Although Forest Park has been around for over a century, it remains relatively unknown compared to the city's other famous green spaces, such as Central Park.
Before the underground subway system in NYC, many rail lines ran above ground. Here are 10 lines that have been abandoned and demolished.
The top 20 articles of 2015 on Untapped Cities include NYC's abandoned places, the secrets of the subway, hidden bars, psychiatric asylums, and a judgmental map
Long Island City may be home to one of NYC's quirkiest new parks with a Request for Expressions of Interest from MTA for adaptive reuse of disused train tracks.
The Blueprint video from NYCmedia about the transformation of The High Line in NYC's Chelsea and a history of The High Line since it was constructed in 1934.
Five proposed and in-progress subway and rail lines in NYC: the Second Avenue subway, East Side Access, Triboro RX, Rockaway Branch, Metro North Expansion
New York’s fascination with re-adapting architecture and infrastructure from the industrial era to suit the needs of the “Instagram” era
Our most popular list on Foursquare is our Abandoned NYC list. Some places are break-in-able, some open to the public, some only for the intrepid.
The High Line in NYC is one of the most well-known elevated parks, but around the world there are many similar urban reclamation projects proposed or underway.
In Red Hook, Brooklyn artist Greg Kloehn gives us a tour of the house he's built out of a dumpster, and a preview of his next projects.