Secrets of NYC
The Heroic Canine "Chief" of NYC's Engine 203 Firehouse
Meet the award-winning firehouse dog, Chief, who is still around today...
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Untapped New York was started in 2010 by a then student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where she is now a professor. We love architecture and believe there is no better place to celebrate it than NYC!
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6 Abandoned Asylums and Hospitals in the NYC Region
Previously, we presented 10 abandoned asylums and hospitals in New York City ranging from the Roosevelt Island smallpox castle to
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Fun Maps: Draw the Boundaries of Your NYC Neighborhood Using This Tool
Our interpretation of the Upper West Side (in red) New Yorkers are having a field day with this data visualization
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10 Man-Made Urban Waterfalls in NYC
New York City is full of marvels, including waterfalls, though as every other ‘natural’ occurrence in the city save for
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Are These Ovens in Fort Washington Park Revolutionary War Bread Ovens?
Most Americans have long forgotten the importance of “our daily bread,” but up in Fort Washington Park in New York
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Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Surrounding restaurants, shops, sidewalks, and parklets seem perpetually busy as the neighborhood becomes the destination it was long meant to
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Inside the Abandoned Campus of the Bennett School for Girls in Millbrook, NY
For several years now, we’ve seen abandoned hospitals, schools, shipyards, warehouses, and are continually struck by each site’s
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8 NYC Locations of the “Pawn Shops with a Conscience” Founded by Gilded Age Barons
The Provident Loan Society, in former location of 19th Ward Bank at 180 East 72nd Street. Photo from Library of
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Roy Lichtenstein and Keith Haring Sculptures Installed at New Plaza Coming to Penn Station
Part of Penn Station is actually getting a facelift (woohoo!). Behind high temporary fences, a Roy Lichtenstein pop art sculpture,
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20 Original Examples of NYC Subway Art
Since the 1980s, the MTA has installed hundreds of site-specific works of art throughout the subway system. These pieces of
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Urban Designers Add Splash of Color in New Pedestrian Walkway on 32nd Street Between Penn Station and Herald Square
Anyone who has walked from Penn Station to Herald Square along 32nd Street will notice a few incongruous things: homeless
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The Top 10 Secrets Of The High Line in NYC
Photo by gigi_nyc via Flickr Since 2009, people have hailed the High Line as the savior of declining west
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Fall 2015 Dates Announced for the Remnants of Penn Station Tour in NYC
Our tour of the Remnants of Penn Station has been one of those unexpected hits. When we first launched it