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Philippe Petit Completes High Wire “Ribbon Walk” at St. John the Divine
On Thursday evening, we stood among a crowd of awed spectators with necks craned as world-famous high-wire walker Philippe Petit
You Can Live at the NYC Townhouse from “Home Alone 2″…Sort Of
Once Kevin McCallister gets settled into his suite at the Plaza Hotel in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,
NYC Film Locations: You’ve Got Mail on the Upper West Side
“Do you know what? We are going to seduce them. We’re going to seduce them with our square footage,
A New Day for West Park Presbyterian Church & the UWS
One of Manhattan’s most beautiful landmarked churches—the West Park Presbyterian Church on the Upper West Side—has been
The Missing Cupola of NYC’s Hotel Belleclaire
Architect Emery Roth’s illustrious career was kickstarted by major commissions for apartment hotels on Manhattan’s Upper West Side,
10 Secrets of Riverside Park in NYC
New York City’s Riverside Park spans a number of neighborhoods including Harlem, Morningside Heights, and the Upper West Side.
New Tour Uncovers the Hidden Gems of Riverside Drive
What did Duke Ellington, Babe Ruth, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the fictional character Midge Maisel all have in common? They
The Dakota Apartments Strike, from the Gotham Center Archives
Untapped New York is excited to announce a new editorial collaboration with the Gotham Center for New York City History.
This Statue in NYC Survived the Bombing of Hiroshima
This watchful statue of Shinran Shonin stands guard over a quiet section of Riverside Drive at 105th Street and remains
The Paterno Family: The Immigrant Lineage that Helped Build Upper Manhattan
The Paterno family monogrammed most of the apartment houses they built with treasured Manhattan architects Gaetan Ajello and Rosario Candela.
Will the Landmarked 132-Year-Old West Park Presbyterian Church Be Demolished?
It’s possible that one of Manhattan’s most beautiful landmarked churches will soon be razed to the ground and
15 Great Places for Afternoon Tea in NYC
Afternoon tea emerged sometime between the 1830’s and 1840’s. So says the book A Social History of Tea
