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The Crabby Cabbie: NYers Report on Tipping Etiquette
To me, New York cab drivers have become increasingly crabby over the last few years. It began with the installation
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Forget Delta SkyLounge! iPads Arrive at JFK Airport
Delta Terminal 2 at JFK just got a badly needed makeover. A cafe called Croque Madame has wallpapered the walls
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The MTA Holiday Nostalgia Train
On December 19th, Untapped correspondent and Columbia University urban planning student Alex Wallach went to check out the MTA Nostalgia
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First Snowboard Ride Down Montmartre in Paris
Snow may have “paralyzed” Paris in a “catastrophe” (CNN’s words, not mine) yesterday, but some lightheartedly took to the
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Flu Shots in Penn Station Kmart
This kind of reminded me of the tattoo store I saw operating out of a mens bathroom in Santa Cruz,
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Inside The 53rd St. Power Substation in NYC
On Saturday, I checked out the substation at 53rd Street and 8th Avenue, across from Roseland Ballroom for Open House
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A Vintage Metro Ride in Paris
Untapped correspondent and photographer, Augustin Pasquet, took a ride on some vintage Parisian subways last week. Once a year Les
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Touring the Old City Hall Subway Station in NYC
On Saturday, I took a tour with the Transit Museum to the old City Hall Station, decommissioned in 1945. This
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Lightning Storm: George Washington Bridge
Tonight, I got sidetracked by a thirty minute lightning storm. To see thunderbolts crack above the George Washington Bridge, Central
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The Authenticity of Lincoln Center’s Subway Stop
One of the few original details remaining in the 66th Street Lincoln Center subway stop are the plaster rosettes and
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Abandoned Trolleys in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Did you know that in 1930, 1,800 trolleys served Brooklyn alone? Photographer Christoffer Delsinger (who discovered the double rainbow
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SUBWAY AD: STILL A VIRGIN?
You might have been wondering about those ads in the subway, asking if you’re still a virgin and an