Scaffolding in NYC: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
Ah...scaffolding. That ubiquitous, necessary, and perpetually present part of New York City’s landscape. In this episode, we do a deep dive into the history of scaffolding, reveal just how much scaffo...
2 Heinä 202459min
NYC's Fire Alarm Call Boxes
In this episode, we do a deep dive into one of New York City’s most recognizable pieces of street furniture: fire alarm call boxes. You know what we're talking about. They're (often) red and sit prett...
8 Touko 202434min
New York's Lost Opera Houses
New York City's lost opera houses are having their fifteen minutes of fame, thanks to the HBO show, The Gilded Age, which brought their dramatic histories to life in the most recent season. We dug int...
23 Huhti 20241h 1min
The Main Streets of....NYC?
Did you know there's a Main Street in New York City? Most people probably associate the idea of Main Street with quaint American towns and villages but New York City has not just one but five Main Str...
11 Huhti 202426min
The World of Oppenheimer: From New York to Los Alamos
This episode is all about Oppenheimer, as the movie heads into the Academy Awards with thirteen Oscar nominations. Michelle Young and Justin Rivers from Untapped New York first delve into J. Robert Op...
24 Helmi 202445min
The Jazz Age Murder that Took Down NYC
When the young and beautiful Vivian Gordon was found strangled in Van Cortlandt Park in 1931, the case to find her killer unveiled the dark underbelly of New York City political power and policing. In...
19 Helmi 202448min
The Bronx Nobody Knows
The newest episode of the Untapped New York podcast is out! Discover a dozen of the most interesting places in the Bronx, from the book The Bronx Nobody Knows: An Urban Walking Guide by William Helmr...
31 Tammi 202455min
The Untold Story of Staten Island's Black Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
This episode of the Untapped New York podcast features a reading and interview with Maria Smilios, the author of the book The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis....
24 Tammi 202452min
