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Daily What?! Awkward Leda and the Swan Sculpture by Botero in Midtown, NYC
New York City’s streets and plazas are full of sculptural art, but in our rush we often pass by
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Daily What?! There’s a Suburban House On Top of this Upper West Side Apartment
We loved the audacity of this construction so much from our roundup of houses on top of apartments, that we
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Daily What?! Con-Ed Training and Learning Center along East River is Worth $500 Million
On a tour this week, the president of the Friends of the Roosevelt Island Steam Plant pointed out a funny
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Daily What?! An Original French-Inspired Façade of Bloomingdale’s Department Store in NYC
Smack in the middle of Bloomingdale’s, along 60th Street, is this remnant of the former urban fabric, built in
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Daily What?! Seneca, the Middle Class Village Inside Central Park
Here’s another gem from the book Secret New York: An Unusual Guide: there was once a thriving village called
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Daily What?! Who was the Face of the Statue of Liberty?
Lady Liberty has peered stoically across the New York Harbor every since she landed from France in this month in
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Daily What?! Bill to Criminalize Buyers of Fake Bags Dies in NYC Committee Hearings
In France, fines for purchasers of fake handbags face steep punishment: up to 300,000 euros fine and up to
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Daily What?! Hess Triangle, the Smallest Plot of Land in NYC was 500 Square Inches
Lovely eminent domain. It’s been practiced on land large (Manhattanville for Columbia University, for example) and small. This tiny
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Daily What?! A “Deli-Inspired” Pop-Up Gallery, “The Space,” Coming to Lower East Side next to Katz’s Deli
The space next to Katz’s Deli in the Lower East Side is going to become a pop-up gallery dedicated
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Daily What?! What Are Those Numbers Counting in Union Square?
It’s been a centerpiece in Union Square now for 15 years, but it still bewilders many a passerby. No,
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Daily What?! Potatopia is a Restaurant in NYC Devoted Entirely to the Potato
Potatopia will “change the way you think about potatoes.” Located on 6th Avenue right by Waverly Place, every dish at
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Daily What?! There Are Two Pieces of Plymouth Rock in Brooklyn
According to one of our favorite books, Secret New York: An Unusual Guide, there’s not one, but two pieces,