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"No other city is so spitefully incoherent"

--James Baldwin

Welcome to Manhattan Unlocked Walking Tours

Discover the hidden-in-plain-sight histories and have fun decoding the streetwalls of Manhattan across the city's most iconic neighborhoods. Manhattan Unlocked answers the question: "why is this building next to that building, and that building next this building?"

About Us

Manhattan Unlocked began as a blog over a decade ago as an effort to decode and make sense of the captivating streetwalls of the city. New York is an architectural complex stretching for miles across a constellation of neighborhoods from the Battery to Central Park. There was no way it could all be random; there had to be patterns.

I soon realized that to take on the search for the single-story history--the "unified theory"--behind New York City's instantly recognizable yet wholly enigmatic built environment, walking tours were required, especially along the path of Broadway and Fifth Avenue. While I had to discontinue the blog for a decade or so, I hope to begin updating again soon.

Our Walking Tours

Join Us on a Walking Tour...Click the big blue button below for details, or to book any of the following tours (don't forget to read our TripAdvisor reviews!):

  • Midtown Manhattan Art and Architecture Walking Tour

    • Midtown west, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Park Avenue

  • Holdouts! Based on the Book by Alpern & Durst

    • Midtown east, Grand Central, Rockefeller Center

  • Recreate the Most Requested Walking Tour of 1840s New York

    • Astor Place, NoHo, SoHo, Chinatown, Foley Square

  • A Disastrous History of Housing the Poor
    • (starts May 15, 2024)

    Foley Square, Chinatown and The Lower East Side

  • Explore the Ruins of a Forgotten City in the Middle of Manhattan
    • (starts May 29, 2024)

    Madison Square, Nomad, the Flatiron District, Chelsea

In the meantime, the old blog for "testing the waters" remains below.

Click Here to See Tours

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Lunar Eclipse, Every 15 Minutes

The last time a lunar eclipse occurred on the winter solstice was in 1638.   Back then, New Amsterdam had a population of about 300 people speaking more than a dozen languages.  If the eclipse had been visible in this part of the world, here’s what they would have seen…
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  1. Kelly HobenDecember 21, 2010 at 4:11 AM

    Thank you for posting these pictures! I am in central Europe and the eclipse wasn't visible here. We couldn't even see the moon through all the clouds over Prague last night. Thanks to Amy Vogeltanz who shared your blog link on facebook. Great pictures, thanks again!

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  2. CorinneDecember 21, 2010 at 7:13 AM

    That's just about the coolest thing ever.

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  3. UnknownDecember 21, 2010 at 9:12 AM

    Bobby...very cool..it's raining and cloudy here in Vegas...

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  4. AnonymousDecember 21, 2010 at 10:34 AM

    That is neat. I wish that I could have seen it, but the clouds were too thick for that.

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  5. The old manDecember 21, 2010 at 3:23 PM

    good job Robert. wouln't know, I was asleep.

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  6. ediewJanuary 1, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    I stood outside along for maybe 5 minutes. It was beautiful, but very cold, and no one else was out.

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