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!
Photo from Library of Congress Today, the book Broadway by Untapped Cities founder Michelle Young launched, published by Arcadia and
Verandah Place in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill Historic District is a charming little street that seems to transport one back
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Atop the Queensboro Bridge. Photo by @hakimms Bridges have always been popular amongst New York City’s urban explorers, but
Times Square will soon be adorned by a forested landscape nestled within its brightest urban-scape. A wildly successful Kickstarter
The story of New York City’s ballrooms form one facet of the city-wide story of a changing entertainment
Lower Broadway c. 1908-1913. Image via Library of Congress as seen in the book Broadway by Michelle Young Here
Last night, the latest Blueprint video from NYCmedia about the transformation of The High Line premiered. Before the full episode
Tourist in front of Orange County Government Center Now we come to you. Do you think this building is worth
Back by popular demand, join photographer/urban explorer Will Ellis, author of Abandoned NYC and Untapped Cities columnist, on a
Art aficionados, culture vultures and unashamed aesthetes flock to Paris to see some of the best art in the world.
Last week, we showed photographs from the Untapped Cities tour of Dead Horse Bay, including the “fun” fact that odors
One of America’s most beautiful displays of Art Deco hotel architecture soars from the Phoenician desert, attracting architecture enthusiasts,
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