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Top 10 Hidden Beaches of NYC
From Great Kills, Staten Island to Soundview Park in the Bronx, discover secret beaches in NYC for a day in the sun!
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Untapped Cities Contributor Profile: Janos Marton, Today in NYC History Columnist
Janos with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, bonding over a favorite music album Today, we profile longtime Untapped
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Today in NYC History: Historic Treaty Oak Re-Planted at Bartow-Pell Mansion, Bronx
On May 1, 1915, the Bartow-Pell Mansion in the Bronx’s Pelham Bay Park was the site of a
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10 Outdoor Art Installations Not to Miss in NYC This Month
Spring has arrived in New York City and with it, a plethora of outdoor art exhibits in public spaces. Here
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The Reece School: A Colorful Architectural Surprise in East Harlem
This building in East Harlem is both a colorful architectural surprise in Harlem and a feel-good story. The Reece
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The Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool: Pictures from the Roofs of NYC
Top of the Rock by elifrey This week, we’ve rounded up the great photos taken by readers from the
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Daily What?! The Miniature Brooklyn Bridge of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
A wooden miniature Brooklyn Bridge is an unexpected addition to a Cobble Hill sidewalk, showing us once again that New
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Explore 1930s Harlem of Jacob Lawrence in the MoMA’s One Way Ticket Walking Tour
In conjunction with the MoMA’s exhibit One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and Other Visions of the
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The Building That Was Stolen (Twice!) in NYC: The James Bogardus Building
In researching about the many wonderful architectural remnants on display at Saving Place: 50 Years of NYC Landmarks, we came
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Video Inside the Renovation of Abandoned 5 Beekman Place in Downtown Manhattan
One of the buildings New Yorkers have been most fascinated by is 5 Beekman Place in downtown Manhattan. We previously
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Tallest Residential Building in the World Coming to NYC’s 57th Street
New York City’s billionaire’s row continues its on-going quest for taller and skinnier with the latest rendering
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Take a Tour of the Secrets of Edgar Allan Poe’s Greenwich Village with Boroughs of the Dead
Edgar Allan Poe, image via Wikimedia Greenwich Village was a hotbed of literary talent and scandal, even in the 1840s,
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Architectural Remnants of Original Penn Station and NYC Buildings Displayed at Saving Place: 50 Years of NYC Landmarks
One of the highlights of the comprehensive exhibition, Saving Place: 50 Years of NYC Landmarks at the Museum of the