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Double Click: Pioneering Twin Photographers from Brooklyn Get Their Spotlight...
Carol Kino’s new book Double Click is like a fine wine that reveals itself and opens up the more you go. Ostensibly about two twin female photographers who came of age in Brooklyn and became pioneering...
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30 Abandoned Places in New York City
Here are Untapped New York’s favorite abandoned places in New York City’s five boroughs. Some are break-in-able, some open to the public, some only for the intrepid. It features some great summer...
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The Main Streets…of NYC? New Podcast Episode Live!
I was surprised by something recently. We received an order for a copy of my book Secret Brooklyn through our online shop and the shipping address was to a Main Street in New York, New York. Hold up—is...
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NYC’s Fire Alarm Call Boxes: Everything You Wanted to Know
In our newest episode of the Untapped New York podcast, we’re doing a deep dive into one of New York City’s most recognizable pieces of street furniture: fire alarm call boxes. You know what we’re...
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One Man’s Hilarious Adventure to Live According to the Constitution
What does the Constitution mean today, 235 years after it was written? This is a question the whole nation has been grappling with but one man—New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and...
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“When Women Ran Fifth Avenue” Reveals the Glamorous Beginning of American...
The opening of Julie Satow’s latest book, When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion, opens with a tantalizing, little-known, but thematically familiar true story....
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Inside the Dazzling “Red Room” at One Wall Street
At the corner of Broadway and Wall Street is a hidden gem. Art aficionados might be aware that a floor-to-ceiling mosaic room exists inside One Wall Street, but it has been closed off to the public for...
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How 1980s NYC Was Created in “Eric” on Netflix: Filming Locations
The crime drama series Eric on Netflix, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, so accurately recreates 1980s New York City that even we seasoned film locations columnists here at Untapped New York wondered at...
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The Olympic Hot Air Balloon Cauldron and Its Ties to French History
The flight of a dramatic hot air balloon cauldron at the Paris 2024 Olympics capped off an ambitious Opening Ceremony along the Seine River and marked the first time that the cauldron was ever sent...
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New Book “She-Wolves” Uncovers Untold Story of the Women Who Built Wall Street
She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street, a new book by Paulina Bren (author of The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free) publishing in September, is a fascinating page-turner about...
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10 Fun Facts About Opening Day of the NYC Subway on October 27, 1904
By reading first-hand accounts of the opening day of the New York City subway, October 27, 1904, you get a picture of the excitement, madness, and sheer feat of the construction of the underground...
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Go Inside the National Arts Club for an Intimate Concert with The Knights
As the founder of Untapped New York, I have had the privilege of going into some of New York City’s most spectacular places, meeting fascinating creators and shapers of the city, and attending...
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The Berkshires Bowling Alley that Inspired "The Big Lebowski"
It’s been 36 years since the release of The Big Lebowski, the irreverent cult comedy by Joel and Ethan Cohen starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Sam Elliott, Phillip Seymour Hofman, and...
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See the History of Ticker-Tape Parades Beneath Your Feet on Broadway’s Canyon...
Today, the New York Liberty WNBA championship team will parade up Broadway through the "Canyon of Heroes" to celebrate their win, just like the US Women’s National Soccer Team did in 2019. The most...
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NYC's Concert Inside a Sewer Tunnel
As the founder of Untapped New York, I have been to countless incredible, stranger-than-fiction, off-limits places over the last fifteen years. But there is one event that I will drop everything for...
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How Long Does it Take to Become a New Yorker? New Podcast Episode! 🗽
The newest episode of the Untapped New York podcast, "How Long Does it Take to Become a New Yorker?" features guest host audio journalist Francisco Kilgore. Francisco is a more recent transplant to New...
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Announcing the Untapped New York Urban Journalism Fellowship!
We are excited to announce the Untapped New York Journalism Fellowship, a six-month part-time fellowship program that supports emerging voices in the field of urban journalism. Over the last...
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What to Do When Rats Move Into Your Car
Chk-chk-chk-chk-chk-chk-chk. That's the sound my car made on repeat when I pressed the start button. Like a machine that wanted to turn on but could not muster the energy. Was the battery dead?...
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Take the 5: All about the Pets of NYC
This week's "Take the 5" podcast episode is all about the pets and animals of New York City. We recorded the episode on Election Day, not knowing who would become President but regardless of the...
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10 Secrets of Carnegie Hall in NYC
Great musicians and composers from Tchaikovsky to The Beatles have graced the stage at Carnegie Hall since the venue opened in 1891 on the corner of 57th Street and 7th Ave in Midtown Manhattan. For...
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