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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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Palaces for the People: The Soaring Vaults of Guastavino on Exhibit at Museum of City of New York
Guastavino Tile in the decommissioned City Hall Subway Station Guastavino was once a name that was a household word amongst
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Just A Few Tickets Left to Our Walking Tour of the World’s Tallest Buildings in NYC!
On April 27th, Untapped Cities History Editor Benjamin Waldman will be leading a walking tour of Lower Manhattan looking at
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Video of Parachute Base Jump off of 1 WTC
While we’ve gone into the construction of 1 World Trade Center ourselves, taking video with Google Glass and riding
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Daily What?! There Used to be Floating Churches for Sailors in the East River, NYC
Drinking, cussing, and raising Cain: where have all the mariners gone? The pretty boys who come aboard during Fleet Week
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The Abandoned Southside Hospitals on Ellis Island, One of the Largest Public Health Undertakings in US History
Ellis Island, the gateway to the United States for millions of immigrants from 1892 to 1954, has become one of
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The Secrets of Grand Central Terminal, Revisited!
In case you missed it, our piece on the Top 10 Secrets of Grand Central Terminal was on the front
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5 Quirky ATMs & Vending Machines in NYC for Cupcakes, Gold, Bike Parts, and Makeup
These days you can get a lot more than cash at an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). With news of the
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NYC Skyline Sculpture Made With Iron From Twin Towers at 9/11 Memorial Preview Site
Rafe Greco, an NYC iron-worker using only a cutting torch, created a sculpture that reunites the Twin Towers with
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The 9/11 Memorial in Christchurch, New Zealand is Made of Salvaged Steel from WTC
“You see on that corner, that’s part of the World Trade Center.” As we were in Christchurch, New Zealand,
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History of Streets: Streets in NYC that Start with Q, X, Y, Z
New York Street names range from those of named after fruits to homages to famous Americans, but for this History
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NYC’s Ridiculously Luxurious Towers Examined by the Skyscraper Museum
If you’ve been following the news about the crop of supertall slender skyscrapers rising up in Manhattan but want
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The Downtown Manhattan Skyline from 1876 to 2013
We spotted this awesome collage of the Manhattan skyline on the Facebook page New York Off Road. The skyline photos