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!
SHoP Architects to Bring NYC’s First Wood High Rise Building to Chelsea
On the corner of 18th Street and 10th Avenue, diagonally across from a future entrance to the High Line sits
The NYC That Never Was: An Avenue Between 5th And 6th Avenue
In May of 1910, the ill-fated New York City mayor, William Jay Gaynor, proposed a new avenue to be
Renderings of MTA’s Open Gangway Prototype Subway Cars for NYC
Via MTA Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting, January 2016. Renderings are from 2013. There’s been a lot of excitement
Daily What?! Harry Houdini Is Buried At NYC’s Machpelah Cemetery In Queens
In Glendale, Queens, near Cypress Hills Street and the Jackie Robinson Parkway lies a small, isolated Jewish burial ground called
Explore the Concept of the Endless House at The MoMA, Work by Frank Gehry, Mies van der Rohe, Diller + Scofidio
Virtual Interior MoMA white. Artist, Annett Zinsmeister (German, born 1967) What does your home say about you? Does it speak
New Photo Exhibit Focuses on NYC’s Harlem River Bridges
Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and High Bridges (2015) The ARTViews Gallery at the Moses campus of the Montefiore Medical Center is
Hanger Barn Art Installation Made of Thousands of Discarded Hangers Coming to Governors Island
We can always count on the City of Dreams competition to offer a unique architectural installation on Governors Island, often
Fun Maps: Interactive Map of NYC’s 311 Complaints in 2015
If you love maps, there’s a good chance that the company CartoDB may have powered many of the ones
The Top 10 Mews Pubs In London
At Untapped Cities, we like to cover bars and restaurants that are off-the-beaten path. Interesting history, attractive design,
Take a Video Trip Through the TWA Flight Center at JFK Airport
A few years ago, we were given the chance to roam and photograph the TWA Flight Center with nobody in
Inside the Ziegfeld Theatre One Last Time, Plans to Convert to Ballroom Announced
Just last summer, we reported on the mini-museum that’s in the lobby of the iconic Ziegfeld Theatre at
10 Buildings and Structures in NYC That Have Changed Colors
New York City’s architecture changes and evolves with design trends. Sometimes, buildings get full makeovers. Other times, they go