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!
15 of NYC's Other, Lesser-Known Islands
1. U Thant Island U Thant Island First up was the 1/2 acre man-man island U Thant Island, situated
At Risk, The Oldest Building on Coney Island: The Grashorn Building
It looks like an abandoned building today, but at the corner of Surf Avenue and Jones Walk, a boarded up
Inside the Modernist Maison Louis Carré, Alvar Aalto's Only Surviving Work in France
Continuing on our exploration of the must-visit Modernist architectural masterpieces to visit in and around Paris, today we’ll look
NYC's 10 Tallest Super-Slender Residential Skyscrapers, Existing and Planned
Expanding on its 2013/14 exhibition Sky High & the Logic of Luxury, the Skyscraper Museum has continued its exploration
Ancient Revolutionary Era Porte Road Visible Temporarily in Gowanus/Park Slope
Location of former Gowanus Road from From the Atlas of NYC, 1880. Via NYPL. In the Park Slope and Gowanus
10 Under the Radar NYC Waterfront Parks Across the 5 Boroughs
Among New York City’s 520 miles of coastline and far from the hordes of people that crowd New York’
Elevated Liberty Park at the World Trade Center Will Open Summer 2016
Liberty Park, an elevated park at the World Trade Center site, is scheduled to open this summer (though there isn’
10 of NYC's Most Unique Swimming Pools: Past, Present and Future
In honor of the warm weather (hopefully) dawning on the city soon, we thought we’d share a list of
Tour and Picnic at the Historic Execution Rocks Lighthouse in Long Island Sound
The tour leaves from the Town Dock at Port Washington at 9:45 am on June 11th, a 15 minute
Top 12 Secrets of NYC's Old Kosciuszko Bridge Between Brooklyn and Queens
The current Kosciuszko Bridge next to the construction of its replacement Eight years ago, in the face of an overwhelming
Preview of the Under-Construction Cornell Tech Campus on Roosevelt Island
Rendered plan showing phases I and II, with Queensborough bridge to the right and Four Freedoms Park to the left
The Top 10 Secrets of Hart Island, NYC's Mass Cemetery
10. Hart Island Is Just the Most Recent of NYC’s Mass Burial Grounds The location of New York City’