east river
South Street Seaport Mall at Pier 17 Demolition Fully Underway
Yesterday, the 2014 Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Conference fittingly took place aboard a Hornblower Cruise boat which took attendees on a
10 of NYC’s Important Architectural Sites on the East River
The East River has seen an unprecedented amount of growth and development over the course of the Bloomberg administration, and
North Brooklyn Boating Club Circumnavigates Manhattan Overnight
On Saturday, 27 members of the North Brooklyn Boating Club completed a circumnavigation of Manhattan. This was the club’s
Architectural Sites and Vintage Signage Along NYC’s East River
Earlier this week, we published a photo essay about notable spots along the Hudson River in “Thirteen of NYC’s
Cities 101: How are helicopter flights and landings regulated in New York City?
A frequent sight on the New York skyline over the Hudson and East Rivers, helicopters seem as native to the
The NYC That Never Was: Skyscraper Bridge Apartments Across the Rivers
The prosperity and opulence of New York in the 1920’s spilled from the speakeasies and jazz parties to the
Untapped Mailbag: Are Millions in Gold from the HMS Hussar Shipwreck Still in the East River?
An Untapped Cities reader, Alex Quintana, tweeted us about the shipwreck of the HMS Hussar last week, after reading our
+ POOL, A Self-Cleaning Pool for the East River, Reaches Kickstarter Fundraising Goal
For those awaiting something a little more world-class than a barge pool (though we love them too), + POOL has officially
Own a Tile of + POOL, A Giant Filtering Floating Pool in the East River
+ POOL, a proposed floating pool whose walls will filter millions of gallons of the East River daily, is all the
A Brooklyn Bike Diary
There is nothing quite like seeing New York City by bike. While speeding cars, potholes, and texting pedestrians seem to
The Architectural Boat Tour: A Journey around Manhattan
The architectural boat tour sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York chapter is arguably one of the
The Manhattan Waterfront Greenway Part II: The East River
Welcome back to Part II of Benjamin Waldman’s walk around the island of Manhattan. Yesterday we explored the Waterfront
