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 Abandoned Loew’s Canal Theater in NYC
Untapped Cities contributor Matt Lambros of After the Final Curtain has a new article on his website about the abandoned
Take Video Tour of NYC in 1949 in Full Technicolor
In this clip from the 1949 Metro Goldwyn Mayer film Mighty Manhattan – New York’s Wonder City you get to
NYC Urban Explorers Illicitly Photograph Second Avenue Subway Construction
We recently received a “Christmas gift” of photographs from an anonymous group of urban explorers who had recently made it
Fun Maps: NYC’s “Awkwardly Shaped” Tax Lots Equal Over 5+ Million Sq Ft of Land
One of New York City’s most unique pieces of property was Hess Triangle, only 500 square inches and the
The Top 10 Untapped Cities Articles of 2014
It’s been a fun year for “untapped” quirky news, and our readers proved to us the range of their
16 of NYC’s Former Prisons: Jefferson Market, Bellevue, Essex Market, City Hall
New York City’s prison population is the lowest it has been in 10 years–10,923 inmates as of
The Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool: NYC Views from Distance
New York City is after all, a city on the water. This week, we’ve rounded up the Instagram photos
Visit the Newly Renovated Van Alen Institute for Architecture and Design in NYC
The great thing about New York City is it would take several lifetimes (and some serious planning) to really take
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Does NYC’s One World Trade Center Suck? [HuffPost Live Video]
Earlier this hour, Untapped Cities founder Michelle Young joined Paul Goldberger and Aaron Betsky on the HuffPostLive segment “The Missed
Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal Dispatcher Booth is Pretty Adorable at Myrtle-Wyckoff Station
In 2010, the Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal opened at Myrtle-Wyckoff station on the border of Brooklyn and Queens, line facilitating subway
History of Streets: The Forgotten Past of Red Hook Lane in Brooklyn
Did you know that Brooklyn used to have a diagonal street that ran through downtown through Fulton and Pearl to
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From Trash to Trails: A Boat Tour to Freshkills Park on Staten Island [Photos]
Remember that colossal landfill on Staten Island that held millions of tons of New York’s garbage? That once stinking,
