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World Trade Center Walking Tour
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Street Art Hotspot: JR & José Parlá’s “Wrinkles of the City” Mural in Chelsea, NYC
Cuban-American artist José Parlá and French street artist JR‘s Wrinkles of the City project has been taking over metropolises
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5 Notorious NYC Crime Scenes
New York City sidewalks have certainly seen their share of crime scene tape–though in most cases, the blood has
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Daily What?! WWI Battleship in Union Square
Photo via Library of Congress We came across a postcard on Ebay recently and despite our knowledge of vintage New
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Epic Tomato Battle to Hit Brooklyn This Weekend
Summer is tomato season, and the juicy red fruit (not vegetable!) will be thrown in full force at the Tomato
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Carré d’artistes, a Well Known French Art Gallery, Opens in NYC’s Greenwich Village
Carré d’artistes has had a huge artistic presence primarily in Europe for many years, with 18 galleries throughout France,
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Saving America’s Endangered Post Offices: What’s For Sale in NYC and Newark
Grand Concourse Post Office In 2011, the United States Postal Service (USPS) identified a list of 3,700 post offices
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NYC’s 10 Best Independent Bookstores
Printed Matter bookstore Previously, we rounded up some of our favorite bookstores in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Today, we’re consolidating
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5 Repurposed NYC Former Synagogues
In response to our roundup of NYC church conversions a few weeks ago, Untapped Cities reader Ellen Levitt pointed out
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The NYC That Never Was: What Central Park Could Have Looked Like
One of at least five man-made waterfalls in the park. With its sprawling acres of green, it doesn’t seem
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Daily What?! Tracks on NYC’s High Line Section 3 Are Engraved with Dates
Be sure to look out for some easily missed bits of history on the train tracks of last and final
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Steinway & Sons Sold to Private Equity Firm, Vacating Flagship Store
On July 1st, the $438 million sale of Queens-based piano maker Steinway & Sons broke the hearts of many pianists
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NYC’s SRO Housing Problem and the Micro-Apartment Initiative
Rendering of micro-unit apartment. Source: Mayor’s Office Next City’s Forefront Magazine took a deep dive into the problems