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Food & Drink / News
02/15/2018

For the First Time Ever, Paris Le Dîner en Blanc Opens to Public and Will Welcome 30,000 Revelers

Le Dîner en Blanc Paris has been exclusively invite only — at least until now. Sign up for its waitlist and join thousands of people for the annual event.

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Architecture / Chicago
02/05/2018

Rejected Designs for Some of the World’s Most Famous Monuments

Some cities are identified by their national landmarks, yet these rejected designs reveal how such monuments could have turned out completely different.

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Arts & Culture / News
05/26/2016

Artist JR Makes Louvre Pyramid “Disappear” in Temporary Installation

Paris is full of clever trompe l’oeil but artist JR has taken it to a whole new level, making the iconic I.M. Pei glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum disappear.

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Architecture / Paris
05/20/2016

Inside the Modernist Maison Louis Carré, Alvar Aalto’s Only Surviving Work in France

The Maison Louis Carré south of Paris is the last work of architect Alvar Aalto that survives in France. Here’s a look inside this Modernist masterpiece.

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Food & Drink / New York
04/29/2016

Architecture Pasta in the Shape of Paris Landmarks by Fonbelle

Paris-based company gourmet food company Fonbelle has a line of Parisian landmark-shaped pasta in the shape of the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe and Notre Dame

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Arts & Culture / New York
03/25/2016

Untapped Staff Picks: Port Authority to Build New Bus Terminal, Louvre’s Pyramid “Disappearing”

Untapped Staff PIcks: Port Authority to build new bus terminal, inside the former Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC, the Louvre’s Pyramid to “disappear,” origins of the credit card

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Architecture / Paris
03/18/2016

9 of Le Corbusier’s Villas and Buildings in Paris

Fans of architect Le Corbusier can spend a full day in Paris visiting some of his most iconic works. Some are open for visits, others not, but all are visible.

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Architecture / London
03/16/2016

Do You Want to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge? Famous Landmarks Scams From NYC And Paris To London

See which landmark buildings and structures in NYC, Paris, and London have been “sold” by con artists throughout history for thousands of dollars to unsuspecting tourists and immigrants.

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Architecture / New York
02/17/2016

Stunning Global Landmarks Made from Plastic Pen Refills

Bangalore software professional M.R. Sreenivasulu builds architectural models from thousands of plastic pen refills. One is in the India Book of Records.

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Architecture / Paris
02/12/2016

Step Inside the Studio Apartment of Le Corbusier in Paris

Among Le Corbusier’s lesser known buildings is his own apartment in the 16th arrondissement on the west side of Paris designed and built between 1931 and 1934.

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Architecture / Arts & Culture
11/20/2015

750 Years in Paris Visualized by Lively Illustrations by Vincent Mahé

A new book by Vincent Mahe travels through Paris’ complex, revealing and political past by depicting a single block through 750 years of Parisian history.

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Architecture / New York
11/13/2015

NYC Skycrapers and Monuments Light Up For Paris As Multiple Attacks Hit the City

1 World Trade Center via EarthCam

Here at Untapped Cities, we have strong ties to both New York City and Paris. As the founder of Untapped Cities, I was born in New York but lived in Paris in 2010, and my husband Augustin Pasquet, who manages partnerships and advertising for Untapped Cities, moved to …

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