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!
A Look Inside the Opulent Cunard Building in NYC
At 25 Broadway in Manhattan’s Financial District sits the Cunard Building– a vast, 22-story limestone office building with
Federal Hall National Memorial in NYC to Receive Major Restoration in 2016
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, along with National Parks of New York Harbor, and National Parks of New York
15 Secrets of NYC’s Union Square
Union Square, one of New York City’s major intersections, has quite a reputation. It is many things: a lively
NYC Book Excerpt: Life at the Dakota by Stephen Birmingham
We are pleased to present an exclusive excerpt of the e-book Life At the Dakota: New York’s Most
A Look at NYC’s Abandoned Bowery Station Platform
With its historic metal treads still in place (they have been replaced in every other New York City subway station)
The Rex Moore Building in the Bronx: The Only NYC Apartment Named After a Dog?
A St. Bernard named Rex Moore has been gracing the entrance to 2500 University Avenue in the Fordham Manor neighborhood
Last Week to See The Eternal Space, A Play About the Demolition of Original Penn Station
With a feature on NBC, the off-Broadway play The Eternal Space has shown that New Yorkers today do care
Striking Photos of the Empty Rose Reading Room During New York Public Library Renovation
The Untapped Cities team once got invited to spend overnight inside the New York Public Library and it was with
History of NYC Streets: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard (Seventh Avenue in Harlem)
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard, looking north from 112th Street Seventh Avenue in Harlem was officially renamed Adam Clayton Powell,
These NYC Newspaper Boxes Are Actually Guerrilla Composting Sites
New York Compost, a project by designer Debbie Ullman, a former art director at the New York Daily News takes
Submit Your Questions for Designing Better Affordable Housing Event at MCNY
We’re excited to not only serve as co-sponsor for the December 1st event “Designing Better Affordable Housing” at
The Holiday Train Show Arrives at New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx
The Enid A. Haupt Conservatory miniature created by Applied Imagination for the New York Botanical Garden Holiday Train Show Now