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!
10 Abandoned Movie Theaters in NYC and NJ
Inside the RKO Keith Theater. Image from After The Final Curtain Once upon a time, opulent theaters built for the
NYC Vintage Photos: Central Park in Blue by Augustus Hepp Show Structures Lost and Still Standing
A few years after Central Park was completed, Augustus Hepp, the head gardener for the park was commissioned by the
House of Flowers: NYC’s Lost Thorley Building Covered in Foliage at 562 Fifth Avenue
In 1874, at the age of sixteen, Charles Thorley opened his first flower shop on West Street in New York
Hidden Pocket Parks in South Slope, NYC Squeezed Between Expressway and Row Houses
Hugging a bend in the Prospect Expressway in South Slope, Brooklyn are a series of zig-zagging pocket parks, mostly
NYC’s Beautiful and Mysterious Fire Alarm Telegraph Stations
Spread across the five boroughs of New York City, the Fire Alarm Telegraph Stations stand in City parks as reminders
The Once and Future Seattle
The old future and the new: Seattle’s Space Needle and Experience Music Project Museum Seattle is its own invention,
A View From NYC’s Triborough Bridge By Urban Explorer Dark Cyanide
Although we still know it as the Triborough Bridge in New York City, it was officially renamed the Robert F.
From Farmhouse to Art Gallery: An Inside Look at the Mills Pond House on Long Island
What was once a grand Long Island farmhouse now stands repurposed as an interactive art gallery. Located in St. James,
Vintage NYC Photos: The Gas House District That Became Stuy Town
Before the housing complex we’re familiar with in Stuyvesant Town was built, the area was formerly known as the
The Top 10 Secrets of Green-Wood Cemetery In NYC
The Green-Wood Cemetery was the second most popular tourist site in the state with over 500,000 visitors each
10 Architecturally Extraordinary Consulates, Embassies and Foreign-Owned Buildings in NYC
Walking down the streets of Manhattan, you may notice many buildings marked with flags of foreign countries. Often characterized by
