brush with Murder at Columbia
Before they became the voices of the Beat Generation, the still unknown Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg
El Barrio Music Center in East Harlem
All photos by Daniel Gallegos Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area we had influence from the music of
Six Unique Laundromats in NYC
This round-up of the unique laundromats of New York City began because we were wondering if we could drink
Manhattanville’s History and Development in Harlem
Untapped recently joined the Municipal Art Society on a tour of historic Manhattanville led by Eric Washington, a long-time
