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!
Once upon a time the independent city of Brooklyn considered its own fate as it faced both bankruptcy and drought
By the end of this year, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center is set to complete a $9
Central Park may be man-made, but the large rocks of most New York City parks have been around longer
No matter how much it annoys our current Chief of Police, graffiti is ingrained in NYC’s fabric. In the
Remember when John Travolta was cool? Yes, there was a time where John Travolta was “cooler than a polar bear’
With over $2 million lying around, Cornelius King Garrison Billings (1861-1937) built an estate overlooking the Hudson River that
Built in the roaring twenties by Sugerman & Berger, but opened during the great depression, the New Yorker has lived
As we’ve mentioned before, New York City’s original pneumatic tube mail network has a fairly interesting history, transporting
On the outside, residents of the Mott Haven section of the Bronx see a small series of townhouses. Everyday people
It’s quite possibly the fanciest basketball court we’ve ever seen. The ceiling of Long Island University’s Brooklyn’
For those of you still unsure of the merits of crossing the fence to the world of the forgotten and
Our exclusive Untapped Cities Woolworth tour has been so popular, we’re offering more chances to check out the off-
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