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1 week ago | untappedcities.com | Nicole Saraniero

Become a paid member to listen to this article One of the best ways to enjoy the warmer weather in New York City is to get outside and see some art and attend art-related events! This June, you'll find larger-than-life flowers, a museum on wheels, a celebration of pigeons, and more: 📍New York Botanical Garden 🗓️ On view through October 26, 2025 🎟️ Book online The iconic van Gogh paintings of irises and sunflowers come to life in this year's summer exhibit at the New York Botanical...

3 weeks ago | untappedcities.com | Nicole Saraniero

Talk Highlights: Views places and things in NYC from surprisingly unique angles and new perspectives as captured by longtime photographer Jim Cummins in his new picture book, Hidden New York, The Art of the City Revisit locations that no longer exist, except on film Take in views of Manhattan bridges shot from high up on their towers Get up close to the rare animated clocks of New York that most pedestrians walk right past Notice overlooked details like interesting ceilings, public art,...

3 weeks ago | untappedcities.com | Michelle Young

Become a paid member to listen to this article The American Fine Arts Society building, home to the Art Students League, is a landmarked gem at 215 West 57th Street, its front doors swinging open at frequent and regular intervals, offering a glimpse of the teeming creative life that still hums inside.

3 weeks ago | untappedcities.com | Michelle Sinclair Colman

Become a paid member to listen to this article Tucked discreetly between Chrystie Street and the Bowery, just off Rivington on the Lower East Side, Freeman Alley is easy to miss…until you see it, and then you cannot see anything else. At just 150 feet long, this narrow dead-end lane is an array of color and commentary, with layered walls of graffiti and stickers. More than a passageway, Freeman Alley is a living gallery—raw, rotating, and resolutely democratic.

3 weeks ago | untappedcities.com | Nicole Saraniero

Secrets of NYC Become a paid member to listen to this article The intersection of Brielle Avenue and Sea View Hospital Historic District in Staten Island is now also known as Black Angels Way. This new street name honors the long-overlooked black nurses who risked their own lives to care for tuberculosis patients at Staten Island’s Sea View Hospital in the first half of the 20th century, before an effective treatment for TB was developed.