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MetroCards to Masterpieces: Meet Artist Thomas McKean
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the work of a local NYC artist who turns MetroCards into art!
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History of NYC Streets: Extra Place in the East Village
Untapped New York is happy to introduce our newest column, the History of Streets. You might remember our coverage of
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Gang History in Hell’s Kitchen
May Matthews Playground on W 46th St, between 9th and 10th Ave, was once a park where many gang murders
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GVSHP Launches “Save the South Village” Video Campaign
On Columbus Day, the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation launched its “Save the South Village” video campaign, an effort
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Just the Gritty: Behind the Scenes Gardening on Alcatraz with Atlas Obscura
Have you ever had the urge to push aside the “Do Not Enter” signs and explore the unknown? I do
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Visit Britain: Seven Miles in Wales
A road trip through a foreign and exotic land had been long on my Travel List, so when I had
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The Rooftop Houses of Manchester’s Cromford Court
Photo courtesy Guinness Northern Counties In Zhuzhou, China a group of villas have just been completed on the roof of
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Buenos Aires’ Theater-Turned-Bookstore: One Hundred Years of El Ateneo Grand Splendid
This summer, I traveled south to Buenos Aires for the winter to escape the New York City heat. Top of
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Top 5 Museums that Used to Be Artist Studios in Paris
Musee Rodin French people sometimes say that Parisians go to museums as frequently as they go to the bathroom. And
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Angel Island: Immigrating through Closed Doors
To call Angel Island the “Ellis Island of the West” is misleading. The U.S. immigration station at Angel Island
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Atlas Obscura Hikes San Francisco Lands End Area
Atlas Obscura is permanently book marked on my computer. It is my go-to-place for out of the way things to
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Wave Hill: A Historic Villa in the Bronx Where Nature and Art Collide
If, upon arriving in New York City for the first time, someone had told me that there was a scenic
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Manchester’s Ghost Market at the Stretford Mall
The Stretford Arndale, a shopping centre located in the suburbs of Manchester, was renamed Stretford Mall in 2003 and the