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Daily What?! Watertower Hangout in Times Square
Today’s Daily What?! is this watertower “hangout” we found on 8th Avenue between 45th and 46th Streets. Normally, watertowers fly solo or in pairs, depending on the size of the buildings they serve....
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New Blog Alert: Los Angeles’ Valley Blahg
Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley map in 1924, from Valley Blahg For fans of the Brooklyn blog, F’d in Park Slope, the founder, Erica Reitman, has transplanted herself across the country to Los Angeles...
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Inside the New Delta Airlines Terminal 4 at JFK Airport
The move of Delta Airlines from the aging, near decrepit Terminals 2/3 into Terminal 4 at JFK Airport came with the addition of 9 new gates and some key new tenants, including Shake Shack. The new...
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Inside the Mercedes Club for Big Gay Brunch, a Benefit for the Trevor Project
We’re super pumped to be supporting The Trevor Project at the Big Gay Brunch hosted by Underground Eats, Next Magazine and Big Gay Ice Cream at the Mercedes Club pool on the afternoon of June 22nd....
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Daily What?! Sheep Arrive in Paris to Mow Lawn of Municipal Archives Building
Image via Pop Up City While traditional news sources (New York Times, The Atlantic) and blogs (Gawker, ArchPaper) alike have all reported on Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoë’s new green initiative to mow...
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The Abandoned Ellis Island South Side Hospitals [Photos]
The well-known autopsy amphitheater, with an 8-cadaver refrigerator (in the slideshow below). Photo by Clara Ward. The abandoned Ellis Island South Side Hospitals were one of our favorite locations we...
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Untapped Google Keyword: Stairway to Heaven in Oahu, Hawaii
The Stairway to Heaven in Oahu, Hawaii One of Untapped’s most popular Google Keywords is the “Stairway to Heaven,” and it doesn’t refer to the Led Zepellin song. The Stairway to Heaven, also known as...
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Daily What?! The Empire State Building Zeppelin Docking Station
Image via Aeroscape.org We were excited to be included in this Secrets of New York City roundup by Time Out New York with some wonderful NYC bloggers like Moses Gates, Nick Carr of Scouting NY,...
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Inside the LAX Airport Theme Building: A Modernist Icon
One of LAX airport’s iconic buildings is the LAX Theme Building, hovering like an alien spaceship/UFO in the midst of the transportation hub. If you have enough of a layover in Los Angeles, we...
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Finding History in Baja California, Mexico: The First Spanish Missions in...
Most people associate Baja California in Mexico with the excesses of celebrity-ridden Cabo San Lucas, so the adventurous side of us was more than surprised to find plenty of history, outdoor sports and...
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Daily What?! Marathon Day: A 26.2 Drink Bar Crawl Across the 5 Boroughs
We love New Yorkers that organize extreme urban events, and “Marathon Day” has been one of our favorites. This 26.2 drink pub crawl across New York City’s five boroughs roughly following the path of...
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Untapped Event: Speakeasy Tour and Cocktail at the Museum of the American...
At our July 21st Untapped Cities event, discover the secrets of a former speakeasy on St. Mark’s Place in the East Village, with access to mafia tunnel escape routes and artifacts, like one of two...
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Street Art Hotspot: “I Bet You Wished You” Billboard on the BQE in Williamsburg
This street art find by Untapped Cities reader Nicole Bernier is on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway (BQE) in Williamsburg Exit 33, McGuiness and Humboldt Street exit. Most people passing it probably...
View ArticleConcert Hall: A Music Box of Giant Proportions Inspired by Paris’ Cathedrals...
A collective of artists, led by Nick Yulman, are building a giant music box at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris called Concert Hall, which opens on June 20th. This interactive installation is for both...
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Daily What?! The Industrial Chimney at the Eiffel Tower in Paris
In today’s Daily What?! we share one of our favorite “secrets” of Paris. Hidden in plain sight at the West Pillar of the Eiffel Tower is this industrial chimney, replete with medieval turret! It dates...
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Watch the French Open (Roland Garros) at Paris Orly Airport on a Virtual...
For the past week, travelers through Paris Orly airport have been treated to the French Open, known in France as Roland Garros, in a fun, virtual tennis court and stadium. This photograph was taken...
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Hip-Hop Center Planned for New Paris Les Halles, Public to Choose Name
A new Les Halles rises in the center of Paris and a Hip Hop Center is planned for the new development In mid-2011, we reported on the battle over the architectural plans for Les Halles, the contentious...
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2013 Dîner en Blanc Paris Celebrates 25th Anniversary with Tomorrow’s Pop-Up...
2012 Dîner en Blanc at Versailles The now famous Dîner en Blanc began in Paris as an impromptu get-together by François Pasquier 25 years ago, and was spread worldwide by his son, Aymeric Pasquier, to...
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Catacombs Around the World: Paris, NYC, London, Rome
Paris may be most famous for its catacombs, explored officially by tourists in some areas, illicitly by “cataphiles” in others, but did you know that catacombs exist all around the world, including in...
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2013 Paris Dîner en Blanc at Trocadero, Eiffel Tower and the Cour Carée du...
Someone told me on my first Dîner en Blanc at the Louvre and Tuileries (a location what was repeated tonight for some guests), that it never rains for the event, and this year was no exception. At...
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