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The Guastavino Vaults of St. John the Divine Tour
Explore the Guastavino tilework of NYC's largest Gothic cathedral from above and below!
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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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Daily What?! Inside the Cooper Union Building Clock in the East Village
The Cooper Union Foundation Building at Astor Place stands today amongst modern monoliths, remnants of a day when the elevated
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Downtown Doodler: The Art Deco New Yorker Hotel ArchiDoodle
The New Yorker Hotel was designed in the Art Deco style by the architectural firm Sugarman & Berger. While the
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10 Geeky (but Awesome) Gifts for NYC Public Transit Buffs
We all have that one friend who’s nuts for public transport. Why don’t you show them some love?
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Where the Subway Won’t Go: A Brief Transit History of Fifth Avenue, New York City
Fifth Avenue Coach Company’s double-decker bus Fifth Avenue has it all: opulent retail, national embassies, corporate headquarters–but
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New Dates Added for Our Woolworth Building Tour for August, October, November, December
Our exclusive Untapped Cities Woolworth tour has been so popular, we’re offering more chances to check out the off-
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A Look Inside the 125th Street Elevated Metro North Station in Harlem
With the seemingly countless proposed changes along the 125th Street corridor in Harlem, including the approved city rezoning plan, we
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Photographs of “Dirty Old 1970’s NYC” Then and Now: East Village, West Village, Chinatown, Greenwich Village, and Alphabet City
Not surprisingly, a lot has changed since the 70s — it’s hard to believe that “back in the day” there
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Vintage NYC Photography: the Construction and Inner Workings of the Holland Tunnel
Image via The Library of Congress When New Yorkers think “Holland Tunnel”, they picture bumper-to-bumper traffic and expensive
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Daily What?! Solvang, CA: A Danish Disneyland in the Golden State
Old-fashioned windmills, medieval half-timber architecture, horse-drawn trolleys, and sticky-sweet Nordic shops aren’t your typical Southern
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Fun Maps: The Urban Reviewer Map by 596 Acres Shows us Master Plans since 1952
The Urban Reviewer is an interactive map of NYC “master plans” (aka, urban renewal plans), where tenants were re-located
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Sonora, California: A City Built Atop A Gold Rush Town
At the foot of the Sierra Nevada in the environs of Yosemite National Park rests the small city of Sonora,
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Vintage NYC Photography: The Ritzy Dakota Apartments on Central Park West
Dakota Apartments, 1890. Image via The Library of Congress It is difficult to imagine a desolate Central Park West without