Transit
We are proud transit geeks at Untapped New York, and here is the place to find it all! You'll discover where the remnants of the former Penn Station are, read plans for the future of the city's transportation... or learn about leaf-zapping laser trains!
Pop Art in Times Square
You’ve probably walked through the Times Square-42nd Street subway station for years without realizing that there was an incredible
The Guitar Player of the L Train
This is the first in an Untapped New York series about street and subway performers ——————-——————-——————-——————-——————-—
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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