Hear from an author and map designer who has been creating maps of the NYC subway, officially and unofficially, for over forty years!
A new street art hotspot has some unconventional holiday decorations!
From giant menorah lightings to New Year's Day hikes, check out our picks for how to spend the holidays in NYC!
Call for Submission, 1983. Image Courtesy of Storefront for Art and Architecture. In 1983, as the centennial of the Statue
With its 24/7 transit system and a subway system that dates from 1904, New York City seems like a
In honor of Memorial Day, today we’re looking back at the history of the white marble Soldiers’ and Sailors’
City Island Railroad Car, c. 1910. Photo from Library Congress via Wikimedia Commons. Imagine if New Yorkers could commute by
In July 1927, Popular Science profiled a proposal for a sixteen mile elevated highway that would span the rooftops of
One of our favorite fun facts about the Metropolitan Museum of Art is that it’s still unfinished (and that
A note from Untapped New York founder, Michelle Young: 9/11 happened on the first day of registration my sophomore
Now through January 2015, the Skyscraper Museum is presenting the exhibit Times Square 1984: The Postmodern Moment. The exhibit takes
In 1926, William Randolph Hearst commissioned Joseph Urban, one of the most important theater designers of the time, to create
New York City is home to multiple stunning and architecturally unique college campuses from Columbia’s Neo-Classical acropolis to City
We all know the Metropolitan Life Insurance Building on Madison Square Park with its distinctive tower rising high on the
In 1893, McKim, Mead, & White won the design competition for what would become the Brooklyn Museum. Their design featured
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