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Surprise! What NYC’s Former Cemeteries Are Now
In New York City’s earliest days, Wall Street was the site of a wall constructed to keep the British out, Canal Street was a canal, and the rest of the Island was the countryside. As the City expanded...
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The Art of Style by Kit Mills 027: Playing Doubles
Double braid, all the way We get it, it’s hot. I feel naked without a blazer and scarf, but lately I’ve had no choice but to accept the need to adapt style to the heat in order to avoid dying a sweaty...
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Getting Into the Roots of Manhattan Through a History of its Famous Trees
There are approximately 2.5 million trees growing throughout the parks and along the streets of New York City. However amongst them is a selection whose size, age, form or historical associations...
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A Pigeon-Related Landmark Tour of NYC with Studio-X Columbia University [PHOTOS]
Author Colin Jerolmack of The Global Pigeon While you might think a tour of pigeon-related landmarks may not score high on the popularity scale for urban adventures, over thirty showed up punctually at...
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Untapped Staff Picks: A House Whose Façade is Sliding Off, Man (Not) Living...
Alex Chinneck’s installation in Cliftonville features a house with a sliding façade. Photo via Dezeen. Here’s a roundup of what the Untapped staff is reading this week: The Front of this House is...
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Film Locations: Inside Llewyn Davis in 1960s NYC
Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest film, Inside Llewyn Davis, is a dark comedy about a week in the life of an aspiring folk singer played by Oscar Isaac. Loosely based on real life folk musician Dave Van...
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History of NYC Streets: MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village
Perhaps the street’s most famous Cafe, Caffe Reggio From Caffe Reggio–the place that claims to have brought the cappuccino to America–to Minetta Tavern, MacDougal Street plays host to its fair share of...
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The 2014 International Pillow Fight Day at Washington Square Park, NYC [Photos]
After a brutal winter, the sun was finally shining brightly over New York City. Soft and fluffy clouds scattered across a deep blue sky on a lazy Saturday afternoon. And then there were pillows! Just...
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The Hauntings of 14 West 10th Street, NYC’s “House of Death”
Located down one of the most picturesque blocks in New York City stands a building with a notoriously dark history. Nicknamed the “House of Death,” 14 West 10th Street is supposedly haunted by 22...
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The 10 Creepiest Places in NYC (Friday the 13th Edition)
In addition to it being Friday the 13th, it’ll be a full moon above the clouds (a combination that won’t happen again until 2098!). We’ve pulled together some of the creepiest in New York City in honor...
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8 Monumental Arches of NYC: Washington Square Park, Grand Army Plaza,...
New York City has historically looked to Europe for architectural inspiration, particularly in the Beaux-Arts and City Beautiful eras. The penchant for monumental arches has its roots in the great...
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The Strangers Project Hits Up NYC’s Washington Square Park
In Washington Square Park, we ran into Brandon Doman, founder of The Strangers Project, an on-going collection of over 10,000 handwritten journal entries Doman has collected from around the country....
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12 Vintage Photos of NYC Christmas Tree Lightings: Rockefeller Center,...
The first Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Last year, we brought to you 7 alternative Christmas trees to the crowded, hyped one at Rockefeller Center. This year, we’ll bring you back in time to when...
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The Top 10 Secrets of Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village is a wonderful respite from the city with is magnificent arch and public spaces. But all around it, secrets abound in the history of how it came to be. Here...
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NYU’s Vanderbilt Hall: From Destroyer of Washington Square to Charming Landmark
With fall and the back to school season coming up, Untapped Cites is uncovering the hidden and little known past uses of some of New York City’s colleges. Today we look at Vanderbilt Hall, home of the...
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NYC Film Locations: Mozart in the Jungle on Amazon
The show Mozart in the Jungle, a commissioned series by Amazon for Prime Instant Video will return for a second season this fall starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Lola Kirke and Jason Schwartzman. Based in...
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8 NYC Homes of Famous Writers from Truman Capote to Edith Wharton
It’s no surprise that creative artists and writers have flocked to the cultural hub that is New York City over the years. From Jack Kerouac to Emma Lazarus, we’ve tracked down where renowned writers...
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The NYC That Never Was: The Lost 425-Foot Washington Monument in the Upper...
“The Grand Washington Monument Procession.” Via Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Image by James S. Baillie. On Tuesday, October 19, 1847 thousands attended a ceremony in New York’s...
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Daily What?! Burial Vaults Discovered Under NYC’s Washington Square Park
Photo via Chrysalis Architecture Washington Square Park is already rather ghoulish, with its prior history as a potter’s field – the city’s burial ground for the unclaimed and poor. Now, DNAInfo has...
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Guide to Greenwich Village with Cult Gray Line Guide Timothy “Speed” Levitch
On Halloween Saturday, at 10 minutes to two, nineteen New Yorkers — mostly 40-something film buffs — met under the Washington Square Arch and a cerulean sky. We maneuvered around the miniature...
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