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World Trade Center Walking Tour
Explore the WTC grounds with a longtime docent of the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
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Third Rail: A Competitive Subway-Building Game for iOS
Do you constantly complain about the inefficiency of the New York subway system? If so, you’ll soon have your
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Inside New York’s Abandoned Neighbor, North Brother Island
Just 350 yards east of the Bronx, an uninhabited island known as North Brother Island lies in the East River,
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Vintage Photos: Times Square’s Transformation in the ’90s
While the biggest complaint New Yorkers may have about Times Square today is the tourists, just over 20 years ago,
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A Day in the Life of an American Tycoon: J.P. Morgan’s Manhattan
Ever wonder what it’s like to spend a day in someone else’s shoes? In this new series, we’
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Daily What?! A Collection of Over 350 Locks Inside the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen
Where in Manhattan would one find a single room filled with 350 different locks in varying shapes and sizes? Last
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#untappedcities Instagram “Pic”: Urban Patterns on Stone Street
“Urban Patterns” Photo by @bhushan_nyc This week’s #untappedcities Instagram “pic” of the Week goes to architect @bhushan_nyc
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Living Activism at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space in NYC’s East Village
Thirty minutes from Wall Street is something of an anomaly, or a miracle: a small storefront with tiles spelling “HISTORY
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Daily What?! Architects Dressed as Their Buildings in NYC
Looking at this photo from the 1931 Society of Beaux-Arts Architects Ball, we get the feeling that costumes were more…
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Map: 311 Map of Complaints from Loud Music, Vermin to Ice Cream Trucks
The Furman Center at NYU released this fun map of 311 complaints from last summer, based on data of the
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Fake Music Concert Posters Pop-Up in Paris, NYC, LA and London
Untapped Cities reader and illustrator Guillaume Lagane spotted this movie poster for an epic electro/dance concert in Paris with
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+ POOL, A Self-Cleaning Pool for the East River, Reaches Kickstarter Fundraising Goal
For those awaiting something a little more world-class than a barge pool (though we love them too), + POOL has officially
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The New York City That Never Was: A Dream City to Rival Rockefeller Center
A 1946 proposal for the UN headquarters, the eventual fate of the dream city site. Some of these original elements
