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!
Inside the Clocktower of the Jefferson Market Library, a Former Courthouse and Prison
The landmarked Jefferson Market Library that sits between Sixth Avenue, Greenwich Avenue and Tenth Street had a fascinating prior life.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Dan Kiley’s Great NYC Landscapes
Dan Kiley is the most eminent landscape architect you’ve never heard of—a “seminal landscape architect,” said the New
The SoHo Memory Project, A Mobile Historical Society for the Iconic NYC Neighborhood
SoHo native Yukie Ohta and founder of The SoHo Memory Project is hoping to create a mobile historical society to
Hacking the NYC Subway One Helpful Sign at a Time
We’ve all experienced that moment of disorientation as we head out of the subway: are we facing east, north,
Daily What? Twitter Account Tells You What Colors The Empire State Building Will Be and Why
Twitter can now tell you how The Empire State Building is honoring everything from the 4th of July to the
“Sculpture in the Age of Donatello” Features Pieces That Have Rarely Left Italy: Donatello, Michelangelo, Brunelleschi & More
The Museum of Biblical Art (MOBIA) is celebrating their tenth anniversary season in grand style. They have brought us an
History of Streets: The Albemarle-Kenmore Terraces in Flatbush
On January 10th, 1978, the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing where 27 people testified in favor
Harlem’s Lafayette Theater Townhouses: Hiding in Plain Sight
What stands out about the Lafayette Theater Townhouses, middle-income affordable housing in Central Harlem, is that they, quite frankly, don’
5 Lost Buildings and 5 Success Stories of Landmarks in NYC, by Co-Curator of Saving Place: 50 Years of NYC Landmarks
This month, we’ve been actively covering the wonderful preservation exhibition Saving Place: 50 Years of NYC Landmarks at the
Beyond Postcard Row: 7 More Architectural Gems of San Francisco’s Alamo Square
The row of seven Victorian townhouses facing the east side of San Francisco’s Alamo Square, variously known as Postcard
Today in NYC History: Historic Treaty Oak Re-Planted at Bartow-Pell Mansion, Bronx
On May 1, 1915, the Bartow-Pell Mansion in the Bronx’s Pelham Bay Park was the site of a tree
The Reece School: A Colorful Architectural Surprise in East Harlem
This building in East Harlem is both a colorful architectural surprise in Harlem and a feel-good story. The Reece School