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!
With start of the school year coming up, Untapped Cites is uncovering the hidden and little known past uses of
In the Jet Age, the world’s most famous architects were designing terminals for John F. Kennedy Airport. Many of
Last month, Untapped Cities partnered with the Museum at Eldridge Street to open up the landmarked Eldridge Street Synagogue for
With fall and the back to school season coming up, Untapped Cites is uncovering the hidden and little known past
Previously, we presented 10 abandoned asylums and hospitals in New York City ranging from the Roosevelt Island smallpox castle to
Our interpretation of the Upper West Side (in red) New Yorkers are having a field day with this data visualization
New York City is full of marvels, including waterfalls, though as every other ‘natural’ occurrence in the city save for
Most Americans have long forgotten the importance of “our daily bread,” but up in Fort Washington Park in New York
Surrounding restaurants, shops, sidewalks, and parklets seem perpetually busy as the neighborhood becomes the destination it was long meant to
For several years now, we’ve seen abandoned hospitals, schools, shipyards, warehouses, and are continually struck by each site’s
The Provident Loan Society, in former location of 19th Ward Bank at 180 East 72nd Street. Photo from Library of
Part of Penn Station is actually getting a facelift (woohoo!). Behind high temporary fences, a Roy Lichtenstein pop art sculpture,
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