Video: Inside the Abandoned Staten Island Farm Colony with Untapped Cities...
In early April, in partnership with the NYCEDC, we took Untapped Cities readers into the abandoned Staten Island Farm Colony with Nate Gray, a Vice President from the NYCEDC and the architect from...
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Your Week Untapped: Top 10 Events May 10th-May 15th, 2016
Explore the street of Dutch New Amsterdam this week The events to check out in New York City this week, from a burglars guide to the city, a tour of what’s left of Dutch New Amsterdam, a benefit inside...
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Renderings Released for NYC Citywide Ferry Landings to Open Summer 2017
Things are certainly moving forward with New York City’s Citywide Ferry, scheduled to open in Summer 2017. First, a new web portal was released last week and today the NYCEDC released renderings for...
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The NYC That Never Was: Moving the Empire State Building [Thunderbirds Comic]
One of our favorite articles is about the buildings in New York City that have literally been picked up and moved. Most of these were smaller houses, but all 3,700 tons of the Empire Theatre on 42nd...
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Kenny Scharf Is Creating An Enormous Street Art Mural in the Bronx
Yesterday, we came across artist Kenny Scharf working on a new mural in the Bronx just south of the Cross Bronx Expressway on Third Avenue. Scharf was in the zone but allowed us to take photographs of...
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The Abandoned Buildings at Sea View Hospital on Staten Island
One of several abandoned patient pavilions at Sea View Hospital We’ve previously taken you inside the abandoned tunnels and the old Children’s Hospital within Sea View Hospital on Staten Island, but...
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The Top 12 Historical Secrets of the Gowanus Canal
The Gowanus Canal conjures up many aspects of New York City, from a celebrated Revolutionary War history to a less glorious industrial past that renders itself visible in the superfund site the canal...
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Photos from Duke Riley’s Fly By Night Pigeon Project at the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Duke Riley, Fly by Night at the Brooklyn Navy Yard In one of the more anticipated public art installations this summer, Duke Riley’s Fly by Night launched this past weekend. On both Saturday and Sunday...
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Photos from the 2016 America’s Cup in NYC Harbor
After difficult sailing conditions on Saturday, Sunday turned out to be a spectacular day for the 2016 America’s Cup (at least for us viewers). On Saturday, we attended via the official media boat and...
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The Top 10 Secrets of the American Irish Historical Society on NYC’s 5th Avenue
The American Irish Historical Society (AIHS) is housed in a magnificent Gilded Age townhouse on Fifth Avenue, across from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The society has an active schedule of public...
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Formerly Off-Limits Hallett Sanctuary in Central Park Opens to Public More...
The Hallett Nature Sanctuary was once one of the best kept secrets of the immensely popular landmark, Central Park. Located on the southeast corner of the park, close to the Plaza Hotel and other...
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Discover 40,000 Historical NYC Photos with OldNYC iPhone App from NYPL
If you were a big fan of the New York Public Library initiative, OldNYC (who doesn’t love the geolocation of 40,000 vintage photos?), you’ll be excited to hear about the iPhone app that was just...
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Pop-Up Robert Moses Exhibit about LOMEX Opens on Lower East Side
Proposal for the Lower Manhattan Expressway (LOMEX) that would connect the East and Hudson River crossings via Library of Congress. As part of Lower East Side History Month, a condensed pop-up version...
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A Visionary Plan for a Submerged Aquarium in NYC’s East River
NYCAquatrium by Lissoni Architettura What if there was a submerged aquarium off the Long Island City waterfront in Queens? The organization Arch Out Loud holds visionary competitions to push the...
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NYC Street Scene Made of Papier Mâché Part of Federal Hall Exhibit Portal
If you missed Portal, at Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan which closed yesterday, we have photographs of one of the most urban of the installations. The papier-mâché New York City street scene by Will...
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The Top 10 Secrets of the Bialystoker Synagogue in NYC
One of Untapped Cities’ exclusive tours is a visit inside the normally off-limits Bialystoker Synagogue on the Lower East Side. This landmarked building, which was built in 1826, encapsulates what we...
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The Lost Sport of Ice Baseball That Originated in Brooklyn
We all know Brooklyn’s connection to baseball and the Dodgers. But did you know about the sport of ice baseball? Gowanus was the locale for both poularization of both baseball and its winter partner,...
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For First Time in History, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio Will Open for...
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio, New York Studio School, NY. Photo by Lexi Campbell. A new series of monthly tours has just been announced for the historic Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney Studio, the...
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There’s a Whispering Bench at Columbia University!
Whispering galleries and benches are well-documented phenomena (science!), but it’s something that still gets even jaded New Yorkers excited. The Whispering Gallery at Grand Central Terminal is...
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Here are the Dates for the 2016 Manhattanhenge in NYC
Later this month will be the first occurrence of everyone’s favorite celestial happening in New York City, Manhattanhenge. The urban phenomenon was coined by Neil de Grasse Tyson, the director of the...
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