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 Glendale, Queens, near Cypress Hills Street and the Jackie Robinson Parkway lies a small, isolated Jewish burial ground called
Virtual Interior MoMA white. Artist, Annett Zinsmeister (German, born 1967) What does your home say about you? Does it speak
Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and High Bridges (2015) The ARTViews Gallery at the Moses campus of the Montefiore Medical Center is
We can always count on the City of Dreams competition to offer a unique architectural installation on Governors Island, often
If you love maps, there’s a good chance that the company CartoDB may have powered many of the ones
At Untapped Cities, we like to cover bars and restaurants that are off-the-beaten path. Interesting history, attractive design,
A few years ago, we were given the chance to roam and photograph the TWA Flight Center with nobody in
Just last summer, we reported on the mini-museum that’s in the lobby of the iconic Ziegfeld Theatre at
New York City’s architecture changes and evolves with design trends. Sometimes, buildings get full makeovers. Other times, they go
Inspired by architect Constant Nieuwenhuys‘ 1959 “New Babylon” collage that imagined a globe of interconnected, borderless cities, New York City-
McCarren Park Pool model. Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by Jeffrey Man, courtesy of Usagi NY Gallery. New York
James and Karla Murray are the photographers and authors of the fantastic books about New York City’s unique disappearing
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