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Last week we looked in detail at an 1836 map of New York City overlayed onto present day Google Maps,
if you need a break from classics like the Metropolitan Museum, check out some of the NYC's off the beaten path museums converted from houses in the Bronx.
A little known space called the Annex at Grand Central houses the Vanderbilt Tennis Club's full regulation size tennis court and is accessible to the public
Gorgeous interior photos of the restoration of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank that's just off the Williamsburg Bridge
The Kopi coffee culture arrived in Singapore centuries before Starbucks and their relationship to the cafe culture reflects the duality of Singapore life.
The Hungarian Pastry Shop recently repainted its legendary bathroom walls when their scribbled intellectual discourse turned hostile.
There are signs on NYC trains that are available just in case, but aren't actual lines, and the BMT line used to have 16 numbers!
A CUNY professor wrote a book about his experiences walking every street in New York City. The book, The New York Nobody Knows will be published in October.
Photos from the 2013 NYC Dîner en Blanc at Bryant Park, a secret flash mob dinner that takes place once a year in a public location.
In 1951, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company proposed a conveyor belt system that would have taken 60,000 riders daily between Grand Central and Times Square