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!
10 Pre-War Apartment House Gems of the South Bronx NYC
Recently we profiled ten pre-war apartment houses in Washington Heights. Now, we cross the Harlem River to the South Bronx
Photos from Racing Extinction, Projection of Endangered Animals on Empire State Building
Photo by Steven Wu Photography Last night, 20,000 lumen projectors illuminated the south side of the Empire State Building
Top 10 Secrets of Trinity Church in NYC
Churches all around the world bear the name ‘Trinity Church.’ The most unusual by far happens to be a small
St. John’s, The Monastery That May Stand in the Way of Penn Station's Revitalization
Monasteries may not be an institution synonymous with New York City, but as we’ve shown, they are certainly a
Photos: Behind the Scenes Tour of URL Staten Island, SI Makerspace, TechBox, Flagship Brewery with NYCEDC
Just days after the New York Daily News proclaimed that “Staten Island wants to be the new Brooklyn,” 20 intrepid
Fun Maps: Look at This Disturbingly Accurate Soviet Map of NYC in the Cold War
South Ferry, Liberty Island, Brooklyn, and Staten Island, and Jersey City on a Soviet-era map dating back to 1982. Image
The Abandoned Buildings at the National Lighthouse Museum at St. George Staten Island
The National Lighthouse Museum, just a few minutes walk from the St. George Ferry Terminal on Staten Island will have
Bjarke Ingels, 2 World Trade Center, and the Future of NYC's Urban Landscape
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels is most notable to New Yorkers these days as the designer of 2 World Trade Center,
An MTA Video Explores Technology That Will Revolutionize Its 100-Year Old NYC Subway Traffic System
The New York Subway system opened to the public for the first time on October 27th, 1904 and changed the
The Top 10 Secrets of the Plaza Hotel in NYC
The Plaza Hotel is one of the oldest and most famous buildings in the city, now over a hundred years
10 Fun Facts About Opening Day of the NYC Subway On October 27, 1904
By reading first-hand accounts of the opening day of the New York City subway, October 27, 1904, you get a
Untapped Cities Giveaway: The Architects Says Notebooks
“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves room for less lies” – Le Corbusier “The desire to reach