The beloved book Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem is coming out as a feature film with Edward Norton and Alec Baldwin as Robert Moses, with many great locations that create the film noir mid-century aesthetic of the book (including old Penn Station!)
MoreStreecha Ukrainian Kitchen, located in the basement of an East Village brownstone, will reopen Sunday serving its classics: borscht soup, potato dumplings , stuffed cabbage, and sausage with sauerkraut.
MoreUntapped Cities is excited to partner with Archtober for a month long celebration of architecture and design full of exciting events this October in NYC!
MoreNothing quite prepared us for the fake New York City literally inside the Paramount Building in Times Square. Except you can’t actually walk in it. Water towers, fake facades, and more make the town.
MoreTake part in a digital surrealist adventure inside the historic Cunard Building with SuperReal, a hi-tech multi-media show of mesmerizing visuals!
MoreParty like it’s the 1920s, see opera for free and go behind-the-scenes of NYC’s most famous sites with our Untapped picks for things to do this week!
MoreThe iconic orange roofed Howard Johnson hotels that personify the mid-century are making a comeback and getting a new look. You can sneak a peek at a pop-up in NYC!
MoreThis weekend, you can rent the largest sand castle ever created in NYC, created by master sand builder Matt Long the “Sandman” at Luna Park on Coney Island.
MoreTaste a bold new ice cream flavor crafted with ingredients from an urban farm on Staten Island on a special tour with Untapped Cities the farmer-in-residence!
MoreThere’s something very Wes Anderson about the Jane Hotel. Beyond the eclectic shabby chic interior, the check-in desk is staffed by men in bell caps and maroon uniforms. Keys and mail are still stored in the boxes behind the counter and a call bell is rung for the baggage.
MoreFour Freedoms Park on Roosevelt Island has launched its third annual Sketch 4 Freedom contest, and Untapped Cities founder Michelle Young is a judge! Win $300 and art supplies Blick Art Materials, and Four Freedoms merchandise.
More“Don’t give up!” reads a sign on one of the staircases. “IT’S TRY-ON not TY-RON” reads another of the witty signs NYC Parks has snuck into Fort Tryon Park.
MoreDiscover the many secrets of NYC’s Grand Central Terminal in this Untapped Cities tour led by Tamara Agins of the NYC Department of City Planning.
MoreDiscover infectious and contagious disease wards, an autopsy room, the kitchen and other off-limits places on our hard hat tour of Ellis Island Hospital.
MoreTake a ride through the history of the world’s largest rapid transit system by weaving in and out of the past, present and future transit hubs of NYC.
MoreStreecha Ukrainian Kitchen, located in the basement of an East Village brownstone, will reopen Sunday serving its classics: borscht soup, potato dumplings , stuffed cabbage, and sausage with sauerkraut.
MoreNothing quite prepared us for the fake New York City literally inside the Paramount Building in Times Square. Except you can’t actually walk in it. Water towers, fake facades, and more make the town.
MoreThis weekend, you can rent the largest sand castle ever created in NYC, created by master sand builder Matt Long the “Sandman” at Luna Park on Coney Island.
MoreFrom a XXX-porn house that is now a children’s theater to a police station in a former smut shop, discover ten seedy remnants of gritty old Times Square you can still see today.
MoreThere are a number of playgrounds around NYC (and many more parks) that are built above burial grounds. Read about 5 that still have bodies buried beneath them!
MoreIt’s August, one of the last prime months of the year for a significant new influx of public art installations in NYC. Here’s all the new art to check out!
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