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Daily What?! A “Punny” Shoe-Themed Street Art Installation in Boerum Hill,...
Just off of Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, you’ll find a quirky shoe-themed street art installation on the facade of 75 and 75A Hoyt Street. There are a combination of found objects, but...
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The Dumb Starbucks Parody Coffee Shop is Coming to Brooklyn
Yesterday Eater announced that the parody coffee shop, Dumb Starbucks, was heading to Brooklyn in a few weeks. The stunt by Comedy Central’s Nathan Fielder from the show Nathan for You is already shut...
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The Brooklyn Bowl Takes on London
Even though it’s less than five years old, the Brooklyn Bowl has become something of an institution and it has now gone international. In January, the London outpost of the Bowl opened. According to...
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Untapped Staff Picks: Buildings We’ve Lost in NYC, Broken Angel House to...
New York City Belles of the Wrecking Ball, Other Buildings Lost in NYC [NY Times] Time Lapse of an Entire Growing Season at Brooklyn Grange [Brooklyn Based] Clinton Hill’s Broken Angel House to Become...
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Charleston Has Possibly The Most Beautiful Housing Project in America
In Charleston, South Carolina sits perhaps the most beautiful housing project in America. Built in a Romanesque Revival style, the William Enston Home consists of free-standing cottages set on a leafy...
View ArticleVintage Film: Driving Around NYC in 1928 from Silent Film “Speedy” with...
This fun clip that’s being shared around social media lately is from the 1928 silent film Speedy, starring comedian Harold Lloyd and directed by Ted Wilde. It was filmed in New York City, and fans of...
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Daily What?! Jawdropping Rooftopping Photos at Bowling Green Subway Station...
If you haven’t been by the Bowling Green subway station recently and you don’t have a fear of heights, prepare to be amazed by these series of “rooftopping” photographs of New York City by Navid...
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Catch a Glimpse of Old Paris in the Metro on Line 12
While most of Paris’ subway stations have been modernized with plastic “anti-homeless” chairs that replaced former wooden benches, you can still get a glimpse of the old Paris metro on line 12 and...
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Daily What?! There’s a “Cough Triangle” in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
At the intersection of Court Street and the Brooklyn Queens Expressway/Gowanus Parkway in Carroll Gardens sits a little traffic triangle that’s part of the Greenstreets program. Officially called...
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Walking Tour and Cocktails of the World’s Tallest Buildings in NYC
Did you know that New York City held the record for the world’s tallest buildings from 1890 to 1974? On April 27th, we’re bringing back our Untapped “tour and a cocktail” concept, led by Untapped...
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Daily What?! There’s an Eiffel Tower in NYC!
In our series NYC v. Paris, we previously covered all the Statues of Liberty in both cities. Today, we’re looking at the Eiffel Tower. It might surprise you to know that New York City has its own...
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The Abandoned Shoe Shine Shop on Court Street in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
On Court Street in Brooklyn in the middle of 3rd and 4th Place in Carroll Gardens, is an abandoned storefront where you can still see the remnants of a shoe-shine shop from the dusty windows. Carroll...
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Untapped Staff Picks: 360-Degree View of NYC from 1 WTC, Tour Manhattan in 1949
Here’s what the Untapped staff is reading today: New York City Comedy Central “Review” Shows looks at Life on NYC Streets [Comedy Central] 14 Minute Tour of Manhattan in 1949 [YouTube] 10 Best Lines...
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Urban Profile: Helen Post Curry of Woolworth Building Tours and Great Grand...
Today, we profile Helen Post Curry, who runs the tours of the Woolworth Building we have been part of at Untapped Cities. She’s also the great-grand daughter of architect Cass Gilbert! We have 3 spots...
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Untapped Staff Picks: Citibike Rate Increases, Lost Pool of the Hotel St....
Here’s what the Untapped staff is reading today at the office! Citi Hike: Bike Share Rate Increase on the Table [Brokelyn] AirPNP the App That Lets Your Rent Our Your Toilet [Fox] Searching for the...
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Quirky New Sculptures, Park Avenue Paper Chase, Installed
Yesterday, workers were putting the finishing touches on the new series of sculptures by artist Alice Aycock on the Park Avenue Mall between 52nd Street and 57th Street. Entitled Park Avenue Paper...
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Vintage Photos: NYC’s Historic Bishop’s Crook Lampposts
After we published our article on 5 types of historic lampposts in NYC, we heard from the veritable Robert Mulero, who has been documenting the city’s lampposts since the 1970s. He wrote us, “I was...
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Inside the Four Seasons Restaurant in the Seagram Building [Photos]
Bronze sculpture by Richard Lippold hanging in the Four Seasons Restaurant Grill Room In the book The Four Seasons: A History of America’s Premier Restaurant, authors John Mariani and Alex von Bidder...
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Daily What?! You Can Get $1 Beer Pints in Koreatown, NYC
Photo by Steven Ling Angry Chicken in the Koreatown Food Gallery is offering $1 beers! For the low price, you get either a pint of Killian’s or Coor’s. Untapped Cities reader Steven Ling writes,...
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Adorable Electric Car Sharing Autolib Street Sign in Paris
While New York City pushes to expand Citi Bike, Paris remains one of the pioneers of the bike sharing movement and even has an electric car sharing program, the Autolib. As proof of the city’s...
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