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!
“Topography is Fate” Shows Scars of War at New Gallery in Crown Heights
Last week, a new gallery, Happy Lucky No. 1 opened on Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights – on a stretch becoming
Frank Gehry in Conversation with Paul Goldberger on “Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry”
The line started near 63 Fifth Avenue and snaked east around 14th Street as far as the eye could see.
Daily What?! The Elegant Houses Built by the Bronx’s Millionaire Cop
An attractive set of early 1900s houses on University Avenue in the Bronx is a legacy of a partnership between
NYC Skycrapers and Monuments Light Up For Paris As Multiple Attacks Hit the City
Here at Untapped Cities, we have strong ties to both New York City and Paris. As the founder of Untapped
Watch These Urban Explorers Climb the Eiffel Tower After Hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdHD8ZCIC_M A precarious view of Paris from the Eiffel Tower As one of
$8.5 Million Astolat Dollhouse Castle Now On View at Columbus Circle NYC
Dubbed “The World’s Most Valuable Dollhouse,” and certainly the city’s most expensive piece of “real estate” at the
16 of the Remaining Andrew Carnegie Public Libraries in NYC
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was among the wealthiest industrialists of his day and the fourth wealthiest of all time. Upon
The Rocky History Behind the Houston Street Art Piece “The Gateway to Soho” in NYC
The bright blue, eight-story art piece adorning a wall on 599 Broadway certainly stands out among the surrounding buildings
Take a Look Inside the S.S. Columbia, America’s Oldest Passenger Steamship, Now in New York State
In September 2014, we reported on the S.S. Columbia Project, an initiative to bring America’s oldest surviving passenger
Top 10 Secrets of NYC’s Turtle Bay Neighborhood
We’ve already uncovered the intriguing remnants and secrets of the abandoned Dead Horse Bay earlier this year. However, on
Fun Maps: New MCNY Interactive Online Exhibit on NYC’s Street Grid
“The Grid defines a new balance between control and de-control in which the city can be at the same
Focusing on Dense Urbanism, The Architecture of Moshe Safdie at the National Academy Museum
Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie, the current exhibit at the National Academy Museum, explores the life and work