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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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Fun Maps: All 1,678 Honorific Street Names in the Five Boroughs of NYC
While walking around New York City, you might have noticed that some streets are labeled with names other than their
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10 Beautiful Apartment Entryways of the Bronx
While Brooklyn is known for its iconic brownstones, with their attractive doors, the Bronx is much more a place of
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Photos from the 2016 New Year’s Day Polar Bear Plunge at Coney Island
On New Year’s Day January 1st this year, our very own Erica Price went to document the annual pilgrimage
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The Kissena Velodrome In Flushing, NYC: New York’s Only Remaining Cycling Track
New York City is home to many obscure places and things, such as secret tunnels and an abandoned smallpox hospital.
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Early Vintage Video of NYC Snow Plowing from 1930s
While we wait patiently for snow to arrive in New York City (maybe never?), here’s a look back at
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16 Art Installations in NYC Not to Miss in January 2016
2015 brought with it many creative and colorful installations and exhibits by artists from around the world. Many of the
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Cities 101: The First Working Escalator Was Installed in Coney Island, Brooklyn
With the new exhibit Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland at the Brooklyn Museum, it seemed like an appropriate
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Intersection/Prospect Heights Project Uses Resident Stories to Highlight Neighborhood Change in Brooklyn
Guides featuring Prospect Heights residents’ stories You can never run out of things to do in New York City’s
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Chance Ecologies Art Exhibition Explores the Soon to be Lost Wild Landscapes of Hunter’s Point South
Chance Ecologies: The Wild Landscapes of Hunter’s Point South, an exhibition at Radiator Gallery in Long Island City, presents
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The Most Popular Untapped Cities Articles of 2015
What a year it has been! The Untapped Cities team has done a lot of urban exploration this year, gained
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The Oldest Known Photograph of NYC is Not What You Think
Every so often, articles or social media appear claiming photographs to be the oldest taken in New York City. Such
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All-Aboard! Catch NYC’s Last Holiday Nostalgia Trains of 2015
For many, the New York Transit Museum‘s Holiday Nostalgia Rides may be just the ticket that makes the holidays