See the stunningly restored rooms of a former Gilded Age tycoon's mansion, now home to one of NYC's most illustrious art museums!
Uncover the challenges of designing a building large enough to have its own zip code!
Join an exclusive curator-led tour at NYC's Noguchi Museum!
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!
The plaque is a dead giveaway to a secret entrance of the old Knickerbocker Hotel. Resting idly beneath the noses
Here’s a global street art project you’ve probably never heard of (pun intended). Similar to Aram Bartholl’s
Relied on by everyone and utilized on a daily basis, transit systems form the critical backbone for urban life. One
The Cooper Union Foundation Building at Astor Place stands today amongst modern monoliths, remnants of a day when the elevated
The New Yorker Hotel was designed in the Art Deco style by the architectural firm Sugarman & Berger. While the
We all have that one friend who’s nuts for public transport. Why don’t you show them some love?
Fifth Avenue Coach Company’s double-decker bus Fifth Avenue has it all: opulent retail, national embassies, corporate headquarters–but no
Our exclusive Untapped Cities Woolworth tour has been so popular, we’re offering more chances to check out the off-limits
With the seemingly countless proposed changes along the 125th Street corridor in Harlem, including the approved city rezoning plan, we
Not surprisingly, a lot has changed since the 70s — it’s hard to believe that “back in the day” there
Image via The Library of Congress When New Yorkers think “Holland Tunnel”, they picture bumper-to-bumper traffic and expensive tolls. However,
Old-fashioned windmills, medieval half-timber architecture, horse-drawn trolleys, and sticky-sweet Nordic shops aren’t your typical Southern Californian fare. But in
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