Secrets of NYC
Finding Fifth Avenue's Lost Traffic Light Mercury Statues
What happened to the 104 bronze figures that once lined NYC's famous thoroughfare?!
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Memories from Ottman & Company, Pioneering Meatpacking District Firm
The Meatpacking District was thankfully landmarked in 2007, so generations of future New Yorkers and visitors can walk its Belgian
Architecture
Peek Inside NYC’s Surrogate’s Courthouse, A Beaux-Arts Masterpiece
The Surrogate’s Courthouse is a seven-story Beaux-Arts building located at 31 Chambers Street in the Civic Center district of
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Cole Porter’s Steinway Piano Returns to the Waldorf Astoria New York
One of the most legendary hotels not just in New York City but in the world, the Waldorf Astoria New
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Announcing New Brooklyn Underground Subway Tour!
We’re excited to announce our newest tour, the Brooklyn Underground Subway Tour, the BK version of our popular NYC
Architecture
10 Beaux-Arts Mansions in NYC that You Can Still Admire Today
New York’s most famous Beaux-Arts buildings may be grand civic spaces like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grand Central
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Travel Back in Time to 1924 with Aerial Photos of NYC
In 1924, the Jazz Age was in full swing, Prohibition had driven alcohol consumption underground into speakeasies, and the Woolworth
Architecture
Views and 150 Years of History: The Highbridge Water Tower
Standing on a bluff 200 feet above the Harlem River, the recently restored Highbridge Water Tower is once again welcoming
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How One of the Penn Station Eagles Ended up at Valley Forge Military Academy
One of our favorite, long-standing quests at Untapped New York has been our attempt to visit all of the eagles
Architecture
5 Surviving Structures by Richard Morris Hunt in New York and Newport, Rhode Island
During the Gilded Age, there were just a handful of architects who wealthy families like the Vanderbilts and tycoons like
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Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Highbridge Water Tower
The 200-foot tall Highbridge Water Tower in Washington Heights stands on a bluff above the High Bridge and Harlem River,
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Reminiscences from the End of the Horse Era in New York City
The following article about New York during the horse era is being published posthumously. It was written circa 1952 by
Architecture
What Happened to NYC’s Audubon Ballroom, the Site of Malcolm X’s Assassination
At 3940 Broadway and West 165th Street once stood the historic Audubon Theater and Ballroom. Constructed in 1912 by Fox
