Rikers Island
Female Inmates Create Art Mural Inside Rikers Island with Groundswell
Photo via Groundswell The Rose M. Singer Center at Rikers Island is the women’s barracks of Rikers Island, opened
11 of NYC’s “Other” Bridges: Hell Gate Bridge, High Bridge, Outerbridge Crossing, Rikers Island Bridge
We all love our iconic, innovative, and picturesque bridges (insert photos of the Brookly, Manhattan, and Queensboro Bridges here), but
Inside Rikers Island with the Jail-to-Street GreenHouse Program by the Horticultural Society of New York
The Rikers Island GreenHouse garden, run as a collaboration between The Horticulture Society and the NYC Department of Correction, provides
LaGuardia Airport’s Runways to be Extended Into the Water
While researching the WPA-style wastewater treatment plant in Astoria, we came across this proposal to extend LaGuardia Airport’s runways.
Fun Maps: Rikers Island Keeps Disappearing and Reappearing (on MTA Maps)
August 2013 NYC Subway Map by the MTA with Rikers Island Over the years, the MTA and earlier transit agencies
Abandoned Hart Island: New York City’s Mass Burial Ground
Last week we uncovered some of New York City’s former cemeteries that are now populated with park-goers and hotel
“Vamp Camp” on True Blood Takes Design Cues from 18th-Century Prison Theory
Bentham’s Panopticon. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Those that (still) watch True Blood, HBO’s vampire drama will be familiar
The Other Islands of NYC
Each week, we’ll feature one of our popular lists on Foursquare (or exciting additions to them). Check out our
Untapped Mailbag: The Oldest Private Residence in New York Area
This week in the Untapped Cities mailbag, an Untapped reader caught this flub by NBC News, which claims that the
14 of The Most Untapped Places in NYC
Untapped New York is a proud to be a partner of Let’s Go, with our shared vision for off-the-beaten
My Time Inside the Rikers Island Prison
Over the past six weeks, I have been teaching the Bill of Rights to 16-18 year old incarcerated juveniles in
Go Inside Riker’s Island!
One of the most popular Untapped New York articles has been about the prisons of New York City. This fall,