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!
Brooklyn Heights was the first-ever New York City neighborhood to be designated a historic district. But did you know
Located on the grounds of Bronx Community College a 630 foot open air monument to the history of the United
Who would have guessed that the largest roadside restaurant in the United States was once right here in New York
For the architectural historian and Modernism enthusiast, the quasi-abandoned beachfront resort of Futuro and Venturo structures just north of
Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens The history of Steinway Street, running through Astoria, Queens, is deeply intertwined with the history
We recently posted photos of the abandoned Ellis Island hospitals located on the south side of the island. Photographer Paul
New York City’s surrounding islands are always home to unique structures, from hospitals to now a lighthouse. On the
Although Tammany Hall continues to be associated with Boss Tweed and the corruption that often accompanied the machine politics of
Welcome back to our Untapped Cities series on NYC’s Micro Neighborhoods, where we delve into long standing ethnic enclaves.
In a post on the Rego-Forest Preservation Council Facebook page, Sergey Kandisky writes: “On the eve of street numbering,
These little, colorful houses in the Battery Conservancy Garden looks adorable, however, it raises a very important question: why do
Gantry cranes, utilized as slips for ships carrying both goods and people, were used throughout the 20th century. However, due
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