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Guide to the NYBG Holiday Train Show, An Annual Love Letter to NYC
Discover which NYC buildings—both lost and extant—have been recreated out of plants!
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Capsouto Park: An Oasis of Calm on NYC’s Bustling Canal Street
An entrance at the intersection of Canal and Varick Streets Canal Street ranks as one of the busiest of New
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Circumnavigate Manhattan on a Roaring 20s Architectural Boat Cruise with AIA
As we sailed north, along Manhattan’s iconic skyline, the tall, taller and tallest of its architecture, soon blurred into
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Architect James Polshek Reflects on His Life and Buildings from Brooklyn Museum to Rose Center
Architect James Polshek has written his memoir, Build/Memory (Monacelli Press), with all the substance, drive, and élan that made
Arts & Culture
10 NYC Film Locations for Woody Allen’s Manhattan
Gordon Willis, who passed away in 2014, shot some of the most iconic films of the 1970s. Called “The Prince
Arts & Culture
Chung King Studios, NYC’s “Abbey Road” of Hip-Hop
Dubbed the Abbey Road of Hip-Hop, Chung King Studios is probably more responsible for the global popularization of New York
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The Hauntings of 14 West 10th Street, NYC’s “House of Death”
Located down one of the most picturesque blocks in New York City stands a building with a notoriously dark history.
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The NYC that Never Was: 1926 Plans for The Hearst Building & Plaza That Would Have Dwarfed Times Square
In 1926, William Randolph Hearst commissioned Joseph Urban, one of the most important theater designers of the time, to create
Arts & Culture
Inside the Red Room, the Secret Bar Above East Village Literary Outpost KGB
There’s nothing secret about KGB Bar, the Soviet-inspired literary outpost in the East Village. Writers—both esteemed and unknown—
Arts & Culture
5 Co-Working Spaces for Harried New York Writers
The Writer’s Room, birthplace to more than 1,000 books E.B. White once said, “A writer who waits
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Vintage Film: Driving Around NYC in 1928 from Silent Film “Speedy” with Harold Lloyd
This fun clip that’s being shared around social media lately is from the 1928 silent film Speedy, starring comedian
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8 Repurposed Fire Stations in NYC
At Untapped Cities, we have a particular interest in repurposed places. New York City has historically been adept at adaptive
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NYC’s Micro Neighborhoods: Little Dominican Republic in Washington Heights, Manhattan
Sylvan Terrace in Washington Heights. Welcome back to our new Untapped Cities series on NYC’s Micro Neighborhoods, where we
