How to Make a Subway Map with John Tauranac
Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
On May 12th at 5 p.m., Untapped New York Insiders are invited to get a special look at Cole Porter’s piano and tour the Waldorf Astoria as it undergoes its renovation.
The Red Room, a floor to ceiling mosaic room exists inside One Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, but has been closed off for decades.
New York City’s lost opera houses are having their fifteen minutes of fame, thanks to the HBO show, The Gilded Age, which brought their dramatic histories to life in the most recent season.
Discover the NYC homes and haunts of 10 famous poets, from Allen Ginsberg to Patti Smith to Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau and the Beat Generation writers.
A New York, New York address with a zip code starting with 100 mean it’s not in Brooklyn, not in Queens, not in the Bronx, and not on Staten Island but in Manhattan.
A ghost sign at 219 Bowery gives a glimpse into the history of one of New York City’s oldest streets in Manhattan!
The history of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) is complex and continues to be a sore subject for most New Yorkers.
In an interview with Untapped New York, Norman McGrath explores his collection “Penn Station–A Flawed Masterpiece.”
On February 1, 2024, a new era of subway cars dawned on the city, and New Yorkers made an ode to the orange subway seat.
The book Double Click is about the McLaughlin twins, two pioneering female fashion photographers who came of age in Brooklyn.
Elevators were first created in 236 BC and have evolved over the years from hand-operated creations known as flying chairs
The lavish locations featured in the second season of The Gilded Age, which premiered this weekend on HBO, are somehow
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