See the stunningly restored rooms of a former Gilded Age tycoon's mansion, now home to one of NYC's most illustrious art museums!
Uncover the challenges of designing a building large enough to have its own zip code!
Join an exclusive curator-led tour at NYC's Noguchi Museum!
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!
Rendering of 105-111 W. 57th St. via SHoP Architects Some say that 57th Street is becoming New York’s Gold
Recently, we decided to call the phone numbers on the doors in the New York City subway and the result
The city of Melbourne, Australia, boasts a strangely organised central business district. The grid layout—much like New York City
Our Untapped Cities Woolworth Building Tour has been so popular, we know offer it monthly. In November, we took readers
It seems like every square inch of New York City has been categorized, labeled, and filled beyond capacity. But if
After our recent coverage of Hart Island when the news surfaced that the abandoned burial ground may be turned into
The following article is an op-ed by Susan Bernofsky, chair of the PEN translation committee, originally published on her blog
We all know the Chrysler Building in New York City–that it was once the world’s tallest building (thanks
On our recent Untapped Cities exclusive tour of the Woolworth Building, preservationist Lisa Swyers along with Roy Suskin of The
At York Street, you might notice this porcelain on steel sign along the walls of the subway tube. NO SMOKING,
Being late and stuck underground and unable to send a “Hey-I’m-running-late” is the worst. Memorize this map from WNYC’
The design of the Woolworth Building was influenced by many different styles. The building possessed a Tudor Gothic portal and
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