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!
The 1964 World’s Fair at Flushing Meadow Park in Queens had no shortage of strange and memorable exhibits, which
The AMC Show Turn, introduced viewers across the country to the history of a Revolutionary War spy ring. One spot
Yesterday, urban enthusiasts and design-philes mourned the death of Massimo Vignelli, the graphic designer who created the iconic 1972
Architect James Polshek has written his memoir, Build/Memory (Monacelli Press), with all the substance, drive, and élan that made
“I’ve been wanting to work here since I was 3 years old,” says Jake Cesareo, an artist at the
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There are few spaces in this world that invoke feelings which cannot be described in words. Deep down in the
Three hours out of Los Angeles off Highway 111 lies an unassuming 9×5 mile grid of a town called
Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s Mansion at 742-748 Fifth Avenue (between 57th and 58th Streets). Photo via Library of Congress.
Newtown Creek Armada commissioned remote control boats to document the creek up close New York City—as we are reminded
Welcome back to our Untapped Cities series on NYC’s Micro Neighborhoods, where we delve into long standing ethnic enclaves.
Readers may remember the Piscine Molitor as the abandoned public swimming pool in Paris, France which gave its name to
Grand Central Depot, 1880 with horse-drawn carriages waiting to pick up arriving passengers. Photo from New York Public Library
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