Secrets of NYC
NYC’s Forgotten ‘War on Christmas Trees’
Discover how an obscure holiday crackdown affects festive street vendors today!
Secrets of NYC
Discover the hidden side of famous buildings and places, or delve into off-limits spots, and gain a deeper perspective of the city's rich urban fabric. (That's the Untapped New York team with friends inside the M42 basement... deep below Grand Central 🤫)
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Architecture
Inside the Slave Galleries of the Historic St. Augustine’s Church in NYC’s Lower East Side
High above the pews, behind the balcony, at the very back of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, there exists a
Arts & Culture
Explore the Rare Book Room Collections at NYC’s Academy of Medicine Library
Join Untapped Cities for an intimate lunchtime tour of the beautiful Rare Book Room at the New York Academy of
Architecture
Photos: Inside the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Brooklyn
Standing 149 feet tall in front of a grand 100-step granite staircase, the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument in Fort Greene
Arts & Culture
The Top 10 Secrets of Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
Each year, the arrival and lighting of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is awaited with baited breath. The anticipation is
Architecture
The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Masonic Hall and Grand Lodge in Chelsea
Freemasonry is a historic fraternal order that has been shrouded in mystery for centuries, but it turns out, the masons
Arts & Culture
The Barthman Sidewalk Clock Returns to Maiden Lane and Broadway in NYC
Untapped Cities has been keeping tabs on the Barthman Clock since its mysterious disappearance over the summer and we are
Architecture
Saving the Abandoned Home of Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park Designer, on Staten Island
The name Frederick Law Olmsted conjures up images of landscaped vistas and rolling hills in Central Park and Prospect Park,
Architecture
The Top 10 Secrets of FDR Four Freedoms Park in NYC
Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, on the southern tip of Roosevelt Island, was New York City’s long-awaited memorial
Arts & Culture
The Top 10 Secrets of the Steinway Piano Factory in Astoria, Queens
Steinway & Sons is an undoubtedly distinguished name for pianos, but unless you’re a musically inclined New Yorker, it
Architecture
The Top 10 Secrets of Westbeth Artist Housing, Former Bell Labs Research Facility in NYC
Westbeth Artist Housing in the West Village is home to 384 multi-disciplined artists – but this adaptively reused building was not
Secrets of NYC
10 NYC Streets from the Original Dutch Colonial Street Grid
1916 Redrawing of The Castello Plan, map of 1660 New Amsterdam via Wikimedia Commons Begijn Gracht. Paerel Straet. Brugh Straet.
Arts & Culture
Top 10 Secrets of Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx
At the northernmost end of the 1 train subway line sits Van Cortlandt Park, one of the largest parks in