From the Westinghouse Time Capsules to one of the oldest known, these artifacts help us to understand what the city was like in the past.
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.
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!
In late March 1906, less than a month before San Francisco would be rocked by a massive earthquake, artist Vernon
This may not be the way Bangalore software professional M.R. Sreenivasulu intended to become famous, but his miniature architectural
As the age of jet travel was ramping up in 1960, a deadly mid-flight plane crash over New York
Like many places in Chinatown, 50 Bowery is a site with layers and layers of history – since the days of
Whether you’re a local or visitor, you are bound to have stepped foot in Times Square at least once.
With affordable housing high on the agenda of the de Blasio administration, and on the minds of New Yorkers, Hunter
The old Bergen homestead at 972 Flatbush Avenue was originally the home of Dominie Bernadus Freeman, who served as pastor
Today, Le Corbusier’s legacy conjures up both images of Modernist villas, like the iconic Villa Savoye, and large, idealistic
A few days ago, we reported on a vision that (thankfully) never came to be – high-density settlement on the
You know about armored trucks, but what about an armored subway? From 1951 to 2006, the New York City transit
The “West Side Cowboys” in New York City, one of the most fun secrets of the High Line, were city-
Subway-related aggravation in New York is such an ingrained part of living here that it can sometimes feel shocking
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