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Daily What?! East Side Access Construction Photo

We were at the Clocktower checking out the rooftop deck of the abandoned Bank of Manhattan building during an Untapped

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Michelle Young May 16, 2013

Architecture

Behind a Fake Brownstone in Brooklyn Lurks a Secret Subway Ventilator

Strolling past the row of houses on Joralemon Street in Brooklyn Heights, you might notice that something is a little

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samantha schnell Apr 5, 2013

Architecture

Transit Talk: A Day on the J Train

We started our Sunday morning far from home. We were milling about on a subway platform, with around thirty other

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larissa zimberoff Feb 22, 2013

Arts & Culture

Six Eminent Photographers Look Back at the Bronx

How to make sense of what happened to the Bronx in the 1960s and ‘70s? The violence, the abandonment, the

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Julia Vitullo-Martin Jan 31, 2013

Architecture

Transit Talk: The Future of Fulton Center

It’s doubtful that any Untapped readers need to be reminded about the importance of historic preservation and the unique

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kristen gaylord Jan 30, 2013

Architecture

Transit Talk: Trivia at the New York Transit Museum

How many minutes must elapse before you re-swipe your unlimited Metrocard at the same station? What is the highest subway

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kristen gaylord Jan 22, 2013

Architecture

Transit Talk: Untapping the C Train, a Photo Essay

Last time we “Untapped” the G train: the butt of many jokes and the arguable victim of a certain amount

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kristen gaylord Jan 17, 2013

Architecture

Transit Talk: A Book Club for Commuting

For the past few weeks I’ve felt very exposed on the subway. As a member of the nascent New

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kristen gaylord Dec 14, 2012

Architecture

The Fight for Symphony Space on the Upper West Side

Many urban neighborhoods have tried to use culture as a transformative economic development tool. But few have succeeded as sensationally

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Julia Vitullo-Martin Dec 13, 2012

Architecture

Transit Talk: Untapping the G Train, a Photo-Essay

Not everyone checks the transportation conversation on Twitter as obsessively as I do, but even a casual visitor over the

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kristen gaylord Nov 8, 2012

Arts & Culture

Meet Miss Subways: New York’s Beauty Queens 1941-76 at the New York Transit Museum

New York Transit Museum has opened Meet Miss Subways: New York’s Beauty Queens 1941-76, an exhibition on the history

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kristen gaylord Oct 23, 2012

Architecture

New York Transit Museum’s 19th Annual Bus Festival at Atlantic Antic

Transit historian Edward R. Crew, a former subway conductor, at the “Historians Depot.” On Sunday the New York Transit Museum

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kristen gaylord Oct 5, 2012