20 Buildings in NYC Designed by Architect Stanford White
Stanford White, NYC’s first “starchitect,” left an indelible mark on landscape of the city with the many structures he designed throughout his prolific career.
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Winners of the #UntappedCities #BigScreenNY Instagram Contest To Display at Big Screen Plaza
After combing through many wonderful submissions, we’ve chosen some of our favorite photos, which will now be featured on the huge screen at Big Screen Plaza.
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Get Your Instagram Photos on the Big Screen Next to Herald Square
Following our 2015 call out for photos, Untapped Cities and Big Screen Plaza are teaming up again to showcase the photographic talents of our readers.
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Top 10 Balloon Mishaps at Macy’s NYC Thanksgiving Day Parade
With the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade drawing near in New York City, read about the crazy mishaps that have occurred with the balloons at past parades.
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Terra Cotta Art in Fulton Street Station Has Ties to Hotel McAlpin, Once the World’s Largest Hotel
Our appreciation for superlatives has brought us back again to Hotel McAlpin, once the largest hotel in the world. Remnants of the building still exist today.
MoreGame of Thrones Dragons Crash Land in NYC’s Union Square Today
As part of a guerrilla marketing campaign for the release of the fifth season of Game of Thrones on DVD, Khaleesi’s dragons have crash landed onto Union Square.
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The Ghosts of Newspapers Past: 15 Former Locations of NYC Newspaper Headquarters
While NYC’s newspaper graveyard is full of fallen titles, there are still many ghosts of its newspaper past which exist today in Times Square, Herald Square.
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The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Herald Square
Herald Square is one of NYC’s most popular intersections, so it’s no surprise that it is filled with a fascinating history and cool secrets.
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The Artist Who Captured Early 20th Century NYC: 15 Sketches by Vernon Howe Bailey
In the early years of the 20th century, artist Vernon Howe Bailey documented NYC’s transition into a modern metropolis in his detailed magazine illustrations.
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Urban Designers Add Splash of Color in New Pedestrian Walkway on 32nd Street Between Penn Station and Herald Square
32nd Street between Penn Station / Madison Square Garden and Herald Square gets as new upgrade with new, extended colorful sidewalk and CityBenches.
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The Top 10 Secrets of Macy’s in Herald Square NYC
The 2.2 million square foot flagship store of Macy’s Inc., the largest in the world, is over a hundred years old, with a story of its own and plenty of secrets
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Cities 101: What’s the Logic to the Selection of Manhattan’s Major Cross Streets?
What’s the logic to the selection of Manhattan’s major cross streets? A thorough answer in our latest Cities 101 column about how NYC works.
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