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Daily What?! Vintage American Airlines Hangars at LaGuardia Airport
Last week, we covered the Marine Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport, where airplanes once landed by sea, but the airport also has other vintage elements that can be easily overlooked. The American...
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Why NYC’s Select Bus Service is Not a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System
SBS Bus Routes Planned and In-Effect. Map from MTA via Streetsblog Last week, the MTA announced an expansion of Select Bus Service (SBS), New York City’s version of a “Bus Rapid Transit” (BRT) system....
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Untapped Mailbag: Worldport Pan-Am Terminal at JFK Should Be Saved
Our piece on the preservation of the Worldport Pan-Am Terminal at JFK Airport elicited a lot of strong reactions on both sides. Our piece was intended to highlight the unlikelihood this terminal would...
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Daily What?! Manhattan Mini-Storage is a Greek Temple on Riverside Drive
Up on 134th Street and Riverside Drive is a curious building, reminiscent of a Greek temple, which houses a Manhattan Mini Storage. Although it currently has one of Manhattan Mini Storage’s famous...
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100 Improvements to the NYC Subway by Randy Gregory
School of Visual Arts student Randy Gregory has been posting improvement ideas for the NYC subway almost daily on his Tumblr. New York Magazine reported on the more infrastructure-related suggestions,...
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Volunteer Puppetry and Costume Workshops for the 2013 Beaux Arts Ball
The 1931 Beaux Arts Ball From left to right: A. Stewart as the Fuller Building, Leonard Schultze as the Waldorf-Astoria, Ely Jacques Khan as the Squibb BuildingWilliam Van Alen as the Chrysler...
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Video Inside Williamsburg’s Abandoned Domino Sugar Refinery
We don’t profess this to be a professional video of the Domino Sugar Refinery in Williamsburg. It’s a compilation of out-takes from a project which included this behind the scenes look at the...
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Untapped Mailbag: Where Can I Find Remnants of the Pneumatic Tubes in NYC?
“N.Y. Post Office Pneumatic Tube” c. 1912. G.G. Bain Collection via Flickr. Earlier this year, we looked into the pneumatic tube system that used to carry mail between post offices in New York City....
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New Seaport City Is Part of NYC’s Plan for a More Resilient,...
Rendering for Seaport City, a new neighborhood in lower Manhattan that will protect against storm surge via NYC.gov The opening page to NYC Gov’s “A Stronger, More Resilient New York” defines...
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Daily What?! Remnants of the Original Penn Station in NYC
As the battle for Penn Station continues, we wanted to remind readers that you can still find remnants of the original McKim Mead & White station inside today’s uninspiring station. The above...
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Street Art Hotspot: Kingsbridge Staircases in the Bronx
Kingsbridge in the Bronx is known for its staircases, some with up to 160 steps. These “step streets” are also home to some wonderful street art. This photo is from the Untapped Cities Photo Pool by...
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Architectural Sites and Vintage Signage Along NYC’s East River
Earlier this week, we published a photo essay about notable spots along the Hudson River in “Thirteen of NYC’s Most Important Architectural Sites on the Hudson River.” The East River, in contrast, is...
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5 Stores in NYC That Sell Only One Item: Chopsticks, Buttons, Fountain Pens...
We’ve always been fascinated by stores that defy the rule of business diversification and focus on only one product. Inspired by the new Rice Krispie Treat store on the Upper West side, we’ve rounded...
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Daily What?! What are these pre-1924 Saks & Company Planters Doing in Queens?
We came across these planters engraved with “Saks & Company” far, far away from the flagship store on 5th Avenue. In fact, they were in Queens on 36th Avenue and 33rd Street, between Long Island...
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Inside the WTC Calatrava Transportation Hub Construction Site with Google...
Yesterday, we went to check out construction on the Calatrava Transportation Hub through the American Planning Association New York Metro Chapter. Though not as sunny as our visit in June to the...
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Inside the 1 WTC Construction Site with Google Glass [VIDEO]
View from external elevator shaft landing on the 9oth floor of 1 WTC Yesterday, we went to check out construction of 1 WTC construction through the American Planning Association New York Metro Chapter....
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Daily What?! Saks Fifth Avenue’s Shoe Floor has its own Zip Code in NYC...
Image via Saks Fifth Avenue’s 10022-SHOE Tumblr Fashionistas of New York City already know this, but did you know Saks Fifth Avenue‘s shoe floor has its own zip code, 10022-SHOE? The vanity zip code...
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Photos from the Calatrava World Trade Center Transportation Hub Construction
Construction of the Oculus of the WTC Transportation Hub by Calatrava On Friday, we showed you our Google Glass videos of the construction inside both the Calatrava World Trade Center Transit Hub and...
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Vintage Photos: NYC’s Meatpacking District in the 1990s
A walk through NYC’s Meatpacking District today gives only the hint of the gritty, industrial place it once was. Like any successful repurposing of space, local architectural elements were retained...
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Jamaica Bay-Rockaway Parks Resilience Institute and Conservancy Formed for...
Jamaica Bay Today Mayor Bloomberg and US Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewel, announced the creation of a Jamaica Bay Science and Resilience Institute led by the City University of New York, and the...
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