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✨You Can Touch the Times Square New Year's Eve Ball!
Find out how you can take home a piece of the old New Year's Eve ball!
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Arts & Culture
New Shop CW Pencil Enterprise on Lower East Side Sells Only Pencils
Here at Untapped Cities, we love stores that sell only one thing–it’s so New York to have enough
Arts & Culture
Today in NYC History: In 1904, Longacre Square renamed “Times Square”
Photo from Library of Congress Times Square has become so synonymous with New York City that many visitors and residents
Arts & Culture
Six Massive Swirling “Singing” Skirts Now Hang from Winter Garden at Brookfield Place
Soft Spin, a sculptural & sound installation by Heather Nicol in the Winter Garden Atrium The Winter Garden Atrium has
Arts & Culture
NYC Artist Paul Hecker Adds Cartoons to Famous Paintings Like Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks
A New York artist is bringing fun to the art world by inserting classic cartoon characters into Old Master paintings.
Architecture
Cities 101: What’s the Logic to the Selection of Manhattan’s Major Cross Streets?
On Quora, we came across a great Cities 101 question about the logic behind the selection of Manhattan’s Cross
Food & Drink
Get Macarons in a NYC Subway Station Entrance with Beny’s Delice
One of our favorite things are the odds and ends you can get in a New York City subway station
Arts & Culture
The Architectural Hats and Costumes of the Fifth Avenue Easter Parade
New York creativity springs to life during the annual Easter Parade down Fifth Avenue. The street, which is only open
Arts & Culture
Today in NYC History: The Slave Rebellion of 1712
The British takeover of New Amsterdam in 1664 brought several changes to the growing port city, and one of them
Architecture
10 Surprising Photographs of Broadway from the New Book by Michelle Young
Photo from Library of Congress Today, the book Broadway by Untapped Cities founder Michelle Young launched, published by Arcadia and
Arts & Culture
JR Brings the Inside Out Project to a Fordham University Wall at Lincoln Center
In New York City, artist JR may be most famous for his work in Times Square, pasting 6000 faces onto
Architecture
Historic Verandah Place and Cobble Hill Park: 19th Century Mews, 20th Century Views in Brooklyn
Verandah Place in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Historic District is a charming little street that seems to transport one back
Arts & Culture
Final 25 Photos for the #UntappedCities and #BigScreenNY Contest
What Do You Need? by thompsonlxs_ This week, we showcase a last batch of 25 photos from the #UntappedCities and
