10 Surprising Facts About Ellis Island's Abandoned Hospital
Discover some of the amazing facts you can learn on an exclusive hard hat tour of the abandoned Ellis Island Hospital!
Untapped New York was started in 2010 by a then student at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), where she is now a professor. We love architecture and believe there is no better place to celebrate it than NYC!
As the most populous city in the United States, New York City isn’t exactly known for its biodiversity. Yet,
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Last Thursday morning, we brought Untapped Cities readers off hours into the Museum of the City of New York through
Did you know that there are over 2,000 bridges in New York City? Over the years, we’ve been
For much of the 19th century, ferries provided the only connections between boroughs, and most New Yorkers commuted by water.
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