Architecture
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!
Delve into the History of the Second Avenue Subway in New York Transit Museum Exhibit “Next Stop: Second Avenue Subway”
On January 1st, 2017 one of the most long-awaited urban infrastructure projects in New York City history debuted: the Second
The 200-Ton Tunnel Boring Machine Buried Below Park Avenue Used for East Side Access
Fourteen stories beneath the median on Park Avenue between 37th and 38th Streets lies one of the gargantuan machines that
Cities 101: Experience the NYC Subway in 1949 with a Vintage Video
The New York Transit Museum archives has a video produced by the N.Y. Board of Transportation in 1949 and
7 Haunts of Abolitionist Frederick Douglass in NYC
Photo by Amy Cools On the occasion of the month of his birth in 1818 (the exact day is not
Behind the Scenes at The Floating Freight Rail Line That Crosses the Hudson River in NYC
Just south of the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park is one of New York City’s infrastructure survivors: a
The Secrets of Eldridge Street Synagogue’s Eastern Rose Window
The stunning architecture of the Eldridge Street Synagogue is difficult to ignore—even for disinterested New Yorkers passing by on
8 Highlights to Check Out Along the AirTrain to JFK Airport
The AirTrain to JFK Airport has been one of the city’s overlooked transit lines, functional but less than sexy,
New Dates Added for New Yorker Hotel and Remnants of Penn Station Tours
Due to popular demand, we’ve added new dates for our tours Behind the Scenes inside (and atop) the New
Inside the Restoration of Washington D.C.’s Historic Union Station
The news coming out of Washington D.C. is a mixed bag these days, but one thing to celebrate is
Documenting Penn Station’s Departure Board Demolition
Gregory Grice, a photographer for Untapped Cities, documented the demolition of Penn Station’s Amtrak departure board last week over
Construction Begins on NYC’s First Citywide Ferry Landing in the Rockaways
With the impending launch of New York City’s Citywide Ferry system this summer, the pieces are starting to come
New Park, Elizabeth H. Berger Plaza, Will Commemorate Literary Legacy of NYC’s Little Syria
Last week, descendants of the historic downtown neighborhood known as Little Syria, as well as writers, historians, artists, and preservationists,
