Lower East Side

Architecture

New Renderings Revealed for the Lowline, World’s First Underground Park

We’ve been following the Lowline project for several years and the organization is one of our partners in our

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Michelle Young Sep 23, 2016

Tours

Secrets of Eldridge Street Walking Tour

On Sunday October 30th at 3pm, Untapped Cities and the Museum at Eldridge Street invite you to join a Historical

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Untapped New York Sep 15, 2016

Arts & Culture

100 GATES Project in Lower East Side Celebrates its 100th Mural at Katz’s Delicatessen

The 100 GATES Project was created by Billy Rohan, a local artist and pro skateboarder, who noticed that the Lower

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Susan Xu Sep 12, 2016

Architecture

Tour the Lowline, Which Just Got NYC Approval, with a Docent on our Subway Tour

In 2012, we visited the first iteration of the Lowline – an exhibition in an Essex Street warehouse that showed the

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Untapped New York Jul 18, 2016

Architecture

The History of Recovering NYC African Burial Grounds

As New York City grew and developed in its earliest years, several cemeteries became iconic public grounds. In many cases,

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jarrett lyons Jul 12, 2016

Architecture

The Top 10 Secrets of the Bialystoker Synagogue in NYC

One of Untapped New York’s exclusive tours is a visited inside the normally off-limits Bialystoker Synagogue on the Lower

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Michelle Young May 12, 2016

Architecture

Pop-Up Robert Moses Exhibit about LOMEX Opens on Lower East Side

As part of Lower East Side History Month, a condensed pop-up version of the exhibit about the never-built Lower Manhattan

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Michelle Young May 10, 2016

Arts & Culture

Listening to the Lower East Side: The History of Yiddish Spoken Newspapers in NYC

Does newspaper have a sound? Is it the rustling of paper? The pop-up ads of the digital world? The short

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mabel rosenheck Apr 26, 2016

Arts & Culture

10 Repurposed Theaters in NYC

You have no idea how many times this native has planned to see a show, enters the building, and then

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malini singh mcdonald Apr 19, 2016

Arts & Culture

New Documentary “Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream” About Last Family-Owned Matzo Bakery in US

Last fall, after the Passover holiday, Streit’s, the oldest family-owned matzo bakery, closed its five-floor factory on Rivington Street

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Michelle Young Apr 11, 2016

Arts & Culture

10 Artist Occupations and Squats in NYC

Since the city began undergoing intense gentrification in the late 1970s, many artists have stepped up and to occupy and

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verapenavic Apr 8, 2016

Architecture

The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Williamsburg Bridge

The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City over the East River, connecting Brooklyn’s Williamsburg area

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verapenavic Apr 6, 2016