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!
We’re Looking for Spring 2017 Interns at Untapped Cities!
Photo courtesy Columbia GSAPP This January, we’ll be welcoming our 12th internship class here at Untapped Cities and we’
A Look Inside the Historic Appellate Courthouse on Madison Avenue
In 1894, at the sixth New York State Constitutional Convention, the Appellate Division of the state Supreme Court was established.
Win a Weekend in a Gilded Age Mansion in the Berkshires of Massachusetts
All images via Kemble Inn In partnership with Gothamist, Brooklyn Based, offMetro, and Umi Kitchen, Untapped Cities readers can win
7 of NYC’s Whispering Galleries and Benches
Whispering galleries and benches are well-documented phenomena (science!), but it’s something that still gets even jaded New Yorkers excited.
In Flemington, New Jersey An Architectural and Historical Legacy is at Stake
If there is proof that history repeats itself, look no further than the town of Flemington, New Jersey. Added to
The Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Inwood Hill Park
Owned and maintained by the city, Inwood Hill Park is a reminder of what Manhattan might have looked like before
Photos: Off-Limits on the Rooftop of the New Yorker Hotel
As part of our Secrets of the New Yorker Hotel Tour, led by the hotel’s senior project engineer Joe
10 Buildings That Tell The Story of NYC’s Green Affordable Housing (So Far)
Green terrace at Schermerhorn House (Photo: Ennead Architects) The creation of quality affordable housing, long a concern in New York
New York At its Core Exhibit Opens Reflecting on 400 Years of NYC History and its Future
New York At its Core Exhibition opens at Museum of the City of New York. Photo by Filip Wolak courtesy
11 NYC Neighborhoods with Thematic Street Names
New York City has a long tradition of incorporating more than just a geographic location into a street name, dating
100 Ton Pedestals of the New York Wheel, World’s Largest Ferris Wheel Have Arrived
All photographs by Jay Fine, Fine Images At the beginning of October, we went to photograph the arrival of the
A Landmarked Art Deco Sears, Roebuck Store in Flatbush, Brooklyn
In Flatbush, Brooklyn, a notable and landmarked Sears, Roebuck store stands tall in the parking lot behind the Kings Theatre.