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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!
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The Whitney Studio at New York Studio School Named National Treasure
Today, the Whitney Studio in Greenwich Village was named a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. A
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Myths of the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Part III
This is the final installment of our 3-part series on the Brooklyn Army Terminal. We’ve looked into where Elvis
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The 10 Smallest Historic Districts in NYC
We previously rounded up 8 beautiful historic districts in Manhattan that were smaller than a block and we decided it
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Make Your Own NYC Water Towers With Fun Kits by Boundless Brooklyn
While it might be a dream of many to have their own water tower on a New York rooftop, Boundless
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Daily What?! The Hobbit Doors of Dennett Place in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
Carroll Gardens has its fair share of quirky establishments and we’d like to add Dennett Place to the list,
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The Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool: Untapped’s Tour of Cathedral of St John the Divine
Cathedral of St. John the Divine by Bhushun Mondkar On September 27th, nearly 30 intrepid Untapped Cities readers did a
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FreshKills Park’s Yearly “Sneak ‘Peak'” Shows Progress in New Staten Island Park
Since 2009, Untapped Cities has covered the transformation of Staten Island’s Fresh Kills from the world’s largest garbage
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6 Lost Mansions of the Upper West Side and Upper Manhattan
Like everywhere else in Manhattan, the Upper West Side and Manhattan began as bucolic farmland, settled with farmhouses and later
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The Abandoned and Forgotten Monumental Seward-Drake Arch in Inwood, NYC
Yesterday, we covered 8 of NYC’s monumental arches, including two that are no longer standing today. One, the Seaman-Drake
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Vintage Photos: The Evolution of Times Square from 1898 to Today
Times Square, then Long Acre Square. Photo from Library of Congress, circa 1898-1900. We’ve been doing a bit of
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The Best of the Untapped Cities Photo Pool: The Streets of NYC, LA
We love photos of urban streets and boulevards–the arteries of our cities. From the looks of it, so do
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8 Monumental Arches of NYC: Washington Square Park, Grand Army Plaza, Manhattan Bridge
Image via Library of Congress New York City has historically looked to Europe for architectural inspiration, particularly in the Beaux-Arts