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: World Wide Metro Map Unites All 214 Subway Systems Around the World on a Single Map
Inspired by architect Constant Nieuwenhuys‘ 1959 “New Babylon” collage that imagined a globe of interconnected, borderless cities, New York City-
“Brooklyn in Process” Architecture Exhibit Shows Borough’s Changing Facade
McCarren Park Pool model. Unless otherwise noted, all photos are by Jeffrey Man, courtesy of Usagi NY Gallery. New York
Photos of Abandoned Port Morris Branch Train Tracks in the Bronx from the 1990s to Today
James and Karla Murray are the photographers and authors of the fantastic books about New York City’s unique disappearing
27 Secrets of NYC’s Coney Island
While theme parks like Disneyland, Universal Studios, and Six Flags are known for having some of the biggest rides and
Is the World’s Smallest Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia?
The tsars are remembered for their lavish palaces – monuments of decadence that encouraged peasants and factory workers to take up
The NYC That Never Was: The “Monument to Democracy” With a 100-foot Tall Rainbow Arch by the Founder of The Cloisters
If the proposed Monument to Democracy, a peace memorial honoring the dead of the First World War, had been built
The Parts of NYC Moved from the United Kingdom, Now Part of City’s Land & Architecture
It may come as a surprise that parts of New York City (ranging from a cherub sculpture to 11 blocks
NYC’s Great “Rocking Chair Riots” of 1901 In Madison Square Park
From historic labor union protests to ones about vital economic and political issues like human rights, climate change and the
14 of NYC’s Smallest Cemeteries, By Number of Interments
Considering everything else that New York City has to offer, New Yorkers probably don’t dwell on the city’s
Chinese Tuxedo Restaurant on Doyers Street Looks to Restore Chinatown History
5-7 Doyers Street when it was the Chinese Theatre/Chinese Opera House. Photo from Wikimedia Commons by Bain News
Plans for Javits Center Expansion Include Building The Largest Ballroom In The Northeast
A visual rendering of the expanded Jacob K. Javits Center Governor Andrew Cuomo has been making big strides in pushing
New Plans and Visionary Renderings For NYC’s Penn Station Renovation
As reported by the New York Times, Governor Andrew Cuomo has revealed more about his ambitious plans to modernize New