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"The East Village Then & Now" Photo Book Launch with Daniel Root
See how this Manhattan neighborhood has changed over the past 40 years!
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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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Remembering 9/11: A Timeline of the World Trade Center Site NYC
Today, we commemorate the tragedy of 9/11. This year marked the completion of the National September 11 Memorial Museum,
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13 Fun Facts About the Original 1811 Commissioners’ Plan for NYC
We all know the famous 1811 Commissioner’s Plan for New York City that laid out the grid system of
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Video Inside the Narrowest House in Manhattan: The Edna St. Vincent Millay House in Greenwich Village
We’ve previously taken you through 5 of Manhattan narrowest houses, including the narrowest of them all at 75 ½ Bedford
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NYC That Never Was: Alternate Plans for Times Square from 1984-MAS Competition
Now through January 2015, the Skyscraper Museum is presenting the exhibit Times Square 1984: The Postmodern Moment. The exhibit takes
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Inside Brooklyn’s Former Pfizer Plant and Its Transformation into Manufacturing Hub
Among the columned hallways and warehouses of the 6,600 square foot complex that once headquartered pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, an
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7 NYC Botanical Gardens: Brooklyn, NYBG Bronx, Queens, Snug Harbor, 6BC, Narrows, and Wave Hill
While summer is winding down in New York City, there’s still plenty you haven’t done outdoors. Before fall
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Vintage Photos: The Original Penn Station Would Have Turned 104 Years Old in 2014
Photo via Wikimedia Commons, Library of Congress Tomorrow, September 5th marks what would have been the 104th Birthday of the
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5 Lost Neighborhoods in NYC: Radio Row, Little Syria, San Juan Hill, Five Points
Cover of the “Lincoln Square Slum Clearance Plan.” Image from New York Public Library. Yesterday, we covered 10 buildings that
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Historic Strivers’ Row In Harlem To Hold Their 2nd Annual House Tour
If you’ve ever walked the area on 138th and 139th streets between Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Frederick Douglass
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10 NYC Holdout Buildings that Stood in the Way of Development
Today, we take a look at some of New York City’s most notable holdout buildings – those buildings that refused
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Inside the Abandoned Renaissance Theater and Casino in Harlem
If you were to transport yourself back in time to Harlem in the 1920s, and in particular, to the corner
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Upcoming Untapped Cities Tours: Speakeasy Tour in East Village, Climb St. John the Divine, Explore Brooklyn Army Terminal
We’ve got an exciting batch of tours planned for this fall, with a great deal to explore in the