A quest to find his grandmother's birthplace led Richard Marc Sakols on a mission to capture his changing neighborhood on film.
Meet photographer Emon Hassan and explore the photographs in his pop-up exhibit for "I Dream of the Heights"!
Go inside the home of a jazz legend, learn how to make a subway map, spend an evening in a private art collection, and more!
On Quora, we came across a great Cities 101 question about the logic behind the selection of Manhattan’s Cross
As riders of the New York City City, we’re all familiar with the rats and supposed mole-people, the trash
The food desert that characterized the Upper West Side restaurant scene for much of its history has been replanted over
Every time we go through Columbus Circle subway station, we wonder about those big patches of black tar-like substance that
We’ve been wondering about this phenomenon for a while: the prevalence of barber shops, locksmiths, bodegas, and shoe repair
New York City is chock full of superlatives. “Best” pizza and tallest building (in the United States) are just some
In 1926, William Randolph Hearst commissioned Joseph Urban, one of the most important theater designers of the time, to create
Untapped Cities reader Avi Smolen took this photo in Columbus Circle on Sunday morning. Designed in the style of MTA
This adorable door in the 60th Street and Broadway subway entrance to Columbus Circle has been making us smile for
Our article on vintage photos of Columbus Circle was super popular, but we got a good number of comments saying
Columbus Circle c. 1907. Photo from Library of Congress. Ever since Columbus Circle was redesigned in conjunction with the Time
New York City wouldn’t be the same without the scores of statues that decorate its many parks, plazas and
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