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Discover all the ways you can rediscover NYC!
Join Untapped New York this week as we welcome the new year with new urban adventures! This week, we will peek at a private art collection, go backstage at the Met Opera, explore hidden features of the subway, and more!
Take a stroll along Fifth Avenue as it was during the Gilded Age when grand mansions of millionaires lined the illustrious street. As you revisit Millionaire’s Row, you will discover works of architecture lost to time and some that remain today with a new purpose. This tour will resurrect some of the magnificent mansions that no longer stand bringing those glamorous abodes back to life with stunning historical images and scintillating stories of the affairs that took place inside. We will have the opportunity to peek inside two of those Gilded Age mansions, one currently used as a retail store and another used as an embassy’s cultural services.
Explore where New York began and see what is left of Dutch New Amsterdam in today’s lower Manhattan! Hear about New York’s founding myths and facts while standing in the very spots where they all happened. With New York City’s first map in hand, you will trace the streets of Manhattan in 1667 while discovering hidden relics. Physically touch history as you learn how Bowling Green got its name, see the foundations of New York City’s first City Hall (which was also a tavern!), stop at the long-forgotten oyster pasty cannon, and more.
Discover the largest art installation in the subway system, see architectural ghosts of partially abandoned stations, and use the subway as your own time machine as you explore the evolution of the underground system from its opening in 1904 to today! Led by an expert New York City tour guide, you’ll discover hidden art and features of the subway that everyday commuters walk right by.
Go behind-the-scenes at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City to see how the massive opera house's elaborate productions come to life in backstage rooms! The iconic lobby alone is a stunning space, and the massive theater is breathtaking, but all of the magic is created behind the scenes. On this special access tour, guests will see firsthand how the opera’s extravagant productions come to life in buzzing backstage areas like the scenic and carpentry shops, the wig shop, costume shop, and see where the actors prepare in their dressing rooms.
Our award-winning Secrets of Grand Central Tour lets you peer into hidden tennis courts, find out what’s hiding beneath the iconic clock at the center of the main concourse, visit an office-turned-speakeasy, locate a forgotten celestial mural, and so much more! Discover hidden gems that daily commuters walk past each day inside the historic train terminal. Spend Christmas Eve in one of the most magical landmarks in New York City!
Hear from two passionate collectors turned dealers about how they fell in love with the WPA period and discovered what had been long lost for decades! Meet art collectors Keith Sherman and Roy Goldberg, owners of Helicline Fine Art Gallery, inside their Manhattan home/gallery and see incredible works of American art including paintings and sculptures from the 1930s and 40s, part of the current exhibition American Visions: 20th Century Art.
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