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Daily What?! Levitating Man in Paris at Saint Michel and Beaubourg
On our way to meet the blogger behind this awesome website Messy Nessy Chic, we came across this man, “levitating” at Saint Michel next to Notre Dame in Paris to the wonderment of the crowd in front...
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2013 Dîner en Blanc at Trocadero and Eiffel Tower Filmed by a Drone
We forgot to mention in our photo slideshow of last night’s 2013 Dîner en Blanc at Trocadero and Eiffel Tower that it was filmed using a drone by Gregoire Tiberghien and the company Locadrone. Enjoy...
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Colonial Remnants in Paris: Au Planteur on Rue Montorgueil and Au Negre Joyeux
When we first posted the painting of the “Happy Negro (Au Nègre Joyeux)” above #12 Rue Mouffetard in the Latin Quarter, we were (admittedly) less well-versed in French history than we are now, and...
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Catacomb Exploration is Part of Initiation at the University L’Ecole des...
Painting by the class of 2007 and 2008 at L’Ecole des Mines in Paris in the catacombs. Source. L’Ecole des Mines de Paris, a university sometimes referred to as the MIT of France, has access to the...
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Daily What?! Where Can I Eat Human Flesh in NYC?
We hope that you will all try this as soon as you read it. Ask Siri where you can eat human flesh. She continues to have a wry sense of humor, though we’re not sure the restaurants that are pulled up...
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So Long Metropolitan Museum Buttons, Hello Paper Tickets
Left: The 16 colors of the former Metropolitan Museum Metal Buttons. Source: Hack the Met. Right: Wesley Yiin for Untapped Cities Nostalgia mostly reigned as the Metropolitan Museum retired its iconic...
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Explore NYC with Moses Gates and Rembert Browne with #MyNYC and Google Glass
With forty hours to go in our IndieGogo project, #MyNYC, to use Google Glass to tell the stories of New Yorkers, we wanted to share with you two of our grand prizes. First is an afternoon of...
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Yelp Wordmaps Show Us How To Avoid Hipsters in NYC, Tourists in Paris
Yelp’s wordmap for reviews that mention the word “Hipster”, with hotspots in the East Village, Williamsburg and the West Village We’ve got to hand it to Yelp for utilizing its vast database of reviews...
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Special Effects in The Great Gatsby Movie: What’s Real, What’s Not
Yesterday, the VFX supervisor on the film The Great Gatsby released a composite “before and after” reel, showing the sheer amount of special effects it took to re-create the lavish world of F. Scott...
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Daily What?! Lost Plaque at the Battle of Golden Hill, First Battle of the...
In our recent post about plaques in New York City that are lost or just plain wrong, we revealed one last plaque that marked the site of the first “Battle “of the Revolution. On July 4th, we thought...
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Urban Interventions on the Seine: Paris Plage, Floating Barges and a Life...
Although the banks of the Seine River in Paris are a UNESCO World Heritage site, the historical mark has not stopped the city from creatively adapting its embankments. In fact, the city has an...
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Untapped Mailbag: Surfridge, the Abandoned Town Next to LAX Airport Is A...
Last week, we published an article about a town outside Paris that was abandoned after it ended up under the flight path of Charles de Gaulle Airport. We compared it to Surfridge, a town taken by...
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Philly Painting Gives Germantown Avenue a Makeover in Philadelphia
In North Philadelphia, around Germantown and Lehigh Avenues, an entire neighborhood has been repainted in bright, fun colors as part of the city’s Mural Arts Program. We got a chance to walk through...
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Daily What?! NYPD’s “Harmless Gas” Testing Begins, Called the “Subway Blowout”
Yesterday, the NYPD began its testing of perfluorocarbons in the subway system to study how “airborne toxins would flow through the city after a terrorist attack or an accidental spill of hazardous...
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Preservation of Modernist Architecture at JFK Airport in NYC, What’s At Stake...
Worldport Terminal (former Pan-AM Terminal) at JFK Airport The crown jewel of John F. Kennedy Airport’s architecture is undeniably the landmarked TWA Flight Center, but other Modernist buildings at the...
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Fontly, An App for Vintage Signage Nerds
Like all urban explorers, we’re pretty obsessed with historical signage and typography. From our recent profile of Alphabet City, to Thomas Rinaldi’s documentation of New York’s disappearing neon...
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“Play Me I’m Yours” Pop-Up Piano in Paris’ CDG Airport
This year’s pop-up piano festival in Paris, Play Me I’m Yours, just concluded on July 9th, but there’s one piano still surprising visitors daily. In the beautiful Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle...
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Fake Music Concert Posters Pop-Up in Paris, NYC, LA and London
Untapped Cities reader and illustrator Guillaume Lagane spotted this movie poster for an epic electro/dance concert in Paris with Daft Punk, Phoenix, Air, Justice and more–but it’s a fake. The biggest...
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Map: 311 Map of Complaints from Loud Music, Vermin to Ice Cream Trucks
The Furman Center at NYU released this fun map of 311 complaints from last summer, based on data of the most popular complaint by neighborhood. The top complaints were: Broken street lights (makes it...
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Villa Léandre: An English-Inspired Street in the Heart of Montmartre, Paris
For those familiar with Pomander Walk, the hidden gem on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, there’s also a similar English-inspired street right in Paris. This one even has a British sign on #10 that says...
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