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Pneumatic Tubes
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Arts & Culture
5 Remnants of NYC’s Pneumatic Tubes And Where to Find Them
Earlier this month, we found an NYC coffee shop designed to sort, roast, and transport its coffee beans around the
Food & Drink
Daily What?! This NYC Coffee Shop Uses Automated Pneumatic Tubes to Make Drinks
Mike Caswell, founder of NYC’s Roasting Plant coffee shops, has an engineering degree. To be completely honest, there isn’
Architecture
Fun Maps: NYC’s Pneumatic Tube Mail Network Circa 1908
As we’ve mentioned before, New York City’s original pneumatic tube mail network has a fairly interesting history, transporting
Architecture
NYC That Never Was: A Central Vacuum System Was Proposed to Handle Waste Problems
It’s hard to imagine NYC without its current sewer systems, but before the advent of remotely monitored sewer systems,
Architecture
Untapped Mailbag: Pneumatic Tube System Photo From Building on the East Side, Manhattan
Pneumatic tube system discovered by an Untapped Cities reader on 86th and Lexington Avenue Untapped Cities Twitter follower, @justinr592, submitted
Architecture
The Original Hyperloop Carried a Cat Through the NYC Mail System (and subway sandwiches)
“N.Y. Post Office Pneumatic Tube” c. 1912. Photo via Library of Congress We’ve been so pleased with the
Architecture
Untapped Mailbag: Where Can I Find Remnants of the Pneumatic Tubes in NYC?
“N.Y. Post Office Pneumatic Tube” c. 1912. Photo via Library of Congress Earlier this year, we looked into the
Architecture
Daily What?!: Lighthouse Atop Building in the Bronx
Untapped Cities writer Brian Orce sent us this photo of a quirky lighthouse atop a building in the Bronx, which