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Untapped Cities Launches Brand New Site Design
Hello Untapped Cities readers! We’ve grown up quite a bit in the last few years and as the founder of Untapped Cities, I’m more than proud to have seen the company grow from my humble idea to...
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Inside the Abandoned Spofford Juvenile Jail in the Bronx, Poised for...
As the movement to close Rikers Island continues to gain traction, yesterday’s announcement on the redevelopment of the notorious Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the Hunts Point neighborhood of...
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New Teaser Trailer for Untapped Cities’ Remnants of Penn Station Tour
Teaser trailer for the Remnants of Penn Station, a tour produced by Untapped Cities This Wednesday, Untapped Cities is producing our most ambitious event yet for a cause we truly believe in: the...
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The Astor Place Cube is Back! (being installed now!)
We’re here at Astor Place taking in the re-installation of the Astor Place cube after a long, delayed restoration. Just a week ago, the NYC Department of Design and Construction was still being vague...
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Video: Watch the Astor Place Cube Get Reinstalled in the East Village
Yesterday, we were on hand to see the Astor Place cube, Alamo, make its triumphant return to its iconic location in the East Village. The collective memory of this location as a meeting place dates...
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Ample Hills Ice Cream Offers Hillary and Trump Ice Cream Flavors in Scoop the...
As the 2016 Election Day draws near and tensions rise, Gowanus-based ice cream hotspot Ample Hills offers a humorous and delicious reprieve (and a fun party favor to bring to any Election get...
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Win a Chicken for Your Thanksgiving Meal from Local Roots NYC
Image via Local Roots NYC This article is brought to you by Local Roots NYC, a network of community shared agriculture programs (CSAs) in New York City. Local Roots NYC and Untapped Cities are offering...
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Push Forward and Celebrate History and Diversity with Untapped Cities
With a large part of our readership based in the New York area, we know many of you went to sleep or awoke with a sense of shock about the 2016 Presidential elections. Though we have traditionally...
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Did Your NYC Neighborhood Go Clinton or Trump in the 2016 Presidential...
DNAinfo has published an interactive map (fun or not fun, you decide) about neighborhoods, based on election district data from the 2016 Election. Citywide, 18.4% of New York City voted for Donald...
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The Top 10 Secrets of 40 Wall Street, The Trump Building in NYC
With anti-Trump protests erupting in America’s urban centers, here is a building in New York City that many do not know is owned by Donald Trump: 40 Wall Street. You know this building downtown, with...
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A Landmarked Art Deco Sears, Roebuck Store in Flatbush, Brooklyn
In Flatbush, Brooklyn, a notable and landmarked Sears, Roebuck store stands tall in the parking lot behind the Kings Theatre. The Art Deco building stands as a reminder of the bustling commercial...
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100 Ton Pedestals of the New York Wheel, World’s Largest Ferris Wheel Have...
All photographs by Jay Fine, Fine Images At the beginning of October, we went to photograph the arrival of the legs of the New York Wheel, which will be the largest ferris wheel in the world when...
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Governor Andrew Cuomo Adds Post-It Note to Union Square Subway Therapy Project
The Union Square subway station has been a mecca for art, both commissioned and non-commissioned, from the urban archeological fragments hidden but celebrated in plain sight to the stickers put on...
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Watch Footage of Old NYC on Facebook Live with Urbanist Today
Times Square, then Long Acre Square Our partner, Urbanist, who has been making many of our Facebook live videos has a special treat in store for all of our readers. He will be streaming an hour and a...
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New York At its Core Exhibit Opens Reflecting on 400 Years of NYC History and...
The Museum of the City of New York launches a landmark permanent exhibit New York At its Core, covering 400 years of NYC history and looks to the city's future.
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Alamo Cube at Astor Place Can Now Be Spun Again to Your Hearts Delight
The redesigned Astor Place has officially reopened and the barriers around the Alamo cube are removed, which means you can spin it again to your hearts delight!
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Ask Untapped Cities Founder Michelle Young Questions on Facebook Live Today
Today, at 1 pm Untapped Cities founder Michelle Young will do a live interview with Urbanist, our Facebook Live partner, and take questions from readers. We’ll talk about the founding of Untapped...
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Photos: Off-Limits on the Rooftop of the New Yorker Hotel
As part of our Secrets of the New Yorker Hotel Tour, led by the hotel’s senior project engineer Joe Kinney, we take guests to the rooftop to see the famous NEW YORKER sign up close. Photographers...
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In Flemington, New Jersey An Architectural and Historical Legacy is at Stake
If there is proof that history repeats itself, look no further than the town of Flemington, NJ added to the 2016 List of 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.
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7 of NYC’s Whispering Galleries and Benches
Whispering galleries and benches are well-documented phenomena but they still gets even jaded New Yorkers excited. Here are 7 to discover in the city.
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