The founding myth of the ice cream cone is that it was an impromptu creation made at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904. However, years before the fair, ice cream sellers in New York and New Jersey ...

Small beer is a low alcohol beverage that everyone drank in the 18th century because it was safer than imbibing potentially ...

The invasion of Manhattan nearly ended the American Revolution, but few know it happened. Explore the NYC site of this pivotal moment as we celebrate America 250.

You know the musical. Now see what it left out. Walk in the footsteps of Alexander Hamilton on a tour of Lower Manhattan.

Visit the site of the largest battle in the American Revolution, where Patriot troops were forced to retreat into Manhattan!

The hotel flourished until the mid-1900s when demand for offices in Midtown started to increase. In the 1970s, developers Paul and Seymour Milstein purchased the hotel with the intention of turning it ...

Most New Yorkers don't know their city was a battleground from August to November 1776 — from Gravesend in Brooklyn to Pelham in the Bronx. The Battle of Harlem Heights was a turning point. On ...

Pinball was banned in New York City from 1942 to 1976 after a crusade by Mayor LaGuardia saw thousands of machines confiscated and destroyed.

In the latest Untapped New York Podcast episode, our founder Michelle Young, who also has a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and ...

“As a studio we often need to understand the complex ways that New York’s curbs are used and regulated,” says Mario Giampieri, the WXY Associate who led the parking regulation map project, “We ...

Nestled amongst the hustle and bustle of Wall Street’s financial towers and office buildings there is a rather unassuming bank with a spectacular secret inside. Through the gold revolving doors at the ...

The murky waters of Hell Gate, between Queens and Manhattan, hide a mystery that has puzzled historians and treasure hunters for hundreds of years. A British ship, the HMS Hussar, went down in Hell ...