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!
Fun Maps: NYC’s IND Subway System Mapped According to Original Color Code
Earlier this week, one of our favorite mappers Vanshnookenraggen posted to his Tumblr a vision of the IND (Independent Subway)
10 Places to Remember Alexander Hamilton in NYC
Alexander Hamilton is one of our country’s most famous Founding Fathers, undergoing a resurgence of popularity thanks to the
Inside the Under-Construction American Dream Mall in New Jersey
Thirteen years and almost $5 billion in, there’s actually not much to see here. At first glance, the under-
Rediscovering the Drawings That Captured San Francisco Just Before the 1906 Earthquake
In late March 1906, less than a month before San Francisco would be rocked by a massive earthquake, artist Vernon
Stunning Global Landmarks Made from Plastic Pen Refills
This may not be the way Bangalore software professional M.R. Sreenivasulu intended to become famous, but his miniature architectural
Remnants of a 1960 Park Slope Plane Crash Hidden in Plain Sight in Brooklyn
As the age of jet travel was ramping up in 1960, a deadly mid-flight plane crash over New York
15 Historical Archeological Finds Discovered Beneath 50 Bowery, Former Atlantic Garden in Chinatown
Like many places in Chinatown, 50 Bowery is a site with layers and layers of history – since the days of
10 Most Blinged Out Signage in NYC’s Times Square
Whether you’re a local or visitor, you are bound to have stepped foot in Times Square at least once.
Exhibit on Affordable Housing in New York From 1926 to Today Opens at Hunter East Harlem Gallery
With affordable housing high on the agenda of the de Blasio administration, and on the minds of New Yorkers, Hunter
The Lost Bergen Homestead, Once the Oldest Home in Flatbush, Brooklyn
The old Bergen homestead at 972 Flatbush Avenue was originally the home of Dominie Bernadus Freeman, who served as pastor
Step Inside the Studio Apartment of Le Corbusier in Paris
Today, Le Corbusier’s legacy conjures up both images of Modernist villas, like the iconic Villa Savoye, and large, idealistic
Watch Trailer for New Documentary “Saving Jamaica Bay” Premiering in March
A few days ago, we reported on a vision that (thankfully) never came to be – high-density settlement on the