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!
This is the final installment of our 3-part series on the Brooklyn Army Terminal. We’ve looked into where
We previously rounded up 8 beautiful historic districts in Manhattan that were smaller than a block and we decided it
While it might be a dream of many to have their own water tower on a New York rooftop, Boundless
Carroll Gardens has its fair share of quirky establishments and we’d like to add Dennett Place to the list,
Cathedral of St. John the Divine by Bhushun Mondkar On September 27th, nearly 30 intrepid Untapped Cities readers did a
Since 2009, Untapped Cities has covered the transformation of Staten Island’s Fresh Kills from the world’s largest garbage
Like everywhere else in Manhattan, the Upper West Side and Manhattan began as bucolic farmland, settled with farmhouses and later
Triumphal arches are usually the center of attention, but the Seaman-Drake Arch in Inwood blends into the background. This
Times Square, then Long Acre Square. Photo from Library of Congress, circa 1898-1900. We’ve been doing a bit
We love photos of urban streets and boulevards–the arteries of our cities. From the looks of it, so do
Image via Library of Congress New York City has historically looked to Europe for architectural inspiration, particularly in the Beaux-
October promises to be an exciting month for the New York City architecture world, as the festival Archtober begins October
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