Fireboats of the FDNY
Get an inside look at the FDNY's Marine Division with author David A. Rocco!
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!
There are some places you step into and you’re instantly whisked into a bygone time. The National Arts Club
Talk about the penthouse suite! Bergdorf Goodman once had a seventeen-room apartment overlooking Fifth Avenue and Central Park. When
Photographed by Boardwalk Empire scout Orit Greenberg. Stairs in a building in Manhattan, dating to late 1880s We first met
At Untapped Cities, our community of contributors and readers are the most important thing to us. We began with one
In our roundup of nautically-influenced architecture in New York City, the O’Toole Medical Services Building of St. Vincent’
On December 5th 1876, at least 300 play-goers died due to a monster fire in the Brooklyn Theater, which
The Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Upstate New York is home to the plot of 19th century author Washington Irving and
We’ve got a little soft spot for shopping malls, whether looking at their struggles in historical zones like South
Photograph via Wikipedia by 3am.nightly The Worth St station is a decommissioned subway station along the original IRT subway
The High Line in New York City is one of the most well-known elevated parks, but around the world
The TWA Flight Center in plant form at the Holiday Train Show It may surprise you, but the annual Holiday
This is a map of Broncks’ New York from 1639 by Cartographer Johannes Vingboons. Notice the spelling of “Staten Eylante.
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