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!
If you close your eyes and picture Long Island’s suburbia, the neatly manufactured streets of Levittown often spring to
Affordable Housing: A New York Legacy is an impressive, comprehensive exhibit that showcases New York City’s leading role in
‘Tis the season for miniature creations in New York City apparently – beyond the annual train show at the New York
Uncover little-known facts about America's longest suspension bridge, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge!
In cities, courtyards are often places to wind down or discover hidden nuggets of local history. In St. Petersburg, they’
The 154-foot-long gallery at Fort Tryon Hall is visible to drivers on the Henry Hudson Parkway. If you’
Prospect Park. Photo by gigi_nyc from the Untapped Cities Google Glass Scavenger Hunt Hiking in New York City? Yep,
The South Bronx neighborhood Mott Haven, named after iron works owner Jordan Mott who purchased the land in 1849, has
It’s one thing to see a lost building rise again in front of your eyes. It’s another to
Last week, a new gallery, Happy Lucky No. 1 opened on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights – on a stretch becoming
The line started near 63 Fifth Avenue and snaked east around 14th Street as far as the eye could see.
An attractive set of early 1900s houses on University Avenue in the Bronx is a legacy of a partnership between
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