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Alexander Hamilton's NYC Tour
You know the musical. Now see what it left out. Walk in the footsteps of Alexander Hamilton on a tour of Lower Manhattan.
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Secrets of NYC
A Never-Built World's Fair Sculpture by Noguchi
A new exhibit explores the unrealized, extant, and lost projects of this prolific NYC artist!
Arts & Culture
When the King and Queen of Great Britain Came to the World’s Fair in Queens
They were guests of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt!
Secrets of NYC
10 Secrets of the Panorama of the City of New York in Queens
Learn about the largest architectural model in the world!
Secrets of NYC
A Trylon and Perisphere Replica Once Stood at the Lincoln Tunnel
Searching the World’s Fair archives, Untapped New York’s founder Michelle Young came upon a forgotten gem: a mini
Architecture
The Lost Crystal Palace of NYC’s First World’s Fair
Before Flushing Meadows-Corona Park was transformed to accommodate the World’s Fairs of 1939 and 1964, America’s first
Secrets of NYC
5 Replicas of the NYC World’s Fair Trylon and Perisphere
The Trylon and Perisphere were the centerpieces of the 1939/1940 World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. Standing
Events
Untapped New York Events This Week: May 24th – 31st
Join Untapped New York for exciting NYC walking tours this week as we explore an abandoned hospital on Ellis Island,
Abandoned
Abandoned NYS Pavilion Lights Up in “Parks Green”
The lights are on at the New York State Pavilion in Queens and they’ll be on every night from
Architecture
The Battle to Save the New York State Pavilion in Queens
Structures built for World’s Fairs are usually built to be taken down. This happened with nearly every building from
New York
Today in 1915: America’s First Intercontinental Telephone Call Takes Place in NYC
On this day 107 years ago in 1915, the first transcontinental telephone call was made between New York City and
Arts & Culture
New Drone Footage Takes Deeper Look at NYPL’s Treasures Exhibition
See the New York Public Library like you’ve never seen it before in this sneak peek of its new
Events
Get a Sneak Peak at New Documentary on Jade Doskow, Photographer of World’s Fair Echoes
“Jade Doskow, Photographer of Lost Utopias,” a short documentary film directed by filmmaker Philip Shane, follows architectural landscape photographer Jade