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Daily What?! World’s Largest Chessboard is On a Wall at 767 Third Avenue
On the corner of 48th Street and 3rd Avenue is the “world’s largest chessboard” affixed to the wall of
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The Abandoned Municipal Courthouse in Rockaway
On Beach Channel Drive in the Rockaways, across from where we recently started our jet ski tour around New York
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Vintage Photos: Sleeping on Fire Escapes by Weegee
While researching unique fire escapes for our Cities 101 piece about the rules in New York City regarding these architectural
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Daily What?! Bike Vending Machine in Brooklyn at Time’s Up!
The first official bike vending machine for bike repairs on the go 24/7 popped up in Brooklyn back in
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Daily What?! Fake Roof Facade on 5th Avenue Apartment Was Deliberately Designed
You’d think a building on 5th Avenue, right across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art and down the street
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Flatiron Architecture Organization Van Alen Institute Picks Finalists in Design Competition for New Space
First of all, if you haven’t been to Van Alen Books, the fun architecture and design store that’s
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Happy 103rd Birthday, Penn Station NYC! (Vintage Photos)
Jules Crow, Pennsylvania Station Interior, 1906. Watercolor, Ink and Graphite on Paper. New-York Historical Society, PR042, McKim, Mead & White
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The Largest High Rise Data Center in the World is in Downtown Manhattan
With the surging demand for space to store databases, servers and other technological hardware, architectural practice is now seeking a
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New York City Housing Authority Will Lease Out Open Space in Public Housing to Developers
Queensbridge Park at the West end of the projects has views of the East River and Queensboro Bridge in addition
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Cities 101: What Are Those Green Mailboxes in NYC?
Yesterday, an Untapped Cities reader contacted us asking us what those mysterious green mailboxes are on the streets of New
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Red Hook to Lower Manhattan Summer Ferry Service Extended Through September
With ridership on the Red Hook-Lower Manhattan Summer Ferry surpassed 100,000 this summer, the NYCEDC announces it will extend
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Street Art Hotspot: “Eat and Be Eaten” at 5Pointz
5 Pointz was buzzing this past weekend with a cross-section of tourists and New Yorkers taking in the Long Island