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Broadway Stages is a Film Studio in the Greenpoint Oil Spill Remediation Zone
On a recent OHNY tour of the Greenpoint Oil Spill Remediation Project run by ExxonMobil and the Newtown Creek Alliance,
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How the First East River Tunnel Was Built in NYC 1892
Photograph of the metal lined section of the tunnel. From “A General Report Upon the Initiation and Construction of the
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The Architectural Birdhouses in Greenwich Village’s McCarthy Square
You can find McCarthy Square, a small but wonderfully maintained traffic triangle, where 7th Avenue, Charles Street, and Waverly Place
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Daily What?! The Hobbit Doors of Dennett Place in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Carroll Gardens has its fair share of quirky establishments and we’d like to add Dennett Place to the list,
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Daily What?! Thou Shalt Not Poop at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
We do appreciate a religious institution with a sense of humor. At a recent Untapped Cities vertical tour of the
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Daily What? Chicken Feet Appearing All Over London
Sir Paul McCarthy once said that “if slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.” Longtime animal rights organization PETA
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The Abandoned and Forgotten Monumental Seward-Drake Arch in Inwood, NYC
Yesterday, we covered 8 of NYC’s monumental arches, including two that are no longer standing today. One, the Seaman-Drake
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Daily What?! There Are Dinosaurs Buried Beneath Central Park
So you know about the dinosaur fossils that are in the American Museum of Natural History. But there are allegedly
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Daily What?! This Subway Station in Bushwick is Housed Between Two Used Car Dealerships
New York City boasts 468 subway stations, and many more entrances. In the past, we have covered how businesses have
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Daily What?! The Time Manhattan Was Going to be Sawed Off To Save it from Sinking
As the water levels of the oceans worldwide continue to rise, and natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy pull scientific
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Daily What? What are These Cow and Ram Heads Doing Hudson River Park?
Living in New York City for a long period of time give you the false sense that you have seen
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When US Open Tennis in Forest Hills Was Rocked by Crime and Scandal
Image via  Rego-Forest Preservation by Michael Perlman The year is 1977 and the 96th US Open Tennis is in full