12 Time Capsules Discovered in NYC
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.
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!
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5-7 Doyers Street when it was the Chinese Theatre/Chinese Opera House. Photo from Wikimedia Commons by Bain News
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New York City has more than its share of art. Works of art can be found throughout the city, in
Photo from Library of Congress In 2015, we hosted over 10 sold-out experiences of the original Untapped Cities-developed
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