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Incredibly Detailed Race Maps of US: NYC, Los Angeles, Detroit 27 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Race map of NYC. White: blue dots; African American: green dots; Asian: red; Latino: orange; all others: brown Dustin Cable at University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service used rac...
Untapped Mailbag: What’s Going on with the Abandoned Buildings in Brooklyn Bridge Park – Empire Stores and St. Ann’s Warehouse? 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
An Untapped Cities reader submitted this photo of this building in Dumbo, Brooklyn asking what it was. It’s a historic tobacco warehouse at 38 Water Street right under Brooklyn Bridge. It was used by ...
New Renderings of $15 Billion Hudson Yards Complex That Will Reshape the Far West Side 27 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Rendering of the Hudson Yards complex, via Bloomberg The West Side skyline is getting a facelift as construction of Hudson Yards, a $15 billion development, has begun just north of the final section o...
Historical Gems Underneath the World Trade Center’s Extended Shoreline 27 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Image from our previous profile of photographer John Bartelstone and his photos of World Trade Center construction Lower Manhattan holds centuries of history in its shoreline and beneath its streets. ...
Daily What?: Columbia’s Human Resources Building was the Studebaker Car Factory 27 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Manhattanville’s former Studebaker automobile factory breathes new life as Columbia University’s Human Resources building. If you’ve ever worked for Columbia University, you probably hate this square....
Sunset Park, Brooklyn’s Industry City Property Gets Development Deal 27 Aug 2013 | 01:00 am
Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn photo via Flickr user spatialk New York State’s largest privately-held manufacturing property, Industry City in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has recently gotten a big ...
Fun Maps: What Manhattan Sewers Smelled Like in 1910 27 Aug 2013 | 12:00 am
New Yorkers complain about a lot of stuff. A little while back we showed a 311 map by the Furman Center with vermin, broken street lights and partying dominating complaints. Gothamist shared this map ...
Cities 101: Where and How are NYC Subway Cars Made? 26 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
This video came out a few years ago on National Geographic when the R160 subway cars were introduced in New York City, but it’s nonetheless still an awe-inspiring view at the Alstom factories which pr...
The Wooden House Project in Brooklyn: Photography of Past and Present Neighborhood Houses 26 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
Last week, we included The Wooden House Project as one of the most fun urban initiatives we came across recently. Since the 19th century, it’s been illegal to build wooden house in New York City and “...
Historic Building on Trinity Place near World Trade Center to be Demolished 26 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
ArchPaper and New York Yimby have reported that the 25-story Art Deco building which has been the headquarters for Trinity Church’s administration offices will be demolished and replaced by a glass sk...
