Michelle is the founder of Untapped New York and the author of The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland, Secret Brooklyn, Secret New York, and Broadway.

Few buildings in New York City are as recognizable as the Chrysler Building. Its shining silver spire and gleaming eagle heads that loom over 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue make this Art Deco ...

The clean energy revolution is coming to New York slower than expected. As New York City’s demands for energy grow, the state’s investments in cleaner energy aren't keeping up. Filling the gap are ...

Dive into the personal collection of historian Alex Prizgintas, a treasure trove he has been building for 10 years See real artifacts from some of the 926 hotels and bungalow colonies that once made ...

The biggest battle in the American Revolution, and the first fought after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, happened right here in New York City, along a geological ridge that runs ...

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 ...

Madison Square Garden is home to the NBA's New York Knicks and NHL's New York Rangers and hosts a wide range of unforgettable events including concerts, comedy, s ...

This historic beacon, officially named the Jeffrey’s Hook Lighthouse, in Fort Washington Park rarely opens its doors. The lighthouse’s nickname comes from the children’s book The Little Red Lighthouse ...

“The Kennedys were New Yorkers by choice,” author Tim English writes in the introduction to his latest book, The Kennedys’ Ne w York: American Royalty in the Greatest City in the World. While you ...

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 ...

In the 1920s and 1930s, Harlem was buzzing with the roaring sounds of jazz, the chatter of new ideas, and new rhythms of poetry. The Upper Manhattan neighborhood was the birthplace and namesake of the ...

Just prior to New York State going on PAUSE for coronavirus, we went to visit Roosevelt Island‘s amazing pneumatic tube trash system. Below the streets, residential garbage is whisked underground and ...