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!
Nestled in the heart of midtown, the Daily News Building was once the center of the news world, housing newspapers
The day has come for 5 Pointz. Animal New York reports that as of this morning, “a backhoe began tearing
Our recent fun map about the farmhouse that moved from the Upper East Side to Greenwich Village reminded us of
All photographs by Will Ellis of Abandoned NYC, Editor Note: With the news that Harlem’s long abandoned PS is
Photo from Library of Congress Herald Square is today known for many things. There’s the flagship Macy’s department
We previously featured this little farmhouse that could at 121 Charles Street in Greenwich Village, which was moved in 1967
Ten stories beneath the bustling platforms of Grand Central Terminal lies a basement so secret that had you ventured down
Several street names are repeated throughout NYC–sometimes more than twice. Why is this? New York has amassed its size
Today, it’s hard to imagine Morningside Heights without the flurry of students hurrying to class at Columbia University. It
We’ve got an exciting addition to our Untapped Cities event series this fall! We’re partnering with Chashama to
Tunnel Vision, a new app created by NYU student Bill Lindmeier, gives users the opportunity to access real-time visual
In a city with so many wonderful bakeries, we thought it might be fun to explore some of the oldest,
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