Discover some of the amazing facts you can learn on an exclusive hard hat tour of the abandoned Ellis Island Hospital!
This lost mid-century resort destination is home to memories of a former respite from city life.
Hubcaps and hood ornaments can be see on this iconic NYC landmark!
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!
The New York Transit Museum archives has a video produced by the N.Y. Board of Transportation in 1949 and
Photo by Amy Cools On the occasion of the month of his birth in 1818 (the exact day is not
Just south of the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Sunset Park is one of New York City’s infrastructure survivors: a
The stunning architecture of the Eldridge Street Synagogue is difficult to ignore—even for disinterested New Yorkers passing by on
The AirTrain to JFK Airport has been one of the city’s overlooked transit lines, functional but less than sexy,
Due to popular demand, we’ve added new dates for our tours Behind the Scenes inside (and atop) the New
The news coming out of Washington D.C. is a mixed bag these days, but one thing to celebrate is
Gregory Grice, a photographer for Untapped Cities, documented the demolition of Penn Station’s Amtrak departure board last week over
With the impending launch of New York City’s Citywide Ferry system this summer, the pieces are starting to come
Last week, descendants of the historic downtown neighborhood known as Little Syria, as well as writers, historians, artists, and preservationists,
In connection with plans to convert the historic Sea View Hospital campus on Staten Island into the first heath-focused
Walking along Wall Street today, you might notice some curious square and rectangular wooden block pavers amidst the “Eurocobble” stones.
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